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Transulnar Access: Another Ace Up Our Sleeve Before Transfemoral Access

Transulnar access can be as safe and effective as transradial access, and it is a particularly good...

New Study Shows Ticagrelor + Aspirin Reduce Events Rate

Just when we were starting to understand how long dual antiplatelet therapy should be for our patients, JACC publishes...

What Is the Best Antiplatelet Therapy in Primary Angioplasty at 12 Months?

Both prasugrel and ticagrelor showed superiority in terms of efficacy, reducing the number of major cardiovascular events...

The new HTA guides 2017 could be up to their predecessors

From the first reports, back in 1920, we have studied, recognized and documented the excess of events...

What is the effect of statins on amputations, and survival in peripheral vascular disease?

The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease is between 15% and 20% of patients older than 65 years...

Clinical and Economic Costs Compete in the De-Escalation of Antiplatelet Therapy

Patients undergoing primary angioplasty for ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction have similar clinical outcomes at 1 year regardless...

Aspirin During Noncardiac Surgery: Only in Patients with Prior Angioplasty

A new analysis from the POISE-2 study suggests that aspirin should not be withheld prior to noncardiac...

Clopidogrel or Ticagrelor in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated with New-Generation DES: CHANGE DAPT

Courtesy of Dr. Pablo Baglioni. This is a prospective observational study with a 1-year follow-up analyzing 2062 patients...