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Pre-TAVI Mitral Regurgitation Is Associated with Higher Mortality

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava.   This study sought to analyze the clinical impact and the level of improvement of...

DES in primary PCI: The Best Option?

Courtesy of Dr. Brian Nazareth Donato.   The relative safety of drug-eluting stents (DES) and conventional bare-metal stents (BMS) in...

Stem Cells: A New Alternative for Refractory Angina?

Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia.   Recent investigations and certain randomized trials suggest that the administration of CD34+ stem cells to patients with...

Sex Specific Outcomes: Women after TAVI

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The benefits of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) have been widely shown, but there...

No Extra Benefit for Combined Use of Bivalirudin and Transradial Approach

The aim of this meta-analyzis was to study the relation between bivalirudin and access site in patients undergoing...

BVS: Comparable to Second-Generation DES in Complex Lesions

A center carrying out a mid- to long-term follow-up of the performance of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds (Absorb)...

Low BMI Is a Predictor of Death for TAVI

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava.     Body mass index (BMI) has always played an important role in heart surgery....

Non-Compliant Balloons Improve Bifurcation Outcomes

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The provisional approach is the standard strategy to treat bifurcations, but it might...