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IMPELLA protected PCI and intravascular lithotripsy in a calcified degenerated saphenous vein graft
27 Jan 2022
Find out more about a 77-year-old male patient with hypertension without good BP control, dyslipidaemia, Type II-DM, ex-smoker, who had triple CABG in 2006, EF 60% in 2017, and presented with dyspnea.
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How should I treat? - TAVI in small anatomy with significant LVOT calcification
20 Jan 2022
An 89-year-old man was referred for treatment of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis. This case describes the decision-making in performing TAVI in a patient with twin challenges of small annulus and significant LVOT calcification.
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Approach to calcified lesions and role of plaque modification and intravascular imaging to obtain optimal PCI - Session with LIVE case
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Watch the case of a 55-year-old male patient who is a diabetic on insulin and hypotensive, who initially presented with NSTEMI and 3-vessel disease but declined CABG before being readmitted with unstable angina.
How to use devices efficiently in calcified lesions
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
This case-based and practical guidance session will enable you to know how to tailor the available technology for lesions with high calcium content, understand the limitations of each device used for plaque modification, and overcome difficulties with each modality.
Challenging routes for TAVI
21 Nov 2021 – From PCR London Valves 2021
Watch this PCR London Valves 2021 session to look at transfemoral TAVR in patient with severe stenosis of iliac artery, to appreciate a transfemoral aortic valve replacement in a patient affected by abdomen aorta barrage, and more!
Calcified lesions: how to deal with it?
09 Oct 2021 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2021
Watch this session to learn how to use intravascular imaging to assess calcified stenoses and how to select the right device for their treatment, as well as to discover more about the management of complications related to rotational atherectomy.
Left main bifurcation with DK crush technique
09 Oct 2021 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2021
Don't miss this session from AICT-AsiaPCR 2021 if you wish to understand how imaging can help in strategising the PCI procedure in a calcified vessel, or to be familiar with how to perform bifurcation PCI of left main and LAD/D1 with two-stent technique, among others!
The challenges of complex PCI treatment: mechanical support in CHIP patients and IVL for calcified coronary disease
09 Oct 2021 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2021
Discover the secrets of lithotripsy with this dedicated session that presents the latest results from DISRUPT CAD pooled analysis and real-world clinical data, and learn, among others, how to optimally adopt Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) for treatment of calcified lesions.
Cases on calcified lesions
08 Oct 2021 – From AICT AsiaPCR 2021
Watch this session to discover various interesting cases on calcified lesions, such as a spiral coronary dissection due to intravascular balloon lithotripsy rupture, a CHIP case of recalcitrant coronary calcium, and more!
Complications: calcified LM-LAD PCI, CHIP and TAVI
08 Oct 2021 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2021
Watch this session on complications to see 3 clinical cases: "calcified LM-LAD PCI with rotablator", "cascading events in a CHIP case" and "complications in TAVI", and discover how they managed to face them.
Treating complex coronary lesions: right case right time Prevail™ DCB
01 Oct 2021 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2021
Thanks to this session, find out more about indications for drug-coated balloons, or, on the contrary, learn when not to use it. And through the analysis of two concrete cases, see how DCB can be an important tool to tackle increasingly complex patients and anatomies, especially...
Telescope guide extension catheter in complex coronary interventions
01 Oct 2021 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2021
View the complex case of this 70-year-old male patient with hypertension and diabetes who presented with chest pain and NSTEMI, which shows that, when dealing with challenging calcific disease, guide catheter extensions help improve device delivery.
How should I treat a fractured microcatheter?
16 Sep 2021
A 80-year old man presented to hospital with an anterior non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and acute pulmonary edema... This case describes a fractured microcatheters in calcific coronary arteries/chronic total occlusions.
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CABG or PCI?
05 Oct 2021
Find out more about the case of a 72-year-old male, very active, previous smoker with hypertension, who underwent a stress echo for dyspnea on exertion...
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Michele Pighi et Flavio Luciano Ribichini
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A Medina 1-1-1 unprotected LM bifurcation in a transplanted heart
10 Aug 2021
Find out more about the case of a 70-year-old male with previous heart transplantation at 48 yo due to IHD, claudication of the right leg, and PTA of iliac arteries...
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Operator volumes and in-hospital outcomes: an analysis of 7,740 rotational atherectomy procedures from the BCIS national database
05 Jul 2021
Find out more about the results of this analysis which suggest that operator experience may be an important effect modifier in ROTA-PCI.
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Complications in complex rotational atherectomy
This session will help you get prepared if you have to become familiar with a novel way to release stuck rotational atherectomy burr, deal with severely calcified RCA including removal of a stuck Rotablator, or cope when Rotablator burr catheter entraps.
How to solve rotational atherectomy burr entrapment with a guide extension catheter in 4 steps
21 Jun 2021
In this article, the authors describe (with video illustration) the step-by-step technique for resolution of an entrapped RA burr using a guide-catheter extension...
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A step-by-step protected high-risk PCI with the Impella CP
06 Jul 2021
Find out more about the case of an 85-year-old male with dyslipidemia, former smoker with previous cardiovascular events, symptomatic for worsening epigastric pain and shortness of breath...
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Clinical applications of IVUS, OCT and other intracoronary imaging techniques: practical simulation-based learning (Part 1)
19 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021
The aim of this session, originally presented during EuroPCR 2021, is to demonstrate how intra-coronary imaging can improve outcomes, to help understand appropriate indications for its use, and to provide practical tips & tricks on how to integrate intra-coronary imaging into daily clinical practice through a...
