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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

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

Stratified treatment of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries: the PROMISE trial

31 Oct 2025

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the PROMISE trial presented by Rocco Antonio Montone at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

Nicola Ryan

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Nicola Ryan
Stratified treatment of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries: the PROMISE trial

OCT insights of thrombus extraction by stent-retriever thrombectomy (SRT) and manual aspiration (MA): Insights from RETRIEVE AMI trial

29 Oct 2025

Aaysha Cader provides her take on sub-analyses of the RETRIEVE AMI trial presented by Jason Leo Walsh at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

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Aaysha Cader
RETRIEVE AMI: OCT insights of SRT and MA

1-year SELUTION DeNovo results: what they mean for daily practice

29 Oct 2025

The SELUTION DeNovo trial, presented by Christian Spaulding at TCT 2025, delivers the first head-to-head comparison between a sirolimus DCB strategy and contemporary DES in PCI.

In this review, Salvatore Brugaletta breaks down the 1-year results and what these findings truly mean for everyday lesion-by-lesion decision-making.

Guillaume Bonnet

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Guillaume BONNET

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Christian Spaulding

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Salvatore Brugaletta
1-year SELUTION DeNovo results: what they mean for daily practice

Comparison of drug-coated versus conventional balloons for treatment of side branches of bifurcation lesions: the OCVC-BIF study

29 Oct 2025

Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on the OCVC-BIF study presented by Takayuki Ishihara at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

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Ali Nazmi Calik
Comparison of drug-coated versus conventional balloons for treatment of side branches of bifurcation lesions: The OCVC-BIF study

Treating severe restenosis of a 20-mm balloon-expanding valve after a transapical approach with a risk of coronary obstruction

05 Nov 2025

In this challenging redo TAVI case, an 87-year-old woman presented with severe bioprosthetic valve restenosis and advanced heart failure symptoms, eight years after a previous transapical implantation.

Her frailty, prior surgical approach, and complex anatomy—with low coronary heights and a stent frame extending beyond the sinotubular junction—posed...

Sasho Stanisavljevikj

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Sasho Stanisavljevikj
Rumman

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Abu Rumman
Jens Papenfuss

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Jens Papenfuss

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Christian Jacob
Alexander Staudt

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Alexander Staudt
Christian Fahje Klopsch

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Christian Fahje Klopsch
Treating severe restenosis of a 20-mm balloon-expanding valve after a transapical approach with a risk of coronary obstruction

Percutaneous transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement using a dedicated balloon-expandable valve: 1-year outcomes from the ENCIRCLE trial using the SAPIEN M3

27 Oct 2025

Jonathan Curio provides his take on the ENCIRCLE Trial presented by David Daniels at TCT 2025 in San Francisco.

Jonathan Curio

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Jonathan Curio
Percutaneous transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement using a dedicated balloon expandable valve: 1 year outcomes from the ENCIRCLE trial using the SAPIEN M3