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Acute coronary syndromes

Tips to Prevent Radial Occlusion after Catheterization

The transradial access is the preferred access site for patients undergoing acute coronary syndrome. Compared to the transfemoral access site,...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Surgery Seems Superior to Angioplasty in Young Patients

Long-term follow-up of patients under 50 with multivessel coronary artery disease suggests surgery outcomes are significantly better...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Silent Diabetes Is the New Stealthy Enemy

One in three “nondiabetic” patients who undergo angioplasty with current drug-eluting stents have an altered glucose metabolism,...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Routine FFR/iFR Reclassifies Treatment Strategies in Half of Cases

Routine invasive physiology assessment at time of angiography reclassifies treatment strategies in a big number of patients...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

The diagnostic performance of the iFR makes the FFR tremble

Despite the evidence, most stable patients continue to be managed based on coronary angiography and, worse, often...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Incomplete Revascularization Does Not Mean the Same Thing for All Patients

Several studies show that patients with multivessel lesions who undergo angioplasty with incomplete revascularization experience more events,...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

New FFR Measuring Device to Guide Coronary Revascularization with Our Preferred Wire

Measuring fractional flow reserve (FFR) with a 0.014 pressure wire is the standard to assess the functional significance...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

It is justified to use distal protection filter in venous bridges?

The current guidelines point out a class I recommendation to the use of distal embolic protection devices...
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