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Coronary Angioplasty Is a Valid Alternative for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Severe left main coronary artery (LMCA) lesions have a bad prognosis in coronary disease....
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Coronary disease

Burnout Syndrome among Cardiologists

For the first time, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has carried out a survey on this phenomenon,...
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Antiplatelet

Aspirin During Noncardiac Surgery: Only in Patients with Prior Angioplasty

A new analysis from the POISE-2 study suggests that aspirin should not be withheld prior to noncardiac...
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Acute coronary syndromes

iFR in Nonculprit Lesions: Measurement Timing May Change History

During primary angioplasty, it is not uncommon to see several other lesions in coronary arteries. Current guidelines...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Clopidogrel or Ticagrelor in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated with New-Generation DES: CHANGE DAPT

Courtesy of Dr. Pablo Baglioni. This is a prospective observational study with a 1-year follow-up analyzing 2062 patients...
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Coronary disease

6 articles on Total Chronic Occlusions that you can not stop reading

1) Radiation Exposure in Chronic Total Occlusions Even in the hands of experienced operators, rechanneling and angioplasty of a chronic total occlusion...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Arterial Access After Thrombolysis

In the subgroup of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who fail thrombolysis, transradial access reduces both...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Patients and Healthcare Providers Benefit from Less Symptoms and Lower Costs with FFR

Previous studies in which revascularization was guided by angiography alone found that coronary angioplasty does not improve...
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