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ACC 2022 | VALOR-HCM: Mavacamten in Adults with Symptomatic Obstructive HCM Eligible for Septal Reduction Therapy

Roughly 50% of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (HCM) are obstructive, and of this percentage, most of symptoms can be...

ACC 2022 – POISE-3: Tranexamic Acid, Bleeding and Cardiovascular Events in Non-Cardiac Surgeries

Tranexamic Acid is an antifibrinolytic which has been shown to reduce bleeding in orthopedic patients and cardiac...

REVERSE-IT | Bentracimab: Progress on the Antidote for Ticagrelor in Emergency Scenarios

Optimizing an antiplatelet therapy after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) aims at reducing the major adverse cardiac...

Ticagrelor Monotherapy after 3 Months: Is the Current Strategy Worth Changing?

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after PCI with DES has shown noticeable reduction of thrombotic events, especially in...

Abbreviated DAPT in ACS: The End of Clopidogrel Monotherapy?

Compared with patients with chronic coronary syndromes, patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are more likely to...

Acute Coronary Syndrome: What Is Safer, Antiaggregant Monotherapy or De-Escalation?

For several years it has been shown that 12-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is mandatory for patients...

Cangrelor: Additional Research Findings Not Translating into Clinical Practice

The potent and fast endovenous platelet inhibition provided by Cangrelor reduces ischemic events early in the course...

Clnical Practice Dissociated from Study Outcomes: Bad News for Our Patients?

Differences in patient characteristics, changes in treatment algorithms, and advances in device technology, together or separately, might...