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Virtual ACC 2020 | Colchicine After Infarction: Good Results and Cost-Effectiveness

Low doses of colchicine reduce the risk of ischemic events after an acute myocardial infarction, according to...

16 Years of Superiority of Primary Angioplasty

The DANish Acute Myocardial Infarction 2 (DANAMI-2) trial showed the 30-day superiority of patient transport to a...

Virtual ACC 2020 | “Dangerous” Plaques by CT Effectively Predict Infarction

This post-hoc analysis of the SCOT-HEART shows low-attenuation plaque burden might successfully predict events. A greater number...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Myocardial Ischemia Induced by Sudden Mental Stress

Myocardial ischemia induced by sudden mental stress is associated with bad prognosis, especially in patients with a...

5 Years of FAST-MI: If Unable to Meet the Timeline, Thrombolization Is the Way to Go

A large proportion of patients undergo primary angioplasty beyond the timelines recommended by clinical practice guidelines. These...

Impella and Adverse Events

Long after AHA 2019 had presented observational studies showing adverse events associated to Impella, JAMA is finally...

TAVR: Should Transradial Approach be the Second Access Site?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. One of the major challenges we interventional cardiologists still face is access management....

Mechanisms of Infarction in Coronary Arteries with Non-Significant Lesions

Infarctions with non-obstructive coronary artery disease, also known as MINOCA (myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries), often...