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Interventional Cardiologists

A worse prognosis for incomplete revascularization in both angioplasty and surgery.

Original title: The Negative Impact of Incomplete Angiographic Revascularization on Clinical Outcomes and Its Association With Total Occlusions....

It takes more patience to implant stents.

Original title: Duration of Balloon Inflation for Optimal Stent Deployment: Five Seconds Is Not Enough. Reference: Thomas Hovasse et al....

TAVI also for pure aortic insufficiency

Original title: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Pure Severe Native Aortic Valve Regurgitation. Reference: David A. Roy et al. J...

Chronic Total Occlusion: increasingly better results and fewer complications.

Original title: Angiographic Success and Procedural Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions. A Weighted...

Ambulatory Coronary Angiography: Is any further evidence required?

Original title: Same-Day Discharge Compared With Overnight Hospitalization After Uncomplicated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Reference: Eltigani...

Critical limb ischemia, always try to revascularize

Original title: Endovascular Treatment for Infrainguinal Vessels in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia : OLIVE Registry, a Prospective,...

Endovascular therapy after t-PA: no additional benefit for patients with acute stroke

Original title: Endovascular Therapy after Intravenous t-PA versus t-PA Alone for Stroke. Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) III. Reference: Joseph...

Ischemic preconditioning reduces infarct size in patients treated with primary angioplasty

Original title: Preinfarction Angina Reduces Infarct Size in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reference: Ronald Reiter et...