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IVUS-Guided Coronary Angioplasty: Promising Results at 3-Year Follow-Up

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to guide drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation has been evaluated in several studies. Two randomized...

Passive Leg Raise: An Indispensable Maneuver in the Study of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for at least 50% of the HF population,...

In Multivessel Disease, When Should Renal Impairment Be Considered?

Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with advanced chronic...

OCT in STEMI Patients: Is It Safe to Prevent Stenting?

Percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) where the physiopathological mechanism is plaque erosion...

Is iFR Reliable After 5 Years? Analyzing the iFR-SWEDEHEART at 5 Years

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) proved to be very useful and safe in the FAME study, but its...

5-year TVF and MACCE in patients with deferred of revascularization after FFR: Is FFR enough?

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has been shown effective and safe by different studies, yet not at 5...

ACC 2022 | FLAVOUR Study: FFR and IVUS in Intermediate Coronary Lesions

FLAVOUR was a prospective randomized non-inferiority study in patients with intermediate coronary lesions (40%-70%) that compared two...

ACC 2022 | COMPLETE

Percutaneous coronary intervention improves angina related quality of life in AMI patients with multivessel disease. The COMPLETE...