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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Angioplasty or medical therapy in patients with documented ischemia

Original title: Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in patients with stable obstructive coronary artery disease and myocardial ischemia: A...

Drug eluting balloon followed BMS versus DES in de novo lesions

Original title: Elutax paclitaxel-eluting balloon followed by bare-metal stent compared with Xience V drug-eluting stent in the treatment...

Percutaneous closure devices in coronary angioplasty, the benefit is for obese patients

Original title: Comparative safety of vascular closure devices and manual closure among patients having percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Gurm HS...

Noncardiac surgery is safe after 6 months after implantation of a DES

Original title: Risk of major adverse cardiac events following noncardiac surgery in patients with coronary stents. Reference: Hawn MT et...

Post PCI bleeding can cause kidney injury

Original title: Impact of Periprocedural Bleeding on Incidente of Constrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in patients treated with Percutaneous...

Usefulness of FFR in coronary bypass intermediate lesions

Original title: Long-term clinical outcome after fractional flow reserve– versus angio-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with intermediate...

Difference in mortality with surgery versus angioplasty in diabetic multivessel patients

Original title: Comparison of coronary artery bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with diabetes: A meta-analysis...

Intravascular imaging for event prediction: looking beyond the lumen.

Original title: Thinking Out of the Lumen: FFR Vs. Intravascular Imaging for MACE Prediction. Reference: Pedro R. Moreno et al. J...