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Dyspnea and Chronic Total Occlusion: A Symptom That We Can (Attempt to) Improve

Dyspnea is one of the most challenging symptoms as regards its assessment and treatment in patients with...
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Acute coronary syndromes

OCT Follow-Up of Plaque Erosion with Medical Therapy and Without Stenting

Most acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are caused by the following three different pathologies: Plaque rupture Plaque erosion Calcified nodule In daily...
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Coronary disease

The 9 most read scientific articles of 2017 in interventional cardiology

1) New High Blood Pressure Guidelines The wait is finally over: the high blood pressure guidelines that have been...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Important Study Suggests that Rotational Atherectomy Is Feasible with Transradial Access

Rotational atherectomy is a very important tool in the treatment of heavily calcified and non-dilatable lesions. Historically,...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Does a Combination of Diabetes and Acute Coronary Syndrome Change the Revascularization Strategy?

The results of the FREEDOM (Future Revascularization Evaluation in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Optimal Management of Multi-vessel...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

What Is the Long-Term Outcome of Lesions Deferred Using FFR/iFR?

The presence of inducible ischemia is an essential prerequisite to obtain clinical benefits from revascularization through angioplasty....
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

The Use of Intravascular Imaging to Guide PCI Reduces Cardiovascular Death Risk, Compared to Angiography

Intravascular imaging, which includes ultrasound intravascular (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT), shows live details that better characterize...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Physiologically Assessing Intermediate Stenosis: Could FFR Be Replaced?

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) are commonly used to assess physiological severity of...
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