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The Future of Prevention? Stenting Vulnerable Fractional FFR Negative Lesions

For many patients, the first symptom of heart disease is acute MI, or even sudden death.  Changes in...

Post MI Betablockers for Good?

Patients receiving optimal medical treatment after MI do not seem to benefit from betablockers in the long...

Impact of FFR After Stenting: Useful or Mere Fun Fact?

Suboptimal fractional flow reserve (FFR) results after stenting only have a moderate impact on clinical hard points...

Short Therapy and Monotherapy, Plenty of Evidence

A short dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) of 1 to 3 months followed by P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy after...

Lower Mortality with Rechanneling vs. Medical Therapy

We had to wait for it, but we have finally seen a benefit in hard endpoints—such as...

Biodegradable Polymer Myth Also Debunked for ACSs

During TCT 2020 a preview of the results of the comparison of drug-eluting stents (DES) with biodegradable-polymer vs....

Should Total Occlusion Influence on Revascularization Strategy?

Success or failure of total occlusion (TO) revascularization does not affect mortality at 10 years, and this...

MATRIX: Impact of Crossover from Radial Access to Femoral Access

The new MATRIX trial, recently published in JACC Interv., shows that an access-site crossover from radial to...