According to this recent document by the American Heart Association (AHA), troponin should be monitored for at least 3 days after surgery. With about 20% of patients (most of them, asymptomatic) showing elevated troponin after a non-cardiac surgery, this new AHA document recommends monitoring, for at least two days, patients with moderate to severe ischemia. Myocardial…
Drug-Eluting Balloons Find Their Niche
According to this large European registry, drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) are competing with drug-eluting stents (DES) to treat in-stent restenosis. Drug-eluting balloons seem to work equally well for the treatment of long-term in-stent restenosis compared with new stent implantation (for the thin-strut DES registry). If DEBs can compete with DES—adding to the advantage of avoiding a…
STOPDAPT-2 ACS: One-Month DAPT NOT Enough in acute patients
One-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients undergoing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) did not reach the safety and efficacy results observed in the general population of the original trial STOPDAPT-2. The STOPDAPT-2 ACS compared one-month DAPT followed by clopidogrel monotherapy for one year vs. one-year DAPT after PCI. Initially, the study enrolled mostly stable patients…
Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in the General Population
Early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) using computed tomography (CT) and calcium score (CAC) might help plan prevention strategies years in advance. This study used CT to determine the prevalence and characteristics of atherosclerosis in the general population. Non-contrast images were scored for CAC. After that, all images with atherosclerosis potential were assessed segment…
XIENCE SHORT DAPT | Ideal DAPT Period for Patients at High Risk of Bleeding
In patients at high risk of bleeding undergoing coronary stenting with a Xience stent, 1-to-3-month DAPT period resulted non-inferior to a 6-to-12-month period in terms of ischemic events, and this could be associated to a lower rate of major bleeding and lower stent thrombosis incidence. There is no longer an indication for conventional stents in…
SOLACI-CACI 2021 | Current & Immediate Future Role of Imaging in Structural and Coronary Heart Disease
✔️ Watch again the session “Current & Immediate Future Role of Imaging in Structural and Coronary Heart Disease” in the SOLACI-CACI 2021 Congress. 👨🏫 Program: 02:27 – Computer Tomography in TAVR: Planning, Predicting Complications, and Follow-up – Mariano Falconi 19:26 – Multi-Imaging Evaluation in Mitral Regurgitation Intervention – Fabián Salmo 31:10 – New Prognosis Tools…
SOLACI-CACI 2021 | SCAI Session
✔️ SCAI Session (Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions) in the SOLACI-CACI 2021 Congress. 👨🏫 Program: 00:03 – STEMI: Approach to Left Main Culprit – Dr. Timothy Henry. 15:38 – Gender Disparities in STEMI – Dr. Cindy Grines. 29:52 – Optimal DAPT Post Complex PCI – Dr. George Dangas. 47:01 – PCI or CABG for…
SOLACI-CACI 2021 | CRT Session: Live Case From Washington
✔️ Watch again the CRT Session in the SOLACI-CACI 2021 Congress. 👨🏫 Program: 00:03 – Live Case Medstar Washington Hospital Center – Operator: Lowel Satler, Ben-Dor, Itsik, Hayder Hashim 32:10 – How to choose a treatment device for calcified lesions rota CSI IVL – Samin Sharma 52:21 – Imaging of calcified lesions to guide treatment…
SOLACI-CACI 2021 | CBS Session
✔️ Watch again the CBS Session in the SOLACI-CACI 2021 Congress. 👨🏫 Program: 00:01 – Live case from Nanjing First Hospital, NMU, Nanjing, China – Operators: Shao-Liang Chen, Jun-Jie Zhang / IVUS interpreter: Tao Pan 👉🏻 Panelists: Costa, Ricardo – Cura, Fernando – Londero, Hugo – Samaja, Gustavo – Sheiban, Imaid – Rab, Tanveer S.…