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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Best results of angioplasty with DES guided by IVUS versus angiography only

Original title: Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents to Improve Outcome. A Meta-Analysis. Reference: Jae-Sik Jang et al. J Am...

Currently a patient receiving angioplasty is more likely to die from non-cardiac causes

Original title: Trends in cause of death after percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Spoon DB et al. Circulation. 2014; Epub ahead...

Hybrid revascularization versus conventional surgery. Advantages and disadvantages for choosing ideal patients.

Original title: Clinical Outcomes after Hybrid Coronary Revascularization versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of 1,190 Patients. Reference: Ralf...

The FFR changes the treatment strategy in almost half of patients

Original title: Outcome impact of coronary revascularization strategy reclassification with fractional flow reserve at time of diagnostic angiography. Reference: Van...

Malapposition in drug-eluting stents. Much more common and much less serious than we thought

Original title: Incidences, Predictors, and Clinical Outcomes of Acute and Late Stent Malapposition Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography...

Ischemic versus anatomical risk. Is anyone better to help us decide therapeutically?

Original title: Predicting Outcome in the COURAGE Trial. Coronary Anatomy Versus Ischemia. Reference: G. B. John Mancini et al. J...

Everolimus-eluting stent and DEB in restenosis for BMS. Good results of both with some expected differences.

Original title: A Randomized Comparison of Drug-Eluting Balloon Versus Everolimus-Eluting Stent in Patients With Bare-Metal Stent In-Stent Restenosis:...

Longer follow-up registry of angioplasty in left main coronary artery. Significant differences according to the diseased segment.

Original title: The DELTA Registry (Drug-Eluting Stent for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease): A Multicenter registry Evaluating Percutaneous...