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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

A worse prognosis for incomplete revascularization in both angioplasty and surgery.

Original title: The Negative Impact of Incomplete Angiographic Revascularization on Clinical Outcomes and Its Association With Total Occlusions....

Chronic Total Occlusion: increasingly better results and fewer complications.

Original title: Angiographic Success and Procedural Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions. A Weighted...

Ambulatory Coronary Angiography: Is any further evidence required?

Original title: Same-Day Discharge Compared With Overnight Hospitalization After Uncomplicated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Reference: Eltigani...

Multislice tomography to stratify low-risk chest pain. Lower cost and larger revascularization. 

Original title: Outcomes After Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in the Emergency Department. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of...

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...