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PC Trial: Clinical treatment or closure of patent foramen oval in cryptogenic stroke patients?

Background: The association between paradoxical embolism, including cryptogenic stroke, and the presence of patent foramen oval (PFO)...

RESPECT: Randomized clinical trial evaluated the patent foramen oval closure vs clinical treatment in patients with cryptogenic stroke

Fundamentals: Etiology of cryptogenic stroke stills a major challenge for medicine. Paradoxical embolism remains one of the...

ADAPT-DES: Results at 1 year of the clinical impact of hypo-responders to aspirin and clopidogrel.

Background: The ADAPT-DES registry showed a strong correlation between hypo-responders to clopidogrel and the likelihood of stent...

POST trial: Post-conditioning effect in myocardial reperfusion with primary angioplasty.

Ischemic postconditioning obtained through reversible ischemia and reproduced during reperfusion after a prolonged ischemic injury has shown...

STEMI RADIAL A prospective, randomized trial which compares radial versus femoral access in patients with ST- segment elevation acute myocardial infarction.

Fundamentals: Previous studies have shown the benefits of a transradial approach in the context of coronary syndromes...

ISAR-DESIRE 3: A paclitaxel eluting balloon versus Taxus in the treatment of eluting stent restenosis.

Fundamentals. Background: Although we've had more than a decade of experience with implanting drug-eluting stents, (DES), the...

PARTNER cohort B: Clinical events at 3 years follow-up in patients with

Background: Percutaneous aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the treatment of choice for patients with severe aortic stenosis...