Emmanouil Brilakis

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
Visible Heart Lab - Minneapolis, United States of America

Latest contributions

Main vessel stenting in DK-Crush: lessons from stepwise provisional strategy

  • Optimisation of side branch stenting
  • How to optimally deploy the second stent

Commented by Goran Stankovic and William Wijns

Part 3 of a 3-part series. Previous episode: How to correct incomplete crush and how to prevent lack of carina coverage

Main vessel stenting in DK-Crush: lessons from stepwise provisional strategy

DK Crush like you’ve never seen it before

  • Multi-modality simulation to unveil the hidden parts & small obstacles that can result in complications
  • Angioscopy directly inside the coronary artery to provide a better understanding of 3D stent configuration

Commented by Goran Stankovic and William Wijns

Part 1 of a 3-part series.
Next episode: How to correct incomplete crush and...

DK Crush like you’ve never seen it before

How to correct incomplete crush and how to prevent lack of carina coverage

  • Differentiating between complete and incomplete crush
  • The importance of sequential crush and bigger balloons, adequately sized according to proximal vessel diameter

Commented by Goran Stankovic and William Wijns

Part 2 of a 3-part series:  
Previous episode: DK Crush like you’ve never seen it before
Coming up next: Main vessel stenting in DK-Crush, lessons...

How to correct incomplete crush and how to prevent lack of carina coverage

How to perform DK-Crush for left main bifurcation stenting

22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025

Including: A clinical case performed live in Poznan, Poland, showing conventional guidance with angiography and intravascular imaging
Modern technology: machine learning, AI and 3D (multiple simulation techniques)

A series of 3 episodes

How to perform DK-Crush for left main bifurcation stenting

Treatment strategies and complications during CTO interventions

20 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021

Watch this session if you want to develop treatment strategies in a patient with multiple CTOs, to learn how to approach technical difficulties in complex CTO PCI, and to learn about treatment options for typical complications of CTO PCI.

This session was originally presented during EuroPCR 2021.

Complications during CTO interventions

A case-based approach: finding balance between bleeding and ischemic risk

19 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021

Watch this session presented by David Kandzari, Mirvat Alasnag, Emmanouil Brilakis, Chorcheung Frankie Tam and Beatriz Vaquerizo in order to debate case complexity of patient characteristics and complex lesions in HBR patients, to review patient centered clinical judgment and individualised treatment plans, and to analyse current Onyx ONE...

A case-based approach: finding balance between bleeding and ischemic risk