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Season 2 - Ep.19: Coronary artery calcium scoring - Checklists in aviation and in medicine

ESC TV Today – Your Cardiovascular News

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Impact of Device Infections, P2Y12 Inhibitor Pretreatment in PCI, and Shockwave Therapy in Ischemic Heart Failure Patients

This chapter delves into the impact of device-related infections on patients with chronic kidney disease, along with the advantages of administering P2Y12 inhibitors before primary PCI to lower the risk of ischemic events. It also discusses the encouraging outcomes of direct epicardial shockwave therapy on left ventricular ejection fraction in ischemic heart failure patients undergoing coronary surgery, as demonstrated in the CAST-HF trial.

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