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20 Oct 2015

Self-Expanding Coronary Stents: Rationale, Clinical Status, Future Prospects

The mechanical treatment of coronary artery stenoses by placement of balloon-expandable (Bx) coronary stents has become the most widely used invasive…
3 Mar 2015

Hypertension Care: It’s Time to Act

The satellite symposium was held in two separate sessions – the first a traditional symposium format, and the second as an interactive panel discussion in..
24 Feb 2015

Editor’s Pick: State of the Art of Aortic Valve Implantation: Indications, Outcomes, and Controversies

During the last decade, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become a revolution in the treatment of high-risk severe aortic stenosis (AS).
24 Feb 2015

Cost-Effectiveness of a Novel Self-Apposing Stent in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in France

The objective was to calculate the cost-effectiveness profile of STENTYS compared to conventional bare and drug-eluting stents (DES).
24 Feb 2015

Left Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in Mitral Valve Prolapse: Fact or Fiction?

In most patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) without severe mitral regurgitation (MR), left ventricular (LV) function is preserved.
24 Feb 2015

Functional Mitral Regurgitation: If the Myocardium Is Guilty Do We Also Need to ‘Rehabilitate’ the Valve?

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most frequent valvulopathy in the general population with an incidence that grows with age and is associated with a poor…
24 Feb 2015

Transcatheter Options for Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation

Transcatheter therapy for valvular heart disease (VHD) as an alternative for surgery, as the standard of care, has emerged rapidly over the last 10 years.
24 Feb 2015

Circulating Haemoglobin Levels and the Risk of Atherosclerosis in Asian Indian Populations

Background: The global burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) is estimated to be the highest on the Indian subcontinent. The pathophysiology of this…