FDA approves Edwards' SAPIEN Valve, the first artificial aortic heart valve placed without open-heart surgery
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The gender gap appears to be closing for patients presenting with non ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS) undergoing percutaneous…
Periprocedural statin use appears to dramatically improve outcomes for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) undergoing endovascular treatment,…
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In patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS), proximal balloon occlusion significantly reduces embolic load to the brain and results in about…
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) events not only when paired with clopidogrel but also with…
A novel polymer free, sirolimus eluting stent shows angiographic superiority to a first generation paclitaxel eluting stent at 6 months, according…
After percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), patients who are treated with ‘positive affect’ intervention are able to achieve a sustained and clinically…
A strategy of hydration with sodium chloride (saline) is more effective than bicarbonate for preventing contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients…
Demonstrating that implementation of a transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) program is manageable and does not compromise safety, a…
Two decades of experience with stenting to treat pulmonary vein stenosis in children at one of the foremost US centers for the procedure paints a sobering…