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Quantitative Angiography that Estimates Shear Stress and Predicts Events

Shear stress has been incorporated to our jargon to identify this turbulent flow in certain places of...
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Coronary disease

Vasculitis, Thrombosis and Angiogenesis: Covid-19´s Unique Patters

In this small, yet interesting series, we observe angiogenesis could differentiate pulmonary physiopathology by Covid-19 vs. from...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Differences in Plaque Progression Depending on its Characteristics

The pattern of growth for each plaque differs according to the presence of certain risk factors. Atheroma...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Subintimal Re-Entry in CTO Improves Outcomes

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are still one of the greatest challenges in our field,...
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Acute coronary syndromes

European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions Position Statement During the Pandemic

This document emerges from the assembly of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) and the...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

EuroPCR 2020 | A Trick to Find the Perfect Projection to Treat Ostia or Bifurcation Lesions

The trick is to avoid testing empirically more to the right or to the left, a more...
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Bifurcations

IVUS in Unprotected LMCA Angioplasty: Should We Change the Way We Use It?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Bifurcation lesions account for about 25% of all angioplasties and it is a challenge...
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Acute coronary syndromes

EuroPCR 2020 | FABOLUS FASTER: In the Quest for the Fastest, Most Potent Platelet Inhibition

This small study tested the pharmacodynamic effects of several antiplatelet agents. It concluded that tirofiban (Aggrastat) provides...
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