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Alvimedica merges with CID, Italy’s leading high tech company specialized in cardiology

Alvimedica fusiona con CID, la empresa líder de alta tecnología italiana especializada en cardiologíaEn línea con su...

Amputation, one of worse prognostic variables

Original title: Lower Extremity Amputation: Factors Associated With Mortality or Contralateral Amputation Reference: Samir K. Shah, et; al. Vascular and...

Percutaneous closure devices in coronary angioplasty, the benefit is for obese patients

Original title: Comparative safety of vascular closure devices and manual closure among patients having percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Gurm HS...

Renal angioplasty versus medical treatment, no clinical benefit and only a modest help to control blood pressure

Original title: Stenting and Medical Therapy for Atherosclerotic Renal-Artery Stenosis. CORAL trial. Reference: Christopher J. Cooper et al. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310753  Between...

Infrapatellar balloon angioplasty, the easiest option and with better results in critical ischemia with tissue loss

Original title: Longitudinal outcomes After Tibioperoneal Angioplasty Alone Compared to Tibial Stenting and Atherectomy for Critical Limb ischemia. Reference: Shaun...

Clopidogrel suspension, without rebound in stable patients

Original title: A randomised controlled trial of platelet activity before and after cessation of clopidogrel therapy in...

Similar results of drug-eluting stents with biodegradable polymer versus permanent

Original title: Biodegradable Polymer Biolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Durable Polymer Everolimus-Eluting StentA Randomized, Controlled, Noninferiority Trial.NEXT trial. Reference: Masahiro Natsuaki et...

Clinical factors to help decide between angioplasty and carotid endarterectomy

Original title: A clinical rule (sex, contralateral occlusion, age, and restenosis) to select patients for stenting versus carotid...