Alexandre Zago

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Hospital Mãe de Deus - Porto Alegre, Brazil

Latest contributions

Devices combination for calcified lesion

20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025

Discover effective device combinations and strategies for managing heavily calcified coronary lesions. This session covers lesion planning using coronary orbit mapping, OCT-guided calcium node identification, rotatripsy techniques, and approaches to complex ostial right coronary artery occlusions, providing practical solutions to challenging calcium riddles.

Devices combination for calcified lesion

Which techniques for the treatment of left main lesions ?

20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025

This session reviews advanced techniques for treating left main coronary artery lesions. Learn about precise stent positioning, T-modified bifurcation techniques, CHIP PCI approaches, proximal optimisation, and the innovative RODIN-CUT technique to optimize procedural success.

Which techniques for the treatment of left main lesions ?

PCI: complex procedures

14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session explores a series of complex PCI cases, including the management of left main stent restenosis after the chimney technique, aortic root dissection during right coronary artery PCI, treatment of very old saphenous graft disease, complex in-stent restenosis, and the management of persistent coronary fistula....

PCI: complex procedures

How to deal with thrombus during PCI for STEMI - Part 2

22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn innovative techniques and tools to efficiently deal with thrombus during PCI for STEMI, thanks to a selection of captivating cases: thrombus withdrawal in coronary bifurcation through a neurovascular thrombectomy device, stentless strategy using excimer laser and thrombus aspiration for STEMI with essential...

How to deal with thrombus during PCI for STEMI - Part 2

Think differently! Adapted bifurcation techniques for unusual situations

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover innovative bifurcation techniques for unusual situations, and discover how to manage distal left main trifurcation lesion, TAP-stenting diffuse in stent restenosis, and more!

Think differently! Adapted bifurcation techniques for unusual situations