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Revascularization could improve areas traditionally considered necrotic

Original title: Prevalence of Regional Myocardial Thinning and Relationship With Myocardial Scarring in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Reference: Dipan...

Complete revascularization in one procedure is more cost effective and as safe as in stages.

Original title: Staged Versus One-time Complete Revascularization With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Patients Without...

Coronary angioplasty reduces the risk of spontaneous myocardial infarction in chronic stable patients.

Original title: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Optimal Medical Therapy for Prevention of Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction in Subjects With...

A worse prognosis for incomplete revascularization in both angioplasty and surgery.

Original title: The Negative Impact of Incomplete Angiographic Revascularization on Clinical Outcomes and Its Association With Total Occlusions....

It takes more patience to implant stents.

Original title: Duration of Balloon Inflation for Optimal Stent Deployment: Five Seconds Is Not Enough. Reference: Thomas Hovasse et al....

Chronic Total Occlusion: increasingly better results and fewer complications.

Original title: Angiographic Success and Procedural Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions. A Weighted...

Ambulatory Coronary Angiography: Is any further evidence required?

Original title: Same-Day Discharge Compared With Overnight Hospitalization After Uncomplicated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Reference: Eltigani...

Multislice tomography to stratify low-risk chest pain. Lower cost and larger revascularization. 

Original title: Outcomes After Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in the Emergency Department. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of...