Yasemin Ciftcikal BA, Christopher Chieh Yang Koo MD, Adam B. Greenbaum MD, Vasilis C. Babaliaros MD, James M. McCabe MD, G. Burkhard Mackensen MD, PhD, Karim Al-Azizi MD, Rahul Sawhney DO, Robert J. Lederman MD, Omar K. Khalique MD, William Chung MD, Jaffar M. Khan MD, PhD
{"title":"SESAME to Treat Subaortic Membrane","authors":"Yasemin Ciftcikal BA, Christopher Chieh Yang Koo MD, Adam B. Greenbaum MD, Vasilis C. Babaliaros MD, James M. McCabe MD, G. Burkhard Mackensen MD, PhD, Karim Al-Azizi MD, Rahul Sawhney DO, Robert J. Lederman MD, Omar K. Khalique MD, William Chung MD, Jaffar M. Khan MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.07.030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.07.030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":"18 19","pages":"Pages 2427-2429"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144954708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gregg W. Stone MD , Philippe Genereux MD , Akiko Maehara MD , Bruce E. Lewis MD , Richard A. Shlofmitz MD , Suhail Dohad MD , Jithendra Choudary MD , Thom Dahle MD , Andres M. Pineda MD , Kendrick Shunk MD, PhD , Ehtisham Mahmud MD , Giora Weisz MD , Michael B. Collins MD , Khaldoon Alaswad MD , Gautam Kumar MD , Naresh Solankhi MD , Daniel Dulas MD , John D. Altman MD , Carlye Kraemer MS , Krista M. Stiefel BS , Ajay J. Kirtane MD, SM
{"title":"Intravascular Imaging vs Angiography Guidance for PCI of Severely Calcified Lesions","authors":"Gregg W. Stone MD , Philippe Genereux MD , Akiko Maehara MD , Bruce E. Lewis MD , Richard A. Shlofmitz MD , Suhail Dohad MD , Jithendra Choudary MD , Thom Dahle MD , Andres M. Pineda MD , Kendrick Shunk MD, PhD , Ehtisham Mahmud MD , Giora Weisz MD , Michael B. Collins MD , Khaldoon Alaswad MD , Gautam Kumar MD , Naresh Solankhi MD , Daniel Dulas MD , John D. Altman MD , Carlye Kraemer MS , Krista M. Stiefel BS , Ajay J. Kirtane MD, SM","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.08.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.08.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Few studies have examined whether intravascular imaging (IVI) guidance during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of calcified lesions improves clinical outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The aim of this study was to determine from a large-scale randomized trial of PCI in severely calcified lesions whether IVI guidance improves event-free survival.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In the ECLIPSE (Evaluation of Treatment Strategies for Severe Calcific Coronary Arteries: Orbital Atherectomy vs. Conventional Angioplasty Technique Prior to Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents) trial, 2,005 patients with severely calcified lesions were randomized to orbital atherectomy (OA) vs balloon angioplasty (BA) prior to drug-eluting stent placement. IVI with optical coherence tomography or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was allowed at operator discretion. The primary clinical outcome was the 1-year rate of target vessel failure (TVF).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>IVI guidance was used in 1,246 of 2,005 patients (62.1%), including optical coherence tomography in 819 and/or IVUS in 513, while 759 of 2,005 patients (37.9%) underwent PCI with angiographic guidance alone. Median follow-up duration was 365 days (Q1-Q3: 365-365 days). The 1-year Kaplan-Meier estimated rate of TVF was lower among patients with IVI guidance compared with angiographic guidance alone (9.3% vs 13.2%; adjusted HR: 0.74; 95% CI: 0.56-0.97; <em>P</em> = 0.03). The effect of IVI guidance was consistent in patients randomized to OA vs BA (<em>P</em><sub>interaction</sub> = 0.48). The 1-year rate of TVF was 7.7% after optical coherence tomographic guidance compared with 12.2% after IVUS guidance (adjusted HR: 0.78; 95% CI: 0.52-1.18; <em>P</em> = 0.24).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>IVI guidance during PCI of severely calcified lesions was associated with improved 1-year clinical outcomes compared with angiographic guidance alone, whether OA or BA was used for vessel preparation prior to drug-eluting stent placement. The adjusted difference in 1-year TVF rates were not significantly different with optical coherence tomographic guidance and IVUS guidance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":"18 19","pages":"Pages 2338-2351"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jasmine M. Marquard MD , Rasmus P. Beske MD, PhD , Christian Hassager MD, PhD, DMSc , Lisette O. Jensen MD, PhD, DMSc , Hans Eiskjær MD, PhD, DMSc , Norman Mangner MD , Amin Polzin MD , Christian Schulze MD , Carsten Skurk MD , Peter Nordbeck MD , Vasileios Panoulas MD , Sebastian Zimmer MD , Andreas Schäfer MD , Nikos Werner MD , Lene Holmvang MD, PhD, DMSc , Jacob T. Lønborg MD, PhD, DMSc , Nanna L.J. Udesen MD, PhD , Henrik Schmidt MD, PhD, DMSc , Anders Junker MD, PhD , Christian J. Terkelsen MD, PhD, DMSc , Professor Nicos Werner
{"title":"Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Multivessel Disease and Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock","authors":"Jasmine M. Marquard MD , Rasmus P. Beske MD, PhD , Christian Hassager MD, PhD, DMSc , Lisette O. Jensen MD, PhD, DMSc , Hans Eiskjær MD, PhD, DMSc , Norman Mangner MD , Amin Polzin MD , Christian Schulze MD , Carsten Skurk MD , Peter Nordbeck MD , Vasileios Panoulas MD , Sebastian Zimmer MD , Andreas Schäfer MD , Nikos Werner MD , Lene Holmvang MD, PhD, DMSc , Jacob T. Lønborg MD, PhD, DMSc , Nanna L.J. Udesen MD, PhD , Henrik Schmidt MD, PhD, DMSc , Anders Junker MD, PhD , Christian J. Terkelsen MD, PhD, DMSc , Professor Nicos Werner","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.07.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.07.035","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The optimal percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)–related cardiogenic shock and multivessel disease remains uncertain.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The aim of this study was to investigate the association between PCI strategy and outcomes in STEMI-related cardiogenic shock and multivessel disease.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This exploratory substudy of the DanGer Shock (Danish-German Cardiogenic Shock) multicenter trial included patients with STEMI-related cardiogenic shock and multivessel disease, excluding comatose patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest. Multivessel disease was defined by ≥1 nonculprit angiographic stenosis ≥70%. Patients with an isolated left main culprit were excluded. The planned PCI strategy was registered before randomization. All analyses were performed according to as-treated PCI strategy (immediate multivessel PCI or culprit-only PCI). The primary outcome was all-cause mortality within 180 days; secondary outcomes included renal replacement therapy and acute kidney injury.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Of 355 patients included in the DanGer Shock trial, 221 (72%) had multivessel disease; of these, 118 (53%) were treated with culprit-only PCI and 103 (47%) with immediate multivessel PCI. The median pre-PCI SYNTAX (Synergy Between PCI With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) scores were 28 (Q1-Q3: 22-32) and 29 (Q1-Q3: 22-34), respectively. Chronic total occlusion PCI was performed in 6 of 103 patients (6%) treated with immediate multivessel PCI. All-cause mortality was 72 (61%; 95% CI: 52%-70%) in the culprit-only group and 52 (50%; 95% CI: 41%-60%) in the immediate multivessel PCI group (adjusted OR: 0.40; 95% CI: 0.19-0.83) over a median follow-up period of 45 days (Q1-Q3: 2-180 days). Immediate multivessel PCI was not associated with the secondary outcomes. There was no interaction according to randomization allocation and PCI strategy (<em>P</em> = 1.00).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Immediate multivessel PCI was associated with 60% lower odds of all-cause mortality compared with culprit-only PCI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":"18 18","pages":"Pages 2226-2237"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145108662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wayne B. Batchelor MD, MHS, MBA , Samir Kapadia MD, MBA , Abdulla A. Damluji MD, PhD, MBA
{"title":"Surgical and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions in Older Adults","authors":"Wayne B. Batchelor MD, MHS, MBA , Samir Kapadia MD, MBA , Abdulla A. Damluji MD, PhD, MBA","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.08.017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.08.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":"18 18","pages":"Pages 2253-2255"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145109237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chieh Yang Christopher Koo MBBS, George Petrossian MD, Newell Robinson MD, William Chung MD, Matthew Henry MD, Andrew Berke MD, Kristin Pasquarello PA, Ziad Ali MD, Omar Khalique MD, Jaffar M. Khan MD
{"title":"Simplified and Improved Commissural Alignment Technique With the Supra-Annular, Self-Expanding Evolut FX System","authors":"Chieh Yang Christopher Koo MBBS, George Petrossian MD, Newell Robinson MD, William Chung MD, Matthew Henry MD, Andrew Berke MD, Kristin Pasquarello PA, Ziad Ali MD, Omar Khalique MD, Jaffar M. Khan MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":"18 18","pages":"Pages 2306-2308"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sang-Hyup Lee MD , Xiaoping Jin MD , Yong-Joon Lee MD , Jing Kan MD , Zhen Ge MD , Seung-Jun Lee MD , Sung-Jin Hong MD , Chul-Min Ahn MD , Jung-Sun Kim MD , Byeong-Keuk Kim MD , Young-Guk Ko MD , Donghoon Choi MD , Yangsoo Jang MD , Gregg W. Stone MD , Gary S. Mintz MD , Shao-Liang Chen MD , Myeong-Ki Hong MD
{"title":"Validation of Intravascular Ultrasound–Defined Optimal Stent Expansion Criteria for Favorable 1-Year Clinical Outcomes","authors":"Sang-Hyup Lee MD , Xiaoping Jin MD , Yong-Joon Lee MD , Jing Kan MD , Zhen Ge MD , Seung-Jun Lee MD , Sung-Jin Hong MD , Chul-Min Ahn MD , Jung-Sun Kim MD , Byeong-Keuk Kim MD , Young-Guk Ko MD , Donghoon Choi MD , Yangsoo Jang MD , Gregg W. Stone MD , Gary S. Mintz MD , Shao-Liang Chen MD , Myeong-Ki Hong MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.07.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcin.2025.07.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Robust evidence on optimal stent expansion using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is still lacking.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>The aim of this study was to validate the impact of different criteria for IVUS-defined optimal stent expansion on 1-year clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Individual patient data from 3 randomized trials were aggregated for this analysis. Patients (n = 6,290) were classified into 3 groups: optimized PCI by IVUS, nonoptimized PCI by IVUS, and angiography-guided PCI. The primary endpoint was target vessel failure (TVF) at 1 year, a composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, or target vessel revascularization.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Angiography-guided PCI was performed in 3,208 patients. Optimal stent expansion was evaluated in 3,082 patients with IVUS-guided PCI. For the absolute criterion of minimal stent area (MSA) >5.5 mm<sup>2</sup> indicating optimal stent expansion, the optimized PCI group had a lower incidence of TVF (1.45% vs 3.86% vs 5.07%) compared with the nonoptimized PCI group (adjusted HR: 0.45; 95% CI: 0.26-0.75; <em>P</em> = 0.002) and the angiography-guided PCI group (adjusted HR: 0.35; 95% CI: 0.22-0.54; <em>P</em> < 0.001). Relative criteria did not show a significantly different TVF incidence between the optimized and nonoptimized PCI groups. In particular, the absolute criterion of MSA >5.5 mm<sup>2</sup> was associated with a significant reduction of the composite of cardiac death or target vessel myocardial infarction (0.54% in the optimized PCI group vs 1.59% in the nonoptimized PCI group; adjusted HR: 0.39; 95% CI: 0.17-0.91; <em>P</em> = 0.028).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Post-PCI stent expansion meeting an absolute criterion of MSA >5.5 mm<sup>2</sup> was associated with the most favorable clinical outcomes. (Effect of Intravascular Ultrasound in Patients Receiving Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With New-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of IVUS-XPL, ULTIMATE and IVUS-ACS Randomized Trials; <span><span>CRD42024559794</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>)</div></div>","PeriodicalId":14688,"journal":{"name":"JACC. Cardiovascular interventions","volume":"18 18","pages":"Pages 2197-2205"},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145108657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}