Recently Released Joint Statement Proposes New Model of Care for Patients with Valvular Heart Disease
A joint report that proposes an integrated model of care for patients…
Depression Is Associated with More Severe Angina and Dyspnea in Patients with Chronic Total Occlusion
A study led by Dr. Robert Yeh that was published in JACC:…
Study Suggests ICU Care May Be Overutilized in Stable STEMI Patients
A study led by Dr. Jay S. Shavadia published in JACC: Cardiovascular…
Randomized Trial Shows That Transcatheter Aortic-valve Replacement is Non-inferior to Surgery in Low Risk Patients
A study by Dr. Jeffrey Popma and colleagues published in the New…
AHA Releases a Scientific Statement Regarding Patients with Myocardial Infarction in the Absence of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease
The American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement that aims to…
Meta-Analysis Affirms Safety and Efficacy of Catheter-Based Renal Denervation for Blood Pressure Reduction
A meta-analysis conducted by Sardar et al. evaluated the change in blood…
TAVR Using Balloon Expandable Valve Superior To Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement In Low Risk Patients With Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis
A randomized multi-center trial which enrolled 1000 patients from 71 centers around…
TREAT Trial Addresses the Safety and Efficacy of Ticagrelor Use for STEMI Management in the Setting of Fibrinolytic Therapy
According to the results of the TREAT trial, among patients aged under…
COAPT Analysis Affirms Quality of Life Advantage of MitraClip for Secondary MR
NEW ORLEANS -- Transcatheter repair of functional mitral regurgitation (or secondary MR)…
Is the Improvement in Fractional Flow Reserve After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (ΔFFR) Associated With Clinical Outcome and Symptomatic Relief?
In an analysis of two randomized clinical trials published in JAMA cardiology,…
DECISION-CTO Demonstrates No Significant Difference in Death, MI, Stroke, or Any Revascularization with CTO PCI vs. No CTO PCI
The results of the DECISION-CTO trial conducted by Lee et al. showcased…
Early and Late Leaflet Thrombosis Following TAVR
A real-world multicenter study by Yanagisawa and his colleagues published in Circulation:…
EuroCTO: A Simple Scoring System to Predict Technical Success when Performing CTO PCI
A study by Zsolt Szijgyarto and his colleagues published in JACC: Cardiovascular…
FDA Issues Cautionary ‘Dear Doctor’ Letter In Response to Study Reporting Increased Deaths with Paclitaxel-Coated Devices in PAD
The FDA issued a Dear Doctor letter while investigating a potential safety…
Administration of Cangrelor In Addition to Crushed Ticagrelor Bridges Gap of Antiplatelet Inhibition in Patients Undergoing Primary PCI
According to a new study, Cangrelor could serve to bridge the gap…
Women in Interventional Cardiology: ‘If You Love it, You Will Make it!’
According to a recent publication in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, many factors uniquely…
New Study Sets the Stage for Determining Optimal Antithrombotic Regimen in TAVR Patients
According to a study published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, sex, renal failure,…
Adjunctive Low Dose Alteplase During Primary PCI Fails to Imrpove Microvascular Obstruction in STEMI Patients
A multi-center randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, parallel group clinical trial has shown…
Prior Cerebrovascular Disease: A Key Factor In The Assessment for Optimal Left Main Coronary Artery Revascularization Strategy
A study conducted by Dr. Gregg W.Stone and his colleagues from Columbia…
ILLUMENATE European RCT Demonstrates Durability of Low-Dose DCB in Humans For the First Time
The two-year results of the ILLUMENATE European randomized clinical trial conducted by…