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ESC 2021 | MASTER DAPT: Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Coronary Angioplasty in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

Courtesy of Dr. José Álvarez. In patients at high bleeding risk with drug-eluting stents, the duration of dual...

Post PCI Same Day Discharge: from Convenience to Need

Same day discharge following programed PCI with no complications has been a way for health centers to...

Dual Antiaggregation De-Escalation: A New Paradigm?

De-escalating dual antiaggregation could be the most effective strategy after acute coronary syndrome seeing as it prevents...

Complete Revascularization after Pharmacoinvasive Strategy

Patients initially receiving pharmacoinvasive strategy for ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) also presenting multivessel disease consistently benefit...

Large Differences between Focal and Diffuse Patterns of Stable CAD

PCI is far more successful at reducing ischemia when treating focal stable coronary artery disease (CAD). However,...

How Bad is Malapposition? OCT Findings and Events

Most post-angioplasty findings with optical coherence tomography (OCT) were not associated with clinical adverse events. Exceptions were...

The Long Marathon of Ultrathin vs. 2nd Generation Thin-Strut DES

After 2.5 years of non-stop racing, ultrathin-strut drug-eluting stents (DES) reached the finish line before 2nd generation...