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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Ischemic preconditioning reduces infarct size in patients treated with primary angioplasty

Original title: Preinfarction Angina Reduces Infarct Size in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reference: Ronald Reiter et...

The FFR improves outcomes in daily practice as in randomized studies

Original title: Long-term outcomes of fractional flow reserve-guided vs. angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary practice. Reference: Li J et...

The radial artery is the default access for Europe.

Original title: Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: position paper by the European Association...

Modest correlation between IVUS and FFR in intermediate lesions assessment

Original title: FIRST: Fractional Flow Reserve and Intravascular Ultrasound Relationship Study Reference: Ron Waksman et al. J Am Coll Cardiol...

Periprocedural stroke, unrelated to the access site?

Original title: Influence of access site choice on incidence of neurologic complications after percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Karim Ratib et...

Ambulatory Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Original title: Ambulatory Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Safe, Effective, and Cost-Saving Strategy. Reference: Philippe Le Corvoisier et al. Catheterization...

Rotational atherectomy is only an interim strategy.

Original title: High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy Before Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation in Complex Calcified Coronary Lesions. The Randomized ROTAXUS (Rotational...

Chronic Total Occlusions, challenging but very possible

Original title: Predictors of Reocclusion After Successful Drug-Eluting Stent–Supported Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion. The Florence...