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Treatment of Femoropopliteal Lesions with Drug-Coated Balloons: IVUS vs. Conventional Angiography

Angiography has traditionally been the standard imaging technique to guide endovascular therapy (EVT) in patients with peripheral...

OCT Assessment of Bioresorbable Scaffold Performance across Different Types of Plaque

The development of bioresorbable magnesium scaffolds (RMS) has generated significant expectation in the field of percutaneous coronary...

Polymer-Free vs. Biodegradable Polymer Stents: SORT OUT IX 5-Year Outcomes

In a constant strive to achieve life time management, interventional cardiologists focus on optimizing coronary scaffolds, which...

Chronic Stent Recoil and Its Long-Term Effects

The evolution of stent technology—including new scaffold designs, thinner struts, and more biocompatible polymers—has brought about an...

CRABBIS Trial: Comparison of Different Provisional Stenting Sequences

Provisional stenting (PS) is the gold standard for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in most patients with coronary...

Andromeda Trial: Meta-Analysis of Drug Coated Balloon vs. DES in Small Vessel DeNovo Lesions

The use of coronary stents vs plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA), has allowed to reduce recoil and...

Early and Late Outcomes with the ABSORB Bioresorbable Scaffold

Coronary angioplasty with drug-eluting stents (DES) is associated with a 2-3% annual incidence of stent-related events, a...

DCB-BIF Trial: Randomized Study of Side Branch Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty Following Provisional Stenting

Coronary bifurcations present technical challenges that should be addressed for adequate coronary geometry. The first treatment option...