Andrea Gagnor

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: In patients with an acute coronary syndrome, the rates of major adverse cardiovascular events and net adverse clinical events were not significantly lower with bivalirudin than with unfractionated heparin.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified seven common principles that are widely accepted as best practices for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in CTO-PCI.

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: The number of retrograde procedures in Europe has increased, with high percents of success, low rates of major complications, and good long-term outcomes.