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  1. The hybrid algorithm for chronic total occlusions

    Article • Vessel Plus, August 2019, OAE Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  2. Implementing a minimally invasive approach (combining radial approach, small guiding catheters and minimization of double access) for coronary chronic total occlusion intervention according to the hybrid algorithm: The Minimalistic Hybrid Algorithm

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  3. A “minimalistic hybrid algorithm” in coronary chronic total occlusion revascularization: Procedural and clinical outcomes

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  4. Incomplete coronary sinus reducer endothelialization as potential mechanism of clinical failure

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  5. Impact of baseline cigarette smoking status on clinical outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  6. Ex Vivo Pilot Study of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Velocity Mapping for Quantification of Aortic Regurgitation in a Porcine Model in the Presence of a Transcatheter Heart Valve

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  7. Randomized All-Comers Evaluation of a Permanent Polymer Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent Versus a Polymer-Free Amphilimus-Eluting Stent

    Article • Circulation, January 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  8. Evaluation of Cognitive Function Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Article • Heart Lung and Circulation, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  9. Clinical Implications of Distal Vessel Stenosis After Successful Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  10. Postoperative Delirium in Individuals Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  11. Angiographic and clinical outcomes of antegrade versus retrograde techniques for chronic total occlusion revascularizations: Insights from the PRISON IV trial

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  12. Impact of collateralisation to a concomitant chronic total occlusion in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a subanalysis of the EXPLORE randomised controlled trial

    Article • Open Heart, July 2018, BMJ

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  13. Clinical outcomes of complex real-world diabetic patients treated with amphilimus sirolimus-eluting stents or zotarolimus-eluting stents: A single-center registry

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  14. Very late migration to and retrieval of an Amplatzer patent foramen ovale occlusion device from the abdominal aortic carrefour

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, June 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  15. Impact of ultra-thin struts on restenosis after chronic total occlusion recanalization: Insights from the randomized PRISON IV trial

    Article • Journal of Interventional Cardiology, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  16. Hybrid transcatheter left ventricular reconstruction for the treatment of ischaemic cardiomyopathy

    Article • EuroIntervention, March 2018, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  17. Collateral Quality Decay Several Days After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  18. Drug eluting balloon for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease: Current perspectives

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  19. First report of the use of long-tapered sirolimus-eluting coronary stent for the treatment of chronic total occlusions with the hybrid algorithm

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  20. Subadventitial stenting around occluded stents: A bailout technique to recanalize in-stent chronic total occlusions

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2018, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  21. The SABRE Trial (Sirolimus Angioplasty Balloon for Coronary In-Stent Restenosis)

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  22. Fully Transradial Versus Transfemoral Approach for Percutaneous Intervention of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions Applying the Hybrid Algorithm

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions, September 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  23. Optical coherence tomography findings: insights from the “randomised multicentre trial investigating angiographic outcomes of hybrid sirolimus-eluting stents with biodegradable polymer compared with everolimus-eluting stents with durable polymer in chr...

    Article • EuroIntervention, August 2017, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  24. Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Through Ipsilateral Collateral Channels

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  25. Antegrade Dissection and Reentry as Part of the Hybrid Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularization Strategy

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions, June 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  26. Rationale and design of amphilimus sirolimus-eluting stents versus zotarolimus-eluting stents in all-comers requiring percutaneous coronary intervention (ReCre8): A multicenter randomized clinical trial

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  27. Towards a contemporary, comprehensive scoring system for determining technical outcomes of hybrid percutaneous chronic total occlusion treatment: The RECHARGE score

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  28. Transradial versus transfemoral ancillary approach in complex structural, coronary, and peripheral interventions. Results from the multicenter ancillary registry: A study of the Italian Radial Club

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 2017, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Alessandro Sticchi

  29. Evaluation of current practices in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: The WRITTEN (WoRldwIde TAVI ExperieNce) survey

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  30. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in low ejection fraction/low transvalvular gradient patients

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, February 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  31. Special Technique and Case Illustrations of CTO Intervention via Transradial Approach

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  32. Randomized Multicenter Trial Investigating Angiographic Outcomes of Hybrid Sirolimus-Eluting Stents With Biodegradable Polymer Compared With Everolimus-Eluting Stents With Durable Polymer in Chronic Total Occlusions

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  33. TCT-721 Reverse Causality and Effect of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes and all-Cause Mortality after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  34. TCT-747 Effect of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement on Mid-term Cognitive Outcome – A Prospective Pilot Study

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  35. TCT-722 Clinical Effect of New Cerebral Ischemic Lesions on the Occurrence of Postoperative Delirium after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  36. TCT-82 Evaluation of Current Practices in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The WRITTEN (WoRldwIde TAVR ExperieNce) Survey

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  37. The Hybrid Algorithm for Treating Chronic Total Occlusions in Europe

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  38. Percutaneous Device to Narrow the Coronary Sinus: Shifting Paradigm in the Treatment of Refractory Angina? A Review of the Literature

    Article • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, October 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  39. Percutaneous Intervention for Concurrent Chronic Total Occlusions in Patients With STEMI

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  40. Effect of New Cerebral Ischemic Lesions on the Delirium Occurrence After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  41. Single transradial guide catheter retrograde/antegrade recanalization of a complex circumflex artery chronic total occlusion

    Article • Coronary Artery Disease, August 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  42. TriGuard™HDH embolic deflection device for cerebral protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  43. IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES OF THE HYBRID ALGORITHM FOR CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS: THE RECHARGE REGISTRY

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  44. Rationale and design of POPular-TAVI: antiPlatelet therapy fOr Patients undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

    Article • American Heart Journal, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  45. How should I treat a chronic total occlusion of a saphenous vein graft? Successful retrograde revascularisation

    Article • EuroIntervention, February 2016, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  46. Incidence, Predictive Factors, and Effect of Delirium After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  47. Kounis syndrome with cardiogenic shock during transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement

    Article • Coronary Artery Disease, December 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  48. Effect of Drug-Coated Balloons in Native Coronary Artery Disease Left With a Dissection

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  49. Myths to Debunk to Improve Management, Referral, and Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusion of an Epicardial Coronary Artery

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  50. Comparative assessment of the antirestenotic efficacy of two paclitaxel drug-eluting balloons with different coatings in the treatment of in-stent restenosis

    Article • Clinical Research in Cardiology, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  51. Interosseous artery collaterals and their support to ulno-palmar arch: A case report and a review of the literature

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  52. TCT-409 Effect of drug-coated balloons in native coronary artery disease left with a dissection

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  53. TCT-680 Pre-Procedural Work-up process In Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Results From The Written (WoRldwIde TAVI ExpieNce) Survey

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  54. Women Undergoing Coronary Angiography for Myocardial Infarction or Who Present With Multivessel Disease Have a Poorer Prognosis Than Men

    Article • Angiology, September 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  55. Gender differences in health-related quality of life in patients undergoing coronary angiography

    Article • Open Heart, August 2015, BMJ

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  56. Ethnicity Modifies Associations between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Disease Severity in Parallel Dutch and Singapore Coronary Cohorts

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  57. Inter-Ethnic Differences in Quantified Coronary Artery Disease Severity and All-Cause Mortality among Dutch and Singaporean Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Patients

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Atherosclerosis, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  59. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention by drug-eluting balloon angioplasty: The nonrandomized fourth arm of the DEB-AMI (drug-eluting balloon in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction) trial

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  60. An Injectable and Drug-loaded Supramolecular Hydrogel for Local Catheter Injection into the Pig Heart

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, June 2015, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  61. TCTAP C-073 The Reverse CART Technique Made Possible by Guideliner with Bilateral Trans-Radial Approach

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  62. 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

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  65. Similar anti-inflammatory effects of intracoronary and intravenous Abciximab during primary percutaneous coronary intervention

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, March 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  67. Efficacy of a Device to Narrow the Coronary Sinus in Refractory Angina

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, February 2015, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  68. CRT-809 TriGuard™ HD Embolic Deflection Device For Cerebral Protection During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Results: Of The Deflect II Trial

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  69. CRT-168 Comparative Assessment Of The Antirestenotic Efficacy Of Two Paclitaxel Drug-eluting Balloons With Different Coatings In The Treatment Of In-stent Restenosis: Results Of The DEB-ISR Study.

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  70. 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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Clinical Research in Cardiology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  72. Is There a Role for Drug-Eluting Balloons in Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes?

    Article • November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  75. TCT-682 Clinical Advantage Of Adjunctive Intracardiac Echocardiography In Angiography-Guided Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  76. TCT-670 Volume and distribution of aortic valve calcium and implications for aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  77. TCT-708 Predictors Of Left Ventricular Function Improvement After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation In Patients With Moderate To Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, August 2014, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • European Heart Journal, July 2014, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  81. TCTAP C-023 An Amazing Experience of Aspiration Thrombectomy

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Italo Porto, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, February 2014, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  84. Six-Month Healing of the Nonocclusive Coronary Anastomotic Connector in an Off-Pump Porcine Bypass Model

    Article • Innovations Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, January 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  86. TCT-843 Drug eluting balloon vs drug eluting stent in PCI: insights from a meta-analysis of 1462 patients.

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Italo Porto, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Italo Porto, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  88. 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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Dr Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  91. TCT-784 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

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  92. 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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, September 2013, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  94. Reply: MDCT in TAVR for Better Implant Angle and Outcomes

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Dr Alessandro Sciahbasi, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • American Heart Journal, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Professor Emanuele Barbato

  97. Serial Morphological and Functional Assessment of Drug-Eluting Balloon for In-Stent Restenotic Lesions

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  98. 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

    Article • EuroIntervention, May 2013, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  99. Placement of tryton side branch stent only; A new treatment strategy for Medina 0,0,1 coronary bifurcation lesions

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  100. Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of Acute Stent Thrombosis After Stentys Stent Implantation

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  101. P2Y12 Inhibitors: Pharmacologic Mechanism and Clinical Relevance

    Article • Cardiovascular & Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, April 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  102. Oral anticoagulants for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

    Article • February 2013, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  103. A prospective “oversizing” strategy of the Edwards SAPIEN bioprosthesis: Results and impact on aortic regurgitation

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  104. Automated 3D Analysis of Pre-Procedural MDCT to Predict Annulus Plane Angulation and C-Arm Positioning

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Atherosclerosis, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  106. Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Dr Alessandro Sciahbasi, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  107. Biodegradable versus durable polymer drug eluting stents in coronary artery disease: Insights from a meta-analysis of 5834 patients

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  108. Safety and Efficacy of the cobalt chromium PRO-Kinetik coronary stent system: Results of the MULTIBENE study

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  109. TCT-400 Risk of Brain Injury During Diagnostic Coronary Angiography: Comparison Between Single and Double Catheter Strategy During Right Transradial Approach

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  110. First Results of the DEB-AMI (Drug Eluting Balloon in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Trial

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, June 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, May 2012, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  113. Drug‐Eluting Balloons and Bifurcations, a New Future for Treatment?

    Article • March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  114. 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 th

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, March 2012, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  116. 6- MONTHS FOLLOW UP IN A REAL LIFE SITUATION AFTER RENAL DENERVATION

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  117. Potential Pitfalls of Meta-Analyses of Observational Studies in Cardiovascular Research

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, December 2011, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  119. Tools & Techniques: Percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein graft lesions

    Article • EuroIntervention, November 2011, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  120. Measuring and targeting aldosterone and renin in atherosclerosis—A review of clinical data

    Article • American Heart Journal, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  122. 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

    Article • EuroIntervention, October 2011, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  123. Are propensity scores really superior to standard multivariable analysis?

    Article • Contemporary Clinical Trials, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, September 2011, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Professor Marco Valgimigli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  127. Pushing wrist access to the limit

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, July 2011, Wiley

    Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, May 2011, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  129. CLINICAL RELEVANCE OF ISCHEMIC LARGE ANIMAL MODELS IN STEM CELL THERAPY; AN OVERVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Joost PG Sluijter, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  130. Transradial access without preliminary allen test—letter of comment on Rhyne et al.

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  132. 147 TAVI with the Edwards-SAPIEN endoprosthesis: impact of a systematic “oversizing” policy on aortic regurgitation

    Article • Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  133. 140 Impact of TAVI with the Edwards-SAPIEN endoprosthesis on mitral regurgitation: results of a serial echocardiography assessment

    Article • Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  134. Drug-eluting balloons and bifurcations, a new future?

    Article • EuroIntervention, December 2010, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • American Heart Journal, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, September 2010, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, September 2010, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  139. Late renal stent thrombosis

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  140. Single- versus multiple-vessel stenting for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results from a 30,886-patient meta-analysis

    Article • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  141. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Saphenous Vein Grafts

    Article • May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  143. Quantitative Coronary Angiography in the Current Era: Principles and Applications

    Article • Journal of Interventional Cardiology, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  144. Transradial versus transfemoral approach for percutaneous coronary procedures

    Article • Current Cardiology Reports, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  146. Prognostic Significance of Small Troponin I Rise After a Successful Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a Native Artery

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, June 2009, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  148. Infragenicular Stent Implantation for Below-the-Knee Atherosclerotic Disease: Clinical Evidence From an International Collaborative Meta-Analysis on 640 Patients

    Article • Journal of Endovascular Therapy, June 2009, International Society of Endovascular Specialists

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, May 2009, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Future Cardiology, May 2009, Future Medicine

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  151. Reply to “A case of very late stent thrombosis after bare metal coronary stent implantation: A neglected complication”

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  152. Rotational vs. standard coronary angiography: An image content analysis

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  153. “Virtual” in-vivo bench test for bifurcation stenting with “StentBoost”

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Resuscitation, April 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  155. Re-examining minimal luminal diameter relocation and quantitative coronary angiography – intravascular ultrasound correlations in stented saphenous vein grafts: methodological

    Article • EuroIntervention, March 2009, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Nico Bruining

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, March 2009, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  157. 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

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  158. 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

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  160. Step‐by‐step StentBoost‐guided small vessel stenting using the self‐expandable sparrow stent‐in‐wire

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • American Heart Journal, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Enrico Romagnoli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  162. Drug eluting stents in patients with diabetes

    Article • BMJ, August 2008, BMJ

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  163. Comparison of Assessment of Native Coronary Arteries by Standard Versus Three-Dimensional Coronary Angiography

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, August 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • American Heart Journal, June 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  165. Last nail in the coffin of late lumen loss?

    Article • EuroIntervention, May 2008, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  166. Are Surrogate End Points in Drug-Eluting Stent Trials Reliable?

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  167. 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)

    Article • American Heart Journal, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  168. Reply

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  169. Survival and Cardiac Remodeling Benefits in Patients Undergoing Late Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of the Infarct-Related Artery

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  171. “Trans‐collateral” angioplasty for a challenging chronic total occlusion of the tibial vessels: A novel approach to percutaneous revascularization in critical lower limb ischemia

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  172. Ischemia Induced by Transesophageal Atrial Pacing Stress Echocardiography Predicts Long-Term Mortality

    Article • Cardiology, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  173. Potentials and Pitfalls of Meta-analysis on Statins

    Article • The American Journal of Medicine, January 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, November 2007, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  175. 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

    Article • EuroIntervention, November 2007, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • EuroIntervention, November 2007, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  177. Meta-Analysis Appraising High Clopidogrel Loading in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention††Conflicts of interest: Dr. Angiolillo is a consultant and on the speaker’s bureau for Bristol Myers Squibb, New York, New York, and Sanofi-Aven...

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Marco Valgimigli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  178. Letters to the Editor

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  180. Increased Late Mortality After Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Bare-Metal Stents in Diseased Saphenous Vein Grafts

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, July 2007, Informa Healthcare

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  182. 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)

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Nico Bruining

  183. Adjusted Indirect Meta-Analysis of Aspirin Plus Warfarin at International Normalized Ratios 2 to 3 Versus Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel After Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Dr Italo Porto, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  184. Comparable Clinical Outcomes With Paclitaxel- and Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Unrestricted Contemporary Practice

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  185. 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...

    Article • American Heart Journal, May 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  186. Testing prospectively the effectiveness and safety of paclitaxel-eluting stents in over 1000 very high-risk patients

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, April 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Marco Valgimigli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • American Heart Journal, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Marco Valgimigli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  189. Bifurcation stenting with a dedicated biolimus‐eluting stent: X‐ray visual enhancement of the final angiographic result with “stentboost subtract”

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2007, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  190. Angiographic Analysis of Pattern of Late Luminal Loss in Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  191. Clinical Implications of the PROTECT–TIMI-30 Trial

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Professor Marco Valgimigli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Marco Valgimigli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  193. 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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  194. Meta-Analysis of the Studies Assessing Temporal Changes in Coronary Plaque Volume Using Intravascular Ultrasound

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Nico Bruining, Gaston A Rodriguez-Granillo, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  195. Randomized Double-Blind Comparison of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Bare-Metal Stent Implantation in Diseased Saphenous Vein Grafts

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Nico Bruining

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

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  198. Diagnostic Performance of Multislice Spiral Computed Tomography of Coronary Arteries as Compared With Conventional Invasive Coronary Angiography

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Professor Marco Valgimigli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  200. Is Late Luminal Loss an Accurate Predictor of the Clinical Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting Stents in the Coronary Arteries?

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Marco Valgimigli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  201. 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

    Article • American Heart Journal, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Marco Valgimigli, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • Atherosclerosis, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, January 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  204. Drawbacks of Nonrandomized Trials in Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Professor Marco Valgimigli, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  205. Clinical Outcome Following Aleatory Implantation of Paclitaxel-Eluting or Sirolimus-Eluting Stents in Complex Coronary Lesions

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, December 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  206. Should Degenerated Saphenous Vein Grafts Routinely Be Sealed with Drug‐Eluting Stents?

    Article • Journal of Interventional Cardiology, November 2005, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  207. 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

    Article • The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Gaston A Rodriguez-Granillo

  208. Enhanced Plasma Levels of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Increase Circulating Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Activation in Patients With Unstable Angina

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  209. Oral anticoagulants for the secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

    Article • July 2005, Wiley

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  210. Validation of Predictors of Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, April 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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

    Article • American Heart Journal, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  213. Hibernating myocardium, apoptosis, and a simple mathematical task

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  214. Coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty in small vessels

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

  215. Radial versus femoral approach for percutaneous coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  216. Acute myocardial infarction probably caused by paradoxical embolus in a pregnant woman

    Article • Heart, March 2004, BMJ

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni

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

    Article • Resuscitation, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

  218. Therapeutic efficiency of tirofiban in acute coronary syndromes

    Article • The Lancet, March 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai