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Acute coronary syndromes

Myocardial Injury in One Third of COVID-19 Patients

Roughly one third of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 have some degree of myocardial injury and this comes...
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Structural heart disease

Contained Annulus Rupture after TAVR: What Should We Do?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Aortic annulus rupture is a catastrophic event that presents in nearly 0.9% of...
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Antiplatelet

The FDA Approves Ticagrelor for Primary Prevention in High Risk Patients

The FDA has approved the indication of ticagrelor as primary prevention in high risk CAD patients with...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Stenting of Lipid-Rich vs Fibrous and calcified Plaques: Different Prognosis?

Coronary PCI with contemporary drug eluting stents (DES) in lipidic-rich plaques were not associated with increased periprocedural...
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Structural heart disease

Self-Expanding Valve vs. Balloon-Expandable Valve, Randomized, Head to Head

The “arms race”among transcatheter valves has been vertiginous. By the time we received the mid- or long-term...
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Chronic Ischemic cardiopathy

Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Coronary Spasm: Can We Recommend it?

Conventional non-invasive testing to detect obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) by induced myocardial ischemia are not useful...
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Coronary disease

Is the Use of iFR for the Deferral of Left Main Coronary Artery Lesions Safe?

Deferral of left main coronary artery lesions using instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) seems to be safe. At...
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Acute coronary syndromes

Optimal Intervention Timing for NSTEMI with No Antiaggregant Pre-Treatment

Patients undergoing non-ST elevation MI (NSTEMI) who are not pre-treated with P2Y12 receptor inhibitors will benefit from...
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