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ACC 2018 | COMBO: New Stent with Thin Struts and Pro-Healing Membrane

The new COMBO stent, comprised of thin struts plus a bioengineered layer of endothelial progenitor cells, is...

Tips to Prevent Radial Occlusion after Catheterization

The transradial access is the preferred access site for patients undergoing acute coronary syndrome. Compared to the transfemoral access site,...

Surgery Seems Superior to Angioplasty in Young Patients

Long-term follow-up of patients under 50 with multivessel coronary artery disease suggests surgery outcomes are significantly better...

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...