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Vascular Ultrasound in Percutaneous Closure Devices: Subanalysis of the UNIVERSAL-Trial

Analysis of percutaneous closure device placement when choosing an ultrasound-guided vs. a fluoroscopy-guided femoral approach. Transradial access is...

Safety of Acetylcholine in the Cath Lab

The concepts of ischemia with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) and myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery...

Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Intermediate FFR: Should We Use This Tool to Define When to Perform Coronary Angioplasty?

Current guidelines recommend using fractional flow reserve (FFR) to guide coronary angioplasty. However, intermediate FFR values (0.75-0.80)...

Passive Leg Raise: An Indispensable Maneuver in the Study of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for at least 50% of the HF population,...

ACC 2022 | IVVE

This randomized study aimed at assessing the flu vaccine vs placebo in patients with cardiac failure.  It included...

E-Cigarettes: No Definitive Evidence on Their Potential Cardiovascular Effect, but Some Suggest Caution

E-cigarettes may bring about cardiac risk according to a new literature review soon to be published in...

Strategies to Reduce Acute Kidney Injury in Angioplasty

The title of this article leads us to think that we will find a list of things...

AHA 2018 | PIONEER-HF: Sacubitril/Valsartan in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Treating acute decompensated heart failure patients with an angiotensin receptor inhibitor plus a neprilysin receptor inhibitor significantly...