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Provisional vs Dual Stenting in Left Main: An Endless Discussion?

True left main stem bifurcation patients have shown fewer adverse events with stepwise provisional stenting vs systematic...

AHA 2021 | Meta-Analysis of Surgery vs. Angioplasty in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

According to this new meta-analysis (presented at AHA 2021 and published in The Lancet), mortality is similar between...

AHA 2021 | RAPID CABG: Safety of Early Surgical Intervention in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Suspending ticagrelor a couple of days before surgery was non-inferior to waiting 5-6 days in terms of...

TCT 2021 | OPTIMUM: Surgically Ineligible Patients with Complex Anatomy: Do We Accept the Case?

In surgically ineligible patients with complex coronary anatomy short term risk of death with PCI is considerably...

TCT 2021 | FAVOR III: Angiography-Derived FFR: An Event-Prevention Tool

Compared with visual estimation of lesions, using quantitative angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (quantitative flow ration, QFR) provides...

TCT 2021 | FAME 3: Surprises in a Long-Awaited Study

Angioplasty could not reach non-inferiority to surgery to treat patients with three-vessel lesions. In this head-to-head study of...

TCT 2021 | iFR-SWEDEHEART: 5 Years to Trust FFR Is Equivalent to iFR

The 5-year followup of the iFR-SWEDEHEART has confirmed the safety and efficacy of using either FFR or...