Karl Poon
Latest contributions
Mastering TAV-in-SAV: strategies, challenges and advanced techniques
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Want to master the ins and outs of TAV-in-SAV? Don’t miss these presentations!
You’ll get expert guidance on evaluating feasibility, choosing the right transcatheter valve and using advanced techniques (valve fracture, leaflet modification, coronary protection...). Plus, you'll dive into multiple real-world case presentations that tackle challenges, share...
Expanding indications for TAVI - moderate aortic stenosis and heart failure
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Should you intervene earlier in patients with moderate aortic stenosis and heart failure? This session breaks down the latest trials shaping clinical decisions.
You'll get the key takeaways from EARLY TAVR, EVOLVED, TAVR UNLOAD, PROGRESS and EXPAND TAVR II (what they reveal, what they don’t and how...
TAVI and coronary artery disease
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Delve into the complex interplay between TAVI and coronary artery disease in this comprehensive session. Explore the decision-making process for optimal sequencing of PCI and TAVI, and examine cases of acute myocardial infarction due to coronary embolism and delayed coronary obstruction following TAVI. Gain insights into...
How to optimise the patient outcomes - Key considerations for the small body population
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Explore the latest strategies for optimizing outcomes in Asian and international patients with small body size. Through case presentations, surgical experiences, and the latest data on device performance, gain valuable insights into treating aortic stenosis more effectively. Discover how these advancements can enhance patient care and...
TAVI in bicuspid anatomy
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Discover the key insights from this PCR Tokyo Valves 2025 session focused on TAVI in bicuspid anatomy. Learn why TAVI for bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) shows comparable long-term outcomes to tricuspid AS in registry data, and understand the importance of patient selection, precise valve sizing, and...
Mastering excellence: from valve selection to optimal outcomes with the Evolut TAVI system
07 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Watch this expert-led session on the latest Evolut TAVI advancements, device selection for small annulus cases, and strategies for complex anatomies. Learn about redo-TAVI feasibility and key 1-year data from the SMART trial.
Mastering techniques from basic to complex - Complex scenarios
07 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Delve into the complexities of TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) in this comprehensive session. Gain insights into the challenges of TAV-in-TAV procedures and the new terminologies associated with them. Discover strategies to mitigate the risk of conduction disturbances after TAVI, and learn how to prepare for...
Featured cases - TAVI nightmares (Part 3)
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Brace yourself for a deep dive into TAVI nightmares from PCR London Valves 2024. Uncover cases involving severe complications such as annular ruptures, transvalvular regurgitation, instrument failures, and post-dilation balloon ruptures. Witness how skilled clinicians navigated these high-stakes scenarios and implemented life-saving interventions. Gain invaluable insights...
Featured Cases - TAVI in SAVR (Part 2)
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Delve into this session featuring selected clinical cases from PCR London Valves 2024, focusing on the use of TAVI to address challenging scenarios in patients with prior surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Gain insights into managing severe aortic regurgitation in degenerated homografts, stopping torrential aortic regurgitation...
Parading progress in transcatheter valve interventions
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Curious about the future of transcatheter valve interventions? Watch this video to get an exclusive preview of groundbreaking (pre-CE mark) technologies shaping the future of valve repair!
You’ll discover the latest innovations in structural intervention devices, including next-gen technologies like the Mitral Butterfly, Vesalius, MonarQ and Luna...
Featured cases - Mitral valve-in-valve (Part 1)
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Immerse yourself in a collection of captivating clinical cases focused on mitral valve-in-valve procedures. Learn from experienced practitioners as they share their approaches to addressing complex challenges, such as paravalvular leaks, difficult anatomies, and innovative techniques.
Nightmares in TAVI: sharing solutions together
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Consult this session to learn more about bailout techniques for TAVI during uncommon complications, such as late coronary obstruction post-TAVI, a migrated self-expandable valve, or a C-tab induced iatrogenic thoracic aortic dissection after Evolut FX implantation.
Contemporary techniques for TAV-in-SAV interventions
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Thanks to this session, take a look at the current outcomes of TAV-in-SAV, analyse the different types of valves and their fracturability, find out more, through case studies, about two different TAV-in-SAV techniques, with or without a stent, and learn how to avoid patient prosthesis mismatch...
The optimal first valve choice for patients with aortic stenosis - Key considerations for lifetime management
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
This session tackles the pressing topic of TAVI's success in treating aortic stenosis, particularly in younger patients, and the ensuing questions regarding device durability, potential follow-up procedures, and the interplay between TAVI and surgical options. The aim is to ensure optimal decision-making that prioritizes patient welfare...
Rapid-fire - Vascular access in TAVI
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Discover a selection of rapid-fire TAVI vascular access cases: how to deliver a transcatheter heart valve in a calcified aorta, using the buddy wire technique in TAVR with severely tortuous aorta, and more!
Plan your moves: strategies for valves re-intervention
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
This special session sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences focuses on recognising key elements of valve design that impact ability to host future valves re-interventions, learning how to achieve repeatable implant experiences for the index valve and second valve, and identifying strategies to simplify transcatheter heart valve redo...
TAV-in-TAV interventions: a new frontier in TAVI
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Explore the distinctions between TAV-in-TAV and TAV-in-SAV, learn more about the challenges posed by heterogeneity and variability in TAV redo procedures, gain insights into the unified terminology of TAV designs, and uncover how step-by-step CT analysis facilitates comprehensive assessments and post Redo-TAV solutions, drawing from detailed...
How to optimise lifetime management of TAVI patients with long life expectancy?
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
In this special session sponsored by Abbott, gain insight into how valve design and features may influence clinical outcomes and future interventions. Learn about hemodynamic efficiency of TAVI valves, and understand the factors influencing durability and clinical performance over time.
Mastering techniques from basic to complex - Complex scenarios
16 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Learn how to deal with common complex scenarios that might occur during TAVI through this teaching session. Explore complex scenarios such as a balloon valve modification and fracture, valve embolisation, and coronary occlusion through these slides!
Coronary imaging in the structural cathlab
21 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
If you still have any doubts, take a look at the presentations in this PCR LV 2023 session to be convinced of the importance of imaging, particularly IVUS, pre-, during and post-TAVI! It helps to prevent coronary artery occlusions, manage post-TAVR complications and guide rotablation, to name...
Rapid-fire - Challenging TAVI procedures - Part 2
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
New techniques for commissural alignment
19 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Learn how to perfect your mastery of commissural alignment with the 3 cases presented in this session, which highlight new techniques: the use of coronary ostia overlap view, the octa align technique, and the RN cusp-overlap technique.
TAVI in patients with heavily calcified aortic root
19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
What role does TAVI play in patients' severely calcified roots? Study the use of balloon-expandable devices, assessing the impact of calcification on aortic root rupture, strategies for safe and effective procedures, and when to consider surgical AVR.
My worst nightmare in TAVI
Listen to our experts share their most nightmarish TAVI cases and follow the debate around their treatments. For instance, would you make the same choices when faced with a 76-year-old female patient diagnosed as severe AS, transferred for SAVR/TAVI, who got a new Abif and cardiogenic...
Factors to consider during lifetime planning for TAVI patients
19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
In this session, explore factors influencing lifetime prognosis and complication avoidance strategies in TAVI patients, focusing on pacemaker and paravalvular leak risk factors.
Selection of the 2023 best abstracts
19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Watch this session to discover the best cases and abstracts unveiled at PCR Tokyo Valves 2023, covering topics such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation impact, cerebral protection efficacy, and post-TAVI aortic regurgitation quantification.
Complication and bailout of TAVI
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
As TAVI is never risk-free, learn about bailout techniques to counter various complications. This session explores cases such as failure to release aortic stenosis after implantation of a self-expanding valve, retrieving a pigtail catheter straightener dropped into aorta and balloon rupture during TAVI.
The optimal first valve choice for all patients with aortic stenosis
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
How have advances in TAVI impacted the lifetime journey of patients with aortic stenosis? Join this panel of experts as they discuss the importance of optimizing the first procedure and the key issues regarding treatment options in patients with bioprosthetic valve deterioration of transcatheter heart valve.
Aortic stenosis and concomitant mitral valve disease
29 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Consult these presentations to better understand how concomitant mitral valve disease influences clinical and procedural outcomes, to differentiate between patients with mitral valve disease that require concomitant therapy and those where conservative treatment is more appropriate and to gain insights into potential interventional options for this disease.
Complex scenarios during mitral valve-in-valve, valve-in-ring or valve-in-MAC procedures - a case-based approach
29 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
Discover some complex scenarios during mitral valve-in-valve, valve-in-ring or valve-in-MAC procedures with these presentations, and learn more about the essential role of TOE and CT imaging in predicting procedural complexity, the pre-emptive techniques and strategies to avoid left ventricular outflow tract obstruction as well as the bailout emergency techniques when...
