Nieves Gonzalo
Educational and Course organisation responsibilities
- EuroPCR Course Director
- Faculty & facilitator for various PCR Courses, Seminars & Webinars
- Deputy Editor EuroIntervention Journal
- Member of the VITAL® Training Program
- First author and co-author in several chapters of the PCR-EAPCI Textbook of percutaneous interventional cardiovascular medicine
- Co-chair of the EAPCI EAPCI Scientific Documents and Initiatives Committee
Main fields of interest Coronary Interventions, Intracoronary Imaging and physiology, complex PCI.
Publications of several papers in major journals on these topics.
Clinical career
| Year | Function + center |
|---|---|
| Currently | Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Interventional Cardiology Department - Clinico San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid |
| Research fellowship at Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) under the supervision of Patrick Serruys |
Declaration of interest
| Function | Company |
|---|---|
| Speaker and consultancy | Abbott, Boston Scientific, Philips, Shockwave and Abiomed |
Latest contributions
Coronary Interventions: EuroPCR 2025 highlights
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
At EuroPCR 2025, Rasha Al-Lamee, Nieves Gonzalo, and Thomas Cuisset highlighted key advances in coronary interventions, with a strong emphasis on managing complex cases—particularly calcified lesions.
Throughout the Course, LIVE cases and expert hotlines showcased dedicated devices and evolving strategies designed specifically for these challenging lesions. Advanced...
EuroPCR 2025 Closing Ceremony
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Conclude your conference experience with the EuroPCR 2025 Closing Ceremony, celebrating the achievements, innovations, and advancements presented throughout the event, and setting the stage for future developments in interventional cardiology.
PCR's Got Talent Award, best abstract & best case Awards
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Celebrate the outstanding achievements recognized at PCR's Got Talent Award, highlighting the best abstracts and cases from the conference, showcasing innovation and excellence in interventional cardiology.
A mindset shift in the cathlab: leveraging contemporary technologies for planning and guiding PCI in complex patients
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session examines evolving catheterisation lab workflows, highlighting how integrated imaging, physiology, and procedural strategies are reshaping PCI practices. Speakers emphasize the importance of advanced pre-procedural planning using modalities such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to optimise stent deployment, and cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to improve diagnosis...
PCI for complex calcific coronary artery disease - LIVE Case
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
An 87-year-old female patient, at high bleeding risk and with preserved LV function, presented 2 months ago with an inferior STEMI and multivessel disease. She initially underwent RCA PCI followed by staged LCx PCI. She was now referred for PCI of a long, heavily calcified lesion...
Complex PCI for stent failure: LIVE Educational Case from Hospital Clínico San Carlos - Madrid, Spain
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This live educational case from Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, offers an in-depth look at complex PCI for stent failure. Learn how intracoronary imaging identifies failure mechanisms, guides treatment of recurrent restenosis, and explores drug-coated balloon options to optimize patient outcomes.
Complex multivessel disease - LIVE Case
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
An 89-year-old male patient presented with stable angina, preserved LV function and some risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes. CT scan and angiography revealed occlusion of proximal RCA and bifurcation lesions on LAD and circumflex (medina 1,1,1). Operators treated the bifurcation lesions with provisional stenting.
Regarding...
EuroPCR 2025: Cutting through the complexity
20 May 2025
Complexity is the fil rouge of this year’s course but what does it mean to the Course Directors? And how can EuroPCR help participants cut through the complexity?
Welcome to EuroPCR 2025
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Welcome to EuroPCR 2025, the premier event for interventional cardiology innovation and education, where leaders and professionals gather to shape the future of cardiovascular care.
EuroPCR 2025 – The place to share solutions
07 May 2025
The annual World-Leading Course in interventional cardiovascular medicine is the official meeting of the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). Thousands of participants will once again be gathering to share their knowledge, skills and experience on 20-23 May 2025, at the Palais des Congrès in...
EuroPCR 2024 Closing Ceremony
17 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session is the closing ceremony for EuroPCR 2024. It includes the presentation of the PCR's Got Talent competition, a discussion on the new developments in PCI such as angiography-based computational physiology, AI, and vulnerable plaque intervention, as well as highlights from the congress. The ceremony...
Optimising treatment for patients with severe calcified lesions: the role of orbital atherectomy
In this session featuring a LIVE case demonstration from Madrid, Spain, gain insights into identifying calcified lesions requiring plaque modification, effectively guiding lesion treatment with OCT support, and correctly applying orbital atherectomy, while sharing experiential knowledge step by step.
Imaging-guided PCI for stent failure - LIVE case
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
An 86-year-old male with PAD, a stroke in 2007, and a history of LAD PCI in 2006, presented with unstable angina due to LAD stent restenosis involving D1 and D2, with preserved LV function.
Guided by OCT, the operators performed stenosis preparation using IVL, treated the distal...
Multivessel disease PCI guided by physiology and IVUS - LIVE case
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
A 78-year-old woman with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity, presented with angina CCS2 and preserved LV function. The coronary angiogram showed stenosis in the RCA (proximal and mid), CX, and calcified proximal and mid LAD involving D1 and D2.
The operators performed PCI on the RCA (1 stent)...
A new horizon in IVUS-guided PCI of calcified stenoses with artificial intelligence
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
In this session, observe the enhanced user-friendliness of IVUS-guided complex PCI with improved AI algorithms, recognize the importance of combining experience with advanced knowledge of tools and techniques for optimal PCI outcomes in heavily calcified stenoses, and understand how tailoring drug-eluting devices for calcified lesions can...
Major Late-Breaking Trials from EuroPCR 2024
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session presents the latest results from major late-breaking trials presented at EuroPCR 2024. It covers a one-month DAPT followed by 5-month ticagrelor monotherapy in acute coronary syndromes with DCB, the first TAVI vs. SAVR randomised trial in younger low-risk patients with severe tricuspid or bicuspid...
These EuroIntervention papers changed my practice!
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Ultra-low contrast techniques to improve the safety and quality of PCI in complex and high-risk patients
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Tune in to this session to discover how reducing reliance on contrast opacification enhances procedural safety and enables more thorough revascularization in complex PCI scenarios. Learn that ultra-low contrast (ULC) PCI encompasses various interventional skills and specialized tools, many already familiar to interventional cardiologists. Embrace a...
Welcome to EuroPCR 2024
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session marks the start of the EuroPCR 2024 congress. It sets the stage for the educational and scientific program that will unfold over the next few days, highlighting the key topics, innovations, and learning opportunities that attendees can look forward to.
EuroPCR 2024 – Built by and for its participants, more than ever before
29 Mar 2024
Over 11,000 participants from around the globe are once again expected at EuroPCR – a Course tailored for interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists, radiologists, nurses, allied professionals and other practitioners, as well as researchers, innovators and industry representatives. They will be sharing their knowledge, skills and experience on...
Celebrating the 2023 International Day of Interventional Cardiology
15 Sep 2023
We are proud to celebrate the International Day for Interventional Cardiology, established by a resolution of the United Nations in September 2022 to raise public awareness of cardiovascular diseases and procedures, related complications as well as prevention and care. The resolution notes that interventional cardio-angiology improves health,...
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Distal left main bifurcation restenosis: how should I treat?
30 May 2023
Watch the replay of the 4th webinar of this series on bifurcation with G. Stankovic, N. Gonzalo and A. Banning. You will learn to understand the mechanisms of in-stent restenosis following left main PCI and much more.
EuroPCR 2023 Highlights: Coronary Interventions
20 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Nieves Gonzalo and Thomas Cuisset join Dejan Milasinovic in the PCR recording studio to share their takeaways from this rich edition of EuroPCR: intracoronary physiology guidance, post-PCI physiology, the increasing use of imaging to improve the clinical outcome of patients, new technologies such as drug-coated balloons,...
Contemporary calcium modification strategies for complex calcification, which tools and when?
20 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Nieves Gonzalo and Jeroen Sonck reflect on the management of calcific disease, one of the hot and trending topics at EuroPCR 2023. They discuss how to prepare before treating, the modalities to evaluate the calcium and how to anticipate the need for more dedicated devices.
3DStent: a new era in stent enhancement
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Thanks to this session, get an overview of the concept of stent under-expansion, learn more about current tools to evaluate stent expansion, and follow the 3D stent symposium based on the presentation of different clinical cases.
Diagnosis and procedural strategies for severely calcified lesions
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Dealing with severely calcified lesions? Explore the insights from two cases showcased in this session, and leverage Flavio Ribichini's algorithm for angiographic calcified lesions, as well as Yoshinobu Onuma's algorithm for calcified lesions with adjunctive imaging modalities, to enhance your management strategies!
These papers changed my practice!
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Consult this session if you want to reflect on practical teachings from key papers of leading journals in 2022, to watch real cases translating science into practice, and to meet the editors of EuroIntervention and JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
Intravascular lithotripsy in the real world: the revolution continues
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
In this session, review the evolution in the use of IVL over the last few years, with a widening of the indications, observe that OCT can underestimate the number and depth of calcium fractured induced by IVL, or see that the technique is safe and effective...
Third generation OCT (HF-OCT): no more limits to the routine clinical use of intravascular imaging
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Imaging is critical to strategy management. If you want to get a sense of the contributions of HF-OCT in clinical routine, listen to the speakers talk about their real-world experience and learn from their case presentations.
SOLACI research - Developing original research across Latin America
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
In these slides, get an insight into real-world bifurcation lesion management in Latin America, diverse STEMI reperfusion access in this region, and limitations to widespread TAVI adoption, along with the Latin America TAVI guidelines.
