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REDUCE Trial: Patients with PFO and cryptogenic stroke at lower risk of recurrent stoke when treated with APT and closure device

Courtesy of Dr. José Álvarez. This is a multicenter randomized study on patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO)...

Long-term results of the RESPECT study favor closure with the Amplatzer device

Courtesy of Dr. José Álvarez. The RESPECT trial is a multicenter randomized trial with blinded adjudication of end-point...

Is Same-Day Discharge After Angioplasty Safe?

Overnight observation after coronary angioplasty has been the standard of care in the United States. The foundations for...

SYNTAX II: Better Stents, IVUS, FFR, or a Combination of All of Them to Catch Up with Surgery

In patients with 3-vessel disease, surgery obtained better outcomes than angioplasty, according to results from the SYNTAX...

FOURIER: Efficacy of Evolocumab for Ultra-Low LDL Levels

It seems that a LDL level of 70 mg/dL is no longer low enough for high-risk secondary patients;...

DETO2X-AMI: Supplemental O2 Provides No Benefit for Patients with Suspected Infarction

According to this study simultaneously presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017 and published in...

Routine FFR in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome?

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) has proven to be superior to angiography as a guide to revascularization due...

Minimum Appropriate Follow-Up Reduces Mortality After Endoprosthesis Implantation

No study has been able to prove long-term benefit of regular imaging follow-up after abdominal aortic aneurysm...