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TCT 2021 | OPTIMUM: Surgically Ineligible Patients with Complex Anatomy: Do We Accept the Case?

In surgically ineligible patients with complex coronary anatomy short term risk of death with PCI is considerably...

TCT 2021 | FAVOR III: Angiography-Derived FFR: An Event-Prevention Tool

Compared with visual estimation of lesions, using quantitative angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (quantitative flow ration, QFR) provides...

TCT 2021 | FAME 3: Surprises in a Long-Awaited Study

Angioplasty could not reach non-inferiority to surgery to treat patients with three-vessel lesions. In this head-to-head study of...

ISCHEMIA: Prognosis is Determined by Anatomy, not Functionality

The ISCHEMIA study keeps providing scientific news. This work in patients with stable coronary artery disease had...

More Screening Needed Before Non-Cardiac Surgery

According to this recent document by the American Heart Association (AHA), troponin should be monitored for at...

Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in the General Population

Early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) using computed tomography (CT) and calcium score (CAC) might help...

XIENCE SHORT DAPT | Ideal DAPT Period for Patients at High Risk of Bleeding

In patients at high risk of bleeding undergoing coronary stenting with a Xience stent, 1-to-3-month DAPT period...

ESC 2021 | RIPCORD-2: Routine FFR Evaluation of All Epicardial Vessels During Angiography

The predecessor of this research—RIPCORD, published in 2014—showed that using fractional flow reserve (FFR) changes the treatment...