Cases in Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine: Read & Share cases

An 81-year-old male underwent PCI of an extensively calcified LAD coronary artery. Lesion preparation was done using cutting and scoring balloons, followed by drug-eluting stent implantation. Despite serial dilations, including the use of a very High-Pressure NC balloon, stent expansion could not be achieved...

A 74-year-old female with a history of peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation and type 2 diabetes presented to our outpatient clinic with atypical angina and shortness of breath on exertion...

View this case of a 60-year-old female patient who was scheduled for PCI of the LAD, during which perforation occurred. What would be your treatment options?

A 79-year old female patient was referred to hospital for treatment of a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis... This case describes the challenges and decision-making process related to TAVI in a patient with BAV and a horizontal aorta.

Is COVID responsible for myocardial injury (including STEMI) or is it an innocent bystander? View this case of a male patient, 70+ years with clear COVID symptoms for several days, presenting with chest pain starting about 3h before admission. Past history: permanent Afib on Eliquis.

In this case of an 86-year-old woman, multiple factors make this a complex high-risk PCI. The interventional cardiologist encountered 3 obstacles to engage the coronary! Watch how he overcame this challenge.

Consult this case of a 38-year-old male who presented in the ER with acute chest pain after he had received first cycle of chemotherapy with cisplatin, bleomycin and etoposide for gestational cell tumour with mesenteric mass. The angiogram showed grade IV thrombus in proximal LAD...

In this case of a 26-year-old female with a history of sinus venosus Atrial Septal Defect and abnormal pulmonary venous return, the heart team conducted a successful aspiration of a large mobile right atrial thrombus using the AngioVac System. 

In this unusual STEMI case of a 75 year old hypertensive woman, find out how medical history can guide the therapeutic choices and how the interventional cardiologist can resist stent implantation...

STEMI patients treated with primary PCI have a high risk of cardiovascular events. However, the diagnosis of Microvascular obstruction (MVO) in cathlabs immediately after PCI remains difficult due to the lack of validated algorithm.