Fadi Sawaya
Latest contributions
Cracking calcium in modern PCI
10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
Calcified coronary lesions are a major challenge in PCI. This PCRGulf-GIM 2025 session showcases a complex case with intravascular imaging, highlighting how IVUS 123 guides each step.
From planning the procedure and understanding calcium distribution, to lesion preparation with modern modification tools, and post-PCI assessment to confirm...
Left main - LIVE Case
10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
This session delivers an in-depth exploration of left main coronary artery intervention, featuring a live educational case from the Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Centre in Awali, Bahrain. Attendees gain insights into the pivotal role of computed tomography and intravascular imaging in...
Prevention and management of TAVI complications
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session is dedicated to the prevention and management of complications associated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Participants gain critical knowledge on managing vascular access challenges, anticipating and preventing valve malposition, handling device embolism, and evaluating coronary obstruction risks with effective prevention and bailout strategies.
TAVI: nightmare in the cathlab - Cardiac arrest, aortic root rupture & duct occluder
16 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Explore critical complications encountered during TAVI procedures in this session, which highlights urgent scenarios such as cardiac arrest from calcific leaflet shift, aortic root rupture, and embolisation events. It also covers salvage techniques like TAVR-in-TAVR-in-SAVR in cardiogenic shock and management of acute left main occlusion with...
Most impactful trials in structural heart disease 2024/2025
30 Sep 2025 – From PCR Gulf Valves 2025
Delve into the most impactful structural heart disease trials shaping 2024 and 2025. This session addresses current dilemmas in TAVI, including early intervention and management of small annuli, evaluates evidence for transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair, and identifies evidence gaps relevant to the region, providing...
Myval transcatheter heart valve series - Align for the future with novel design, data and daily clinical experience
29 Sep 2025 – From PCR Gulf Valves 2025
Join this comprehensive session to explore the Myval transcatheter heart valve series, featuring the latest clinical updates from two large randomized controlled trials—Landmark and Compare TAVI. Learn from real-world experiences, including recorded cases, and understand how these innovations translate to complex patient demographics in daily TAVI...
Tricuspid transcatheter therapies: the game changer
29 Sep 2025 – From PCR Gulf Valves 2025
Explore the evolving landscape of tricuspid transcatheter therapies in this comprehensive session reviewing tricuspid regurgitation etiology, anatomy, and current treatment options. Learn about various transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention devices, their strengths and limitations, and the critical diagnostic and intraprocedural imaging requirements to optimize patient selection and...
Prediction and prevention of coronary artery obstruction during TAVI
29 Sep 2025 – From PCR Gulf Valves 2025
This session delivers expert insights into predicting and preventing coronary artery obstruction during TAVI procedures. Attendees will learn comprehensive assessment strategies for both native and bioprosthetic valves and explore advanced techniques to minimize occlusion risk in high-risk patients, including discussion of the UNICORN approach.
Step-by-step TAVI in bicuspid aortic stenosis - LIVE case
29 Sep 2025 – From PCR Gulf Valves 2025
A 67-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation and normal LV function presented with symptomatic paradoxical aortic valve stenosis. A 23 mm Sapien Resilia valve was implanted following predilatation with a 15 mm semi-compliant balloon.
LIVE Educational Case from Prince Sultan Cardiac Center - Riyadh, Saudi...
TMVIV - TMVIR and its challenges
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore the challenges and innovations in transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve and valve-in-ring procedures. This session presents alternative access routes, management of paraannular compromise, and complex cases involving ECMO support and unexpected outcomes, offering valuable insights into advanced mitral interventions.
Shaping the future of cardiology - A journey of meaningful innovation in structural heart and coronary
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This EuroPCR 2025 session highlights the latest device innovations reshaping interventional cardiology. Learn how the Myval OCTAPRO THV combines predictable deployment with minimal foreshortening for improved outcomes in structural heart procedures. In the coronary space, the session explores the renewed appeal of the “leave nothing behind”...
Challenging vascular access and closure management
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Address challenging vascular access and closure management in complex TAVI cases. This session covers the selection of femoral access, use of PTA and intravascular lithotripsy, and strategies to manage closure failure with illustrative real-world cases.
Prevention of coronary obstruction during TAV-in-TAV
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Examine advanced techniques to prevent coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve (TAV-in-TAV) procedures. This session presents complex case strategies including the debated chimney technique and the UNICORN procedure designed for high coronary obstruction risk during redo TAVI interventions.
Non-transfemoral TAVI - The toolkit
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
When should you consider alternative access for TAVI instead of the transfemoral route? This video dives right into the different non-transfemoral approaches, from transsubclavian to transcaval, and explains when each technique is most appropriate.
Learn how vascular modification can expand access options for more patients and discover...
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...
TAVI in bicuspid valves - Pushing the boundaries
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Curious about the latest breakthroughs in TAVI for bicuspid aortic valve anatomy? This video dives into cutting-edge evidence from the NAVIGATE Bicuspid trial, BELIEVERS trial and the Notion 2 sub-analysis.
You'll also see a live demonstration of advanced TAVI sizing techniques and discover how Heart Teams are...
Contemporary TAVI: the VISION of lifetime management
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
In this session, discover how pre-procedural assessment is used to optimize procedural outcomes, ensuring the best possible results for patients undergoing TAVI, learn the intricacies of selecting the most suitable valve for each individual patient, considering their unique anatomical and clinical factors, and engage in discussions...
Valve-in-valve
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Treating the right valves: not always a straightforward task
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session focuses on the challenges and complexities involved in the percutaneous treatment of right-sided heart valves, including the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. Attendees will learn from case presentations and discussions on various scenarios, such as recurrent right heart obstructive shock, paravalvular leak closure, and unusual...
When the pulmonary valve is the problem
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session will feature a series of selected clinical case submissions from EuroPCR 2024, focusing on the management of pulmonary valve-related issues. Attendees will have the opportunity to explore various scenarios, including pulmonary balloon valvotomy in dextrocardia, transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in dilated right ventricular outflow...
TAVI for bicuspid aortic stenosis patients - Recorded cases
05 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Discover two clinical cases of optimising TAVI procedure in bicuspid aortic valve patients, taking into account the current sizing options in such anatomy.
- An 84-year-old woman with a history of LAD PCI in 2020, presented a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis and grade 3 regurgitation with a preserved LV...
Pulmonary valve interventions
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Dive into pulmonary valve interventions with this selection of cases: explore the application of transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in dysfunctional native right ventricular outflow tracts, witness the percutaneous treatment of iatrogenic pulmonary stenosis through transcatheter valve implantation, delve into percutaneous options for managing a large pulmonary...
TAVI and beyond: tackling coronary challenges
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Consult this session to gain a comprehensive understanding of the crucial role of coronary access post-TAVI, and the impact of TAV design and implantation technique on coronary access. Gain some insights into the intricacies of coronary accessibility from extensive bench test work and the impact of TAV design in...
Interventional solutions for post-surgical problems
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Experience the cutting-edge world of interventional solutions for post-surgical problems in this session: delve into intriguing cases like acquired left circumflex stenosis after aortic valve surgery presenting as thin cap fibroatheroma, encounter the rare complication of a giant submitral left ventricle pseudo-aneurysm following mitral valve surgery,...
TAVI in TAVI procedures
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Join us as we unravel the intricacies of TAVI within TAVI procedures in this session, exploring innovative approaches and techniques for challenging clinical situations: encounter the challenges posed by severe central aortic regurgitation following TAVR with unexpected valve degeneration, discover the management strategies for a degenerated transcatheter...
Coronary access and PCI after TAVI
16 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Watch this session to learn more about the epidemiology of PCI after TAVI, to learn how to approach an elective patient with TAVI requiring PCI, or a patient with THV requiring urgent coronary angiography and PCI, among others.
Aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease
29 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult this session dedicated to aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease to learn how and when to screen for CAD in TAVI candidates, how to optimise your procedure to facilitate future coronary access, and to discover some tips and tricks for successful coronary angiography and PCI after TAVI.
Rapid-Fire clinical cases: Session 3
28 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult this session to discover a selection of clinical cases presented during PCR LV 2022: tunnel stent technique as an alternative treatment for left main protection in valve-in-valve TAVI, coronary embolisation due to valve-in-valve aortic prothesis thrombosis, aortic prosthetic valve dysfunction due to endocarditis, and more!
Rapid-fire abstracts: Session 9
28 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult this session to discover a selection of abstracts presented during PCR LV 2022: impact of different aortic valve calcification pattern on the haemodynamic performance of self-expanding intra-annular transcatheter heart valve, device failure in bicuspid aortic stenosis following TAVR, the learning curve and clinical outcomes in...
Transcatheter mitral valve implantation in challenging anatomies
20 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover a rare complication after transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement, learn more about early TMVR in mitral annular calcification valve failure, witness a mitral bioprosthesis dysfunction after three previous stenotomies, and even more!
