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TCT 2022Add PCSK9 Inhibitors to Statins at Primary PCI: EPIC-STEMIThe powerful LDL-lowering agents aren't being used to their fullest potential, but giving them early to STEMI patients along with high-intensity statins would help amend that, researchers say.
Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2022
TCT 2022TAVR Now Used in Almost 50% of Younger Severe AS PatientsTAVR rates in patients with aortic stenosis increased in all age groups since 2016, including those younger than 65, even though 2020 valve replacement guidelines recommend surgery in those patients.
Medscape Medical News, September 16, 2022
TCT 2022Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Tied to Increased Mortality in TAVRAlthough it is known that prosthesis-patient mismatch causes worse outcomes in surgical aortic valve replacement, a new meta-analysis shows this is also the case in transcatheter procedures.
FFR-Guided PCI Falls Short vs CABG in Multivessel CAD: FAME 3PCI guided by fractional flow reserve assessment may have yielded better outcomes in patients with less complex coronary anatomy,
researchers say; others doubt the appropriateness of the subgroup analysis.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 04, 2021
OPT-PEACE Calls Out GI Injuries With Post-PCI AntiplateletsThe large endoscopy study showed that patients at low bleeding risk experienced GI injuries with all antiplatelet regimens
and hinted that some single agents offer an advantage.