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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....

Diastolic Pressure Could Play a Dirty Trick on Patients Treated for Hypertension

Having too low diastolic pressure could be linked to an increase in cardiovascular events (J-shape phenomenon). However,...

SCOPE I: Acurate NEO vs Sapien 3, no non-inferiority at one year?

The randomized controlled study SCOPE 1 failed to show significant differences at one year between the self-expandable...

Efficacy of Mass Vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech against COVID-19 in Israel

We need to know how effective vaccines are by population subgroup outside the controlled setting of a...

Surgeons’ Claim on Low-Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis

Recent randomized trials including low-risk patients showed positive results for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) compared with...

High Deployment: Also Trending with Balloon Expandable Valves

Conventional implantation of balloon expandable SAPIEN-3 results in a final 70:30 or 80:20 ratio of the valve...

Cusp Overlap for Higher CoreValve Implantation

Implant depth greater than the length of the membranous septum is an independent predictor of permanent pacemaker...

Five-Years After PFO Closure: Procedural Safety and Effectiveness

Five-year outcomes of the randomized REDUCE study showed a continuous benefit from patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure...