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Does the systematic use of clopidogrel reduce events prior to angioplasty?

Original title: Association of Clopidogrel Pretreatment with mortality, Cardiovascular events, and Major Bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary...

Self-expanding stents improve positioning in primary angioplasty

Original title: Self-Expanding Versus Balloon-Expandable Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the APPOSITION II Study Reference: Robert-Jan van Geuns...

Revascularization reduces mortality in patients with high risk coronary artery disease based on multi-slice CT

Original title: All-cause mortality benefit of coronary revascularization vs. medical therapy in patients without known coronary artery disease...

More evidence supports ventricular assist devices in complex angioplasty procedures

Original title: Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device with Tandem Heart for High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Mayo Clinic...

Radial Approach, 1st choice in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Original title: Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary síndrome. The RIFLE-STEACS (Radial Versus Femoral...

Strategies for treating left coronary trunk restenosis.

Original title: Clinical and Procedural Predictors of Suboptimal Outcome After the Treatment of Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis in the...

Future strategies to prevent restenosis and stent thrombosis

Original title: Endothelial cell repopulation after stenting determines in-stent neointima formation: effects of bare-metal vs. drug-eluting stents and...

Periprocedural Infarction vs. Spontaneous Infarction: Prognostic Significance 

Original title: Comparison of the Prognosis of Spontaneous and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention–Related Myocardial Infarction. Reference: Sergio Leonardi, MD et al....