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ESC 2021 | Acute and Chronic Myocardial Injury in COVID-19 Patients and Impact in Mortality

In patients hospitalized for COVID-19, both acute and chronic myocardial injury impact survival at 6 months. In...

ESC 2021 | COVERT-MI: Colchicine Attempts to Reduce Infarct Size

Colchicine does not offer protection against myocardial injury in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction when administered during reperfusion...

ESC 2021 | RIPCORD-2: Routine FFR Evaluation of All Epicardial Vessels During Angiography

The predecessor of this research—RIPCORD, published in 2014—showed that using fractional flow reserve (FFR) changes the treatment...

ESC 2021 | ISAR-REACT 5: Prasugrel Superior to Ticagrelor in ACS across Kidney Function Spectrum

When we have to choose between two potent P2Y12 receptor inhibitors for a patient undergoing ACS with...

ESC 2021 | TOMAHAWK: Angiography After Resuscitated Patients from Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with No ST Elevation.

What triggered this study was a long unanswered question: should patients successfully resuscitated from an out-of-hospital cardiac...

ESC 2021 | MASTER DAPT: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Angioplasty in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

Courtesy of Dr. José Álvarez. In patients at high bleeding risk with drug-eluting stents, the duration of dual...