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Primary PCI with Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

Primary PCI with Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

Original Title: One-year Clinical and Computed Tomography Angiographic Outcomes after Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Implantation during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The Prague-19 Study. Reference: Widimsky P et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Dec;8(12). Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Primary PCI is the most common course of treatment for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

ABSORB III: Everolimus Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Coronary Artery Disease

Original Title: Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Scaffolds for Coronary Artery Disease. Reference: Stone, M.D. for the ABSORB III Investigators. N Engl J Med 2015;373:1905-1915. The ABSORB III is part of a series of randomized studies that test bioresorbable scaffolds in the clinical practice (ABSORB II, EVERBIO II, ABSORB Japan, and ABSORB IV). 2008 patients were randomized; 60% had

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