title: The Year in Cardiology 2013: coronary intervention.
abstract: The year 2013 was rich of new developments in cardiology, and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in particular. This overview article will focus on contributions in the following areas: training for PCI, appropriateness and indications; access site selection, risk scores, peri-procedural myocardial infarction; trial results and long-term follow-up; PCI for specific patient and lesion subsets, including acute coronary syndrome and ST-segment myocardial infarction; prevention of ischemic and reperfusion injury; stent thrombosis and new coronary stents and scaffolds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart Center Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Raimund
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erbel
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wijns
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping / Q000379:methods; D057775:Ischemic Postconditioning / Q000639:trends; D019157:Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
keywords: Coronary intervention; Intervention; Interventional cardiology; PCI