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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Closure Devices vs. Manual Compression

Courtesy of Dr. Guillermo Migliaro.   Post PCI major bleeding has been associated with short term mortality in acute...

Stem Cells: A New Alternative for Refractory Angina?

Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia.   Recent investigations and certain randomized trials suggest that the administration of CD34+ stem cells to patients with...

BVS: Comparable to Second-Generation DES in Complex Lesions

A center carrying out a mid- to long-term follow-up of the performance of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds (Absorb)...

Visual Assessment and Misinterpretation of Coronary Lesion Severity

  Courtesy of Dr. Pablo Baglioni. The visual interpretation of coronary angiographies is still used to decide for or...

All-Spectrum Transradial Approach: Safer than Femoral

Original Title: Radial vs femoral access for coronary interventions across the entire spectrum of patients with coronary...

Radiotherapy: Post PCI Cardiovascular Death Predictor

Original Title: Long-Term Mortality in Patients With Radiation-Associated Coronary Artery Disease Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference: Reed...

Post PCI FFR Reduces MACE

Original Title: Utilizing Post-Intervention Fractional Flow Reserve to Optimize Acute Results and the Relationship to Long-Term Outcomes Reference:...

Instent restenosis: Drug eluting balloons or drug eluting stents?

Original Title: Long-Term Results of Everolimus-Eluting Stents versus Drug-Eluting Balloons in Patients with Bare-Metal In-Stent Restenosis 3-Year...