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Mental Stress, Frontal Lobe Activation and Chest Pain

Historically, we have believed that mental stress might induce chest pain as a response to increased levels...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Antiplatelet Therapy in Elderly Population: Are the New P2Y12 Inhibitors Safe?

Should elderly patients stick to clopidogrel? The first large study on prasugrel showed an unacceptable increase of...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Ticagrelor or Prasugrel in ST Elevation MI

In patients undergoing ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) receiving primary PCI, no significative differences between prasugrel...
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Antiplatelet

Angioplasty in Aspirin-Free Stable Patients with Prasugrel: Innovation Continues

Potent P2Y12 receptor inhibitors, such as prasugrel and ticagrelor, have been tested mainly in a setting of...
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Acute coronary syndromes

The Ten Commandments from the New Guidelines on Infarction Without ST-Segment Elevation

In 2020, the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Is Loading NSTEMI with DAPT Convenient?

Pretreating non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients with P2Y12 receptor inhibitors is not associated with improved...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

FFR and iFR Discordance in up to 20% of Cases: Which One Should Inform Our Decisions?

Invasive functional measurement of intermediate lesions has become the gold standard to define revascularization. Due to its...
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Acute coronary syndromes

TCT 2020 | Our Next Goal Should Be Using IVUS Guidance in Every Angioplasty

The benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance in all angioplasties with second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) persist through...
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