Original title:&nbsp;Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: position paper by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Working Groups on Acute Cardiac Care and Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology.&nbsp;Reference:&nbsp;Martial Hamon et al. EuroIntervention 2013; 8-online publish-ahead-of-print January 2013. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recently published a consensus<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2013/02/01/the-radial-artery-is-the-default-access-for-europe/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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/modest-correlation-between-ivus-and-ffr-in-intermediate-lesions-assessment/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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/periprocedural-stroke-unrelated-to-the-access-site/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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/revascularization-reduces-mortality-in-patients-with-high-risk-coronary-artery-disease-based-on-multi-slice-ct/" title="Read more" >...</a>