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Stent implantation in the popliteal artery is feasible.

Original title:&nbsp;Treatment of Complex Atherosclerotic PoplitealArtery Disease With a New Self-Expanding Interwoven Nitinol Stent. 12-Month Results of the Leipzig SUPERA Popliteal Artery Stent Registry.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Dierk Scheinert, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013;6:65&ndash;71 Currently, peripheral angioplasty (PTA) of the popliteal artery is a real challenge since stent implantation is controversial and the outcome of balloon<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/31/n-3263/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Modest correlation between IVUS and FFR in intermediate lesions assessment

Original title:&nbsp;FIRST: Fractional Flow Reserve and Intravascular Ultrasound Relationship Study&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Ron Waksman et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013. Article in Press For patients with angiographically assessed intermediate lesions such as stenosis between 40% and 80%, criteria that favor revascularization remains under debate.&nbsp; Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) is considered the gold standard to assess intermediate lesions,<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/24/n-3242/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is associated with fibro-muscular dysplasia in other territories

Original title:&nbsp;Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Prevalence of Predisposing Conditions Including Fibromuscular Dysplasia in a Tertiary Center Cohort&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Jacqueline Saw, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013;6:44 &ndash;52 Non atherosclerotic spontaneous coronary artery dissection (Non atherosclerotic SCAD) is a rare disease that is associated with acute myocardial infarction and sudden death.&nbsp; This condition is more common<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/24/n-3249/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Intracoronary enalaprilat reduces periprocedural injury.

Original title:&nbsp;Intracoronary Enalaprilat to Reduce Microvascular Damage During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (ProMicro) Study.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Fabio Mangiacapra et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013. Article in press Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors improve clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease and improve epicardial flow in patients with acute ST-segment elevation.&nbsp; Beyond the long-term protective effect of oral<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/22/n-3228/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Periprocedural stroke, unrelated to the access site?

Original title:&nbsp;Influence of access site choice on incidence of neurologic complications after percutaneous coronary intervention.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Karim Ratib et al. Am Heart J 2012;0:1-8 Article in press. Neurological complications post coronary angioplasty (PCA) are sporadic but they are associated with eight times increased mortality.&nbsp; A transradial approach has multiple advantages over femoral but could theoretically have a<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/14/n-3186/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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

Original title:&nbsp;Elevated Plasma Fibrinogen Rather Than Residual Platelet Reactivity After Clopidogrel Pre-Treatment Is Associated With an Increased Ischemic Risk During Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Lawrence Ang et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;61:23&ndash;34. Platelet function tests have identified differences in the response of each patient to clopidogrel and minor platelet inhibition has been associated with thrombotic<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/01/09/n-3165/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Revascularization reduces mortality in patients with high risk coronary artery disease based on multi-slice CT

Original title:&nbsp;All-cause mortality benefit of coronary revascularization vs. medical therapy in patients without known coronary artery disease undergoing coronary computed tomographic angiography: results from CONFIRM (Coronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter Registry)&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;James K Min et al. European Heart Journal (2012) 33, 3088&ndash;3097 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs315. Several large studies have shown revascularization reduces mortality<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2012/12/20/n-3347/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Radial Approach, 1st choice in Acute Coronary Syndromes

Original title:&nbsp;Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary s&iacute;ndrome. The RIFLE-STEACS (Radial Versus Femoral Randomized Investigation in ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) Study.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Enrico Romagnoli et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;60:2481&ndash;9. Bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality. Until today, evidence supporting the radial<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2012/12/11/n-3305/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Strategies for treating left coronary trunk restenosis.

Original title:&nbsp;Clinical and Procedural Predictors of Suboptimal Outcome After the Treatment of Drug-Eluting Stent Restenosis in the Unprotected Distal Left Main Stem The Milan and New-Tokyo (MITO) Registry.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012;5: 491-498 We have very little data on the percutaneous treatment of restenosis of an unprotected LMCA.&nbsp; The aim of this study was to evaluate<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2012/12/06/n-3291/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Periprocedural Infarction vs. Spontaneous Infarction: Prognostic Significance 

Original title:&nbsp;Comparison of the Prognosis of Spontaneous and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention&ndash;Related Myocardial Infarction.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Sergio Leonardi, MD et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 60, No. 22, 2012 Clinical significance of myocardial infarction (MI) associated to coronary angioplasty is a controversial issue worldwide. Most of research on coronary disease includes it as a primary<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2012/12/03/n-3270/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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