Samir Alam
Latest contributions
Navigating complexity in high-risk patients with multivessel disease undergoing PCI
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This educational session focuses on navigating the complexities of PCI in high-risk patients with multivessel disease. Learn the roles of imaging and physiology, low-contrast PCI techniques, and optimal strategies for patients with concomitant aortic stenosis, illustrated through detailed case discussions.
Acute complications during distal left main PCI - Part 1
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Navigate the challenges of acute complications during distal left main PCI with expert guidance. This session discusses troubleshooting techniques for stuck IVUS catheters, stepwise ostial LAD stenting, OCT applications when crush and kiss techniques fail, management of lost stents in heavily calcified bifurcations, and responses to...
Clinical outcomes of left main PCI
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session reviews clinical outcomes of left main PCI in various contexts including ACS, complex lesion risk stratification with BCIS-CHIP score, and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. It also compares double-stent techniques and examines five-year results to guide clinical decision-making.
Undilatable calcified lesion - LIVE case
19 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
A 52-year-old male presenting with angina (CCS II) and normal LV function. Angiography revealed a long, severely calcified lesion in the proximal and mid-LAD, which was undilatable during a previous PCI.
The lesion was prepared using Rotablator (1.5 Burr), cutting balloon, Shockwave, and NC balloon, guided by...
Best abstracts session #1
18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
Join us for this dynamic 'Best Abstracts' session, where we delve into the latest research and insights from the world of interventional cardiology. Explore a diverse range of topics, from the use of E/e ratio as a marker for predicting periprocedural myocardial infarction in diabetic patients,...
Management of PCI complications - Part 2
17 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session focuses on the management of various PCI complications, including iatrogenic dissection after diagnostic coronary angiography, sinus node artery occlusion, a stuck 6F guide in the axillary artery, and the retrieval of a broken balloon. The session features a series of case presentations and discussions,...
Randomised trials: substudies and extended follow-up - A quick update
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session provides a quick update on various randomised trials, including substudies and extended follow-up data. It covers insights on bifurcation stenting, the symptom-stratified analysis of ORBITA-2, the impact of completeness of revascularisation on clinical outcomes from REVIVED-BCIS2, cost-effectiveness of CABG vs. PCI from FAME 3,...
Five most impactful trials in 2023
02 Jan 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Find out how, based on an initial clinical situation, the scientific evidence gathered between January and December on the key subjects selected for 2023, focusing on coronary issues, might have had an impact on daily practice, or is encouraging changes in practice, from MVD in ACS...
Abstracts session 1
06 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Broaden your knowledge with this selection of abstracts submitted to GulfPCR-GIM 2023, covering topics such as aortic procedures, LV function recovery after CTO recanalization, and the state of PCI in the region of Kurdistan in Iraq.
Multivessel disease PCI: role of imaging and functional assessment - Session with LIVE case
14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
In this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 LIVE session, watch the case of this 49-year-old smoker, dyslipidemic male patient, who presented one month ago with acute inferior STEMI complicated by electrical instability, and whose angio showed significant LAD stenosis, and moderate to severe LCx stenosis, and discuss the role of imaging...
Trial review 2022: my five most impactful clinical trials
14 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
In this session of GulfPCR-GIM 2022, Andreas Baumbach has the honour of presenting the 5 clinical trials that he considers to be the most important of the year 2022. His choice is between trials that could change our practice, those that confirm it, certain guidelines, or...
Late stent failure: a harsh reality
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Let's consider the modes of late stent failure in this session that will also enable you to understand the role of intravascular imaging in guiding evaluation of stent failure, and to enhance your skillset in treating late stent failure.
Challenging Cases in Interventional Cardiology
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Watch this session to discover some of the most challenging cases presented at GulfPCR-GIM 2021: a complex coronary cameral fistula, an underexpanded undilatable stent, a rotational atherectomy of left main stem with DK crush stenting using double guiding catheter technique, a cathlab nightmare with stent dislodgement, a dissection of left...
Challenging Cases
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
This session comprises a series of cases presenting complications to be discussed: if you were faced with them, what would be your strategy? Watch it and compare your methods with the ones of your peers!
How to optimise PCI in a patient with multivessel disease? LIVE Case
19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Watch this case of an 81-year-old female with no prior history of CAD who presented with unstable angina. The patient had recent acute coronary syndrome and baseline angiography shows multivessel disease.
The objectives of this case are:
- Assess your patient as a whole package!
- Lesion preparation is key for...
PCI optimisation: OCT and physiology in a complex multivessel disease case
18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
The patient is a 57-year-old male with high-risk factors and previous history of revascularisation. He presents with ischemic chest pain with NSTE-ACS. The baseline angiography shows multivessel disease and calcified LAD/D1 bifurcation (1,1,0).
The key objectives of this case are:
- Utility of FFR in physiological assessment of a...
Interactive Case Corner 1 - Thrombosed AVG, bifurcation lesions & diffuse CAD
18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this session to discover a selection of challenging clinical cases, such as myocardial revascularisation in diffuse CAD, PCI of bifurcation lesion with DK crush technique, angioplasty of totally thrombosed arteriovenous graft, and more!
