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Closure Devices vs. Manual Compression

Courtesy of Dr. Guillermo Migliaro.   Post PCI major bleeding has been associated with short term mortality in acute...

DES in primary PCI: The Best Option?

Courtesy of Dr. Brian Nazareth Donato.   The relative safety of drug-eluting stents (DES) and conventional bare-metal stents (BMS) in...

No Extra Benefit for Combined Use of Bivalirudin and Transradial Approach

The aim of this meta-analyzis was to study the relation between bivalirudin and access site in patients undergoing...

All-Spectrum Transradial Approach: Safer than Femoral

Original Title: Radial vs femoral access for coronary interventions across the entire spectrum of patients with coronary...

Metoprolol before primary PCI doesn’t reduce infarction size

Original Title: Early Intravenous Beta-Blockers in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction before Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference:...

A new round against aspiration thrombectomy

Original Title:  Aspiration thrombectomy prior to percutaneous coronary intervention in ST elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review...

Coronary angiogram for all post cardiac arrest patients?

Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia. There is no doubt cases of post out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)...

Aspiration thrombectomy in primary PCI could increase risk of stroke

Original Title: Meta-analysis of the long-term effect of routine aspiration thrombectomy in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary...