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ESC 2023 | OCTIVUS TRIAL: Is OCT Superior?

Researchers conducted a multicenter randomized study involving 2008 patients undergoing coronary angioplasty (PCI). In this group, 1005...

ESC 2023 | ARREST Trial: Is It Necessary to Have Specialized Hospitals for Cardiac Arrest?

Researchers conducted a randomized study involving 827 patients who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation myocardial...

AMI following Coronary Artery Dissection: Higher Mortality?

Though rare, spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) might lead to MI, most commonly affecting young middle aged...

ESC 2023 | Anticoagulation After Primary PCI in STEMI Patients

The empirical prescription of anticoagulants after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), also know as post-procedural anticoagulation (PPA), is...

ESC 2023 | ECLS-Shock

Cardiogenic shock (CS) represents the main cause of death in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI)....

ESC 2023 | FIRE-Trial: Physiology Guided Complete Revascularization Benefits Elderly Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Patients over 75 with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are often badly represented in most significant studies.  In this...

ESC 2023 | OCTOBER TRIAL: Should We Begin to Consider OCT for Bifurcation Lesions?

The OCTOBER Study randomized 1201 patients with bifurcation lesions in a 1:1 ratio to undergo percutaneous transluminal...

ESC 2023 | ILUMIEN IV: What Is the Benefit of OCT?

Researchers conducted a randomized study that included a total of 1233 patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary...