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High doses of statins may reduce the lipid content in severe injury

Original title: Changes in Plaque Lipid Content After Short-Term Intensive Versus Standard Statin Therapy. The YELLOW Trial (Reduction...

Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure With the AMPLATZER : a valid alternative when anticoagulation is contraindicated

Original title: Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure With the AMPLATZER Cardiac Plug Device in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial...

Thoracoscopic Stand-Alone Left Atrial Appendectomy

Original title: Thoracoscopic Stand-Alone Left Atrial Appendectomy for Thromboembolism Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrilation. Reference: Toshiya Ohtsuka, et al. J...

DES versus Bare in primary angioplasty at five years. Initial advantage is reducing

Original: title Long-Term Outcome After Drug-Eluting VersusBare-Metal Stent Implantation in Patients WithST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. 5 Years Follow-Up...

The Importance of TIMI 3 flow in primary angioplasty

Original title: Predicitors of suboptimal TIMI flow alter primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: results from the HORIZON-AMI...

Asymptomatic carotid injury, a disease not so silent

Original title: Association of the Recovery of Objective Abnormal CerebralPerfusion with Neurocognitive Improvement after CarotidRevascularization. Reference: Ching-Chang Huanget al. J...

Monoclonal antibodies to decrease peri-procedural myocardial damage

Original title: Effects of the P-Selectin Antagonist Inclacumab on Myocardial Damage After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Non–ST-Segment Elevation...

Rational use of bivalirudin, less bleeding and less costs using risk score

Original title: Pre-Procedural Estimate of Individualized Bleeding Risk Impacts Physicians’ Utilization of Bivalirudin During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference: Seshu C....