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Autonomous Robot Outperforms Humans in Soft Tissue Operation

AN AUTONOMOUS robot performed more effectively than human surgeons in operations on soft tissue in live pigs in a recent study. The Smart Tissue…

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Neuroprosthetic Implants Restore Walking Ability in Post-Stroke Patients

NEUROPROSTHESES may hold the potential to assist patients with post-stroke disabilities after a 64-year-old man received a surgical implant and…

Introducing EMJ Interventional Cardiology 4.1

United Kingdom, June 30, 2016: Welcome to the 2016 edition of EMJ Interventional Cardiology, an assortment of the latest news, research, and opinions…

Regorafenib Shows Significant Survival Gains in Refractory Liver Cancer

Barcelona-Lugano, June 30, 2016 – Oral multikinase inhibitor regorafenib achieves significantly improved survival rates compared to placebo in patients…

Chemoradiotherapy after Surgery for Gastric Cancer Shows Similar Outcomes to Post-Operative Chemotherapy

Barcelona-Lugano, June 30, 2016 – Post-operative treatment intensification with chemoradiotherapy does not achieve better outcomes when compared to…

Interventional Cardiology

Editor’s Pick: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Bifurcation Lesions: A State-of-the-Art Review of Techniques and Dedicated Devices

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become an integral step in the management of patients with ischaemic heart disease. Bifurcation lesions are…

Interventional Cardiology

Slow-Speed Rotational Atherectomy in Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Single-Centre Experience in 78 High-Risk Patients

Due to the expansion of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) indications to more challenging settings, the problem of referral of patients…

Interventional Cardiology

The Failing Right Heart: Implication and Evolution in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an effective therapeutic option in patients with severe aortic stenosis deemed at high…

Interventional Cardiology

Evolution of Drug-Eluting Stent Drug Elution Profile: Is a Crystalline Drug Form the Ideal Solution?

Since its introduction into clinical practice, coronary angioplasty has seen game-changing advances incomparable to any other medical technology. In…

Interventional Cardiology

A Randomised Comparison Between Drug-Eluting Balloon and Conventional Balloon Angioplasty for Lesions in the Penile Artery in Patients with Erectile Dysfunction: The Perfect-4 Study

Pelvic arterial insufficiency is present in >70% of patients aged >50 years with erectile dysfunction. One-third of the pelvic arterial lesions are…