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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Quantitative Angiography that Estimates Shear Stress and Predicts Events

Shear stress has been incorporated to our jargon to identify this turbulent flow in certain places of...

Differences in Plaque Progression Depending on its Characteristics

The pattern of growth for each plaque differs according to the presence of certain risk factors. Atheroma...

Subintimal Re-Entry in CTO Improves Outcomes

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are still one of the greatest challenges in our field,...

EuroPCR 2020 | A Trick to Find the Perfect Projection to Treat Ostia or Bifurcation Lesions

The trick is to avoid testing empirically more to the right or to the left, a more...

EuroPCR 2020 | Revascularization vs. Initial Medical Treatment in Chronic Patients

There is no survival advantage with invasive coronary revascularization over initial medical treatment in patients with chronic...

Olive Oil and Cardiovascular Risk: The Higher the Consumption, the Lower the Risk?

High olive oil intake was associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease in...

Effects of Health Promotion Since Childhood

All clinical practice guidelines indicate healthy lifestyle recommendations and, as cardiologists, we have slowly but surely implemented...

Stenting of Lipid-Rich vs Fibrous and calcified Plaques: Different Prognosis?

Coronary PCI with contemporary drug eluting stents (DES) in lipidic-rich plaques were not associated with increased periprocedural...