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Small Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: Rationale for Standardized Definition and Critical Appraisal of the Literature.
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- Comparative effectiveness of percutaneous coronary intervention strategies for coronary small-vessel disease: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials.Annals of medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of the paclitaxel drug-coated balloon angioplasty for the treatment of coronary small vessel disease: a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Trial
- OCT-Guided PCI According to Lesion Length and Vessel Diameter: Post Hoc Analysis of OCCUPI Trial.JACC. Asia · 2026Article
- Complete Revascularization in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff.Journal of chest surgery · 2026Review
- Small Vessels, Big Decisions.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2026Article
- Mid-term outcomes of paclitaxel-coated balloon for de novo non-small coronary lesions: a pooled analysis.BMC medicine · 2025Observational
- Definitions and standardized endpoints for the use of drug-coated balloon in coronary artery disease: consensus document of the Drug Coated Balloon Academic Research Consortium.European heart journal · 2025Article
- 3D printing of stents via two-photon polymerization.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Definitions and standardized endpoints for the use of drug-coated balloon in coronary artery disease: consensus document of the Drug Coated Balloon Academic Research Consortium.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025Article
- Stepwise dual antiplatelet therapy de-escalation in patients after drug coated balloon angioplasty (REC-CAGEFREE II): multicentre, randomised, open label, assessor blind, non-inferiority trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2025Article
- Comparative efficacy and safety of drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in small vessel coronary artery disease: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025Review
- Drug-coated balloons in percutaneous coronary interventions: existing evidence and emerging hopes.Cardiology journal · 2025Review
- Comparison of Small Blood Vessel Diameter with Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Angiography for Guidance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ultrathin-strut versus thin-strut stent healing and outcomes in preclinical and clinical subjects.EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- Culprit Lesion Vessel Size and Risk of Reperfusion Injury in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Associations of Culprit Vessel Size and Plaque Characteristics in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Long-term outcomes after stent implantation in very small vessel coronary artery disease.Clinical cardiology · 2023Observational
- Stent Thrombosis and Restenosis with Contemporary Drug-Eluting Stents: Predictors and Current Evidence.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Drug-coated balloon: an effective alternative to stent strategy in small-vessel coronary artery disease-a meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Small Coronary Vessel Size: A Great Need for a Standardized Definition.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & InterventionsArticle
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Abstract
Small vessel coronary artery disease (CAD) is present in 30% to 67% of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention according to different series, representing an unmet clinical need in light of an increased risk of technical failure, restenosis, and need for repeated revascularization. The definition of small vessel is inconsistent across trials, and no definite cutoff value has yet been determined. The lack of consensus on the definition of small vessel CAD has contributed to the high degree of heterogeneity in the safety and efficacy of the various revascularization options. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide a critical appraisal of existing reports and to propose a reference vessel diameter of <2.5 mm definition of small vessel CAD to guide future clinical trials and clinical decision-making.
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