These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

Identification and management of patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous
coronary intervention are of major importance, but a lack of standardization in defining this …

Importance Discontinuing aspirin after short-term dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) was
evaluated as a bleeding reduction strategy. However, the strategy of ticagrelor monotherapy …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

Background: Contemporary second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have superior
efficacy and safety in comparison with early-generation stents in patients undergoing …

Implantation of drug-eluting stents (DES) is the dominant treatment strategy for patients with
symptomatic coronary artery disease. However, the first-generation DES had substantial …

Background: Balloon dilatation or debulking seems to be essential to allow successful stent
implantation in calcified coronary lesions. Compared with standard balloon predilatation …

Background Newer-generation drug-eluting stents that combine ultrathin strut metallic
platforms with biodegradable polymers might facilitate vascular healing and improve clinical …

Purpose This review aims to explore the history, research hotspots, and emerging trends of
drug-eluting stents (DES) in the last two decades from the perspective of structural and …

Since its inception in December 2006, the EuroCTO Club has strived to provide the
framework for state-of-the-art chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary …