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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Stroke Rate after CABG vs PCI in over 10,000 Patients

Repeat revascularization rate has historically been the weak spot of PCI when compared against CABG: we are...

A Simple Trick to Improve Our Transradial Punctures

Transradial access is here to stay; that much has been clear for some time now. However, some...

ESC 2018 | ART: Disappointment with Bilateral Internal-Thoracic Artery Grafts After a 10-Year Follow-Up

Published 5-year results had been neutral for bilateral vs. single internal-thoracic artery grafts, but, at the time,...

SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 | Usefulness of the functional evaluation with iFR and FFR in bifurcations to define PCI

Read articles on the main presentations of the first day of SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 Congress. See the presentation by Dr....

ESC 2018 | FUTURE: A Thorn in FFR and More Questions than Answers

As observed at the preliminary analysis that motivated the FUTURE trial early termination, the use of fractional...

What Happens with Small Dissections and Imperfections Only Shown by OCT?

When we carry out an angioplasty guided by angiography alone, as we historically have, we are almost...

The Dangerous Combination of Complex Angioplasty and High Bleeding Risk Seems to Have a Solution

The LEADERS FREE trial demonstrated that a polymer-free Biolimus A9-coated stent (BioFreedom™DCS; Biosensors Europe, Morges, Switzerland) is...

Should Sex Be Taken into Account with Left Main Coronary Artery Revascularization?

The EXCEL trial did not find the sex of patients with left main coronary artery disease to...