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TCT 2020 | Our Next Goal Should Be Using IVUS Guidance in Every Angioplasty

The benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in all angioplasties with second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) persist through...

TCT 2020 | Ticagrelor Monotherapy After ST-Segment Elevation Infarction

Ticagrelor monotherapy after 3 months of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients who experienced ST-segment elevation infarction significantly reduces...

TCT 2020 | Initial Studies Show Incredible Results with Lithotripsy in Calcified Lesions

Intravascular coronary lithotripsy shows promise for the improvement of angioplasty in severely calcified lesions, according to data...

TCT 2020 | Fewer Symptoms and Events when Optimizing with iFR

Symptomatic patients undergoing PCI with no residual ischemia confirmed by iFR have superior symptom improvement at one...

TCT 2020 | The Myth of Biodegradable Polymers Seems to Have Come to an End

This is the largest and newest study to compare drug eluting stents with durable polymers vs. biodegradable...

TCT 2020 | New Information about Pre and Post PCI FFR Value

The TARGET FFR and DEFINE-FLOW studies were presented at TCT 2020 which have offer a deeper perspective...

TCT 2020 | Crushed Prasugrel Administration prior PCI

Prehospital administration of crushed tablets of prasugrel loading dose in the ambulance while patient is on his...

TCT 2020 | Prophylactic Angioplasty for Vulnerable Plaques

Patients with vulnerable plaque identified by means of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) are at...