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Rivaroxaban in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) involve high mortality risk, especially ST elevation ACS. Their treatment is based on...

Intracoronary Brachytherapy for Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis

3 Year Clinical Outcome Analysis and Failure Predictors in the Use of Intracoronary Brachytherapy for Drug-Eluting Stent...

Plaque Erosion with No Stenting in Acute Coronary Syndrome: Are There Event Predictors to Avoid This Strategy?

 Event predictors in patients with plaque erosion and no stenting. A third of all acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...

Monotherapy with P2Y12 in Complex Interventions: Less and Less Risky

 Monotherapy in patients with complex angioplasty: meta-analysis of 5 randomized studies.  Even though prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)...

FRAME-AMI: FFR vs. Angiography of Non-Culprit Vessel in ACS

This study compared fractional flow reserve (FFR) vs. angiography to guide the angioplasty of non-culprit vessels in...

Long-Term Evolution of Hybrid Coronary Revascularization

Currently, myocardial revascularization surgery (MRS) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are the available strategies for multivessel coronary...

Non-ST Elevation MI: How Long Do We Have for A Coronary Angiography?

This summary discusses the early invasive strategy and the risk of mortality in non-ST-elevation AMI. Over the past...

Can We Use DAPT for 3 Months in Acute Coronary Syndrome?

Current guidelines recommend 12-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after DES stenting for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) because...