Massimo Leoncini
Latest contributions
Challenges and complications in coronary interventions
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discuss real-world challenges and complications in coronary interventions including heavily calcified LAD PCI, cardiac crisis management, and rare intramural hematoma cases. The session emphasizes the importance of IVUS guidance and operator expertise in complex scenarios.
Best companion's case on intravascular lithotripsy
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Join this session focusing on intravascular lithotripsy in challenging cases, emphasizing device and drug synergy, IVUS guidance, and strategies to avoid exacerbating complications. Clinical cases demonstrate management of tough calcified lesions with novel approaches.
Atherectomy for CTO-PCI
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore atherectomy applications in CTO-PCI with cases demonstrating reverse cart technique, orbital atherectomy in heavily calcified occlusions, and management of atherectomy-induced coronary dissection. Gain practical insights into navigating complex CTO lesions with atherectomy support.
Retrograde removal of the broken sheath
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session addresses complex complications during vascular access with a focus on retrograde removal of broken sheaths. Learn to recognize critical signs, manage rare but severe complications including broken guidewires in the radial artery, and explore innovative off-label solutions for challenging scenarios.
Large thrombus burden: contemporary solutions
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session presents contemporary strategies for managing large thrombus burden in STEMI patients. Learn from expert cases demonstrating multiple effective approaches including modified manual thrombus aspiration guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and streamlined primary PCI techniques, essential for optimizing outcomes in complex thrombotic scenarios.
Catheter-based treatment of pulmonary embolism
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore catheter-based interventions for pulmonary embolism, addressing high-risk and massive thrombus cases, management of severe complications, and clinical scenarios involving multiple concurrent challenges to optimize patient care and procedural success.
Endovascular thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session comprises selected EuroPCR 2024 Clinical Case submissions focused on endovascular thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism. It includes cases of pulmonary embolism resistant to systemic thrombolytic therapy, simultaneous acute pulmonary embolism and abdominal aortic aneurysm, paradoxical thrombus in transit with concomitant pulmonary embolism, and the successful...
Treatment of calcified lesions
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Discover innovative approaches in the treatment of calcified lesions in this session: witness the success of protected CHIP PCI in a patient with chronic kidney disease, explore the challenges posed by acute calcific stent recoil and the utilization of intravascular lithotripsy as an effective solution, uncover...
PCI with BRS
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Looking to enhance your expertise in percutaneous coronary intervention using a bioresorbable scaffold? Join your collegues for a series of case presentations where you can observe different strategies in complicated situations.
Interventional options
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Enhance your understanding of pulmonary embolism management: Delve into a comprehensive selection of clinical cases and abstracts that provide in-depth analysis and commentary on interventional approaches, enabling you to grasp the intricacies of managing complications effectively.
STEMI and unusual thrombus
16 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
If you'd like to deepen your understanding of complications in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, join the speakers as they present a series of cases focusing on atypical thrombus formation.
Complications: chronic total occlusions
12 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021
Watch this session to get proved that IVUS is extremely helpful in finding potential threats, and that fast recognition of coronary perforation is crucial, to learn more about the Ping-Pong technique, and to discover how to use subcutaneous fat to embolise perforation.
Coronary lithotripsy for stent underexpansion
22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn more about coronary lithotripsy for stent underexpansion, and discover a selection of compelling cases: late stent thrombosis caused by severe stent underexpansion, delivering a stent through double layer of underexpanded stents implanted in heavily calcified plaque, and more!
Tips and tricks for complex CTO interventions
21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn tips and tricks for complex CTO interventions, and discover innovative techniques such as hybrid (antegrade and retrograde) approach to CTO, a native right coronary artery CTO revascularisation using an occluded right coronary artery graft as conduit, and more!
How to deal with thrombus during PCI for STEMI - Part 1
21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover various ways to manage thrombus during PCI for STEMI, thanks to a variety of compelling cases: heavily thrombotic and occluded ectatic 10mm vessel in ACS, anterior STEMI secondary to in situ thrombus formation due to congenital immune deficiency syndrome, and more!
