Carla Agatiello
Latest contributions
TAVI in challenging scenarios, diving into real-life cases
12 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Navigate the complexities of challenging TAVI cases through real-life clinical scenarios. This session offers valuable insights into managing complications such as aortic regurgitation, bicuspid valves, valve-in-valve procedures, coronary obstruction, and large annulus with left ventricular outflow tract calcification. Participants will gain practical tips and tricks to...
Integrating the newest valve guidelines into daily clinical reality
12 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Integrate the 2025 EACTS valve guidelines into your clinical practice with a focus on valvular heart disease management tailored to Latin American realities. This session reviews the most relevant updates on aortic stenosis management and transcatheter approaches for mitral and tricuspid valves.
Watch the interview with Fabien...
Management of aortic stenosis: what really matters before and after the procedure
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Aortic stenosis management is a lifetime strategy, not a one-time procedure. This session covers key decision-making factors, compares surgical and transcatheter options, and provides guidance on post-procedural care. Learn to individualise treatment based on age, anatomy, and risk, and plan interventions with the patient’s long-term trajectory...
TAVI cases: the unexpected and the unseen
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Explore this session to uncover complex and unexpected challenges encountered during TAVI procedures. Cases include incidental findings such as aortic valve annulus pseudoaneurysm, double coronary artery perforation in severe aortic stenosis, and unique scenarios involving self-expanding valve implantation and transseptal access. Learn strategies for managing bioprosthesis...
Clinical and technical factors for decision-making in treatment of left main coronary artery disease
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Delve into decision-making factors in treating left main coronary artery disease, particularly in challenging scenarios. This session discusses the application of new SOLACI guidelines, critical strategy reflections, and real-world cases illustrating optimal left main PCI approaches.
TAVI in women
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Focus on gender-specific considerations in TAVI with this session. Topics include timely management and referral disparities in women with severe aortic stenosis, early outcomes from the LANDMARK trial with latest-generation valves, insights from NAVULTRA comparing valve types, prosthesis-patient mismatch data, and gender differences in right ventricular...
TAVI for aortic regurgitation: on-label and off-label use
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session reviews on-label and off-label applications of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for treating aortic regurgitation. Examine complex cases including TAVI in patients with aortic dissection, cardiogenic shock, and valve-in-valve interventions, highlighting innovative procedural approaches and bailout strategies.
How to implement a successful structural intervention programme
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Embark on a journey to learn how to implement a successful structural intervention program. Discover the essential requirements for building transcatheter valve intervention capabilities, including the necessary equipment, personnel, and training programs. Gain insights on establishing aortic, mitral, and tricuspid intervention programs, as well as creating...
Featured cases - TAVI in bicuspid valve anatomy (Part 2)
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
This session, part of the Featured Cases series from PCR London Valves 2024, focuses on TAVI in bicuspid valve anatomy. Dive into various complex cases, including TAVI in bicuspid type 0 with severe calcification, tailored sizing strategies in bicuspid aortic valve, and the utility of novel...
TAVI innovations: latest breakthroughs from PCR London Valves 2024
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Curious about the latest advancements shaping the future of TAVI? Don't miss this video which deliver insights from the PCR London Valves 2024 Late-Breaking Trials, diving into key topics that matter most in clinical practice.
Explore 5-year outcomes of AVR in low-risk patients stratified by annulus size,...
Asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: Will these trials change my practice?
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session, in collaboration with Partners in Learning, explores the emerging evidence on the use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. It covers data from registries and randomized controlled trials, the current guideline recommendations, and the potential impact of...
TAVI in challenging anatomies
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Explore the complexities of TAVI in patients with intricate aortic stenosis: learn the critical role of detailed CT imaging and meticulous pre-procedural planning, and find out how to customize valve selection and implantation techniques to match unique patient anatomies, such as highly calcified tricuspid valves, low...
Mitral valve intervention in complex scenarios - Valve-in-valve, valve-in-ring, valve-in-MAC
21 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
What role does imaging play in complex mitral interventions such as valve-in-valve, valve-in-ring or valve-in-MAC? Study how CT-scan, fusion imaging, TEE and TOE are used throughout the procedures and analyse the latest trial results on the subject to get an idea.
Valve in valve - Pulmonary - Part 3
21 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Explore a selection of pulmonary valve-in-valve cases, showcasing transcatheter management of recurrent severe pulmonary regurgitation, a rare intervention for calcified bioprosthetic pulmonary valve leaflets, and strategic approaches to early valve degeneration.
TAVI - New indications, techniques and devices - Part 3
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Explore the latest in TAVI with this selection of abstracts: witness the application of valve-in-valve TAVI for failed sutureless surgical bioprostheses and gain insights from the analysis of the use and performance of the Evolut FX transcatheter aortic valve system.
TAVI durability and potential future solutions - LIVE case
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
In this session, you will learn more about the potential technical challenges associated with second-time TAVI procedures, and the importance of detailed CT imaging and careful pre-procedural planning. Discover the latest innovations and future direction of this key area of development.
- Live case: An 83-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, COPD...
How did we do it in Argentina, Brazil, and Portugal?
19 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Consult this session if you want to evaluate the optimal strategy in complex bicuspid cases, and discuss the correct sizing algorithm depending on transcatheter heart valve selected, to manage infrequent but life-threatening complications using TAVI devices, and to improve your skills in TAVI long-term follow-up management.
