2024
Intravascular imaging-guided coronary drug-eluting stent implantation: an updated network meta-analysis
Stone G, Christiansen E, Ali Z, Andreasen L, Maehara A, Ahmad Y, Landmesser U, Holm N. Intravascular imaging-guided coronary drug-eluting stent implantation: an updated network meta-analysis. The Lancet 2024, 403: 824-837. PMID: 38401549, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02454-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionIntravascular imaging guidanceTarget vessel myocardial infarctionIntravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary interventionAngiography-guided percutaneous coronary interventionImaging-guided percutaneous coronary interventionOptical coherence tomographyAngiography guidanceTarget lesion revascularisationImage guidanceMeta-analysisTarget lesion failureInternational Prospective Register of Systematic ReviewsSystematic reviewProspective Register of Systematic ReviewsMyocardial infarctionDrug-eluting stentsCardiac deathInternational Prospective RegisterLesion failureStent thrombosisRisk of cardiac deathRisk of target lesion failureStudy-level dataIntravascular ultrasound-guided percutaneous coronary interventionIntravascular Imaging–Guided Versus Angiography‐Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials
Sreenivasan J, Reddy R, Jamil Y, Malik A, Chamie D, Howard J, Nanna M, Mintz G, Maehara A, Ali Z, Moses J, Chen S, Chieffo A, Colombo A, Leon M, Lansky A, Ahmad Y. Intravascular Imaging–Guided Versus Angiography‐Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Trials. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e031111. PMID: 38214263, PMCID: PMC10926835, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.031111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse cardiac eventsPercutaneous coronary interventionAngiography-guided percutaneous coronary interventionTarget vessel revascularizationTarget-lesion revascularizationCardiac eventsCardiac deathImaging-guided percutaneous coronary interventionWeighted mean follow-up durationMeta-analysisPrimary outcomeMean follow-up durationStent thrombosisMeta-analysis of randomized trialsStudy-level meta-analysisComplex lesion subsetsIntravascular imagingAll-cause deathRandom-effects meta-analysisStandard of careIntention-to-treat principleUpdates of clinical guidelinesMixed-effects meta-regressionComplex percutaneous coronary interventionIntravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention
2022
Hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) and reduced leaflet motion (RELM) of aortic bioprostheses: An imaging finding or a complication?
Ahmad Y, Makkar R, Sondergaard L. Hypoattenuated leaflet thickening (HALT) and reduced leaflet motion (RELM) of aortic bioprostheses: An imaging finding or a complication? Progress In Cardiovascular Diseases 2022, 72: 78-83. PMID: 35675882, DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2022.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeaflet thickeningAortic bioprosthesesLeaflet motionSurgical aortic valve replacementSymptomatic severe aortic stenosisTranscatheter aortic valve implantationSubclinical leaflet thrombosisSurgical aortic bioprosthesesSevere aortic stenosisAortic valve replacementAortic valve implantationForm of strokeThrombotic complicationsValve implantationValve replacementAortic stenosisSurgical riskLeaflet thrombosisEffective therapyComputed tomographyValve functionRandomized dataValve durabilityClinical implicationsNatural history