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Impella Improves Safety in High Risk Unprotected Left Main PCI

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The incidence of unprotected left main severe stenosis ranges between 4 and 8%,...

Early Coronary Angiography in High-Risk Non-ST-Elevation ACS

Coronary angiography is essential for patients admitted with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome, since it allows physicians to...

DETO2X-AMI: Supplemental O2 Provides No Benefit for Patients with Suspected Infarction

According to this study simultaneously presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017 and published in...

Routine FFR in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome?

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has proven to be superior to angiography as a guide to revascularization due...

VALIDATE-SWEDEHEART: bivalirudin seems to be losing ground

Another important work that does not see the benefits of bivalirudin over heparin as monotherapy as regards both...

Early Invasive Strategy Benefits High-Risk Patients

Early angiography is not associated with a reduction in mortality compared with a more delayed invasive strategy...

SOLACI CACI 2017 | Is the PCI risk higher in patients with severe Aortic Stenosis? How can we reduce the risk?

Read articles on the main presentations of the third day of SOLACI-CACI 2017 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. Daniel...

SOLACI CACI 2017 | PCI vs CABG in Diabetics – Has the Scale Changed?

Read articles on the main presentations of the third day of SOLACI-CACI 2017 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. Upendra Kaul,...