Andreas Rück
Latest contributions
Management of transcatheter mitral complications: prevention, recognition and bailout
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Curious about managing complications in transcatheter mitral interventions? Don’t miss this video!
You'll get step-by-step guidance on tackling real-world challenges (single leaflet detachment, device embolization...), and learn essential tips and tricks from experienced high-volume operators.

Recurrent and residual tricuspid regurgitation after transcatheter repair - Assessment and management
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Join us as we delve into the critical topic of recurrent and residual tricuspid regurgitation after transcatheter repair. Gain valuable insights on how to avoid these complications, learn to assess the underlying mechanisms and severity, and explore the latest options for interventional treatment. This session, developed...

Early diagnosis and lifetime management of valvular heart disease: new tools and treatment paradigms
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
What if we could detect and treat progressive heart valve disease before it worsens? Dives into the latest breakthroughs with this video, showcasing how emerging technologies and innovative strategies are transforming patient outcomes.
Gain insights from the RECOVERY, AVATAR, EVOLVED and EARLY TAVR trials, and discover how AI,...

Optimisation of your valve implantation to ensure lifelong outcomes using a novel self-expanding valve
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Gain insights into the importance of valve optimization post-implantation to secure acute and long-term outcomes. In this session, you will discover the new features and benefits of the ACURATE Prime platform illustrated by a recorded case, and compare how different TAVI platforms perform when treating larger...

Featured research - Aortic valve (Part 1)
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Dive into the latest research on aortic valve interventions in this two-part featured research session. Explore a wide range of topics, including the safety and efficacy of novel transcatheter aortic valve systems, hemodynamic outcomes, risk scoring, and peri-procedural considerations.

Advanced mitral TEER - LIVE case
Recommended by PCR
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Join us for a LIVE case followed by a recorded case highlighting advanced treatments for severe secondary mitral regurgitation:
- A 75-year-old man with permanent AF, a history of CABG, and symptomatic severe secondary MR (atrial and ischemic causes) with low LV function (45%) underwent mitral repair with...

PCR Tricuspid Focus Group - referral meeting in Stockholm
19 Sep 2024
Join your peers for this meeting on 22 November 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden!

Contemporary TAVI cases: perspectives from three different continents
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session provides perspectives from three different continents on the management of complex TAVI cases. It features case presentations and discussions on topics such as TAVR for the correction of aortic pseudoaneurysm, TAV-in-TAV intervention, and the management of aortic stenosis in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy....

Planning for a lifetime starts with choosing the right valve first: from first TAVI to redo-TAVI
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Watch this session to learn the best practices for treating aortic stenosis, with a focus on lifetime management. Gain insights into evaluating patient anatomy and clinical presentation to anticipate the need for a second valve, understand different valve designs and their initial selection, and observe a...

Mitral Late-Breaking Trials: CLASP IID, AltaValve transseptal programme, MitraSwiss in men and women, MiCLASP...
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Discover the mitral late-breaking trials which were presented during PCR London Valves 2023:
- One-year outcomes of transcatheter mitral repair from the CLASP IID Registry
- AltaValve transseptal programme update
- Mitral TEER in men and women from MitraSwiss registry: is equality achieved?
- Combined impact of mitral valve gradients and mitral regurgitation reduction...

Mitral TEER - Part 1
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Consult this session to gain insights into the complexities of Mitral TEER: witness an innovative solution for recurrent mitral regurgitation post-M-TEER showcasing the efficacy of three MitraClips, navigate the challenging terrain of mitral flail repair in a patient with a left main chronic total occlusion, explore...

Tailoring tricuspid regurgitation patient treatment with the PASCAL Precision system
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Watch this session to discuss exciting cases of tricuspid regurgitation, learn about the proposed new integrated classification for tricuspid regurgitation and enjoy a live presentation of the PASCAL Precision Repair System using a beating heart simulator, among others!

Selecting the right first valve to secure lifetime management
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
The treatment of young and less at-risk patients clearly shows that their age, life expectancy and risk factors are essential parameters to be taken into account in the choice of TAVI and therefore it is essential to think about future coronary access after TAVI. Watch the...

Transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair step by step: from transseptal puncture to procedural success
28 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult this session to learn how to perform a mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair procedure from start to finish, to learn more about currently available devices and which one to use in specific patients, and to understand how optimal procedural imaging and device steering determine the best...

Mitral - Late-Breaking Trials and Innovations
28 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult this session to discover a selection of late-breaking trials presented during PCR LV 2022: TENDyne European expeRience registry, CLASP IID trial, EXPAND G4, and much more!

Reinventing the treatment of patients with tricuspid valve disease
28 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
This innovative session takes you through the patient selection and anatomical characteristics when selecting amongst the different transcatheter options to treat tricuspid regurgitation, followed by a recorded demonstration using the PASCAL Precision repair system.

TAVI: Late-Breaking Trials and Innovations
27 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult this session to discover a selection of PCR London Valves 2022 Late-Breaking Trial submissions, and learn more about the early safety and performance of the Vienna TAVI system, the new-generation transcatheter aortic valve platforms performance in native pure aortic regurgitation, and more!

Predicting and managing TAVI conduction related disorders
20 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Get key learnings on conduction disorders after TAVI, the role of temporary pacing devices and different strategies to reduce permanent pacemaker implants to the minimum.

Complications during TAVI procedures
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Delivery system failure during TAVI, TAVI and complex PCI, Valve-in-valve TAVI in dissected ascending aorta with severe regurgitation... Take advantage of a selection of TAVI cases with complications to think about how best to deal with the most challenging situations!

Obtaining commissural alignment in TAVI
23 Nov 2021 – From PCR London Valves 2021
Watch this session from PCR London Valves 2021 about the importance of commissural alignment in TAVI to know how to achieve commissural alignment with different TAVI systems, and to discover a step-by-step demonstration of patient-specific commissural alignment with the ACURATE neo2 THV system.

Transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair: procedural complications and lifetime management
23 Nov 2021 – From PCR London Valves 2021
This PCR London Valves 2021 session presents different kinds of complications in mitral procedures based on clinical cases: discuss the case of an 82-year-old male patient with symptomatic severe ischemic secondary mitral regurgitation, coronary artery disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease, among others!

Edwards' transcatheter trilogy: an exclusive portfolio of three options to treat tricuspid regurgitation
22 Nov 2021 – From PCR London Valves 2021
In this session broadcast at PCR London Valves 2021, discuss and explore transcatheter therapies for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation and their clinical impact, analyze the recorded live case of an 81-year-old female patient from Leipzig, and discover the potential of transcatheter replacement technologies in the...

Early neo2 registry - Full core-lab adjudicated results with the new ACURATE neo2 valve
21 Nov 2021 – From PCR London Valves 2021
Join Won-Keun Kim and Andreas Rück if you want to learn about the key features of the new ACURATE neo2 system, the latest clinical outcomes in an all-comers European patient population, as well as the independent core-lab adjudicated hemodynamic performance of this new TAVI generation.

EuroPCR 2021 Hotlines / Late-Breaking Trials: SWENTRY, Redo-TAVI, Early neo2, PORTICO NG, and Evolut Low Risk Trial
21 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021
Find out more about various studies & registries in TAVI:
- SWENTRY registry, Swedish Stroke Registry and National Patient Registry: late stroke after TAVI
- Redo-TAVI registry: implantation of a supplementary transcatheter aortic valve during TAVI
- Acurate neo2 TAVI valve results from the Early neo2 registry
- PORTICO NG: 30-day outcomes from a...

Coronary access after TAVI, a growing need
20 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021
Watch this session presented by Nicolas Van Mieghem, Christopher Meduri, Andreas Ruck, Nawzad Saleh, Joanna Wykrzykowska and Mohamed Abdel-Wahab in order to learn about the growing importance of coronary access after TAVI, to understand how TAVI design and implantation technique has an impact on future coronary access, and to discuss the...

The aortic stenosis spectrum in 2019: limiting TAVI related complications and promoting early discharge
21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session on the aortic stenosis spectrum in 2019 to learn all about how to limit TAVI related complications (such as paravalvular leakage) while choosing the appropriate device, and how to promote early discharge with simplified TAVI.
