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Periprocedural stroke, unrelated to the access site?

Original title: Influence of access site choice on incidence of neurologic complications after percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Karim Ratib et...

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA) in patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Original title: Refined Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Inoperable Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Reference: Hiroki Mizoguchi et al. Circ...

Thrombus Aspiration is useful in AMI

Original title: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Trombectomy Versus No Thrombectomy in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction...

Serum fibrinogen is a better predictor of periprocedural events than platelet reactivity.

Original title: Elevated Plasma Fibrinogen Rather Than Residual Platelet Reactivity After Clopidogrel Pre-Treatment Is Associated With an Increased...

Ticagrelor, even better than we thought

Original title: Reduction in First and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events with Ticagrelor Compared with Clopidogrel in the PLATO Study. Reference: Payal...

Ambulatory Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Original title: Ambulatory Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Safe, Effective, and Cost-Saving Strategy. Reference: Philippe Le Corvoisier et al. Catheterization...

Recommendations on occupational radiation protection in interventional cardiology

  The evolution in experience of the operators together with the continuous improvement of devices have allowed new...

Rotational atherectomy is only an interim strategy.

Original title: High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy Before Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation in Complex Calcified Coronary Lesions. The Randomized ROTAXUS (Rotational...