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Influenza Vaccination after Myocardial Infarction: IAMI
24 Sep 2021
The objective of the IAMI1 trial was to determine whether early influenza vaccination reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in patients admitted with an acute-MI or high-risk stable coronary artery disease in an adequately powered randomized control trial setting.

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Antiplatelet therapy in patients with conservatively managed spontaneous coronary artery dissection from the multicentre DISCO registry
20 Aug 2021
The aims of this study were to assess the use of antiplatelet drugs in medically treated spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) patients and to investigate the relationship between single (SAPT) and dual (DAPT) antiplatelet regimens and 1-year patient outcomes.

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Operator volumes and in-hospital outcomes: an analysis of 7,740 rotational atherectomy procedures from the BCIS national database
05 Jul 2021
Find out more about the results of this analysis which suggest that operator experience may be an important effect modifier in ROTA-PCI.

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Aspirin versus clopidogrel for chronic maintenance monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (HOST-EXAM): an investigator-initiated, prospective, randomised, open-label, multicentre trial
18 Jun 2021
The HOST-EXAM trial sought to define whether, after DAPT for PCI with DES, clopidogrel monotherapy is associated with improved outcomes compared with aspirin monotherapy.

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Multivessel PCI Guided by FFR or Angiography for Myocardial Infarction - FLOWER-MI
26 May 2021
This investigator-initiated randomised, open-label, multicentre trial compares FFR versus angiography guided strategies for treating non-culprit lesions in patients presenting with STEMI and multivessel coronary artery disease. The results of this study were released during ACC.21.

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Intravascular lithotripsy for treatment of calcified coronary lesions: patient-level pooled analysis of the Disrupt CAD studies
11 May 2021
Using patient-level data from the Disrupt CAD I, II, III and IV trials, this pooled analysis assesses the efficacy and safety of intravascular lithotripsy in de novo calcified coronary lesions.

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ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction following transcatheter aortic valve replacement
04 May 2021
The aim of the current study was to determine the clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of STEMI after TAVR.

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Initial findings from the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction Registry
10 May 2021
This study aimed at assessing in-hospital outcomes of patients with confirmed COVID-19 and concomitant STEMI in a large dataset obtained from the Midwest STEMI Consortium.

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Impact of post-stenting fractional flow reserve on long-term clinical outcomes - The FFR-SEARCH Study
29 Apr 2021
The objective of this analysis was to prospectively investigate the clinical impact of post-PCI FFR values on long-term clinical outcomes.

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Uninterrupted oral anticoagulant therapy in patients undergoing unplanned percutaneous coronary intervention
13 Apr 2021
This large-scale analysis sought to compare interrupted and uninterrupted OAC therapy in patients taking OAC undergoing unplanned coronary angiography or PCI for suspected acute coronary syndrome.

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