The past year provided strong evidence on the use of the instantaneous wave-free ratio to determine the severity of coronary artery disease, the improving outcomes of contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention, the increased risk of thrombosis with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, and the benefits of a simple revascularization strategy in cardiogenic shock.
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Colombo, A., Mangieri, A. Technical and diagnostic improvements in PCI: more pieces in the puzzle. Nat Rev Cardiol 15, 80–82 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2017.205
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