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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...

Non-Invasive FFR: CT Evolves from Anatomical to Functional

In the US, more than 4 million patients with chronic stable angina are looking to rule out...

Radiation Exposure in Chronic Total Occlusions

Even in the hands of experienced operators, rechanneling and angioplasty of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) results...

Bilateral Mammary Artery Graft to Reduce the Chance of Repeat Revascularization

According to previous studies, patients receiving bilateral internal mammary artery conduits during coronary artery bypass grafting have...

Protective Shield RADPAD Reduces the Radiation Dose Received by Operators in the Cath Lab

Despite technological developments, all people working at a cath lab are inevitably exposed to radiation and its...

7 articles on angioplasty that can draw your attention

1) Balloon Angioplasty: A Reasonable Plan B for Chronic Thromboembolic Hypertension Thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is caused by pulmonary artery...

DKCRUSH-V: Left Main, Not Just Another Bifurcation

Cardiac Artery Bypass Graft Surgery has been shown more effective than percutaneous coronary intervention (basically because it renders lower...

Ischemic and Bleeding Risk After Primary Angioplasty

Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction who undergo primary angioplasty are at high risk for both ischemic...