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ISCHEMIA: balancing the risks and benefits of invasive procedures in stable ischemic heart disease patients
16 Apr 2020
In this expert interview, Dejan Milasinovic asks Francesco Burzotta to provide his take on the ISCHEMIA trial.
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ISCHEMIA trial : what's new for stable ischemic heart disease patients ?
09 Apr 2020
The ISCHEMIA trial was designed to evaluate the clinical impact of systematic invasive management in patients with stable ischemic heart disease and significant inducible ischemia. Read this review by guest expert reviewers Francesco Burzotta and Carlo Trani.
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Impact of kissing balloon in patients treated with ultrathin stents for left main lesions and bifurcations: an analysis from the RAIN-CARDIOGROUP VII study
26 Mar 2020
The objective of this analysis was to investigate the potential benefits of FKI in bifurcations treated with new generation ultrathin stents using a 1- or 2-stent technique.
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Coronary sinus reducer for microvascular angina
28 Feb 2020
A 61-year-old man with a history of 2-vessel coronary artery stenting, hypertension and type-2 diabetes mellitus was admitted 5 times within September 2017 and November 2018 for recurrent angina CCS class III-IV refractory to therapy with nitrates, b-blockers and ranolazine in maximally tolerated doses...
Fractional flow reserve or optical coherence tomography to guide management of angiographically intermediate coronary stenosis: a single-center trial
21 Jan 2020
This study aimed at comparing the effects of fractional flow reserve- vs. optical coherence tomography-guided treatment of angiographically intermediate coronary stenosis.
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Best of PCRonline in 2019
13 Jan 2020
Thank you to the thousands of cardiologists and healthcare professionals whose contribution to the website provides the community with a valuable, free resource of education in cardiovascular interventions - this embodies the By and For that sets PCRonline apart! Thanks to you, over half a million...
Using physiology to determine coronary intervention in Stable Coronary Artery Disease – FFR, iFR and QFR
06 Jan 2020 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2020
Consult this session to learn more about the role of FFR in stable coronary artery disease intervention, the common pitfalls and tips & tricks in performing FFR measurement, as well as the emerging role of QFR in assessing the significance of intermediate stenosis.
Determining the predominant lesion in patients with severe aortic stenosis and coronary stenoses: A multicenter study using intracoronary pressure and flow
20 Dec 2019
Concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) is frequently found in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing treatment with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
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One-year outcomes of angina management guided by invasive coronary function testing (CorMicA)
27 Nov 2019
CorMicA was a randomised control trial comparing medical therapy guided by invasive coronary function testing (CFR, IMR and acetylcholine provocation) versus standard care in 151 patients with symptoms and/or signs of ischaemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA).
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Ticagrelor alone versus dual antiplatelet therapy from 1 month after drug-eluting coronary stenting
10 Nov 2019
One of the most discussed limitations of GLOBAL-LEADER is the lack of event adjudication so that the rate of MI, bleeding or stent thrombosis between the two groups were unknown. In this study, events were adjudicated in those patients from the 20 top-enrolling participating sites.
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