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Another frontier crossed!
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Watch this session to find out more about the optimal approach to complex patients, to learn about optimal plaque modification techniques, including atherectomy, to discuss the approach to severely calcified lesions, and to know more about the added value of intravascular imaging.

The why and how of performing plaque modification in calcified lesions
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Consult this session to learn more about the different kinds of lesions we face during coronary angiography and the different tools and techniques available to treat calcified lesions, as well as to discover how to prepare for each procedure to treat calcified lesion and how to manage complications.

Cracking calcium: intravascular lithotripsy’s unique mode of action in treating calcified lesions – What's the evidence?
14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Watch this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session to understand the unique mechanism of action of IVL, the use of intravascular imaging in calcium identification, the gender gap, disrupted CAD trials, and the evolution of treatment of calcified lesions together with the role of IVL.

Optimal PCI in patient with long calcified lesion
14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
In this session, follow a LIVE case from the Chest Diseases Hospital in Kuwait and learn what the best strategy is to treat patients who present with a very long calcified coronary artery lesion, as well as how to select the best device and which different...

Challenging and complication cases
14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Among the 5 cases presented in this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session, learn more about post aortic valve replacement complications, complex bicuspid TAVI, or primary PCI for re-implanted left main trunk post aortic root replacement, among others!

IVUS post-rotablator: the older the calcium, the newer the treatment
31 Jan 2023
How would you treat a 90-year-old female patient with HTN, dyslipidaemia, paroxysmal AF, CCS and CKD, whose stable angina CCS II has been worsening for a few months and whose angio reveals severe calcified stenosis of the proximal and middle LAD?

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Mitral valve in mitral annular calcification (MAC) - Recorded case
27 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
A 53-year-old male with a history of SAVR (Perimount 23) 10 years ago and chest radiotherapy (lymphoma) presents a severe mitral stenosis (MAC) with preserved LV function and impaired RV function.
On sentinel cerebral protection, the operators perform a transseptal puncture with electrifying a non-stiff guide wire,...

A patient with a high-bleeding risk – how should I treat a calcified lesion?
31 Oct 2022
Discover the replay of this PCR Webinar on the Road and continue your world tour with a trip to Aalst, Belgium with E. Barbato, C. De Biase and D. Milasinovic

Porcelain aorta, calcified aortic valve, and calcified left main: what comes first, the valve or the artery?
08 Nov 2022
How would you treat this 76-year-old male patient with severe AS symptomatic for angina, sinus rhythm with RBBB, previous bilateral CEA, and total occlusion of both the left CCA and the subclavian?

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How to deal with calcified coronaries
08 Oct 2022 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2022
In this session, learn with experts about practical decisional algorithms to select the most appropriate tool in function of calcification severity and extension, and discover the contemporary tools and techniques for optimal plaque modification.

Treatment of calcified lesions
07 Oct 2022 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2022
Consider a 66-year-old man, hypertensive and diabetic for 10 years, with history of recurrent substernal chest pain and exertional dyspnea, who presented with easy fatigability and shortness of breath, or a 72-year-old man on dialysis who presented with STEMI and severe calcified stenosis of LAD/DI bifurcation,...

Rotational atherectomy for the treatment of calcified coronary lesion - Session with LIVE case
07 Oct 2022 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2022
Let's see how this 80-year-old female patient with hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, history of ischaemic heart disease (2018) and NSTEMI (August 2022), currently asymptomatic but mainly homebound, was treated LIVE, and learn more about the treatment of calcified coronary lesion.

Cracking calcium: best practices to integrate intravascular lithotripsy into your calcium management algorithm
07 Oct 2022 – From AICT-ASIAPCR 2022
With this session, keep up to date on the evidence, trials and outcome data for intravascular lithotripsy in severely calcified lesions. Learn how to use this technique in real-world patients and understand its role in the treatment algorithm for severely calcified coronary lesions.

PCI calcified lesion - Session with LIVE case
06 Oct 2022 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2022
Watch this LIVE case preceded by a discussion regarding the PCI of a calcified lesion on a 75-year-old male with hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented with Class III angina. Non-invasive evaluation showed significant LAD and RCA disease, normal LVEF and no significant valvular disease...

New solutions in resistant lesions
Watch this session to discover new solutions in resistant lesions: complementary appraisal of calcification detected by OCT deep learning and the clinical impact of OCT findings after treatment with intravascular lithotripsy among others!

EXpansion of stents after Intravascular lithoTripsy versus conventional predilatation in CALCified coronary arteries: the EXIT-CALC – a prospective, randomized study
20 Sep 2022
Pierre Deharo and Michele Pighi share with us their views on the EXIT-CALC study presented by Thomas Oomens at TCT 2022.

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PCRonline @ TCT 2022 - Get the international perspective!
12 Sep 2022
Thanks to the contribution of a team of interventional cardiologists from around the globe, view the international perspective on Late-breaking Clinical Trials and Science released at TCT 2022 - check out the list here!

A case of severe ischemic cardiomyopathy
01 Aug 2022
Find out more about how the authors managed a 53-year old male with ischemic cardiomyopathy, EF 25 %, and calcified 3-vessel disease !

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Calcified lesions: which tools do you choose?
20 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Have you ever wondered what tools to use when faced with calcified lesions? Discover a step-by-step CT-guided PCI of complex calcific lesion, the use of Orbital Atherectomy: a relatively new calcium modification technique, additions to the calcium toolbox as well as Rotational Atherectomy!

Calcifications may still be challenging
20 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Consult this session to discover a selection of cases concerning challenging calcified lesions, and learn how to deal with some complications, such as: an undilatable lesion after rotational atherectomy, a stent dislodgement, a guidewire-tip-detachment, and much more!
