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Success in CTOs caused by restenosis lowers cardiac mortality

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Nowadays, chronic total occlusions (CTO) due to in-stent restenosis (ISR) represent 5%-25% of all...
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Coronary disease

The use of IVUS in unprotected left main PCI associated to better outcomes, compared to angiography guided PCI

Courtesy of Dr. Gustavo Leiva. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) has traditionally been the procedure of choice in patients...
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Acute coronary syndromes

The transradial approach reduces the risk of kidney injury in acute patients

It remains unclear whether transradial access, compared with transfemoral access, presents a different risk of post-procedural kidney...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Transradial access shows no benefit of bivalirudin

The aim of this study was to compare bivalirudin against heparin in patients with ST elevation acute...
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Coronary disease

Successful angioplasty in elderly patients with chronic total occlusion reduces mortality

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Nowadays, the number of coronary angioplasties carried out on patients with chronic total...
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Coronary disease

Everolimus DES are more effective and less costly than conventional BMS

 Courtesy of Dr. Guillermo Migliaro. Drug eluting stents (DES) represented the greatest technological advance in the treatment of...
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Coronary disease

TAVR presents less post-procedural MI than surgical aortic valve replacement

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) continues to be elective, but the presence of...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Same-day discharge after coronary angioplasty is increasingly popular but still not the gold standard

The length of hospital stay after elective coronary angioplasty varies significantly among operators and hospitals, according to...
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