La maladie veineuse thrombo-embolique (MVTE) s’ exprime sous deux formes cliniques
principales: la thrombose veineuse profonde (TVP) et l’embolie pulmonaire (EP). Il s’ agit d’une …

The task of developing ESC Guidelines covers not only the integration of the most recent
research, but also the creation of educational tools and implementation programmes for the …

Background Pharmacogenetic determinants of the response of patients to clopidogrel
contribute to variability in the biologic antiplatelet activity of the drug. The effect of these …

Importance Although retrievable inferior vena cava filters are frequently used in addition to
anticoagulation in patients with acute venous thromboembolism, their benefit-risk ratio is …

determination and the implementation of preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic medical
strategies. However, the ESC Guidelines do not override in any way whatsoever the individual …

Background The role of fibrinolytic therapy in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary
embolism is controversial. Methods In a randomized, double-blind trial, we compared …

Background Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is an emerging intervention for
the treatment of high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis and coexisting illnesses. We …

Background Trials of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure to prevent recurrent stroke have
been inconclusive. We investigated whether patients with cryptogenic stroke and …

This Consensus Document is the first of two reports summarizing the views of an expert
panel organized by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (…

Since optical coherence tomography (OCT) was first performed in humans two decades ago,
this imaging modality has been widely adopted in research on coronary atherosclerosis …