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PARTNER cohort A at three years, the benefit continues

The PARTNER Cohort A randomized 699 elderly patients, (mean age 84.1), with severe aortic stenosis for TAVI...

ASTRONAUT: Aliskiren failed to show benefits in patients with acute heart failure

Hospitalization for heart failure, (HF), represents a major health problem with high rates of death or early...

RELAX Study: Phosphodieserase-5 inhibitors showed no benefit in heart failure with preserved ventricular function.

Phosphodieserase-5 enzyme is activated in heart failure and can limit the beneficial effects of nitric oxide, (NO),...

STOP-HF: The use of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) for screening high-risk population decreases the prevalence of heart failure

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) can be a reliable marker for the diagnosis of heart failure (HF). This...

PRAGUE-6: off-pump versus in-pump CABG in high-risk patients

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without a cardiopulmonary bypass, (CBP), has increasingly become an alternative to the...

GOPCABE: similar results for in-pump or off-pump surgery in elderly patients

Background: There is much debate about a possible benefit of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without cardiopulmonary...

MASS COMM: Elective angioplasty can be performed in hospital with or without emergency surgical support.

Increasingly, the frequent performances of elective angioplasties are in hospitals that do not have a cardiac surgery...

CABG off-pump, same results at one year-pump surgery.

The relative benefits and risks of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as compared with the use...