EuroPCR 2018

EuroPCR 2018 | LEADERS FREE: Complex Angioplasty in Patients with High Risk for Bleeding

The LEADERS FREE study showed that a biolimus A9-coated polymer-free stent was superior to a conventional stent in terms...

EuroPCR 2018 | Swedish Registry on the SYNERGY DES: tested in primary PCI for the first time

The study included 36292 consecutive patients undergoing acute myocardial infarction receiving PCI with the new generation stent...

EuroPCR 2018 | LeDRA: Left Distal Radial Approach for angiography and angioplasty

The left distal radial artery has been recently proposed as an alternative in selected patients with high...

EuroPCR 2018 | SAPIEN 3 in bicuspids

First generation TAVR procedures performed on patients with bicuspid aortic valve stenosis have rendered suboptimal outcomes. In...

EuroPCR 2018 | SENTINEL: Anatomical Predictors of Stroke during TAVR

The rate of cerebrovascular events in TAVR hovers about 4% in most of the current studies, regardless...

EuroPCR 2018 | RADIANCE-HTN SOLO: Renal Denervation Guided Through Intravascular Ultrasound

Patients eligible for this study suffered from hypertension, had been treated with up to 2 drugs, and presented...

EuroPCR 2018 | Compare-Acute: FFR or Primary Angioplasty at a 2-Year Follow-Up After Complete Revascularization

Recent studies in patients undergoing acute myocardial infarction showed that a complete revascularization strategy in an acute...

EuroPCR 2018 | BIO-RESORT: Polymer vs. Bioresorbable Polymer; Have We Reached a Plateau with DES?

This study randomized 3514 patients to a thin-strut biodegradable polymer everolimus-eluting stent (SYNERGY) vs. a sirolimus-eluting stent (ORSIRO)...