
Flavio Biccirè
@fbiccire
Interventional Cardiologist, MD, PhD 🇮🇹 Research & Interventional Cardiology Fellow at Bern University Hospital🇨🇭
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19-02-2020 21:23:18
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New OCTOBER Trial analysis in JACC Intv led by Lene Nyhus Andreasen ; Unintended stent deformation (USD) was associated with very poor outcome - But if USD was identified by OCT and corrected the prognosis was fine. USD was identified in 18% of LMCA PCI cases (!) Causes were equally


#EuroPCR #JACC SimPub: In pts w/ complex angiographic lesions from the ILUMIEN IV trial, OCT-guided #PCI ➡️ larger MSA & 📉 the composite endpoint of cardiac death, target-vessel MI, or stent thrombosis vs angiography-guided PCI at 2 yrs bit.ly/3yhY6oi Gregg W. Stone MD #MACE



Everything about calcified nodules! authors.elsevier.com/a/1j9qM6uPJvuU… JACC Journals Doosup Shin jcspratt Akiko Maehara Carlos Collet MD PhD Emanuele Barbato Flavio Ribichini Nieves Gonzalo @koshiro__Sakai Gregg W. Stone MD Evan Shlofmitz @drallenj OPCI St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center Cardiovascular Research Foundation David J. Cohen, MD, MSc Fernando A Sosa



Our new work: Usefulness of the C2HEST score to predict new onset #atrialfibrillation. A systematic review and meta‐analysis on >11 million subjects. Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science Flavio Biccirè onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ec…


Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Cardiology: Is lipoprotein(a) associated with adverse long-term plaque progression in patients at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease? ja.ma/3LCZtRQ


#OCT or #IVUS now Class IA for LM and complex lesions guidance! #CABG still preferred over #PCI for LM, but eager to see whether the use of IC imaging (which can reduce spontaneous MI and revasc) will improve #PCI outcomes and reduce differences with #CABG European Society of Cardiology PCRonline 🫀

#PCSK9i plus high-intensity statin therapy achieves 2% plaque burden regression at vessel level 5% PB regression at LESION level 10% PB regression at the most narrow (MLA) vessel spot Just published JAMA Cardiology Flavio Biccirè jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…


Long-term effect of biodegradable vs durable polymer everolimus-eluting stents on neoatherosclerosis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Read the CONNECT trial in EHJ. doi.org/10.1093/eurhea… #STEMI #neoatherosclerosis #cardiotwitter European Society of Cardiology Journals European Society of Cardiology


Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Cardiology: What are the effects of lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in nonculprit coronary segments with advanced atherosclerotic features? ja.ma/3XHxSpz


Exciting news: Meta-analysis in JAMA by Christoph Gräni #InselGruppe Universität Bern shows #whyCMR is crucial for #NIDCM outcomes! Read more: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern Dr Christian Eichhorn Isaac Shiri Lord Maddalena Ardissino Jens Eckstein Raymond Kwong


I am probably the only one thinking that CTO-PCI is most of the time useless, especially when we do not talk about LAD? EuroIntervention PCRonline 🫀

📣 Live now in Room BROWN 2 at #GISE45 The dark side of complete revascularization in MI patients 🔥 💫 Terrific sessions on impact of physiology-guided and imaging-guided on NCLs Don’t trust only the angiography! Daniele Torella Gianluca Caiazzo Flavio Biccirè


Among patients with an anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery, coronary artery CT can be used to safely risk stratify individuals Christoph Gräni Insel Gruppe Cardiovascular Research Cluster (CVRC) R.Kakizaki 植木康志 Marius Reto Bigler @Fbiccire Isaac Shiri Lord Christoph Gräni ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…


The new updated #OCT chapter of the #EAPCI - PCRonline 🫀 textbook is out!! 🚀 A huge pleasure and honor to participate to this manuscript with an amazing group of authors Centro per la Lotta contro l'Infarto Flavio Biccirè Ziad Ali E. Regar Piera Capranzano 🙏🏻 Enjoy it! Have a look: textbooks.pcronline.com/the-pcr-eapci-…
