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What’s new in the 2025 guidance on valvular heart disease - ESC Congress 2025

In this interview, Alex Sticchi speaks with Fabien Praz and Michael Borger, co-chairs of the 2025 ESC/EACTS Valvular Guidelines Task Force. They discuss the major updates, including the central role of multimodality imaging, the lowered age threshold for TAVI, the distinction between atrial and ventricular secondary...

What’s new in the 2025 guidance on valvular heart disease - ESC Congress 2025

DAPT-SHOCK-AMI trial: Cangrelor in cardiogenic shock

03 Sep 2025

Kalaivani Mahadevan and Fizzah Choudry provide their take on DAPT-SHOCK-MI presented by Zuzana Motovska at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

Fizzah Choudry

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Fizzah Choudry
Kalaivani Mahadevan

Author

Kalaivani Mahadevan
DAPT-SHOCK-AMI trial: Cangrelor in cardiogenic shock

Optical coherence tomography- vs angiography-guided coronary stent implantation in calcified lesions: the ILUMIEN IV trial

28 Aug 2025

In the overall population (n = 2,114), there was a significant interaction between the effect of randomisation to OCT guidance vs angiography guidance in lesions with moderate/severe calcification (n = 1,082) vs no/mild calcification (n = 1,032) on the 2-year rate of TVF (Pinteraction = 0.01).

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Salvatore Brugaletta
OCT- vs angiography-guided coronary stent implantation in calcified lesions: the ILUMIEN IV trial

Key updates in valvular heart disease management: insights from the 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines

03 Sep 2025

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the new ESC Valvular Guidelines presented at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

Alessandro Sticchi

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Alessandro Sticchi
Key updates in valvular heart disease management: insights from the 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines

Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion in VHD without AF: OPINION Trial

03 Sep 2025

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the results of the OPINION trial presented by Yang Wang at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

Alessandro Sticchi

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Alessandro Sticchi
OPINION Trial: 1-year outcomes

TOP-CABG: the timing of platelet inhibition after coronary artery bypass grafting trial

02 Sep 2025

Jonathan Curio provides his take on TOP-CABG, presented by Xin Yuan at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

Jonathan Curio

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Jonathan Curio
TOP-CABG: the timing of platelet inhibition after coronary artery bypass grafting trial

TACSI: Dual or single antiplatelet therapy after CABG in patients with acute coronary syndrome

03 Sep 2025

Aaysha Cader provides her take on TACSI presented by Anders Jeppsson at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

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Aaysha Cader
TACSI: Dual or single antiplatelet therapy after CABG in patients with acute coronary syndrome

TARGET-FIRST: Early aspirin discontinuation after PCI in low-risk acute MI patients

01 Sep 2025

Elad Asher provides his take on the results of TARGET-FIRST presented by Giuseppe Tarantini at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

Elad Asher

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Elad Asher
TARGET-FIRST

TAILORED-CHIP: Tailored antiplatelet therapy for complex high-risk PCI

29 Aug 2025

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the results of TAILORED-CHIP presented by Duk-Woo Park at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

Nicola Ryan

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Nicola Ryan
TAILORED-CHIP: Tailored Antiplatelet Therapy for Complex High-Risk PCI

NEO-MINDSET: Early withdrawal of aspirin after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome

02 Sep 2025

Daniele Giacoppo reports and provides his perspective on the main results of the ambitious NEOMINDSET trial, presented by Pedro Lemos from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil, during a Late Breaking Trials session at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid, and simultaneously published in the New...

Daniele Giacoppo

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Daniele Giacoppo
NEO-MINDSET: Early withdrawal of aspirin after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome