Variability in Metabolic Parameters: A Prognostic Surrogate Marker for MI, Stroke and Death?
A study by Mee Kyoung Kim and her colleagues published in Circulation…
GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Albiglutide Demonstrates ‘Harmonious’ Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetics
The results of the recently published Harmony-Outcomes study in The Lancet, led…
Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapy in Stented Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
In an article published in the Journal of the American College of…
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…
Pulmonary Artery Denervation Improves Pulmonary HTN in Heart Failure
The findings of the Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) trial, presented at the…
Highlights of TCT 2018
The results of many interesting trials were presented at the TCT conference…
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…
PCI in Nonagenarians: Age Is Just a Number
The outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in nonagenarians is an understudied…
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…
Landmark COAPT trial Demonstrates the Benefit of Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair Using MitraClip in Patients with Heart Failure
The spectacular results of the Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous…
Polymer-Free Amphilimus-Eluting stents: A Novel Elution Technology
Polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stents (PF-AES) are non-inferior to permanent-polymer zotarolimus-eluting stents (PP-ZES) in terms…
Polymer coated sustained-release Eluvia DES outshines non-polymer coated Zilver DES for femoropopliteal artery stenosis
A randomized global, prospective, multi-center, single-blind trial comparing the Eluvia paclitaxel-eluting stent…