Helge Möllmann
Latest contributions
TAVI versus SAVR in aortic stenosis, is the debate still relevant in 2026?
02 Jun 2026
In this discussion, Helge Möllman and Eberhard Grube revisit the ongoing debate between TAVI and surgery in the treatment of aortic stenosis. While TAVI continues to expand into younger and more complex patient populations, they emphasise that the dialogue with cardiac surgery remains essential. They highlight the importance...
The continuum of valvular heart disease: a lifetime management approach
21 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session offers a comprehensive perspective on valvular heart disease through the lens of lifetime management, highlighting the need for strategic planning across aortic, mitral, and tricuspid interventions, illustrating how treating one valve can influence the progression and management of others. Gain insights into optimal timing...
TAVI procedural challenges
21 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session examines procedural challenges encountered during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), especially in complex anatomical and clinical contexts. Topics include TAVI after prior mitral valve procedures, combined use of left ventricular assist devices and rotablation, navigating challenging aortic anatomies, and managing extensive calcification. The session...
Managing difficult TAVI scenarios
19 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
Focused on complex TAVI cases, this session reviews guideline recommendations for TAVI in younger patients, strategies for managing concomitant coronary artery disease, and considerations for treating asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. Real-world cases illustrate clinical decision-making and outcomes.
Beyond the horizon - A prelude into TAVI and complex PCI solutions
19 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session provides a comprehensive preview of evolving technologies and strategies shaping interventional cardiology. Discover the Myval Octapro+ transcatheter heart valve (THV) and its innovative design and procedural benefits demonstrated through a recorded case. Stay updated on Landmark and Compare TAVI trial data, and discover the...
Overcoming complexity in TAVI: a patient-centered approach
12 Jan 2026
Discover how to overcome complexity in TAVI, in this replay featuring H. Möllmann and guests R. Hahn, W-K. Kim and P. Lauten.
Valve selection in urgent TAVI: evidence from small annulus studies - Hotline
16 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session presents cutting-edge research comparing self-expanding and balloon-expandable valves in urgent and emergent TAVI settings, with a focus on small aortic annuli. It includes data from the NAVULTRA and LANDMARK trials, featuring novel biomimetic balloon-expandable valves and early feasibility studies that shed light on valve...
TAVI-in-TAVI
16 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session explores the nuanced field of TAVI-in-TAVI procedures, focusing on valve durability considerations between bovine and porcine valves, strategies for redo TAVI post valve-in-valve, and advanced interventions to secure coronary flow such as inter-valvular stenting. It highlights complex anatomical challenges including aberrant coronary origins and...
Are we undertreating aortic regurgitation?
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
At EuroPCR 2025, Victoria Delgado, Helge Möllmann, and Dan Blackman gather to discuss a crucial but often under-addressed challenge in structural heart disease: the under-referral and under-treatment of patients with aortic regurgitation (AR).
The conversation begins with the diagnostic challenges surrounding severe AR, followed by a striking observation—only...
Management of complex left main trifurcation lesion
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session focuses on the management of complex left main trifurcation lesions. Review hybrid and double TAP techniques, long-term follow-up outcomes, and innovative approaches such as the inverted double TAP technique, offering insights into optimizing treatment strategies for these challenging anatomical scenarios.
Calcified nodules: a different beast?
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session offers a comprehensive exploration of calcified nodules, a challenging entity in PCI. Learn to identify these nodules with IVUS and OCT, understand their unique treatment challenges, and select optimal plaque modification tools through detailed case discussions.
Myval Octapro THV - Optimise patient outcomes with novel design, data and daily clinical practice
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session presents the latest updates on the novel Myval Octapro transcatheter heart valve (THV), based on one year of real-world clinical experience. Experts share practical tips and clinical cases that highlight how this innovative device can improve TAVI patient outcomes. The session also addresses imaging and...
Clinical implications of TAVI and cerebral embolic protection - Current challenges and future considerations
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) remains a key consideration in modern TAVI procedures, as stroke continues to be one of the most serious complications. This EuroPCR 2025 session takes a close look at the latest data on CEP use in clinical practice, weighing where it fits best...
Supraflex for high-risk patients and lesions: from practice to evidence-based medicine proven through FIRE and COMPARE
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover the latest evidence on the Supraflex thin-strut sirolimus DES in complex cases—from small vessels and diabetes to STEMI—supported by OCT analysis. This session highlights Supraflex’s performance in high bleeding risk and elderly patients, featuring data from FIRE, COMPARE, EARTH HBR, and Cruz Senior studies. Get...
Zero-contrast TAVI while using a novel full-body embolic protection filter
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Discover the latest advancements in zero-contrast TAVI through this case-based session. Learn when to consider a zero-contrast protocol, gain practical insights on performing the procedure, and explore a novel full-body embolic protection filter designed to enhance safety during transcatheter interventions.
Pushing the boundaries to optimise patient outcomes: from planning to success
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Learn from experts about achieving optimal TAVI outcomes, tailoring approaches for lifetime management, and mastering tips for diverse anatomical challenges.
From index procedure to re-valving with a novel self-expanding valve
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Watch this simulation-based symposium to explore the value of the Index Procedure in achieving optimal outcomes during the initial implant, crucial for preventing paravalvular leak, pacemaker dependency, and ensuring precise commissural alignment for coronary access. Discover how the ACURATE neo2/PRIME offers excellent coronary access with its...
Featured research - Aortic valve (Part 2)
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
This second part of the featured research session on aortic valve interventions delves into a wide range of topics, including vascular complications, valve-in-valve TAVI, coronary protection strategies, predictors of mortality, and innovative techniques. Discover the latest advancements and insights from cutting-edge research.
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,...
Cardiogenic shock in women : different cause, different treatment
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session will feature selected EuroPCR 2024 Clinical Case submissions focused on cardiogenic shock in women. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the proposed diagnoses and treatments, as well as the actual outcomes, for these challenging cases. The session will also include discussions and...
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...
Supraflex Cruz - Improving patient outcomes: from simple to complex patients
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Discover the remarkable performance of Supraflex Cruz in real-world clinical settings, showcasing exceptionally low event rates and demonstrating its safety and efficacy across a spectrum of high-risk patients, including the elderly and those with high bleeding risks, and delve into the ongoing TALENT and TUDEXO II...
TAVI - Durability and long-term outcomes
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Consult this session to learn more about TAVI durability and long-term outcomes through a selection of abstracts: delve into a comprehensive five-year durability analysis of an intra-annular self-expandable transcatheter aortic bioprosthesis, navigate through the complexities of long-term outcomes associated with prosthesis-patient mismatch following valve-in-valve TAVI, explore...
TAVI in complex scenarios - Bicuspid aortic valve disease - putting it all together
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
After an overview of what is currently known about TAVI in bicuspid aortic valves, follow the analysis of a real-life clinical case, and get tips on how to perform TAVI in a bicuspid aortic valve in 3 different ways: with a self-expanding supra-annular valve, using a...
TAVI in complex scenarios - Valve-in-valve TAVI (TAV-in-SAV) - A tailored approach
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
This session is designed for those seeking an understanding of critical imaging principles in planning successful TAV-in-SAV procedures. Gain insights into the latest tools for pre-procedural imaging and learn how to develop customized algorithms for selecting transcatheter heart valves in individual patients undergoing TAV-in-SAV interventions.
TAVI outcomes - Part 1
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Learn more about TAVI outcomes with this session: examine the impact of high-gradient and discordant low-gradient aortic stenosis, discover the potential of patient-specific computer simulation, explore the critical factor of time to TAVI and its implications in decompensated aortic stenosis cases, dive into the POPular TAVI...
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...
EuroPCR 2023 Hotlines / Late-Breaking Trials: TAVI
16 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Discover the conclusions of various studies and registries about TAVI: 5-year outcomes with the ACURATE neo2 valve: the Neo AS CE-mark study; TAVR in patients with cardiogenic shock which evaluated outcomes of consecutive TAVRs in patients with CS using contemporary SAPIEN 3 and SAPIEN 3 ultra...
Ensuring optimal TAVI outcomes - LIVE case
27 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
A 75-year-old female with diabetes and history of ischemic stroke 5 years ago presents a symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis in a small annulus.
After pre-dilatation (18 mm balloon), the operators implant an Acurate neo2 23 mm with a sentinel cerebral embolic protection device. Watch them perform...
Valve-in-valve TAVI: session 1
27 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
ViV TAVI in a patient with previous Bentall's operation, ViV for a failed surgical aortic bioprosthesis with a misaligned mitral bioprosthesis, TAVI for severe aortic regurgitation caused by infective endocarditis after homograft surgery, and much more in this PCR LV 2022 session about ViV TAVI!
