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Where innovation meets legacy: the EuroIntervention Turning Point podcast

26 Jun 2025

Welcome to Turning Point, a new podcast series brought to you by EuroIntervention — as part of our 20th anniversary celebration. 

Where innovation meets legacy: the EuroIntervention Turning Point podcast

Simultaneous high-risk PCI and TAVI with hemodynamic support: a stepwise approach using Impella CP SmartAssist

26 Jun 2025

What’s the safest approach when surgical options are off the table? This real-life case shows how complex coronary revascularsation and TAVI were performed in a single session, supported by Impella.

Explore the rationale behind the sequence, the device choices, and the outcome in a high-risk patient with...

Simultaneous high-risk PCI and TAVI with hemodynamic support: a stepwise approach using Impella CP SmartAssist

How should I manage a patient with insufficient surgical closure of the left atrial appendage

26 Jun 2025

Incomplete surgical LAA closure: how would you proceed?
Despite prior closure with an Atriclip during CABG, transoesophageal echocardiography reveals a persistent LAA gap in a high-risk patient with recurrent bleeding.
Explore the clinical details, imaging, and treatment dilemmas—then share your management approach!

Thomas Stiermaier

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Thomas Stiermaier
How should I manage a patient with insufficient surgical closure of the left atrial appendage

Carotid artery stenting

11 Jun 2025

A successful carotid artery stenting procedure is the result of multiple choices of devices and techniques including the vascular approach. Trans-radial approach is a feasible, safe and effective strategy both as a first-choice approach and as an alternative to the femoral route. Revisit the recently updated...

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Alberto Cremonesi, Marco Roffi, Fausto Castriota, Piotr Musialek, Piero Montorsi

When bleeding risk shapes your PCI strategy

05 Jun 2025

Managing ACS in a high-bleeding-risk patient is always a delicate balance. In this case, an 83-year-old with NSTEMI, advanced CKD, and a recent intracranial hemorrhage presented with a complex mid-to-distal LAD lesion. What would be your strategy?

Deborah J. Lee

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Deborah J. Lee
When bleeding risk shapes your PCI strategy

EuroPCR 2025 – One-month dual antiplatelet therapy followed by prasugrel monotherapy at a reduced dose: the 4D-ACS randomised trial

21 May 2025

Paris, France, 20-23 May 2025. The EuroPCR Course Directors have selected 3 major late-breaking trials that will be presented for the first time during the 2025 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected because of their design, results, and potential to impact practice, among them is the...

EuroPCR 2025 – One-month dual antiplatelet therapy followed by prasugrel monotherapy at a reduced dose: the 4D-ACS randomised trial

EuroPCR 2025 – The FAITAVI trial: angiography versus physiology-guided PCI in patients undergoing TAVI – 12-month follow-up data

21 May 2025

Paris, France, 20-23 May 2025. The EuroPCR Course Directors have selected 3 major late-breaking trials that will be presented for the first time during the 2025 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected because of their design, results, and potential to impact practice, among them is the...

EuroPCR 2025 – The FAITAVI trial: angiography versus physiology-guided PCI in patients undergoing TAVI – 12-month follow-up data

EuroPCR 2025 – Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data from the PROTECTED TAVR and BHF PROTECT-TAVI Trials

21 May 2025

Paris, France, 20-23 May 2025. The EuroPCR Course Directors have selected 3 major late-breaking trials that will be presented for the first time during the 2025 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected because of their design, results, and potential to impact practice, among which is the...

EuroPCR 2025 – Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data from the PROTECTED TAVR and BHF PROTECT-TAVI Trials

2025 Andreas Grüntzig Ethica Award presented to Lars Wallentin and Stefan James on behalf of Swedish cardiovascular registry experts

20 May 2025

The Andreas Grüntzig Ethica Award is traditionally given to those who have contributed in an extraordinary way to the PCR mission, that of serving the needs of patients by sharing knowledge, experience and practice in cardiovascular interventional medicine.

2025 Andreas Grüntzig Ethica Award presented to Lars Wallentin and Stefan James on behalf of Swedish cardiovascular registry experts

Coronary revascularisation in patients with chronic kidney disease

13 May 2025

If you want to learn more about the specific challenges posed by the treatment and the risk-benefit balance of elective revascularisation procedures, don't wait any longer and read this brand-new chapter written by F. Ribichini and colleagues, available exclusively to subscribers.

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Gabriele Pesarini, Verdiana Galli, Roberto Scarsini, Flavio Ribichini
The PCR Textbook chapter on coronary revascularization in patients with chronic kidney disease