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Invasive evaluation of patients with angina in the absence of coronary lesions

Original title: Invasive Evaluation of Patients with Angina in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease. Reference: Bong-Ki Lee et...

The MGuard stent shows a trend toward reduced mortality in PCI

Original title: Mesh-Covered Embolic Protection Stent Implantation in ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Final 1-Year Clinical and Angiographic Results From...

Linear relationship between prognosis and FFR value

Original title: Prognostic Value of Fractional Flow Reserve Linking Physiologic Severity to Clinical Outcomes. Reference: Nils P. Johnson et al....

Different characteristics of non culprit plaque by OCT

Original title: Pancoronary plaque vulnerability in patients with acute coronary syndrome and ruptured culprit plaque: A 3-vessel optical...

Pretreatment with clopidogrel only for ST elevation AMI patients

Original title: Prognostic impact of clopidogrel pretreatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome managed invasively. Reference: Almendro-Delia M et al....

OCT useful to assess non ostial left main lesions

Original title: Frecuency domain optical coherente tomography to assess non-ostial left main artery. Reference: Francesco Burzotta, et al. EuroIntervention 2015;10e1-e8  Optical...

Safety and efficacy of DES in saphenous vein bypass graft PCI

Original title: Safety and effectiveness of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous coronary interventions:...

Net clinical benefit of bivalirudin in STEMI patients

Original title: Bivalirudin Versus Heparin With or Without Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients With STEMI Undergoing Primary Percutaneous...