Cataldo Palmieri

TL;DR: In patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management, radial as compared with femoral access reduces net adverse clinical events, through a reduction in major bleeding and all-cause mortality.

TL;DR: The prespecified final 1-year outcomes of the MATRIX programme, designed to assess the comparative safety and effectiveness of radial versus femoral access and of bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin with optional glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in patients with the whole spectrum of acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management, are described.

TL;DR: Patients with bifurcations have a worse outcome than patients with ostial or midshaft lesions treated with drug-eluting stent, however, the technique used to treat bifURcations has a significant impact on clinical outcomes.

TL;DR: Compared with the 2-stent technique, the 1- stent technique is associated with a better 2-year MACE-free survival and is a prognostic factor that should be taken into account when deciding the optimal revascularization treatment.

TL;DR: ICE imaging was able to perform the tasks typically provided by TEE during implantation of the Amplatzer Cardiac Plug device for LAA occlusion, providing evidence that the use of ICE offered accurate measurements of LAA dimension in order to select the correct device sizes.