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1st July 2013

Is There an Interest in Implementing a Multidisciplinary Clinic or Renal Care Network to Improve the Prognosis of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease?

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is highly prevalent in several countries and is associated with the incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and also…
1st July 2013

Hymenoptera Stings and the Acute Kidney Injury

Hymenoptera stings are a health concern. Apidae (bees), Vespidae (hornets, yellow jackets and wasps) and Formicidae (ants) are medically-important…
30th June 2013

A New Combination of Factor XA Inhibition and Standard Antiplatelet Therapy to Prevent More Recurrent Cardiovascular Events in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

Coronary artery disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. There has been tremendous progress in the management of Acute Coronary Syndrome…
30th June 2013

New Concepts for Sympathetic Renal Artery Denervation: Review of Existing Literature and Case Report

Arterial hypertension (HTN) is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and also leads to hypertensive heart disease, hypertensive…
30th June 2013

Ice-Assisted Transcatheter Closure of Interatrial Shunts: Ten-Year Follow-Up

Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is rapidly becoming a necessary tool in the catheterisation laboratory. We sought to prospectively evaluate…
30th June 2013

Occupational Risks of Chronic Low Dose Radiation Exposure in Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory: The Italian Healthy Cath Lab Study

Contemporary interventional cardiologists have an exposure per person, per year, two to ten times higher than that of diagnostic radiologists. Cumulative…
30th June 2013

The Woest Study: Is Now Time to Update the Recommendations Regarding the Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Indication for Oral Anticoagulation Undergoing Coronary Stent Implantation?

Triple therapy (TT) of warfarin, aspirin, and clopidogrel is currently recommended as the antithrombotic therapy for patients with an indication for oral…
30th June 2013

Importance of Plaque Modification Before Coronary Artery Stenting

Lately, the importance of plaque modification prior to stent implantation, particularly the use of cutting and scoring balloons, has been a subject of…
30th June 2013

Retrograde Approach for Chronic Total Occlusions: The Importance of Experience and Proctorship

Recanalisation of chronic total occlusions has remained suboptimal in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Hopes for a better outcome…
30th June 2013

Multivariate Analysis and Outcomes in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; from Statistics to Cath Lab

High quality randomised clinical trials (RCTs) and meta-analysis represent the highest levels of evidence, but in everyday clinical practice…