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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

AHA 2020 | Clopidogrel Resists as the Best Option in Elective Patients

High risk patients undergoing elective PCI treated with a more potent antiplatelet scheme (ticagrelor) vs. the classic...

AHA 2020 | The More Operators “Listen” to FFR, the Lower the Risk

When operators decide to proceed with PCI despite a negative FFR (fairly frequent in the daily practice)...

Mental Stress, Frontal Lobe Activation and Chest Pain

Historically, we have believed that mental stress might induce chest pain as a response to increased levels...

Angioplasty in Aspirin-Free Stable Patients with Prasugrel: Innovation Continues

Potent P2Y12 receptor inhibitors, such as prasugrel and ticagrelor, have been tested mainly in a setting of...

FFR and iFR Discordance in up to 20% of Cases: Which One Should Inform Our Decisions?

Invasive functional measurement of intermediate lesions has become the gold standard to define revascularization. Due to its...

TCT 2020 | Our Next Goal Should Be Using IVUS Guidance in Every Angioplasty

The benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in all angioplasties with second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) persist through...

TCT 2020 | Initial Studies Show Incredible Results with Lithotripsy in Calcified Lesions

Intravascular coronary lithotripsy shows promise for the improvement of angioplasty in severely calcified lesions, according to data...

TCT 2020 | Fewer Symptoms and Events when Optimizing with iFR

Symptomatic patients undergoing PCI with no residual ischemia confirmed by iFR have superior symptom improvement at one...