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Target amount for reasonable incomplete revascularization

Original title: Reasonable incomplete revascularisation after percutaneouscoronary intervention: the SYNTAX Revascularisation Index. Reference: Philippe Généreux et al. EuroIntervention 2014;10-online publish-ahead-of-print.While...

Lower Rates of In-Stent Thrombosis with the New Generation DES

Original title: New-generation drug-eluting stents reduce stent thrombosis and myocardial infarction: a propensity-score-adjusted analysis from the multicenter REAL...

PCI Superior to Optimal Medical Treatment in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Original title: Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI for Stable Coronary Artery Disease. The FAME 2 Trial Investigators. Reference: Bernard De Bruyne...

More evidence for unprotected left main PCI

Original title: Outcomes After Emergency Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients UIT unprotected Left Main Stem Occlusion. The BCIS...

The higher the bleeding risk, the greater the benefit of radial access in terms of mortality

Original title: Baseline bleeding risk and arterial access site practice in relation to procedural outcomes after percutaneous coronary...

Outcomes are still associated to operator experience and institutional volume

This study is a retrospective analysis of 2,243,209 PCI stenting procedures in the USA between 2005 and...

Most of stable patients have the wrong idea about the purpose of PCI

Original title: Variation in patients’ perceptions of elective percutaneous coronary intervention in stable coronary artery disease: cross sectional...

Less Definite Thrombosis with Everolimus Eluting Stents

Original title: Three-Year Outcomes After Revascularization With Everolimus-and Sirulimus -Eluting Stents From the SORT OUT IV Trial. Reference: Lisette Okkels...