TCT 2012.

XIMA: Randomized prospective study comparing everolimus eluting stents versus conventional stent implantation in octogenarians.

Background: Octogenarian patients represent an increasingly growing population. In addition, this age group has a higher proportion...

POSEIDON study: A prospective, randomized, single-center study comparing a sliding-scale hydration strategy for the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy.

Background: Contrast-induced nephropathy has been the subject of many studies not only because of the morbidity associated...

PC Trial: Clinical treatment or closure of patent foramen oval in cryptogenic stroke patients?

Background: The association between paradoxical embolism, including cryptogenic stroke, and the presence of patent foramen oval (PFO)...

RESPECT: Randomized clinical trial evaluated the patent foramen oval closure vs clinical treatment in patients with cryptogenic stroke

Fundamentals: Etiology of cryptogenic stroke stills a major challenge for medicine. Paradoxical embolism remains one of the...

ADAPT-DES: Results at 1 year of the clinical impact of hypo-responders to aspirin and clopidogrel.

Background: The ADAPT-DES registry showed a strong correlation between hypo-responders to clopidogrel and the likelihood of stent...

POST trial: Post-conditioning effect in myocardial reperfusion with primary angioplasty.

Ischemic postconditioning obtained through reversible ischemia and reproduced during reperfusion after a prolonged ischemic injury has shown...

STEMI RADIAL A prospective, randomized trial which compares radial versus femoral access in patients with ST- segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.

Fundamentals: Previous studies have shown the benefits of a transradial approach in the context of coronary syndromes...

ISAR-DESIRE 3: A paclitaxel eluting balloon versus Taxus in the treatment of eluting stent restenosis.

Fundamentals. Background: Although we've had more than a decade of experience with implanting drug-eluting stents, (DES), the...