AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00054
Bharat Khialani, Eran Wen Jun Sim, George Touma, Tom Ford, Cuneyt Ada, Dharmaraj Karthikesan, Bernard Wong
{"title":"Jailed drug-coated balloon technique: an enhanced provisional approach to complex, non-left main bifurcations.","authors":"Bharat Khialani, Eran Wen Jun Sim, George Touma, Tom Ford, Cuneyt Ada, Dharmaraj Karthikesan, Bernard Wong","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00054","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"12 1","pages":"58-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12994463/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147488430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00061
Xiaomin Jiang, Hang Zhang, Juan Zhang, Yue Gu, Dujiang Xie, Zhimei Wang, Shao-Liang Chen
{"title":"Pulmonary artery denervation improves left ventricular diastolic function in patients with isolated post-capillary pulmonary hypertension secondary to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a safety and proof-of-principle cohort study.","authors":"Xiaomin Jiang, Hang Zhang, Juan Zhang, Yue Gu, Dujiang Xie, Zhimei Wang, Shao-Liang Chen","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00061","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The benefits of pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) for patients with isolated post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (IpcPH) secondary to left heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) remain unknown.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of PADN in patients with HFpEF-induced IpcPH.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a single-centre, proof-of-principle cohort study conducted in China. Patients with chronic HFpEF (>=6 months), receiving guideline-directed medical therapy for >=3 months, and meeting criteria for stage C heart failure and IpcPH were included. Eligible patients had New York Heart Association Class III or ambulatory Class IV symptoms and a plasma N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide level >300 pg/mL. Right heart catheterisation was performed to assess haemodynamics, and the rate of change of left ventricular pressure (dP/dt) was monitored for 10 minutes following the PADN procedure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At 10 minutes post-procedure, PADN resulted in a 16.9% reduction in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) and a 22.9% reduction in pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP), with no significant changes in cardiac output, right atrial pressure, or pulmonary vascular resistance. Additionally, the minimum left ventricular dP/dt (dP/dtmin) significantly decreased from -1,698.9±322.9 mmHg/s at baseline to -2,048.0±442.3 mmHg/s (a 20.5% reduction; p=0.012), indicating improved left ventricular relaxation. However, the maximum dP/dt and left ventricular end-systolic pressure remained unchanged.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PADN is associated with significant reductions in PAP and PAWP, likely driven by improved left ventricular relaxation, as reflected by dP/dtmin, in patients with HFpEF-induced IpcPH. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06323512.</p>","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"12 1","pages":"41-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12987394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147470384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-D-26-00005
Bruno Scheller, Franz X Kleber
{"title":"Many roads lead to Rome - the quest for optimal lesion preparation.","authors":"Bruno Scheller, Franz X Kleber","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-26-00005","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-26-00005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"12 1","pages":"11-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12987385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147470345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00094
Luís Felipe Duarte Coutinho, Erika Correa Vrandecic
{"title":"Letter: The AHEAD score in acute myocardial infarction: a call for more rigorous validation.","authors":"Luís Felipe Duarte Coutinho, Erika Correa Vrandecic","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00094","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00094","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"12 1","pages":"68-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12987390/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147470324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2026-03-19eCollection Date: 2026-03-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00044
Cheuk Bong Ho, Calvin Leung, Michael Chi Shing Chiang, Alan Ka Chun Chan, Kam Tim Chan, Michael Kang Yin Lee
{"title":"Real-time IVUS-guided wiring in spontaneous coronary artery dissection.","authors":"Cheuk Bong Ho, Calvin Leung, Michael Chi Shing Chiang, Alan Ka Chun Chan, Kam Tim Chan, Michael Kang Yin Lee","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00044","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00044","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"12 1","pages":"66-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12987395/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147469889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2025-10-10eCollection Date: 2025-10-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00028
Andreas Y Andreou
{"title":"Ultralow-contrast aorto-ostial percutaneous coronary intervention under live intravascular ultrasound guidance.","authors":"Andreas Y Andreou","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00028","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-25-00028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"11 3","pages":"210-212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12494081/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145234255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AsiaInterventionPub Date : 2025-10-10eCollection Date: 2025-10-01DOI: 10.4244/AIJ-E-25-00005
Ramesh Daggubati, Abhishek Chaturvedi
{"title":"Hydra valve with active release mechanism: GENESIS of a new contender in TAVI space.","authors":"Ramesh Daggubati, Abhishek Chaturvedi","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-E-25-00005","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-E-25-00005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"11 3","pages":"151-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12494078/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145234270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accuracy in adversity: double-stitch injury during balloon mitral valvotomy managed with device closure followed by interval balloon mitral valvotomy in an antenatal care patient at 7 months of gestational age.","authors":"Kalyan Munde, Hariom Kolapkar, Anant Munde, Akshat Jain, Mohan Paliwal, Anagh T Shetru, Jayakrishna Niari","doi":"10.4244/AIJ-D-24-00032","DOIUrl":"10.4244/AIJ-D-24-00032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72310,"journal":{"name":"AsiaIntervention","volume":"11 3","pages":"205-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12494083/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145234157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}