What's new in Interventional Cardiology

Daniele Giacoppo reports and provides his perspective on the main results of the IVUS-CHIP trial, presented by Roberto Diletti from the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, during a Late-Breaking Trials session at the ACC.26 in New Orleans, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of...

Alex Sticchi interviews Adam B. Greenbaum on the PROTECT head-to-head trial, comparing the new full-body Emboliner device with the first-generation Sentinel during TAVR, as presented at ACC.26 in New Orleans.

Jonathan Curio provides his take on the PRO-TAVI trial presented by Michiel Voskuil at ACC.26 in New Orleans and simultaneously published in The Lancet.

Yohei Ohno provides his takeaways from the results of the SURVIV trial, which were presented by Dimytri Siqueira during the ACC.26 in New Orleans.

Chiara De Biase provides her take on the FAST III Trial presented by Joost Daemen at ACC.26 in New Orleans. She reviews the comparison between vFFR and FFR, highlighting key findings and their impact on revascularisation strategies.

Kalaivani Mahadevan provides an in-depth analysis of the ORBITA-CTO trial: a first-ever randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating CTO PCI in stable angina patients.
She also interviewed principal investigators Sarosh Khan and John Davies following the LBCT Scientific Session at ACC.26 in New Orleans and simultaneous publication in...

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the trial evaluating multi-modality imaging to determine underlying causes of MINOCA in women and men. The trial results were presented by Harmony R. Reynolds at ACC.26 in New Orleans and simultaneously published in Circulation.

Aaysha Cader interviews Samit M. Shah, who presented the primary results of the DISCOVER INOCA registry at ACC.26. 

Elad Asher provides his take on the STEMI-DTU trial, which was presented by Navin K. Kapur at the ACC.26 in New Orleans, and simultaneously published in the JACC.

Live updates on a selection of major Late Breaking Clinical Trials of interest in interventional cardiology presented at the American College of Cardiology 2026 Scientific Sessions #ACC26