The cardiovascular safety and efficacy of some hypoglycemic including saxagliptin (Onglyza), an inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4), is not well established. 16492 patients were randomized diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with a history of cardiovascular events or high risk to receive saxagliptin or placebo. Other medications for diabetes, including hypoglycemic, were permitted. The combined<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2015/06/24/congress-item-5390/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original title: Relation of C-reactive protein levels to instability of untreated vulnerable coronary plaques (from the PROSPECT study). Reference: Kelly CR et al. Am J Cardiol. 2014;Epub ahead of print. The original PROSPECT study included 697 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing culprit artery percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) followed by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to the rest of<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2014/06/09/n-4509/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original title: Dedicated two-stents technique in complex bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention with use of everolimus-eluting stents: The EES-bifurction study. Reference: Nisharamed I. Kherada, et al. International Journal of Cardiology 2014;174:13-17 Bifurcation PCI, especially 1.1.1 Medina bifurcation lesions PCI, is particularly challenging and has been associated with increased restenosis. The use of drug eluting stents (DES) associated to<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2014/05/27/n-4481/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original title: Trends in cause of death after percutaneous coronary intervention. Reference: Spoon DB et al. Circulation. 2014; Epub ahead of print. This retrospective study evaluated the specific cause of death in 19077patients who received angioplasty in a center between 1991 and 2008. To perform the analysis, the track was divided into three time periods: 1991-1996, 1997-2002,<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2014/02/18/n-4264/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original title: Thinking Out of the Lumen: FFR Vs. Intravascular Imaging for MACE Prediction. Reference: Pedro R. Moreno et al. J Am Coll Cardiol, article in press. Intravascular imaging studies have shown that the lesions most likely to produce coronary events usually have modest luminal stenosis, large cap burden and thin fibrous cap. These plaques will evolve into a<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/09/05/n-3578/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original title: Ambulatory Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Safe, Effective, and Cost-Saving Strategy. Reference: Philippe Le Corvoisier et al. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 81:15–23 (2013). The number of PCI procedures has increased and for many interventional cardiology centers PC interventions entail significant resource consumption. Reducing post procedure hospital stay could reduce costs and optimize hospitalization resources. The safety<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/07/n-3151/" title="Read more" >...</a>