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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

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...

Does the systematic use of clopidogrel reduce events prior to angioplasty?

Original title: Association of Clopidogrel Pretreatment with mortality, Cardiovascular events, and Major Bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary...

Revascularization reduces mortality in patients with high risk coronary artery disease based on multi-slice CT

Original title: All-cause mortality benefit of coronary revascularization vs. medical therapy in patients without known coronary artery disease...

Strategies for treating left coronary trunk restenosis.

Original title: Clinical and Procedural Predictors of Suboptimal Outcome After the Treatment of Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis in the...

Future strategies to prevent restenosis and stent thrombosis

Original title: Endothelial cell repopulation after stenting determines in-stent neointima formation: effects of bare-metal vs. drug-eluting stents and...