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Recommendations on occupational radiation protection in interventional cardiology

  The evolution in experience of the operators together with the continuous improvement of devices have allowed new...

Rotational atherectomy is only an interim strategy.

Original title: High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy Before Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation in Complex Calcified Coronary Lesions. The Randomized ROTAXUS (Rotational...

Outpatient coronary angioplasty, is it possible?

Original title: Assessment of Clinical Outcomes related to Early Discharge alter elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: COED PCI Reference: Purushothaman Muthusamy...

Chronic Total Occlusions, challenging but very possible

Original title: Predictors of Reocclusion After Successful Drug-Eluting Stent–Supported Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion. The Florence...

Does the systematic use of clopidogrel reduce events prior to angioplasty?

Original title: Association of Clopidogrel Pretreatment with mortality, Cardiovascular events, and Major Bleeding among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary...

Self-expanding stents improve positioning in primary angioplasty

Original title: Self-Expanding Versus Balloon-Expandable Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results From the APPOSITION II Study Reference: Robert-Jan van Geuns...

Revascularization reduces mortality in patients with high risk coronary artery disease based on multi-slice CT

Original title: All-cause mortality benefit of coronary revascularization vs. medical therapy in patients without known coronary artery disease...

Advances in Proximal Occlusion Devices for Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

Original title: A Meta-Analysis of Proximal Oclusion Device Outcome in Carotid Artery Stenting Reference: Robert M Bersin, et al. Catheterization...