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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...

AIDA STEMI MRI: Intracoronary versus intravenous abciximab in primary angioplasty. MRI analysis in AIDA study

Basics: Recent meta-analysis showed benefits of intracoronary abciximab administration compared with intravenous (A-EV). Although the AIDA study...