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Best results of angioplasty with DES guided by IVUS versus angiography only

Original title: Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents to Improve Outcome. A Meta-Analysis. Reference: Jae-Sik Jang et al. J Am...

At least one month of antiplatelet seems sufficient after a zotarolimus -eluting stent

Original title: Lack of association between dual antiplatelet therapy use and stent thrombosis between 1 and 12 months...

The length of the stent is not an event predictor with the new generation of DES. It is the end of the Spot stenting?

Original title: Impact of the Stent Length on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes Following Newer-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation. Reference: Ik Jun Choi...

Hybrid revascularization versus conventional surgery. Advantages and disadvantages for choosing ideal patients.

Original title: Clinical Outcomes after Hybrid Coronary Revascularization versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of 1,190 Patients. Reference: Ralf...

Currently a patient receiving angioplasty is more likely to die from non-cardiac causes

Original title: Trends in cause of death after percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Spoon DB et al. Circulation. 2014; Epub ahead...

Endovascular treatment in critical limb ischemia, better permeability with similar mortality and amputation than surgery.

Original title: Comparative effectiveness of endovascular and surgical revascularization for patients with peripheral artery disease and critical...

Percutaneous closure versus surgical of the perimembranous interventricular communication

Original title: Transcatheter versus Surgical Closure of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Reference: Jian Yang...

3rd generation zotarolimus-eluting stent non- inferior to everolimus

Original title: Third-generation zotarolimus-eluting and everolimus-eluting stents in all-comer patients requiring a percutaneous coronary intervention (DUTCH PEERS): a...