ACC 2016

PARTNER 2A: TAVI Not Inferior to Surgery in Intermediate Risk Patients

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) with the new generation balloon expandable valve is at least as good...

The SAPIEN 3 Valve Resulted Superior to Surgery in an Observational Study

The last generation of the balloon expandable valve resulted superior to surgery in intermediate riskpatients, in a...

CoreValve US Pivotal: at 3 Years, the Self-Expanding Valve Maintains Its Advantage vs. Surgery

At 3 year follow up, the CoreValve US Pivotal study on high risk elderly patients, the self-expanding...

PARTNER 1 in +90 Year Old Patients: TAVI and the Age Paradox

A new analyzis of the PARTNER 1 trial showed that patients over 90 undergoing transcatheter aortic valve...

DANAMI 3: Deferred Stenting and Ischemic Postconditioning Have No Benefit in Primary PCI

Both ischemic postconditioning and deferred stenting showed no benefit in randomized studies conducted as part of the...

Morphine Increases Platelet Reactivity in Infarctions

The use of morphine in patients undergoing ST elevation acute coronary syndromes is associated to higher platelet...

EARLY-BAMI: Metropol Showed No Reduction in Infarct Size.

EARLY-BAMI outcomes show the endovenous administration of metropol before primary PCI does not reduce infarct size. This double...

New Meta-Analysis Shows Similar Mortality between Bivalirudin and Heparin

This meta-analyzis of contemporary studies comparing the safety and efficacy of bivalirudin vs. heparin showed no differences...