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PCR: Collaborative, inclusive and global

15 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025

At PCR, collaboration and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do.

Together, we create an environment where expertise is shared, talents complement each other, and diversity becomes a strength. It is this collective spirit that drives interventional cardiology forward and inspires innovation every day.

During PCR London...

PCR: Collaborative, inclusive and global

Validation of intravascular ultrasound-defined optimal stent expansion criteria for favorable 1-year clinical outcomes

17 Nov 2025

This individual patient data analysis of the three largest RCTs evaluating IVUS-guided stent optimisation showed that an MSA > 5.5 mm2 was associated with reduced TVF at one year. 

Ruxandra Sava

Reviewer

Ruxandra Sava
Nicola Ryan

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Nicola Ryan
Validation of IVUS-defined optimal stent expansion criteria for favorable 1-year clinical outcomes

Spotlight on a selection of top Late-breaking Trials presented at PCR London Valves 2025

17 Nov 2025

View a snapshot of the results of these 4 trials in valvular and structural interventions presented in London during this year's Heart Team Course!

Selection of top Late-breaking Trials presented at #PCRLV

PARTNER 3: transcatheter or surgical aortic-valve replacement in low-risk patients at 7 years

14 Nov 2025

At 7 years, low-risk patients affected by severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis 1:1 randomly treated by SAPIEN 3 TAVI or surgery showed similar clinical outcomes and late valve durability

Igor Belluschi

Reviewer

Igor Belluschi

Reviewer

Salvatore Brugaletta
PARTNER 3: TAVR or SAVR in low-risk patients at 7 years

Ten trials from AHA 2025

12 Nov 2025

Alessandro Sticchi provides us with a curated overview of the late-breaking trials he found most relevant for interventional cardiologists from AHA 2025.

Alessandro Sticchi

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Alessandro Sticchi
Ten trials from AHA 2025

MITRACURE: From results to next steps

Edoardo Zancanaro interviews Julien Dreyfus & David Messika-Zeitoun about the MITRACURE registry, a large international initiative aimed at capturing real-world data on patients with mitral regurgitation referred for surgery. in 2019. The study shows outcomes differ from expert centers, with higher mortality and lower repair rates, especially...

MITRACURE: From results to next steps

A simple maneuver to track the wire during a transseptal mitral valve-in-valve procedure

05 Nov 2025

Advancing a transcatheter heart valve through the septostomy can be tricky, with the wire sometimes prolapsing into the left atrium.

This step-by-step tutorial demonstrates a simple yet effective maneuver that allows smooth, controlled navigation from the right atrium to the mitral position, ensuring precise valve deployment.

Ching-Wei Lee

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Ching-Wei Lee
Yi-Lin Tsai

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Yi-Lin Tsai
Su-Chan Chen

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Su-Chan Chen
Adam Shih-Hsien Sung

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Shih-Hsien Sung
Chun-Chin Chang

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Chun-Chin Chang
A simple maneuver to track the wire during a transseptal mitral valve-in-valve procedure

The effectiveness and safety of a planned investment procedure in high-risk chronic total occlusions - The INVEST CTO single arm study

03 Nov 2025

Kalaivani Mahadevan and Sofia Papadopoulou provide their take on the INVEST CTO trial, presented by Anja Oksnes at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

Kalaivani Mahadevan

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Kalaivani Mahadevan
Sofia Papadopoulou

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Sofia Papadopoulou
INVEST-CTO: Single arm study of a planned investment procedure in high-risk CTO PCI

Percutaneous coronary intervention of native coronary artery versus saphenous vein graft in patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery (PROCTOR)

03 Nov 2025

Kalaivani Mahadevan and Trisha Singh provide their take on the PROCTOR study presented by Ruben de Winter at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

Kalaivani Mahadevan

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Kalaivani Mahadevan
Trish Singh

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Trish Singh
PROCTOR: PCI of native coronary artery vs SVGin patients with prior CABG

iFR versus angiography-guided CABG: 3-year results of the iCABG randomised trial

31 Oct 2025

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the iCABG trial presented by Rasa Ordiene at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

Alessandro Sticchi

Author

Alessandro Sticchi
iFR versus angiography-guided CABG: 3-year results of the iCABG randomized trial