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EuroPCR 2018 | SYNTAX III REVOLUTION: Excellent Correlation Between Angiography and Computerized Tomography in Patients with Left Main and Multivessel Disease

In patients with left main or three-vessel coronary disease, heart team decisions on revascularization strategy (angioplasty or...

EuroPCR 2018 | SCAAR Registry at 10 years: FFR improves decision making in the long term

The SCAAR registry aimed at showing the differences in mortality at very long term when using functional...

Maintaining Physical Activity After an Acute Myocardial Infarction Reduces Mortality

Performing a successful primary angioplasty and prescribing preventive medication without advising on the importance of keeping up...

Restenosis Does Not Seem as Benign as We Thought

Elective, uncomplicated repeat revascularization after stent restenosis is associated with higher mortality rates according to a new...

Hybrid Revascularization or Conventional Surgery: History Is Still Being Written

Hybrid revascularization seems to achieve results similar to those of conventional myocardial revascularization surgery at 5 years, although...

ACC 2018 | DEFINE-FLAIR Sub-Analysis: iFR More Comfortable, Faster, and Much Cheaper

Using instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) to guide decisions on revascularization of intermediate lesions is cheaper than using...

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,...

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...