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World's first angioplasty patient is still going strong

16 May 2017

Forty years ago, Andreas Grüntzig performed the world’s first coronary angioplasty (PCI)—fundamentally changing the management of coronary artery disease. Bernhard Meier, who worked with A. Grüntzig and actually identified the patient for the procedure, talks to The Daily Wire about this first procedure and about his...

Amulet IDE: Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage occluder randomised controlled trial

31 Aug 2021

Luigi Biasco reports the best of Dj Lakkireddy (Overland Park, USA)'s presentation of the AMULET IDE trial at the Monday, August 30 Hot Line session of the ESC Congress 2021.

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Luigi Biasco

ESC Congress 2021 - Amulet IDE: Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage occluder randomised controlled trial

The Lancet Commission to reduce global burden of cardiovascular disease in women by 2030

29 Aug 2021

Vijay Kunadian summarizes the key points of the LBT session of the ESC congress 2021 held on Sunday, 29 August focusing on the Lancet Commission to reduce the global burden of heart disease in women by 2030.

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Vijay Kunadian

ESC Congress 2021 - Global burden of cardiovascular disease in women; 20/20 vision for 2030: report of The Lancet commission

3-year Efficacy Outcomes From the Spyral Htn-on Med Pilot Study: Long Term Effect of Renal Denervation On Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients on Antihypertension Medications

22 Mar 2022

Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on the long-term results of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial which demonstrated the durable efficacy and safety of RDN in patients who are already on one to three antihypertensive drugs.

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Ali Nazmi Calik

3-year Efficacy Outcomes From the Spyral Htn-on Med Pilot Study: Long Term Effect of Renal Denervation On Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients on Antihypertension Medications

HOST-EXAM:10-year follow-up of clopidogrel vs aspirin monotherapy in stable CAD after PCI with drug-eluting stent

30 Mar 2026

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the 10-year follow-up of the HOST-EXAM, which was presented by Hyo-Soo Kim at ACC.26 in New Orleans.

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Nicola Ryan

10-year follow-up of clopidogrel vs aspirin monotherapy in stable coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent

COVID-19 vaccines: Burning questions from the community and real-world applicability

13 Jan 2021

View a number of questions of interest to the interventional cardiovascular community, as well as the real-world applicability of COVID-19 vaccine trials.

COVID-19 vaccines: Burning questions from the community and real-world applicability

Pursue Classics·Originality - Gusta® Balloon Seminar Salon：Beijing Station

22 Apr 2022

Intravascular ultrasound-guided versus angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndromes: The multicenter, randomized, blinded, IVUS-ACS Trial

09 Apr 2024

Marco Spagnolo and Daniele Giacoppo report the main results of the IVUS-ACS trial presented by Shao-Liang Chen, from the Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, in a Featured Clinical Research session at ACC.24 in Atlanta and simultaneously published in The Lancet.(1)