News | TCTAP 2022

Hunt for vulnerable plaques continues with evolution of intravascular imaging

Yoshinobu Onuma, MD combs through vulnerable plaques for future of intravascular imaging at TCTAP 2022

April 27, 2022 2786 0 Read More

News | TCTAP 2022

'Intracoronary imaging helps predict stent expansion for calcified lesions'

Akiko Maehara, MD outlines imaging strategies to predict stent under-expansion in calcified lesions during PCI at TCTAP 2022

April 27, 2022 3877 0 Read More

News | TCTAP 2022

'DK crush not gold standard for complex left main bifurcation lesions'

David Hildick-Smith, MD presents debate on provisional- vs. dual-stenting at TCTAP 2022

April 27, 2022 2795 0 Read More

News | SummitMD

2 East Asian studies say endovascular therapy, DAPT with ticagrelor favorable for understudied stroke patients

RESCUE-Japan LIMIT finds endovascular therapy benefits large core strokes; CHANCE-2 shows ticagrelor’s superiority over clopidogrel for CYP2C19 loss-of-function allele carriers

March 11, 2022 2183 0 Read More

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Oscillating history of heart xenotransplantation strikes forward with breakthrough operation

US transplant surgeons report first successful pig-to-human heart transplant, offering glimpse of uncertain hope for end-stage heart failure patients

Feburary 11, 2022 41664 0 Read More

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PCI vs. CABG debate continues in left main after meta-analysis shows tradeoffs, no clear winner

Concrete PCI superiority, noninferiority to CABG in LMCAD remains undeclared; meta-analysis suggests no mortality difference but tradeoffs on MI, stroke, repeat revasc

January 27, 2022 30383 0 Read More

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FFR-guided PCI fails to show noninferiority against CABG in triple-vessel CAD: FAME 3

Surgery comes out ahead, but both CABG, PCI see improvements over past studies; sub-analysis suggests SYNTAX score helps choose best revasc strategy

January 20, 2022 25604 0 Read More