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TOTAL: The thromboaspiration provides no benefit in primary angioplasty

In patients undergoing ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who received primary angioplasty, the strategy of manual...

MATRIX: The radial access reduces events, bivalirudin with mixed results

Two separate works are part of the MATRIX study investigating strategies to reduce bleeding and mortality in...

IMPROVE-IT: The combination simvastatin / ezetimibe reduces post SCA events

This work included 18144 patients from 39 countries that were admitted pursuing an acute coronary syndrome (with...

DANAMI3: Primary Angioplasty to culprit vessel versus multivessel guided by FFR

The aim of this study was to compare the usefulness of primary angioplasty only to culprit vessel...

BEST: Similar mortality among angioplasty with DES (everolimus) and surgery

This observational registry compared the results of myocardial revascularization with angioplasty performed using everolimus-eluting stents in patients...

After 80: The octogenarian patients with acute coronary syndrome benefit from an aggressive strategy

This work published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that patients over eighty years...