
Rasha Al-Bawardy
Latest contributions
Renal denervation in 2024
19 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
Join us to explore advancements in renal denervation (RDN) technology and clinical applications. This session covers radiofrequency and ultrasound approaches, mechanisms, step-by-step procedures, patient selection, and program setup, offering insights into optimizing outcomes for hypertension patients.
Please note that this Case-in-a-Box does not reflect the recording standards...

The invasive assessment and management of the invisible component of the coronary circulation
19 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
Explore the invisible component of the coronary circulation in this insightful session. Gain a deep understanding of the principles of microvascular invasive assessment, learn how to interpret the data, and discover tailored management strategies for microvascular dysfunction. Through case presentations on vasospastic angina and microvascular dysfunction,...

Fostering patient care with calcium management solution
18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
This sponsored session by Abbott explores the value of intracoronary imaging in managing calcified lesions. Learn how to adopt appropriate procedural strategies, utilize orbital atherectomy for plaque modification, and optimize stent results through the insights gained from a live case presentation and debriefing. Discover how these...

Optimisation of immediate and long-term outcomes using a novel self-expanding valve
18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
Explore the features and benefits of the ACURATE neo2, a novel self-expanding valve, through clinical cases and recorded procedures. Gain insights into step-by-step implantation techniques, the latest evidence in TAVI, and outcomes from immediate to long-term, focusing on lifetime patient management.

TAVI in complex situation - LIVE case
18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
Discover a LIVE case followed by a recorded case exploring complex transcatheter aortic valve interventions:
- An 85-year-old woman with a history of RCA PCI, COPD, CKD stage 3, and LBBB on ECG presented with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and preserved LV function (67%). With an aortic...

TAVR in challenging anatomies
17 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session focuses on navigating TAVR procedures in complex anatomical scenarios. It covers topics such as optimizing the position of a TAVR valve in a stentless bioprosthesis, managing an unexpected deep position of a TAVR implant, dealing with a completely radiolucent failing surgical bioprosthetic valve, and...

Non left main bifurcation - LIVE case
17 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
A 53-year-old male presented with a late STEMI one month ago. Coronary angiography revealed three-vessel disease: CX occlusion (culprit lesion), RCA bifurcation stenosis, and severe mid LAD-D1 (1-1-1) stenosis. The operators performed RCA PCI during the STEMI hospitalization.
In this live case, they performed the LAD-D1 bifurcation...

Complex PCI in ACS patient with high bleeding risk: optimise the strategy
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Watch this session for insights into managing acute coronary syndrome patients with multivessel disease, updates on treatment approaches, comparing FULL RESVAC with previous trials like COMPLETE or FIRE, for example, and information on ongoing trials such as FRAMI-AMI 2 and 3. Explore the LIVE case presentation...

How should I treat my female patients?
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
This 100% all-female session, in every aspect, highlights the fact that female patients have a higher prevalence of SCAD and MINOCA, focuses on the advances in everyday technologies such as intracoronary imaging and intracoronary functional assessment that facilitate the establishment of a definitive diagnosis in many...

Lifetime management - Tailoring treatment options to secure future possibilities
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Discover key insights in this video session from GulfPCR-GIM 2023 focusing on post-TAVI considerations. Gain understanding into the importance of posterior left ventricular and conduction disorders after TAVI and their impact on long-term outcomes. Explore the latest evidence regarding lifetime management for aortic stenosis patients. Delve...

Complex PCI in high bleeding risk patients, the way forward!
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Consult this session for insights on customizing PCI strategies for high-bleeding-risk patients, and selecting Drug-Eluting Stents in complex PCI. Additionally, examine the outcomes of the Ultimaster DES in high-bleeding-risk trials, particularly in the context of short Dual Antiplatelet Therapy.

How artificial intelligence can help in optimising PCI for treatment of complex lesions
06 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Watch this session with LIVE case to learn how artificial intelligence with OCT can simplify procedural strategy, and reduce operation time and contrast.
A 54-year-old male who underwent PPCI to distal RCA in 2019, presented with angina class II-III and positive TMT - stage II. The...

Left main interventions in the context of cardiogenic shock
19 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Discover a series of captivating videos regarding left main interventions in the context of cardiogenic shock that delve into groundbreaking techniques and challenging cases. Our experts share their insights and experiences on various topics, such as: revascularization of the ostial left main CTO after early bypass...

Difficult CHIP cases, different approach with different presentation
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Consult this session to explore strategies for managing procedure-related coronary perforation, mastering complex PCI in unplanned scenarios, and optimizing left main bifurcation stenting techniques. Gain valuable insights into the role of imaging in left main PCI, enhancing your diagnostic and interventional skills.

Complex PCI in high bleeding risk patients: adjust your strategy!
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
With the guidance of a live case from the Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse - multivessel PCI in a patient at high bleeding risk- and the latest results from the MASTER DAPT randomized trial that enrolled patients treated exclusively with the Ultimater stent, the presenters invite us...

Gulf WIN - Opportunities and challenges
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Women have the floor in this special GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session: hear from members of the Gulf WIN (Women In Intervention) to better understand the status of women interventionists in the region, explore the challenges they face, and note the differences that exist with other women cardiologists...

Optimising immediate and long-term outcomes after TAVI
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
This session focuses on the use of the Acurate Neo2 valve in daily practice: watch it if you wish to learn how to determine clinical scenarios where the valve in question would be the best option, to find out more about lifetime management of AS patients...

Ultrasound supported thrombolysis: a live-saving procedure in massive saddle pulmonary embolism
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Watch this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session to learn how and why minimally invasive catheter directed thrombolytic therapy assisted by ultrasound can be effective and safe, even in massive pulmonary embolism with compromised RV function.

Imaging in TAVI with challenging anatomy
14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Through the 3 cases presented in this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session and the highly informative discussion among your peers, learn how to use TAVI with difficult anatomies such as bicuspid aortic valves by relying on imaging.

Optimising immediate and long-term outcomes after TAVI
29 Nov 2022 – From PCR London Valves 2022
This session addresses three important topics that impact post-procedural and long-term outcomes after performing TAVI: the impact of permanent pacemaker rates and paravalvular leak, the importance of neo-commissural alignment, and the role of cerebral embolic protection.

Complications: cases of wire entrapment, stent dislodgement, an entangled Impella device and more
16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Watch this session to learn how to face various complications, thanks to a selection of cases presented at GulfPCR-GIM 2021: a wire entrapment, a guide-wire fracture, a dissection and a loss of flow, a stent dislodgement, as well as an entangled Impella device.

Technical consideration for left main bifurcation in light of evidence
16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Watch this session to get proved that provisional side-branch stenting is recommended for the majority of bifurcation lesions, including the LM, that DK-Crush appears to be the best two-stent technique for important SB with complex stenoses, and that imaging and physiology can optimize stenting strategy decision...

Complications during PCI, guidewire entrapment and and unexpected Impella complication
16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Watch this series of clinical cases- would you have made the same treatment choices to manage these complications?
- Unusual complication during an angiogram
- When wires give you troube
- Routine PCI complications: a CTO technique to the rescue
- Entrapment and fracture of coronary guidewire
- An unexpected Impella...

Left main intervention in 2021
16 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
In this session whose aim is to highlight imaging value, watch the case of a 64-year-old man with diabetes, hypertension and severe interstitial lung disease who presented with new onset of shortness of breath and functional class NYHA II-III for 3 days...

Lifetime management of TAVI patient
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
In this session, start viewing the case of a 67-year-old female patient with hypertension and severe symptomatic aortic stenosis used to illustrate TAVI in very small aortic annulus, and, then, follow the discussion about smallest annulus treated with TAVI and lifetime management of TAVI patient.

Challenging cases
15 Feb 2020 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2020
Consult this session to discover challenging TAVI cases and high-risk procedures, regarding pulmonic valve stenosis and PPM, calcific aortic stenosis, degenerative aortic stenosis, and more. Watch it now to discover the chosen treatment!

Prevention and management of periprocedural TAVI complications
23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover challenging clinical cases involving periprocedural TAVI complications frequently encountered in clinical practice, and to learn more about how to plan an optimal TAVI strategy in high-risk patients.

Complex anatomy and complications during LAA closure
22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session on to learn more about how to manage complex anatomy and complications during LAA closure, and discover compelling cases such as the retrieval of LAA-occluder from left ventricular outflow tract, the double device LAA closure, and more!
