New ESC-EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization to be released at EuroPCR 2014

Interventional community presented with preview of 2014 revascularization guidelines

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(Press-News.org) 20 May 2014, Paris, France: EuroPCR 2014 delegates will get a preview of the latest 2014 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) guidelines on myocardial revascularisation on Wednesday, 21 May at 10.30 am. The guidelines will be a new version following the first edition in 2010. The new taskforce is chaired by Prof Stephan Windecker, President-elect, European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), and Prof Philippe Kolh, representing EACTS, who was also co-chair of the previous task force. The latest update continues to emphasise the importance of the Heart Team approach in treating patients with advanced coronary artery disease (CAD). It also underscores the benefit of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with advanced multivessel coronary artery disease (Syntax Score [SS] >22). Similarly, the new guidelines recommend CABG in diabetic patients with advanced multivessel disease. Conversely, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is recognised as an alternative in patients with proximal left anterior descending artery disease, simple left main lesions and simple three vessel CAD (SS END

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