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Statin Pre-Treatment for the Prevention of Peri-Procedural Events in Carotid Artery Stenting

Recent randomized studies have shown that the rates of combined peri-procedural events for carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy are...

Risk of spinal cord infarction in aortic aneurysm repair

Spinal Cord infarction represents roughly 1% of all strokes and can lead to severe impairment, like paraplegia or quadriplegia....

Lotus vs Sapien 3, different mechanisms with similar results

The new generation devices for transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement have been optimized to improve valve position and...

How can we classify aortic stenosis in patients who underwent TAVR?

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Aortic stenosis can present different hemodynamic patterns, such as low flow and low gradient with...

Increasing operator experience improves TAVR outcomes

The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) into clinical practice in the United States has been...

Protection Systems Reduce Stroke and Mortality in Carotid Artery Stenting

So far, the main controlled randomized studies have almost exclusively been aimed at comparing the efficacy and...

MRS vs. DES: Which one is associated with better long-term quality of life?

The SYNTAX (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) trial, which included patients with...

In which patients should we attempt chronic total occlusion rechanneling?

Although chronic total occlusion (CTO) is a common finding, there is little consensus as to when such lesions should...