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Antiplatelet

Optimal Duration of DAPT: How to Predict Long-Term Events

Courtesy of Dr. Santiago F. Coroleu.   Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and clopidogrel after percutaneous coronary intervention...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Closure Devices vs. Manual Compression

Courtesy of Dr. Guillermo Migliaro.   Post PCI major bleeding has been associated with short term mortality in acute...
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Acute coronary syndromes

DES in primary PCI: The Best Option?

Courtesy of Dr. Brian Nazareth Donato.   The relative safety of drug-eluting stents (DES) and conventional bare-metal stents (BMS) in...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Stem Cells: A New Alternative for Refractory Angina?

Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia.   Recent investigations and certain randomized trials suggest that the administration of CD34+ stem cells to patients with...
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Acute coronary syndromes

No Extra Benefit for Combined Use of Bivalirudin and Transradial Approach

The aim of this meta-analyzis was to study the relation between bivalirudin and access site in patients undergoing...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

BVS: Comparable to Second-Generation DES in Complex Lesions

A center carrying out a mid- to long-term follow-up of the performance of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds (Absorb)...
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Bifurcations

Non-Compliant Balloons Improve Bifurcation Outcomes

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The provisional approach is the standard strategy to treat bifurcations, but it might...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Visual Assessment and Misinterpretation of Coronary Lesion Severity

  Courtesy of Dr. Pablo Baglioni. The visual interpretation of coronary angiographies is still used to decide for or...
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