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TCT: Scoring balloon boosts efficacy against in-stent restenosis
Key clinical point: Pretreating in-stent restenosis with a scoring balloon before using a drug-coated balloon significantly boosted efficacy....
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TCT: Novel drug-coated stent bests bare-metal in patients at high bleeding risk
A drug-coated stent used during PCI, followed by 1 month of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients at high risk for bleeding, halved the need for...
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TCT: Ranolazine fails to block angina after incomplete revascularization
Key clinical point: Prophylactic ranolazine failed to stop major episodes of angina in patients who had undergone incomplete coronary...
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TCT: FFR-CT improved costs, quality of life in PLATFORM trial
Estimating fractional flow reserve with computed tomography reduced resource use and costs when compared with invasive coronary angiography in...
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TCT: Routine thrombectomy with PCI raises stroke risk 66% in STEMI patients
Key clinical point: Adding routine thrombectomy to PCI doesn’t improve outcomes; in fact, it increases the risk of stroke by 66% at 1 year.
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ESC: What’s the hottest recent advance in cardiology? And the winner is …
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Parasitic infection emerging in the Southwestern U.S.
Key clinical point: Lesions containing a zoonotic parasite known as Onchocerca lupi are appearing in humans who reside in the Southwestern United...
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ESC: A novel ‘win-win’ combo for hypertension
Two old diuretics – amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide – given in a half-dose combination, showed synergistic blood pressure lowering while...
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Big declines seen in aspergillosis mortality
The outlook for patients with aspergillosis-related hospitalization improved greatly during a recent 10-year period.
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Results mixed in hospital efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Over an 8-year period the rates of antimicrobial resistance in Canadian hospitals increased significantly for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–...
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Peramivir effective against most flu viruses circulating globally
Key clinical point: Peramivir is potently effective against seasonal influenza viruses circulating globally. Major finding: During the 2013-2014...