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Innovations in managing calcified lesions
22 Sep 2023 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
Discover advanced strategies for dealing with challenging calcified lesions in this session: learn how to tackle complex situations, including diffuse and heavily calcified lesions, and discover innovative techniques for addressing angulated calcified lesions in the left anterior descending artery and other vessels.
Other valvular interventions
22 Sep 2023 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
Explore innovative approaches to various valvular interventions in this session: from managing post-mitral valve replacement complications and performing balloon mitral valvotomy in patients with restenosis after mitral valve interventions to tackling calcified mitral valves and addressing unique cases like LBB pacing in isolated ccTGA with complete...
Advanced approaches to treating calcified lesions
22 Sep 2023 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
Discover advanced insights into calcified lesions in this session, covering topics such as: managing double disasters, treating severe calcified left main disease, addressing complications in double vessel rotablation with left main bifurcation stenting, and using rotatripsy in OCT-guided PCI for calcified left anterior descending artery.
Revolutionising coronary calcium treatment: unleashing the potential of intravascular lithotripsy
21 Sep 2023 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
Over the last five years, we have learned that there is a new tool for treating calcium, the greatest enemy of interventional cardiology, which can take various forms: intravascular lithotripsy. In this session, look at how to master this technique in different scenarios, from eccentric calcified...
Challenges in calcified lesions
21 Sep 2023 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
Explore a variety of challenging cases in this session, from the perplexing uncrossable STEMI to the specialized "Blocked" balloon anchoring technique, the unique challenges of calcified lesions in elderly patients to the debulking of a calcified nodule within the left circumflex ostium through the stent strut,...
Calcified lesions complications
21 Sep 2023 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2023
Uncover the art of mastering complications associated with severe calcified lesions in this session: learn about top-notch techniques, the latest technological advancements, gain insights into addressing challenges arising from calcification, and more!
Shock the rock with more IVL impulses, and get more gain!
20 Sep 2023
How would you treat this 81-year-old male patient with HTN, diabetes, dyslipidemia, peripheral vasculopathy, previous coronary angioplasty and prostatic adenocarcinoma, who was admitted for effort angina and positive stress test?
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Bifurcation left main stenting with or without intracoronary imaging: Outcomes from the EBC MAIN trial
08 Aug 2023
This sub-analysis of EBC MAIN aimed to determine if intracoronary imaging use during LM bifurcation PCI was associated with fewer MACE, for patients treated with a planned dual‐stenting strategy versus provisional strategy.
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Die Hard: high-risk PCI in calcified LM and severe LV dysfunction
14 Jun 2023
How would you treat an extremely calcified sub-occluded LM in a 72-year-old man presenting on "dependent stability and sliding on inotropes"(*), refused by surgery?
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Complex Calcified Lesions: Keep it simple and stay Safe
26 Jun 2023
Watch the replay of this webinar with F. Ribichini, C. Cosgrove and C. Ungureanu and learn about diagnostic tools and appropriate planning of modern PCI in calcified lesions and much more!
Contemporary calcium modification strategies for complex calcification, which tools and when?
20 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Nieves Gonzalo and Jeroen Sonck reflect on the management of calcific disease, one of the hot and trending topics at EuroPCR 2023. They discuss how to prepare before treating, the modalities to evaluate the calcium and how to anticipate the need for more dedicated devices.
Intravascular lithotripsy in the real world: the revolution continues
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
In this session, review the evolution in the use of IVL over the last few years, with a widening of the indications, observe that OCT can underestimate the number and depth of calcium fractured induced by IVL, or see that the technique is safe and effective...
Complications in the treatment of calcified lesions
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Explore the complexities encountered in the treatment of calcified lesions.
Witness the retrieval of an orbital atherectomy crown using the twisting wire technique, uncover the challenges posed by device entrapment following the use of intravascular lithotripsy, encounter the issue of a stuck OCT catheter and the strategies...
TAVI in heavily calcified aortic disease - How to choose the proper treatment strategy?
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Consult this session if you want to outline how the heart team should individualise treatment for patients with complex calcified aortic stenosis, to review steps for TAVI in complex calcified aortic stenosis, and to learn about device selection and implantation techniques in calcified anatomies.
Breaking the calcium ceiling in bifurcation stenoses with contemporary PCI
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Watch the case of a 73-year-old man, active smoker, with HTN, dyslipidaemia and a history of severe polyvascular disease, who presented with CCS III angina in the last two months, and find out in this session how he was treated LIVE.
Diagnosis and procedural strategies for severely calcified lesions
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Dealing with severely calcified lesions? Explore the insights from two cases showcased in this session, and leverage Flavio Ribichini's algorithm for angiographic calcified lesions, as well as Yoshinobu Onuma's algorithm for calcified lesions with adjunctive imaging modalities, to enhance your management strategies!
Calcified distal left main stenosis - LIVE case
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Watch the case of a 62-year-old non-diabetic male patient with history of stroke and peripheral artery disease, normal ECG and left ventricular function, referred for CT scan and angiography. He presented with calcified distal LM stenosis and calcified proximal LAD stenosis.
Provisional left main stenting was performed,...
More pulses to take you further across all calcium morphologies
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Discover the latest insights on intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) for treating calcified lesions: explore its mechanism of action, technological advancements, and practical tips for challenging cases, including diffuse lesions, left main bifurcations, and eccentric/calcified nodules. Enhance your expertise in IVL with this concise and informative session!
Orbital atherectomy, a versatile tool in managing complex scenarios of vessel calcification
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
The aim of this session is to address the question of how to optimise outcomes for high-risk patients by analyzing two real-life cases for discussion: a distal calcified left main trifurcation and a high-risk PCI with orbital atherectomy.
