EuroPCR 2018

EuroPCR 2018 | SPYRAL HTN-ON MED: Renal Denervation Comes Back to Life

After several trials with neutral outcomes, renal denervation had been demoted for some time. However, this new...

EuroPCR 2018 | Meta-Analyzis on Cerebral Protection Devices during TAVR

The risk of stroke is inherent to TAVR and, apart from clinically manifest events, there is abundant...

EuroPCR 2018 | NOTION: Good TAVR Durability Compared with Surgically-Implanted Valve in Low-Risk Patients

Several studies are defining the role of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with low surgical...

EuroPCR 2018 | FFR Reduces Death and Infarction Rates Compared with Medical Treatment

Pooled data from the most important recently published studies (FAME 2, Compare-Acute, and DANAMI3-PRIMULTI) conclude that there...

EuroPCR 2018 | FAME 2: FFR Shows 5-Year Benefit for Hard Endpoints

After a 5-year follow-up, and for the first time, functional assessment with fractional flow reserve (FFR) showed...

EuroPCR 2018 | ORBITA: The Link Between Ischemia and Symptoms Is Still Not Entirely Understood

Invasive physiology tests used in the ORBITA trial could not predict which patients would benefit from angioplasty...

EuroPCR 2018 | SYNTAX III REVOLUTION: Excellent Correlation Between Angiography and Computerized Tomography in Patients with Left Main and Multivessel Disease

In patients with left main or three-vessel coronary disease, heart team decisions on revascularization strategy (angioplasty or...

EuroPCR 2018 | SCAAR Registry at 10 years: FFR improves decision making in the long term

The SCAAR registry aimed at showing the differences in mortality at very long term when using functional...