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Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: MRS or PCI? 10-Year Mortality of the SYNTAX Study

Percutaneous treatment of coronary lesions affecting bifurcations has increased in recent decades. Coronary angioplasty (percutaneous coronary intervention,...

Safety of Acetylcholine in the Cath Lab

The concepts of ischemia with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) and myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery...

Prognostic Value of Structural and Functional Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is a paramount factor involved in the development of anginal syndromes. Among patients...

Takotsubo Syndrome: Does Gender Impact Prognosis?

Takotsubo Syndrome (STT) is characterized by acute cardiac failure which can be reversed in many occasions, but...

Results of Zotarolimus-Eluting Stents vs Biolimus-Eluting Polymer-Free Stents After 2 Years. Are They Safe in Patients at High Risk for Bleeding?

The proportion of patients treated with coronary angioplasty who are at a high risk for bleeding is...

PCI on Native Arteries or Saphenous Vein Grafts: Which Has Better Prognosis?

New revascularization after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is often needed, be it because of severe bridge...

Hand Function after Distal Radial Access: Is it Safe?

The benefit of the transradial approach in percutaneous interventions is well known. Its main limitation is radial...

The Current Role of Thrombus Aspiration in Primary PCI

In general, thrombus aspiration in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has not been shown beneficial by large studies....