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Predicting Coronary Angioplasty Benefits

Coronary angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces angina and improves quality of life in patients with...

Less Bivalirudin and Minimal Use of Ultrasound for Puncture Is the Worldwide Trend in Transradial Access

A worldwide survey shows there is much room for improvement as regards transradial access procedures, particularly for...

Can We Discontinue Betablockers after AMI?

Betablockers (BB) were the first drugs shown to effectively reduce events after acute MI. However, reperfusion and...

Strategies to Reduce Acute Kidney Injury in Angioplasty

The title of this article leads us to think that we will find a list of things...

Aspirin, Bleeding and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Elderly

The ASCEND and ARRIVE trials -presented at the European Cardiology Congress and published in The New England...

Coronary Disease in Diabetes: Diabetic Patients Have Much Greater Plaque Progression

Patients with diabetes mellitus experience significantly greater plaque progression, particularly regarding adverse plaque. Male sex and baseline...

Is TAVR at Hospitals Without Backup Cardiovascular Surgery Feasible?

Patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at hospitals without cardiovascular surgery available are at significantly higher...

Aortic Stenosis and Dialysis: Is TAVR the Strategy of Choice?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. TAVR has been shown beneficial in high and moderate risk patients, but there...