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TCT 2021 | SUGAR Trial: Polymer-Free Stent in Diabetes

In CAD patients with diabetes the polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stent resulted non-inferior to the polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting Resolute Onyx. This...

First Guidelines Focused Specifically on Chest Pain Management

Many years of developing and waiting have led us to the latest guidelines published by ACC/AHA together...

ISCHEMIA: Prognosis is Determined by Anatomy, not Functionality

The ISCHEMIA study keeps providing scientific news. This work in patients with stable coronary artery disease had...

10 Years Treating Bifurcations: Have We Made Progress?

Bifurcations have been, are and will be challenging. However, we have to admit we have gained experience...

More Screening Needed Before Non-Cardiac Surgery

According to this recent document by the American Heart Association (AHA), troponin should be monitored for at...

Drug-Eluting Balloons Find Their Niche

According to this large European registry, drug-eluting balloons (DEBs) are competing with drug-eluting stents (DES) to treat...

STOPDAPT-2 ACS: One-Month DAPT NOT Enough in acute patients

One-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients undergoing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) did not reach the safety...

Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in the General Population

Early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) using computed tomography (CT) and calcium score (CAC) might help...