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Silent Diabetes Is the New Stealthy Enemy

One in three “nondiabetic” patients who undergo angioplasty with current drug-eluting stents have an altered glucose metabolism,...

Complete Revascularization Is Beneficial in Acute MI with Cardiogenic Shock

Around half of all cases of ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) come alongside lesions in another...

Keys to Productivity Improvement in the Cath Lab

The systematic reduction of inefficiencies in the catheterization laboratory (such as the improvement of lab room start...

Routine FFR/iFR Reclassifies Treatment Strategies in Half of Cases

Routine invasive physiology assessment at time of angiography reclassifies treatment strategies in a big number of patients...

These were the 5 most read scientific articles of February

1) The CULPRIT-SHOCK Study Is Finally Published in NEJM and It Is Bound to Change Guidelines During SOLACI’s...

Surprising Prognosis for Normal ACS

St elevation acute coronary syndromes are typically caused by thrombotic obstruction of a coronary artery due to ruptured...

The diagnostic performance of the iFR makes the FFR tremble

Despite the evidence, most stable patients continue to be managed based on coronary angiography and, worse, often...

Coronary Disease Works as a 30-Day Predictor in TAVR

The association between aortic stenosis and coronary disease is common, since both conditions share pathogenesis, risk factors,...