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ICELAND MI: Unrecognized MI Have Similar Prognosis to Recognized MI

At 10-year follow-up, unrecognized or silent MIs have similar mortality to clinically recognized MI and, even though...

Safety of Lesion Deferral with iFR or FFR in Both Stable and Acute Patients

Overall, deferral of lesion revascularization is equally safe with both fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free...

TCT 2018 | LRP: Infrared Technology for the Detection of Vulnerable Patients and Plaques

Despite optimal medical treatment and modification of risk factors, patients may spend long periods without symptoms and...

High-Sensitivity Troponins Turned All Events into Infarctions; the 4th Universal Definition Clarifies Things

Myocardial infarction or myocardial injury? The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (an update of the 2012...

Direct Stenting vs. Conventional Angioplasty and Their Interaction with Thrombus Aspiration

The rates of direct stenting are higher among patients randomized to thrombus aspiration. The rates of clinical...

OCT Provides Hints About the Physiopathology Behind Very Late Stent Thrombosis

Neoatherosclerosis was frequently observed in patients who experienced very late stent thrombosis, particularly those with drug-eluting stents....

Report on Cardiovascular Death in Mexico Within the SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 Congress

How can you know if you are having an infarction? What is the rate of cardiovascular death...

ESC 2018 | CULPRIT-SHOCK: 1-Year Results Continue to Support Treatment of the Culprit Artery Only

Increases in the rates of revascularization and heart failure do not justify the early mortality advantage shown...