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Axillary Access for Microaxial Ventricular Support Device Placement

There is little evidence in support of the axillary access for counterpulsation balloon insertion, but this evidence...

Intravascular Imaging: A Universal Approach for Angioplasty Optimization

Despite robust information supporting the use of intravascular imaging during coronary angioplasty, its use in clinical practice...

The Transradial Approach Continues to Be the Best for Primary PCI

The transradial approach has been associated to lower mortality and bleeding rates in patients receiving primary PCI...

AHA 2020 | In Most Cases, Imaging Can Determine What Causes MINOCA

Intravascular imaging with coronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) and magnetic resonance imaging allow for the identification of...

Antiplatelet Therapy in Elderly Population: Are the New P2Y12 Inhibitors Safe?

Should elderly patients stick to clopidogrel? The first large study on prasugrel showed an unacceptable increase of...

Ticagrelor or Prasugrel in ST Elevation MI

In patients undergoing ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) receiving primary PCI, no significative differences between prasugrel...

The Ten Commandments from the New Guidelines on Infarction Without ST-Segment Elevation

In 2020, the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes...

Is Loading NSTEMI with DAPT Convenient?

Pretreating non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients with P2Y12 receptor inhibitors is not associated with improved...