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FLOWER-MI Sub-Studies Coming Out Generate More Questions about FFR

The FLOWER-MI (presented simultaneously at ACC 2021 and NEJM) hit FFR hard. Its outcomes showed that STEMI...

ESC 2021 | COVERT-MI: Colchicine Attempts to Reduce Infarct Size

Colchicine does not offer protection against myocardial injury in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction when administered during reperfusion...

ESC 2021 | ISAR-REACT 5: Prasugrel Superior to Ticagrelor in ACS across Kidney Function Spectrum

When we have to choose between two potent P2Y12 receptor inhibitors for a patient undergoing ACS with...

ESC 2021 | TOMAHAWK: Angiography After Resuscitated Patients from Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest with No ST Elevation.

What triggered this study was a long unanswered question: should patients successfully resuscitated from an out-of-hospital cardiac...

Dual Antiaggregation De-Escalation: A New Paradigm?

De-escalating dual antiaggregation could be the most effective strategy after acute coronary syndrome seeing as it prevents...

Complete Revascularization after Pharmacoinvasive Strategy

Patients initially receiving pharmacoinvasive strategy for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) also presenting multivessel disease consistently benefit...

The Role of Aspirin after the TWILIGHT-ACS

This analysis corroborates the potential benefit of ticagrelor monotherapy following a short period of dual antiaggregation (DAPT)...

Ticagrelor or Prasugrel for Acute Patients Who Undergo Angioplasty

We are still asking the same question: ticagrelor or prasugrel? With narrow margins between these drugs in...