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Primary angioplasty and multivessel lesions: how should we proceed?

Courtesy of Dr Carlos Fava. The association of primary angioplasty with multivessel lesions is not infrequent and has...
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Coronary disease

Is Impella an option in high-risk angioplasty?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Provitional ventricular assist devices are increasingly used in high-risk angioplasties, particularly those involving unprotected...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis Still Challenging for TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava One of the present challenges of TAVR is bicuspid aortic valve stenosis (AS),...
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Antiplatelet

Peripheral artery disease associated to ischemic and bleeding events after DES implantation

Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) have higher rates of cardiovascular events after DES implantation, which could...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Promising outcomes for DEB in long femoropopliteal artery lesions

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. For type A and B femoropopliteal artery lesions, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) with balloon has...
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Coronary disease

Bioresorbable scaffolds with drug-eluting stents: do they entail a higher thrombosis risk?

Courtesy of Dr. Leiva. Bioresorbable scaffolds with drug-eluting stents (bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, BVS) have been added to the...
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Coronary disease

Proximal anterior descending artery angioplasty: what are its long-term outcomes?

Courtesy of Dr. Javier Castro. Certain coronary lesions have been historically discouraged for endovascular treatment. Among these can...
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Coronary disease

Catheter-directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism: a safe technique

Courtesy of Dr. Brian Nazareth Donato. The conventional treatment for patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) has traditionally been...
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