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ORBIT II: atherectomy for heavily calcified lesions

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of coronary orbital atherectomy system...

BABILON: Pharmacological balloon to treat the lateral branch in coronary bifurcations

The paclitaxel-eluting balloon could be an option to minimize the side branch restenosis in coronary bifurcations. In...

APPOSITION IV: self-expanding DES in acute coronary syndrome

This study was designed to compare the apposition and neointimal coverage of struts by optical coherence tomography...

MITRAL: First cases of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVI)

Severe mitral regurgitation is three times more prevalent than aortic stenosis in the elderly population at high...

COBRA: culotte technique versus self-expanding dedicated stent to treating bifurcations

This work compared the safety and efficacy of the culotte technique versus the use of self-expanding Biolimus...

TRYTON: dedicated stent for bifurcations not inferior than the provisional technic

This study compared the clinical and angiographic results of the use of the provisional stent technique versus...

ROBUST: Routinely use of OCT in primary angioplasty with DES showed no benefit

This work aimed to evaluate the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to guide the drug-eluting stent...