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Cardiac mortality in patients randomised to elective coronary revascularisation plus medical therapy or medical therapy alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis
01 Jun 2021
The value of elective coronary revascularisation plus medical therapy over medical therapy alone in managing stable patients with coronary artery disease is debated. Hence, the authors reviewed all trials comparing the two strategies in this population to appraise whether revascularisation in addition to medical therapy affects...
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Kidney Transplant List Status and Outcomes in the ISCHEMIA-CKD Trial
27 May 2021
ISCHEMIA-CKD is the only contemporary randomized trial that prospectively evaluated an upfront strategy of coronary angiography and revascularization plus optimal medical therapy (OMT) compared with OMT alone in patients listed for renal transplant.
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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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Novel Supreme DES with early synchronized antiproliferative drug delivery to inhibit smooth muscle cell proliferation after DES implantation in coronary artery disease: results of the PIONEER III randomized clinical trial
06 May 2021
The PIONEER III trial aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of the biodegradable-polymer sirolimus-eluting Supreme stent compared to durable-polymer everolimus-eluting stent (Xience or Promus), completely releasing the drug by 120 days.
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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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Radial artery dilatation to improve access and lower complications during coronary angiography: the RADIAL trial
06 Apr 2021
The RADIAL study sought to explore the impact of prolonged occlusion flow-mediated dilatation (PO-FMD) in improving radial artery cannulation success.
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Identification of vulnerable plaques and patients by intracoronary near-infrared spectroscopy and ultrasound (PROSPECT II)
29 Mar 2021
This is the first prospective natural history study to evaluate the utility of comprehensive intravascular imaging with both IVUS and NIRS in predicting future adverse events following acute myocardial infarction.
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3-year outcomes of the ULTIMATE trial comparing intravascular ultrasound versus angiography-guided drug-eluting stent implantation
23 Feb 2021
ULTIMATE provides additional long-term randomised control data showing the benefit of IVUS guided PCI in an all-comers population.
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Mortality 10 years after percutaneous or surgical revascularization in patients with total coronary artery occlusions
16 Feb 2021
The proposed manuscript is an intriguing sub-analysis from the recent SYNTAX Extended Survival (SYNTAXES) study, where the Synergy Between PCI With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) was investigated.
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