Why a 'normal' angiogram can still miss a silent, dangerous heart attack

A normal coronary angiogram does not always guarantee safety from a heart attack. Conditions like microvascular disease, ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

OCT or Angiography Guidance for PCI in Complex Bifurcation Lesions

Imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with better clinical outcomes than angiography-guided PCI. Whether routine optical coherence tomography (OCT) guidance in PCI of ...
TCTMD

EMERGE: Early Angiography Doesn’t Boost OHCA Survival After NSTEMI

For patients who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and NSTEMI, a strategy of sending them straight to the cath lab upon arrival for early angiography offers no improvement in 180-day ...
India Today on MSN

Why a 'normal' angiogram can still hide a dangerous heart attack

A growing body of evidence shows that heart attacks can occur even when angiograms look normal. Cardiologists explain MINOCA, ...