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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

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...

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...