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Ticagrelor Monotherapy after 3 Months: Is the Current Strategy Worth Changing?

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after PCI with DES has shown noticeable reduction of thrombotic events, especially in...

Abbreviated DAPT in ACS: The End of Clopidogrel Monotherapy?

Compared with patients with chronic coronary syndromes, patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are more likely to...

Zwolle Score: Can a Risk Score Decide Where STEACS Patients Should Stay?

The mortality of ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (STEACS) has decreased thanks to improved reperfusion times (fibrinolysis...

Is Epinephrine Superior to Adenosine in No-REFLOW?

In patients with acute coronary syndrome, no-reflow prevalence is 32%. Different drugs—such as adenosine, verapamil, nitroprusside, or...

Acute Coronary Syndrome: What Is Safer, Antiaggregant Monotherapy or De-Escalation?

For several years it has been shown that 12-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is mandatory for patients...

IVUS in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A New Requirement?

The use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has seen exponential growth across registries over the years, combined with...

Bypass Grafting and Native Coronary Artery Disease Activity

Positron emission tomography (PET) with F sodium fluoride (F-NaF) allows for the assessment of microcalcification activity (MA)...

Cangrelor: Additional Research Findings Not Translating into Clinical Practice

The potent and fast endovenous platelet inhibition provided by Cangrelor reduces ischemic events early in the course...