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Young Practitioners Review the Literature

A selection from EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL by Gabor Toth

European Heart Journal
       
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Randomized study to assess the effect of thrombus aspiration on flow area in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an optical frequency domain imaging study - TROFFI trial

- Predictors of functional decline in elderly patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

 

A selection from EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY by Bartosz Rylski

European Journal of Cario-Thoracic Surgery
       
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Treatment of complex coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes: 5 -year results comparing outcomes of bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention in the SYNTAX trial

- Off-pump transapical mitral valve-in-ring implantation

- Traumatic leaflet injury during the use of percutaneous valves: a comparative study of ballon- and self-expandable valved stents

- Worldwide experience with the 29-mm Edwards SAPIEN XTTM transcatheter heart valve in patients with large aortic annulus

         

 

A selection from The NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE by George Harris

The NEJM
       
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Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

- Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke

- Bedside Monitoring to Adjust Antiplatelet Therapy for Coronary Stenting (ARCTIC Study)

- Intraaortic Balloon Support for myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock

 

A selection from the JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY by Stuart Head

JTCS
       
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Outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Impact of preoperative risk

 

 

 

 

A selection from EUROINTERVENTION by Salvatore Brugaletta

EuroIntervention
       
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The 2011-12 pilot European Sentinel Registry of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: in-hospital results in 4,571 patients

- The CABG SYNTAX Score - an angiographic tool to grade the complexity of coronary disease following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: from the SYNTAX Left Main Angiographic (SYNTAX-LE MANS) substudy

- Deferred stent implantation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a pilot study

- Stent thrombosis after primary angioplasty for STEMI in relation to non-adherence to dual antiplatelet therapy over time: results of the HORIZONS-AMI trial

 

 

A selection from JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY by Mario Bollati

JACC
       
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Renoprotective effect of remote ischemic post-conditioning by intermitent balloon inflation in patients undergoing percutaneous coranary intervention

- Reduction of Stent Thrombosis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Treated with Rivaroxaban in ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51

- Impact of Repeat Myocardial Revascularization on Outcome in Patients With Silent Ischemia After Previous Revascularization

- Intracoronary Compared With Intravenous Bolus Abciximab Application During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Substudy of the AIDA STEMI Trial

 

 

A selection from CIRCULATION CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS by Keir McCutcheon

Circ Card Inter
       
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Fractional Flow Reserve Assessment of Left Main Stenosis in the Presence of Downstream Coronary Stenoses

- Influence of the amount of myocardium subtended by a stenosis on fractional flow reserve

- B-type natriuretic peptide and risk of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. A substudy from the HORIZONS-AMI Trial

 

A selection from AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL by Rami El Mahmoud

AHJ
       
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Impact of a dedicated “radial lounge” for percutaneous
coronary procedures on same-day discharge rates and
bed utilization

- Comparative efficacy of 2 zotarolimus-eluting stent generations: Resolute versus endeavor stents in patients with coronary artery disease

- ABSORB II randomized controlled trial: A clinical evaluation to compare the safety, efficacy, and performance of the Absorb everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold system against the XIENCE everolimus-eluting coronary stent system in the treatment of subjects with ischemic heart disease caused by de novo native coronary artery lesions: Rationale and study design.


A selection from HEART by Gabor Toth

HEART
       
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Operator exposure to x-ray in left and right radial access during percutaneous coronary procedures: OPERA randomised study

 

 

 

A selection from CIRCULATION by Flavio D'Ascenzi

Circulation
       
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Long-term survival and Repeat Coronary Revascularization in Dialysis Patients Following Surgical and Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization with Drug-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents in the United States

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Clinical Impact of Persistent Left Bundle Branch Block afterTranscatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with CoreValve Revalving System

- Renal Sympathetic Denervation for Treatment of Drug-Resistant Hypertension One-Year Results From the Symplicity HTN-2 Randomized, Controlled Trial

 

A selection from THE LANCET by Mikael Mazighi

THE LANCET
       

- Stent retrievers: a new era in the field of thrombectomy devices for acute ischemic strokes

 

 

 

A selection from THE LANCET by Keir McCutcheon

THE LANCET
       

- Everolimus-eluting stent versus bare-metal stent in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (EXAMINATION): 1 year results of a randomised controlled trial.