Novel Target for STEMI Patients: Cholesterol Efflux Capacity Inversely Associated with All-Cause Mortality
A population-based cohort study has shown that patients with a higher serum…
Long-Term Risk of Death Shows Dramatic Increase Following Femoropopliteal Application of Paclitaxel-Coated Balloons and Stents
The results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials…
Left Main PCI With DES Versus CABG: PCI Shows Similar Rates of Death, But a Higher Rate of Target-Vessel Revascularization at Ten Years
A study by Duk-Woo Park et al. has shown that in patients…
Drug-Coated Balloon Outperforms Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty in Femoropopliteal Disease
A study conducted by Yongle Xu et al. demonstrated that the superiority…
New TAVR Insights: Survival Advantage of TAVR Over SAVR Not Sustained At Five Years, Severe Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Not Benign Following TAVR
The 5-year outcomes of a trial conducted by Gleason et al. published…
Diagnosis of Frailty in a Patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction Helps Personalize an Approach to Optimize Outcomes
In a report in this issue of the JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Dr.…
N- acetylcysteine and Intravenous Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion in the Prevention of Contrast Associated Kidney Injury: A Cautionary Tale
A study published in JACC Cardiovascular Interventions has shown that among patients…
Inducible Myocardial Ischemia May Be Excluded by Low Levels of High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Levels
In an original cohort study by Hammadah et al recently published in…
Drug-Eluting Stents Fare Better Than Bare-Metal Stents in Patients With High Bleeding Risk
A meta-analysis conducted by Shah and his colleagues published in JAMA cardiology…
Periprocedural loading dose of Atorvastatin reduces MACE in patients with ACS undergoing PCI: Is this a Pleiotropic effect?
A study by Lopes and his colleagues published in JAMA Cardiology has…
Same Day Discharge Following Elective PCI Proven Both Safe and Economical
An observational cross-sectional cohort study by Amin et al. suggested that greater…
Midterm Survival Rates High in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis, Early Intervention Useful in Severe Cases
A study by published in JAMA cardiology indicated that the potential benefit…
Portico TAVR study demonstrates low rates of stroke, death at 1 year
Results from the Portico 1 study were presented during a late-breaking session…
Tiered Approach for Management of Angina Patients With No Obstructive CAD Shows Benefit
For angina patients without obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), adjunctive testing of…
‘Rota Regret’ Makes Training in High-Speed Rotablation A Necessity, for Interventionalists Dealing with Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions
The results of PREPARE-CALC trial, presented at TCT 2018, have shown that…
Encouraging Outcomes in ABSORB IV Pave the Way for Polymeric Coronary Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds
In the long saga of ABSORB trials, the ABSORB IV trial presented…
Optimal IVUS Guidance for Stent Placement: A Clear Winner?
The results of the ULTIMATE trial, presented at the TCT conference 2018,…
How Accurate is the Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Routine Coronary Angiography?
The FAST-FFR study conducted by Fearon and his colleagues, and presented at…
Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Valve Repair Safe in Patients with Torrential Tricuspid Regurgitation
Results from a subgroup analysis of the TriValve Registry presented at TCT…
Corevalve Evolut R (Medtronic) and Edwards Sapien 3 (Edward Lifesciences) Valves Reveal Equivalence in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) in a Head-to-Head Comparison
Results from an open-label, multi-center, 2x2 factorial design randomized trial powered for…