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Are the Rates of Stroke Similar in TAVR and Surgery?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Stroke is one of the most undesirable complications we can face and, regarding transcatheter...

Angina Is as Subjective as Any Other Pain

Almost 80% of all patients randomized in this study reported Canadian Cardiovascular Society class II or III angina,...

CTO Revascularization Improves Quality of Life

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The presence of CTO hovers around 15, 20% in coronary angiographies of patients with...

Manual vs. Mechanical Compression after Transradial Catheterization

For patients undergoing transradial catheterization, whether puncture site compression is manual or mechanical has no significant difference...

What Antiplatelet Therapy Should We Use in Patients with Stroke/TIA? Interesting Results for the POINT Trial

Courtesy of Dr. Alejandro Lakowsky, MTSAC (Full Member of the Argentine Society of Cardiology) The New England Journal...

More Bad News on Bioresorbable Scaffolds

A year after the implantation of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold Absorb 1.1, optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans showed neointima...

Leaflet Laceration, an Extreme Measure to Avoid Coronary Occlusion After TAVR

Intentional leaflet laceration before mounting the prosthesis on the release system, so as to reduce the risk...

New Tools to Define Intervention in Asymptomatic Carotid Disease

This meta-analysis included 14 studies and compared the uptake of fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) according to positron emission tomography (PET)/computed...