David Rodrigues
Latest contributions
Nurses and allied professionals abstracts session
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Highlight the pivotal role of nurses and allied health professionals in interventional cardiology through a series of abstracts addressing radial haemostasis, TAVI nursing programs, early mobilization, radiation protection, and physiologist-led intracoronary thermodilution assessments.
ABC of cathlab education
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session provides a comprehensive guide on educating and training new staff in the catheterization laboratory. Attendees will learn about effective teaching strategies, available educational tools, and how to create an optimal learning environment. The session covers topics such as onboarding new staff, utilizing simulation-based training,...
The challenges of femoral access
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Addressing vessel perforation in interventional cardiology
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Deepen your understanding of vessel perforation signs and symptoms and gain additional insights into effective materials and techniques.
Challenges on managing cardiopulmonary resuscitation in and out of the cathlab
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
In these slide presentations, address challenges in cardiopulmonary resuscitation both in and outside the cathlab. Explore CPR management contexts, organise cathlab teams, and employ simulation as a learning tool.
CTO: more than just a procedure
16 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
You might be interested in reviewing the key messages of this session focusing on CTO…Browse these slides and review in particular the fundamentals about characteristics of the CTO patients, treatment goals and NAPS role in CTO treatment.
DIStal vs. COnventional RADIAL access for coronary angiography and intervention - the DISCO Radial Trial
18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
David Rodrigues interviews Adel Aminian on the results from the DISCO Radial trial. This is the first large-scale multicenter randomized evidence comparing DRA to TRA in patients scheduled for coronary angiography or PCI with respect to the incidence of RAO at discharge.
Up to date with technology: how to
20 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
How to use coronary artery diagnostic technology? What are the advances in Xray imaging and radiation safety? Angiogram, FFR, QFR, OCT, IVUS... When and what technology should I use? These are the questions this EuroPCR 2022 session seeks to answer.
Best practice in care of access sites
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Timeout and pre-procedural checklists, care of femoral access site, care of radial access site, patient discharge, tradition- versus evidence-based guidelines: these are the subjects covered by this EuroPCR 2022 session, which concludes with the award ceremony for NAP clinical cases 2022.
