Investigators searched PubMed for randomized clinical trials on treating or preventing coronary artery disease to determine whether nonfatal myocardial infarction was a surrogate for all-cause or CV mortality.
Researchers at TCT 2021 presented a new method for crossing wire-impenetrable proximal caps during chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
Researchers sought to determine the age at which young adults should be screened for coronary artery calcium to identify risk for premature atherosclerosis.
Ticagrelor monotherapy more effectively reduced risk for bleeding events following PCI among patients with CKD but had little effect on ischemic events.
A meta-analysis did not demonstrate a benefit of beta-blockers in reducing major adverse cardiovascular events in a population of patients with stable coronary artery disease without previous history of myocardial infarction or left ventricular dysfunction.
