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Acute coronary syndromes

ICELAND MI: Unrecognized MI Have Similar Prognosis to Recognized MI

At 10-year follow-up, unrecognized or silent MIs have similar mortality to clinically recognized MI and, even though...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Discharge During the Weekend After Cardiac Surgery Is Not Associated with Readmissions

According to this new work (soon to be published in Ann Thorac Surg), discharging a patient during the weekend...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Safety of Lesion Deferral with iFR or FFR in Both Stable and Acute Patients

Overall, deferral of lesion revascularization is equally safe with both fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free...
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Coronary disease

EXCEL Sub-Analysis: Angioplasty vs. Surgery in Chronic Renal Insufficiency

EXCEL patients with chronic kidney disease and left main coronary artery disease have higher rates of acute...
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Coronary disease

The 10 most read articles of September

1- High-Sensitivity Troponins Turned All Events into Infarctions; the 4th Universal Definition Clarifies Things Myocardial infarction or myocardial...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

TCT 2018 | CorMicA Trial: Coronary Function in Patients with Angina and Normal Coronary Arteries

Angina pectoris without stenosis in the epicardial coronary arteries is a common problem with several possible underlying...
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Coronary disease

TCT 2018 | ABSORB IV: Much Life Left for Bioresorbable Scaffolds

Previous studies have documented higher rates of adverse events with bioresorbable scaffolds (ABSORB) compared with metallic drug-eluting...
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Antithrombotic Anticoagulants

TCT 2018 | OAC-ALONE: Anticoagulation Alone 1 Year After Stenting in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Up to now, there had been no randomized controlled trial assessing oral anticoagulation alone vs. oral anticoagulation...
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