José Francisco Díaz Fernández

TL;DR: Among elderly patients who have PCI, a DES and a short duration of DAPT are better than BMS and a similar duration ofDAPT with respect to the occurrence of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke, and ischaemia-driven target lesion revascularisation.

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: Primary PCI seems to be the best reperfusion therapy for STEMI even for the oldest patients, and early contemporary fibrinolytic therapy may be a safe alternative to pPCI in the elderly when this is not available.

TL;DR: In this article, drug-eluting stents (DES) were compared to bare-metal stents in octogenarian patients with angina, and the results showed that DES was associated with a lower incidence of myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization without increased incidence of major hemorrhage.

TL;DR: Transcatheter mitral valve repair may improve short- and intermediate-term mortality in high-risk patients with cardiogenic shock and moderate to severe MR and Randomized studies are needed to definitively establish MR as a therapeutic target.