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Virtual ACC 2020 | Conscious Sedation in TAVR

According to the TVT Registry, patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with conscious sedation have...

Virtual ACC 2020 | “Dangerous” Plaques by CT Effectively Predict Infarction

This post-hoc analysis of the SCOT-HEART shows low-attenuation plaque burden might successfully predict events. A greater number...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Myocardial Ischemia Induced by Sudden Mental Stress

Myocardial ischemia induced by sudden mental stress is associated with bad prognosis, especially in patients with a...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Statins Could Also Protect Against Chemotherapy Cardiotoxicity

This retrospective study has shown a reduction in hospitalization for cardiac failure in patients who were already...

ACC 2020 Articles

These are the most important articles that were going to be presented at the ACC 2020 Congress,...

Impella: A Revolutionary Device Being Questioned

Observational studies (with their subsequent limitations) show a possible increase in adverse events and costs with the...

AHA 2019 | COMPLETE: Complete Revascularization Is Superior since It Treats Other Vulnerable Plaque

This COMPLETE sub-study using optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed the prevalence of vulnerable lesions other than the...

AHA 2019 | Sapien vs Evolut: A Head-to-Head Study Seems Mandatory

Two French registries have carried out a propensity matched comparison which suggest differences between balloon-expandable valves (BEV)...