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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Is Same-Day Discharge After Angioplasty Safe?

Overnight observation after coronary angioplasty has been the standard of care in the United States. The foundations for...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

SYNTAX II: Better Stents, IVUS, FFR, or a Combination of All of Them to Catch Up with Surgery

In patients with 3-vessel disease, surgery obtained better outcomes than angioplasty, according to results from the SYNTAX...
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Acute coronary syndromes

DETO2X-AMI: Supplemental O2 Provides No Benefit for Patients with Suspected Infarction

According to this study simultaneously presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017 and published in...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Routine FFR in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome?

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has proven to be superior to angiography as a guide to revascularization due...
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Coronary disease

Polymer-Free DES Also Show Efficacy in Anticoagulated Patients with High Risk for Bleeding

Patients who receive chronic anticoagulation therapy and then undergo angioplasty are frequently discharged on a triple anti-thrombotic...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

“Ad Hoc” PCI during TAVR: No Impact on Safety or Long Term Outcomes

According to a recent study published in Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions, screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) with an invasive...
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Coronary disease

Self-Expanding Stents Are Superior to Balloon-Expandable Stents in the Iliac Arteries

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Severe atherosclerotic disease in iliac arteries is experienced by 15% of all men and 5%...
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Acute coronary syndromes

VALIDATE-SWEDEHEART: bivalirudin seems to be losing ground

Another important work that does not see the benefits of bivalirudin over heparin as monotherapy as regards both...
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