Angiography and interventional cardiology

There were five areas of major impact from the meeting: the use of distal projection strategies for vein graft intervention and acute myocardial infarction (AMI), new thromboatherectomy devices, the role of inflammation in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), new insights on drug-eluting stents, and peripheral interventions. At 12 months, this benefit increased to 10.5%. [...]it appears that paclitaxel, on a polymer-based system with prolonged delivery, appears efficacious and durable. Of the high-risk entry criteria, a large percentage had restenosis after carotid endarterectomy, low ejection fraction, heart failure, >=2-vessel coronary disease, the need for open heart surgery within one month, or occlusion of the contralateral carotid.