Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease results in >19 million deaths annually, and coronary
heart disease accounts for the majority of this toll. Despite major advances in treatment of …

… Roxana Mehran Roxana Mehran … Total air kerma at the interventional reference point (K
a,r, in G y ) and air kerma area product (P KA , in Gycm 2 ) are required to be reported on …

The scope of this focused update is limited to addressing recommendations on duration of
dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT)(aspirin plus a P2Y12 inhibitor) in patients with coronary …

Objectives : The aim of the current Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC)-2 initiative
was to revisit the selection and definitions of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) …

Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines, …

Background Atherosclerotic plaques that lead to acute coronary syndromes often occur at
sites of angiographically mild coronary-artery stenosis. Lesion-related risk factors for such …

Background Treatment with the direct thrombin inhibitor bivalirudin, as compared with
heparin plus glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, results in similar suppression of ischemia while …

Aims The Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC), founded in 2010, was intended to
(i) identify appropriate clinical endpoints and (ii) standardize definitions of these endpoints …

Aim: The executive summary of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart
Association/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions coronary artery …

The scope of this focused update is limited to considerations relevant to multivessel
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and thrombus aspiration in patients with ST …