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MR vs. FFR in Non-Culprit Lesions

Magnetic resonance (MR) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) correlate moderately as regards the assessment of non-culprit lesions...

Plaque Morphology Could Modify Functional Measurements

The vulnerable features of plaque are independently associated to functional measurements done under hyperemia far better than...

Virtual ACC 2020 | TICO: Ticagrelor Monotherapy in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Switching to ticagrelor monotherapy after 3 months of dual antiplatelet therapy reduces major bleeding without paying a price...

Virtual ACC 2020 | ISCHEMIA-CKD: Invasive Strategy vs. Medical Treatment in Higher Risk Patients

This pre-specified protocol originally included 777 patients with chronic kidney failure. These patients are a special population...

Virtual ACC 2020 | PRECOMBAT: 10 Years for Surgery vs. Angioplasty in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

After 10 years of follow-up, there were no significant differences in the rates of major adverse cardiovascular or...

Virtual ACC 2020 | TWILIGHT-COMPLEX: Ticagrelor Monotherapy in the Most “Dangerous” Angioplasties

The original TWILIGHT findings in more than 9000 patients who underwent angioplasty were presented last year at TCT...

Virtual ACC 2020 | ISCHEMIA: Quality of Life, Not a Soft Endpoint

In the general study, an invasive strategy followed by revascularization (when necessary) vs. an initially conservative strategy...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Relationship between Ischemia Severity and CAD

The ISCHEMIA trial enables countless sub-studies. Many of them have made part of the virtual ACC 2020,...