Background: Several stent expansion criteria derived from the intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
evaluation have been proposed to predict future clinical outcomes, but optimal stent …

Background Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was only rarely used in landmark trials comparing
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in …

Background: There is a paucity of data on the effect of optimal intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) compared with standard PCI or coronary …

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is now a treatment option for patients with inoperable
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). However, the incidence of …

Background Pulmonary injury is a major complication of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA)
for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Lung injury after BPA can …

A 54-year-old man was transferred to our hospital due to congestive heart failure and left
ventricular thrombi. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed mobile “ball-like” not only …

Background: There is a scarcity of data evaluating contemporary real-world dual antiplatelet
therapy (DAPT) strategies after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods and …

Background There are no studies comparing single-session vs staged multivessel intravascular
ultrasound (IVUS)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with …

Background Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (PPS) presenting in adulthood is an
uncommon disease and may be misdiagnosed as idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension or …

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has a poor prognosis despite the
available therapeutic options. Normalization of hemodynamics would be needed to obtain the …