Pierfrancesco Agostoni

Antioxidant vitamins and coronary disease.

Stenting versus surgical bypass grafting for coronary artery disease: systematic overview and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Is vasopressin superior to adrenaline or placebo in the management of cardiac arrest? A meta-analysis.

Parallel hierarchy of scientific studies in cardiovascular medicine.

Radial versus femoral approach for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures; Systematic overview and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

A practical algorithm for systematic reviews in cardiovascular medicine.

Coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty in small vessels.

A simple hint to improve Robinson and Dickersin's highly sensitive PubMed search strategy for controlled clinical trials.

Hibernating myocardium, apoptosis, and a simple mathematical task.

Is bare-metal stenting superior to balloon angioplasty for small vessel coronary artery disease? Evidence from a meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Comparison of early outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era with versus without intravascular ultrasonic guidance.

Adjusted indirect comparison of intracoronary drug-eluting stents: evidence from a metaanalysis of randomized bare-metal-stent-controlled trials.

Long-term benefits of an early invasive management in acute coronary syndromes depend on intracoronary stenting and aggressive antiplatelet treatment: a metaregression.

Critical role of bare-metal stent controls in trials of drug-eluting stents.

Validation of predictors of intraprocedural stent thrombosis in the drug-eluting stent era.

ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion at any cost?

Complete myocardial revascularization: between myth and reality.

Plasma levels of oxidized-low-density lipoproteins are higher in patients with unstable angina and correlated with angiographic coronary complex plaques.

Enhanced plasma levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein increase circulating nuclear factor-kappa B activation in patients with unstable angina.

In-vivo, cardiac-cycle related intimal displacement of coronary plaques assessed by 3-D ECG-gated intravascular ultrasound: exploring its correlate with tissue deformability identified by palpography.

Incidence, predictors, and outcomes of coronary dissections left untreated after drug-eluting stent implantation.

Should degenerated saphenous vein grafts routinely be sealed with drug-eluting stents?

Letter regarding article by Mauri et al, "Late loss in lumen diameter and binary restenosis for drug-eluting stent comparison".

Direct and indirect comparison meta-analysis demonstrates the superiority of sirolimus- versus paclitaxel-eluting stents across 5854 patients.

Clinical outcome following aleatory implantation of paclitaxel-eluting or sirolimus-eluting stents in complex coronary lesions.

Drawbacks of nonrandomized trials in acute coronary syndromes.

Compliance with QUOROM and quality of reporting of overlapping meta-analyses on the role of acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast associated nephropathy: case study.

Is late luminal loss an accurate predictor of the clinical effectiveness of drug-eluting stents in the coronary arteries?

Clinical effectiveness of bare-metal stenting compared with balloon angioplasty in total coronary occlusions: insights from a systematic overview of randomized trials in light of the drug-eluting stent era.

Comparison of ticlopidine vs. clopidogrel in addition to aspirin after paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation: insights from the TRUE (Taxusin Real-life Usage Evaluation) Study.

Low-dose aspirin for stroke prevention.

The drug-eluting stent dilemma: comparing the effectiveness of Cypher versus Taxus.

Safety of percutaneous left heart catheterization directly performed by cardiology fellows: a cohort analysis.

Testing prospectively the effectiveness and safety of paclitaxel-eluting stents in over 1000 very high-risk patients: design, baseline characteristics, procedural data and in-hospital outcomes of the multicenter Taxus in Real-life Usage Evaluation (TRUE) Study.

Macroscopic assessment of porcine coronary vessel wall trauma after percutaneous cardiac catheterization and intervention.

From chaotic to coordinated clinical research: the case of acetylcysteine.

Dissimilar relevance given to diseases by medical literature, and the potential to create biases in the clinical decision-making process: the case of late stent thrombosis.

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the hazards of discontinuing or not adhering to aspirin among 50,279 patients at risk for coronary artery disease.

The hurdles of warfarin and the hurdles of clinical practice.

Diagnostic performance of multislice spiral computed tomography of coronary arteries as compared with conventional invasive coronary angiography: a meta-analysis.

Mastering the antegrade femoral artery access in patients with symptomatic lower limb ischemia: learning curve, complications, and technical tips and tricks.

Randomized double-blind comparison of sirolimus-eluting stent versus bare-metal stent implantation in diseased saphenous vein grafts: six-month angiographic, intravascular ultrasound, and clinical follow-up of the RRISC Trial.

Acute and mid-term local vascular effects of compliant balloon inflation (GuardWire system) on saphenous vein bypass grafts: an angiographic analysis.

Meta-analysis of the studies assessing temporal changes in coronary plaque volume using intravascular ultrasound.

Keeping a high standard in quantitative analyses, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews.

Clinical implications of the PROTECT-TIMI-30 trial.

Angiographic analysis of pattern of late luminal loss in sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents.

Successful percutaneous treatment of an intraprocedural left main stent thrombosis with the support of an automatic mechanical chest compression device.

Treatment of restenosis with a paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter.

Bifurcation stenting with a dedicated biolimus-eluting stent: X-ray visual enhancement of the final angiographic result with "StentBoost Subtract".

Benefits of clopidogrel in patients undergoing coronary stenting significantly depend on loading dose: evidence from a meta-regression.

Recurrent angina after coronary revascularization: a clinical challenge.

Acute coronary syndromes: an emphasis shift from treatment to prevention; and the enduring challenge of vulnerable plaque detection in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Long-term outcomes following drug-eluting stent implantation in unprotected left main bifurcation lesions.

Letter of comment on "Intracoronary nitroprusside for the prevention of the no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial" (Am Heart J 2006;152:887.e9-14).

Re: early decrease in coagulation activity after myocardial infarction is associated with lower risk of new ischaemic events: observations from the ESTEEM trial.

Ximelagatran versus warfarin in the prevention of atrial fibrillation-related stroke: both sides of the story.

Engineering aspects of stents design and their translation into clinical practice.

Adjusted indirect meta-analysis of aspirin plus warfarin at international normalized ratios 2 to 3 versus aspirin plus clopidogrel after acute coronary syndromes.

Comparable clinical outcomes with paclitaxel- and sirolimus-eluting stents in unrestricted contemporary practice.

Two-by-two factorial comparison of high-bolus-dose tirofiban followed by standard infusion versus abciximab and sirolimus-eluting versus bare-metal stent implantation in patients with acute myocardial infarction: design and rationale for the MULTI-STRATEGY trial.

Intravascular ultrasound comparison of sirolimus-eluting stent versus bare metal stent implantation in diseased saphenous vein grafts (from the RRISC [Reduction of Restenosis In Saphenous Vein Grafts With Cypher Sirolimus-Eluting Stent] trial).

Targeted stent use in clinical practice based on evidence from the Basel Stent Cost Effectiveness Trial (BASKET).

Increased late mortality after sirolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in diseased saphenous vein grafts: results from the randomized DELAYED RRISC Trial.

The direct thrombin inhibitor ximelagatran/melagatran: a systematic review on clinical applications and an evidence based assessment of risk benefit profile.

Comparing, by means of a meta-analytic approach, the available evidence on off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCABG) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Meta-analysis appraising high clopidogrel loading in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

Letter by Agostini et al regarding article, "Stent thrombosis late after implantation of first-generation drug-eluting stents: a cause for concern".

Comparison of different methods of measurement of aspirin resistance: using the appropriate statistic.

"Virtual" in-vivo bench test for bifurcation stenting with "StentBoost".

Potentials and pitfalls of meta-analysis on statins.

A collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis on 1278 patients undergoing percutaneous drug-eluting stenting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease.

Survival and cardiac remodeling benefits in patients undergoing late percutaneous coronary intervention of the infarct-related artery: evidence from a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

"Trans-collateral" angioplasty for a challenging chronic total occlusion of the tibial vessels: a novel approach to percutaneous revascularization in critical lower limb ischemia.

Revisiting the role of percutaneous revascularization versus medical therapy for later infarct-related artery occlusion (letter of comment on Ioannidis and Katritsis. Am Heart J. 2007;154:1065-71).

Ischemia induced by transesophageal atrial pacing stress echocardiography predicts long-term mortality.

Are surrogate end points in drug-eluting stent trials reliable?

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials appraising the impact of cilostazol after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Bare-metal versus drug-eluting coronary stents.

Comparison of assessment of native coronary arteries by standard versus three-dimensional coronary angiography.

Percutaneous revascularization strategies in a patient with previous coronary artery bypass surgery: technical and patho-physiological insights.

Drug eluting stents in patients with diabetes.

Comment on 'Comparison of operator radiation exposure with optimized radiation protection devices during coronary angiograms and ad hoc percutaneous coronary interventions by radial and femoral routes'.

Percutaneous coronary implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents in unselected patients and lesions: clinical results and multiple outcome predictors.

Step-by-step StentBoost-guided small vessel stenting using the self-expandable Sparrow stent-in-wire.

Last nail in the coffin of late lumen loss?

Novel self-expanding stent system for enhanced provisional bifurcation stenting: Examination by StentBoost and intravascular ultrasound.

Stent thrombosis is not always stent thrombosis: de novo atherosclerosis in a stented coronary segment.

Rotational vs. standard coronary angiography: an image content analysis.

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a case report.

9-month clinical, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound results of a prospective evaluation of the Axxess self-expanding biolimus A9-eluting stent in coronary bifurcation lesions: the DIVERGE (Drug-Eluting Stent Intervention for Treating Side Branches Effectively) study.

First-in-man (FIM) study of the Stentys bifurcation stent--30 days results.

Re-examining minimal luminal diameter relocation and quantitative coronary angiography--intravascular ultrasound correlations in stented saphenous vein grafts: methodological insights from the randomised RRISC trial.

Long-term effect of chronic oral anticoagulation: focus on coronary artery disease.

The GENESIS (Randomized, Multicenter Study of the Pimecrolimus-Eluting and Pimecrolimus/Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in Patients with De Novo Lesions of the Native Coronary Arteries) trial.

Prognostic significance of small troponin I rise after a successful elective percutaneous coronary intervention of a native artery.

The ProLimus trial: a prospective, non-randomised, multicentre trial to evaluate the safety and clinical performance of the pimecrolimus eluting stent system (ProGenic).

On the current epidemic outburst of meta-analytic rage in interventional cardiology.

Quantitative coronary angiography in the current era: principles and applications.

Infragenicular stent implantation for below-the-knee atherosclerotic disease: clinical evidence from an international collaborative meta-analysis on 640 patients.

Optical coherence tomography: new (near-infrared) light on stent implantation?

Transradial versus transfemoral approach for percutaneous coronary procedures.

Appraising the effectiveness and safety of paclitaxel-eluting stents in over 1,000 very high-risk patients: overall results of the Taxus in Real-life Usage Evaluation (TRUE) registry.

Making sense of the recent meta-analytical confusion concerning the safety of drug-eluting stents.

Percutaneous coronary stenting in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Changing the guiding catheter over the coronary wire: a simple (and cheap) technique to get out of trouble.

Screening for proximal coronary artery anomalies with 3-dimensional MR coronary angiography.

Use of drug-eluting stents for chronic total occlusions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Late renal stent thrombosis.

Optical coherence tomography assessment of a coronary bare cobalt chromium stent deformed by the removal of an entrapped "jailed" guidewire.

Adjusted indirect comparison meta-analysis of prasugrel versus ticagrelor for patients with acute coronary syndromes.

Drug eluting stents versus bare metal stents in the treatment of saphenous vein graft disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

International collaborative systematic review of controlled clinical trials on pharmacologic treatments for acute pericarditis and its recurrences.

Transradial access without preliminary Allen test--letter of comment on Rhyne et al.

Intra-arterial lidocaine versus saline to reduce peri-procedural discomfort in patients undergoing percutaneous trans-radial or trans-ulnar coronary procedures.

Human relevance of pre-clinical studies in stem cell therapy: systematic review and meta-analysis of large animal models of ischaemic heart disease.

Are propensity scores really superior to standard multivariable analysis?

Pushing wrist access to the limit: homolateral right ulnar artery approach for primary percutaneous coronary intervention after right radial failure due to radial loop.

Agreement between adjusted indirect comparison and simplified network meta-analyses on prasugrel and ticagrelor (Reply to Passaro et al. - Int J Cardiol 2011).

Transcatheter aortic implantation of the Edwards-SAPIEN bioprosthesis: insights on early benefit of TAVI on mitral regurgitation.

Six-month clinical and angiographic results of the STENTYS® self-apposing stent in bifurcation lesions.

Drug-eluting balloons and bifurcations, a new future?

The Valentines Trial: results of the first one week worldwide multicentre enrolment trial, evaluating the real world usage of the second generation DIOR paclitaxel drug-eluting balloon for in-stent restenosis treatment.

Measuring and targeting aldosterone and renin in atherosclerosis-a review of clinical data.

Coronary bifurcation lesions treated with the drug-eluting balloon: a preliminary insight from the DEBIUT study.

Tools & techniques: Percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein graft lesions.

Percutaneous coronary interventions in saphenous vein grafts: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Right versus left radial artery access for coronary procedures: an international collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis including 5 randomized trials and 3210 patients.

Potential pitfalls of meta-analyses of observational studies in cardiovascular research.

A prospective "oversizing" strategy of the Edwards SAPIEN bioprosthesis: results and impact on aortic regurgitation.

A multicenter randomized comparison of drug-eluting balloon plus bare-metal stent versus bare-metal stent versus drug-eluting stent in bifurcation lesions treated with a single-stenting technique: six-month angiographic and 12-month clinical results of the drug-eluting balloon in bifurcations trial.

A prospective multicentre registry, evaluating real-world usage of the Tryton side branch stent: results of the E-Tryton 150/Benelux registry.

Optical coherence tomography assessment of early stent strut coverage in patients treated with a thin-strut bare cobalt-chromium stent coated with silicon carbide.

First results of the DEB-AMI (drug eluting balloon in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) trial: a multicenter randomized comparison of drug-eluting balloon plus bare-metal stent versus bare-metal stent versus drug-eluting stent in primary percutaneous coronary intervention with 6-month angiographic, intravascular, functional, and clinical outcomes.

"Frozen" leaflet: a dreadful complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

First-in-man experience with a new embolic deflection device in transcatheter aortic valve interventions.

Radial versus femoral randomized investigation in ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: the RIFLE-STEACS (Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) study.

Complex made easy: left anterior descending artery trifurcation lesion completely treated with a single device.

P2Y12 inhibitors: pharmacologic mechanism and clinical relevance.

Biodegradable versus durable polymer drug eluting stents in coronary artery disease: insights from a meta-analysis of 5,834 patients.

Safety and efficacy of the cobalt chromium PRO-Kinetik coronary stent system: results of the MULTIBENE study.

Atherosclerotic coronary plaque regression and the risk of adverse cardiovascular events: a meta-regression of randomized clinical trials.

Automated 3D analysis of pre-procedural MDCT to predict annulus plane angulation and C-arm positioning: benefit on procedural outcome in patients referred for TAVR.

Optical coherence tomography imaging of acute stent thrombosis after Stentys stent implantation.

Placement of Tryton Side Branch Stent only; a new treatment strategy for Medina 0,0,1 coronary bifurcation lesions.

Automated 3D analysis of multislice computed tomography to define the line of perpendicularity of the aortic annulus and of the implanted valve: benefit on planning transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Serial morphological and functional assessment of drug-eluting balloon for in-stent restenotic lesions: mechanisms of action evaluated with angiography, optical coherence tomography, and fractional flow reserve.

Clinical and angiographic outcomes following first-in-man implantation of a novel thin-strut low-profile fixed-wire stent: the Svelte Coronary Stent Integrated Delivery System first-in-man trial.

Long-term clinical outcome after fractional flow reserve- versus angio-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with intermediate stenosis of coronary artery bypass grafts.

Can we predict which patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction benefit most from radial access? Evidence from frequentist and Bayesian meta-regressions of randomized trials.

Drug eluting balloon versus drug eluting stent in percutaneous coronary interventions: insights from a meta-analysis of 1462 patients.

Reply: MDCT in TAVR for better implant angle and outcomes.

Diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography parameters in predicting in-stent hemodynamic severe coronary lesions: validation against fractional flow reserve.

Angiographic fate of side branch dissections in bifurcation lesions treated with a provisional single stenting strategy: a post-hoc analysis of the international multicenter randomized DEBIUT study.

Optimisation of transcatheter aortic balloon-expandable valve deployment: the two-step inflation technique.

Same wrist intervention via the cubital (ulnar) artery in case of radial puncture failure for percutaneous cardiac catheterization or intervention: the multicenter SWITCH registry.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and large aortic annulus, using the self-expanding 31-mm Medtronic CoreValve prosthesis: first clinical experience.

Cerebral microembolism during transradial coronary angiography: comparison between single and double catheter strategy.

Meta-analysis of bioabsorbable versus durable polymer drug-eluting stents in 20,005 patients with coronary artery disease: an update.

How should I treat an asymptomatic enlarging giant saphenous vein graft aneurysm?

Six-month healing of the nonocclusive coronary anastomotic connector in an off-pump porcine bypass model.

Clinical and biomechanical behavior of a platinum-chromium stent platform in a large all-comer single-center population: insights from the Novara-PROMETEUS registry.

Single 6 fr transradial guiding catheter for retrograde recanalization of left coronary artery chronic total occlusions: a case series.

Similar anti-inflammatory effects of intracoronary and intravenous abciximab during primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomized study.

Svelte integrated delivery system performance examined through diagnostic catheter delivery: the SPEED registry.

Three-dimensional aortic root reconstruction derived from rotational angiography for transcatheter balloon-expandable aortic valve implantation guidance.

SEDUCEd by optical coherence tomography in drug-eluting balloon assessment.

A gender based analysis of predictors of all cause death after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

Transcollateral retrograde diagnostic coronary angiogram - important therapeutic implications for an occluded arterial coronary artery bypass graft.

Prognostic value of fractional flow reserve: linking physiologic severity to clinical outcomes.

Very late bioresorbable vascular scaffold thrombosis following discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy.

Usefulness and validation of the survival posT TAVI score for survival after transcatheter aortic valve implantation for aortic stenosis.

Embrella embolic deflection device for cerebral protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Clinical validation of a novel software for quantitative analysis of coronary intravascular ultrasound.

A "Simplified" culotte technique using two dedicated bifurcation stents and additional angiographic stent enhancement to treat a complex bifurcation lesion in non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction with poor left ventricular function.

Aspirin underuse, non-compliance or cessation: definition, extent, impact and potential solutions in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Silent ischemic brain lesions after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: lesion distribution and predictors.

Comparison of balloon-expandable versus self-expandable valves for transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with low-gradient severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.

Efficacy of a device to narrow the coronary sinus in refractory angina.

Incidence, predictors, and impact on prognosis of systolic pulmonary artery pressure and its improvement after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a multicenter registry.

Severity of stable coronary artery disease and its biomarkers differ between men and women undergoing angiography.

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With the New Balloon-Expandable Sapien 3 Versus Sapien XT Valve System: A Propensity Score-Matched Single-Center Comparison.