PCRonline @ ESC Congress 2026: the interventional cardiology perspective!

Condensed take-home messages from ESC Congress 2026

Reviews and interviews

Don't miss it! Mirvat Alasnag, Elad Asher, Luigi Biasco, Aaysha Cader, Ali Nazmi Calik, Jonathan Curio, Chiara De Biase, Daniele Giacoppo, Kalaivani Mahadevan, Dejan Milasinovic, Yohei Ohno, Nicola Ryan and Alex Sticchi will share their take on a selection of key Hotline Sessions and Late-Breaking Trials of interest to interventional cardiologists during the ESC Congress 2026, including exclusive interviews with principal investigators.

• AMUNDSEN: Evolocumab before percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction
• LIBREXIA ACS: Milvexian after recent ACS
• PREMIUM: Aspirin omission at the time of primary PCI in STEMI
• SWITCH SWEDEHEART: Switching from ticagrelor to prasugrel in patients with ACS
• A-CLOSE: Clopidogrel vs extended DAPT after high-risk PCI
• EPIDAURUS: Escalated single platelet inhibition for one month plus direct oral anticoagulation in patients with AF and ACS undergoing PCI
• AIR-STEMI trial: Functional coronary angiography in STEMI
• The POPular ACE TAVI trial: Routine or selective protamine administration after TAVI?
• TAVI PCI: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation and percutaneous coronary intervention
• TRIC-I-HF: Tricuspid intervention in heart failure
• ACASA-TAVI: Antithrombotic therapy after TAVI
• NOTION-4: Subclinical leaflet thrombosis after TAVI
• EVAOLD: Evaluation of reperfusion strategies in elderly patients
• ISOLEDS: IVUS vs OCT guidance for PCI of distal left main bifurcation lesions
• CoCAP Study: Graft patency in ACS patients treated with DAPT or single aspirin after CABG
• DISCO trial: Acute coronary angiography after resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-elevation on the ECG
• Prague 26: catheter-directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism
• LAACS-2: Left atrial appendage closure with surgery-2