ESC 2017

SYNTAX II: Better Stents, IVUS, FFR, or a Combination of All of Them to Catch Up with Surgery

In patients with 3-vessel disease, surgery obtained better outcomes than angioplasty, according to results from the SYNTAX...

FOURIER: Efficacy of Evolocumab for Ultra-Low LDL Levels

It seems that a LDL level of 70 mg/dL is no longer low enough for high-risk secondary patients;...

DETO2X-AMI: Supplemental O2 Provides No Benefit for Patients with Suspected Infarction

According to this study simultaneously presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017 and published in...

COMPASS: A New Place for Rivaroxaban in Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease

Combining low doses of rivaroxaban and aspirin seems to be the best strategy for patients with stable...

CANTOS: Anti-inflammatory Drug Canakinumab Seems to Reduce CV Events

This human monoclonal antibody that specifically targets inflammatory cells seems to reduce cardiovascular events when associated with...

VALIDATE-SWEDEHEART: bivalirudin seems to be losing ground

Another important work that does not see the benefits of bivalirudin over heparin as monotherapy as regards both...

SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED: Renal Denervation Reloaded?

This work presented at the ESC Congress 2017 held in Barcelona, simultaneously published in The Lancet, seems to...

RE-DUAL PCI: Anti-Thrombotic Management in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and PCI

RE-DUAL PCI outcomes have been published by the  New England Journal of Medicine along with their presentation at...