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Pending Challenges in Transradial Access

The recent SAFARI-STEMI study compared transradial and femoral access in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and...

Axillary Access for Microaxial Ventricular Support Device Placement

There is little evidence in support of the axillary access for counterpulsation balloon insertion, but this evidence...

Intravascular Imaging: A Universal Approach for Angioplasty Optimization

Despite robust information supporting the use of intravascular imaging during coronary angioplasty, its use in clinical practice...

Suboptimal Recanalization Results Worse than Procedural Failure

This large cohort of patients undergoing PCI for chronic total occlusion has shown suboptimal recanalization is associated...

The Most Relevant Articles in Coronary Disease in 2020

01- Virtual ACC 2020 | Controversial Trial ISCHEMIA Finally in NEJM In November 2019, during the American Heart Association...

Global FFR as Prognosis in CAD Patients without Ischemia

Global fractional flow reserve (FFR) results from adding up FFR values of the three major coronary arteries....

Plaque Volume Over Stenosis Degree

Paradigms are bound to eventually change. After years blinded by stenosis degree, plaque volume has proven to...

The Transradial Approach Continues to Be the Best for Primary PCI

The transradial approach has been associated to lower mortality and bleeding rates in patients receiving primary PCI...