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The aim of this study was to evaluate the interaction between hospital endovascular lower extremity revascularization (eLER) volume and outcomes after eLER for critical limb ischemia (CLI).

There is a paucity of data on the relationship between hospital procedural volume and outcomes of eLER for CLI.

The authors queried the Nationwide Readmission Database (2013-2015) for hospitalized patients who underwent eLER for CLI. Hospitals were divided into tertiles according to annual eLER volume low volume (<100 eLER procedures), moderate volume (100-550 eLER procedures), and high volume (>550 eLER procedures). Stepwise multivariable regression models were used. The main outcomes were in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission with major adverse limb events, defined as the composite of amputation, acute limb ischemia, or repeat revascularization.

Among 145,785 hospitalizations for eLER for CLI, 5,199 (3.6%) were at low-volume eLER hospitals, 27,857 (19.1%) at moderate-volume eLER hospitals, and 112,72 eLER for CLI. However, high eLER volume (>550 eLER procedures) was associated withbetterrates of limb preservation after eLER for CLI.
550 eLER procedures) was associated with better rates of limb preservation after eLER for CLI.
The aim of this study was to assess clinical outcomes after combined pressure and flow assessment of coronary lesions.

Although fractional flow reserve (FFR) remains the invasive reference standard for revascularization, approximately 40% of stenoses have discordant coronary flow reserve (CFR). Optimal treatment for these disagreements remains unclear.

A total of 455 subjects with 668 lesions were enrolled from 12 sites in 6 countries. Only lesions with reduced FFR and CFR underwent revascularization; all other combinations received initial medical therapy.

Fourteen percent of lesions had FFR≤0.8 but CFR≥2.0 while 23% of lesions had FFR >0.8 but CFR<2.0. During 2-year follow-up, the primary endpoint of composite all-cause death, myocardial infarction, and revascularization in lesions with FFR≤0.8 but CFR≥2.0 (10.8% event rate) compared with lesions with FFR >0.8 and CFR≥2.0 (6.2% event rate) exceeded the prespecified+10% noninferiority margin (P=0.090). Target vessel failure models using both continuous FFR and continuous CFR found that only higher FFR was associated with reduced target vessel failure (Cox P=0.007) after initial medical treatment. Central core laboratory review accepted 69.8% of all tracings with mean differences of<0.01 for FFR and<0.02 for CFR, indicating no material impact on clinical measurements or outcomes.

All-cause death, myocardial infarction, and revascularization after 2 years was not noninferior between lesions with FFR≤0.8 but CFR≥2.0 and lesions with FFR >0.8 and CFR≥2.0. These results do not support using invasive CFR≥2.0 to defer revascularization for lesions with reduced FFR if the patient would otherwise be a candidate on the basis of the entire clinical scenario and treatment preference.
0.8 and CFR ≥2.0. These results do not support using invasive CFR ≥2.0 to defer revascularization for lesions with reduced FFR if the patient would otherwise be a candidate on the basis of the entire clinical scenario and treatment preference.
This study sought to evaluate clinical implications of the residual fractional flow reserve (FFR) gradient after angiographically successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Recent studies have demonstrated FFR measured after PCI is associated with clinical outcome after PCI. Although post-PCI FFR pull back tracings provide clinically relevant information on the residual FFR gradient, there are no objective criteria for assessing post-PCI FFR pull back tracings.

A total of 492 patients who underwent angiographically successful PCI and post-PCI FFR measurement with pull back tracings were analyzed. The presence of the major residual FFR gradient after PCI was assessed by both conventional visual interpretation of the pull back tracings and objective analysis using the instantaneous FFR gradient per unit time (dFFR(t)/dt) with a cutoff value of dFFR(t)/dt≥0.035. Classification agreement between 2 independent operators for the presence of the major residual FFR gradient was compared before and aftfication agreement on the presence of the major residual FFR gradient among operators. Presence of the major residual FFR gradient defined by dFFR(t)/dt after angiographically successful PCI was independently associated with an increased risk of TVF at 2 years. (Automated Algorithm Detecting Physiologic Major Stenosis and Its Relationship with Post-PCI Clinical Outcomes [Algorithm-PCI]; NCT04304677; Influence of FFR on the Clinical Outcome After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [COE-PERSPECTIVE]; NCT01873560).
The aim of this study was to evaluate 2 abbreviated dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) regimens in patients at high bleeding risk (HBR) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Current-generation drug-eluting stents are preferred over bare-metal stents for HBR patients, but their optimal DAPT management remains unknown.

The XIENCE Short DAPT program included 3 prospective, multicenter, single-arm studies enrolling HBR patients who underwent successful PCI with a cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stent. After 1month (XIENCE 28 USA and XIENCE 28 Global) or 3months (XIENCE 90) of DAPT, event-free patients discontinued the P2Y
inhibitor. The postmarketing approval XIENCE V USA study was used as historical control in a propensity score-stratified analysis.

A total of 3,652 patients were enrolled. The propensity-adjusted rate of the primary endpoint of all-cause mortality or myocardial infarction was 5.4% among 1,693 patients on 3-month DAPT versus 5.4% in the 12-month DAPT historical control (P
=0.0063) and 3.5% among 1,392 patients on 1-month DAPT versus 4.3% in the 6-month DAPT historical control (P
=0.0005). Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) types 2 to 5 bleeding was not significantly lower with 3- or 1-month DAPT, while BARC types 3 to 5 bleeding was reduced in both experimental groups. The rate of definite or probable stent thrombosis was 0.2% in XIENCE 90 (P<0.0001 for the performance goal of 1.2%) and 0.3% in XIENCE28.

Among HBR patients undergoing PCI with cobalt-chromium everolimus-eluting stents, DAPT for 1 or 3months was noninferior to 6 or 12months of DAPT for ischemic outcomes and may be associated with less major bleeding and a low incidence of stent thrombosis.
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