ISCHEMIA

Highlights from AHA20

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AHA20 is wrapping up today with the final sessions. It’s been another excellent meeting with tons of new data that was presented. One consistent theme remains, debates continue to drive the conversation in the management of patients with cardiovascular diseases. The ISCHEMIA trial did not disappoint again. It led to great discussions regarding the contemporary … Read more

To Stent or not to Stent?

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In the wake of the ISCHEMIA trial results being published, and the media firestorm that ensued, I’ve run into some interesting scenarios, including STEMI patients saying they don’t want to be revascularized because they heard on the news that stents are useless (oh boy!). However, after a robust discussion with an intern, I decided to … Read more