euroPCR 2014.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

euroPCR 2014.

The most relevant articles and presentations, daily report from the euroPCR 2014 - May, 20 to 23. Ernesto...