Sascha Paetzold

Dear Colleagues, dear PCR Companions,

As we welcome a new year, it is the perfect time to reflect on what we achieved together over the past year—both as a celebration of our successes and as motivation to continue improving in the year ahead.

2024 was a record year...

This case demonstrates the strategy and toolbox for treating a patient with chronic kidney disease and heavily calcified multivessel disease.

This case illustrates the challenges of managing a previously bypassed patient in an acute setting with LM disease and high calcium burden involving LAD and Cx ostias, and occlusion of the venous graft towards the Cx. The tortuous anatomy is a further hurdle to management and choice...

How should this 74-year-old woman with HTN, DM, LVEF 45 %, inferior hypokinesia, and no valvular disorders be managed after presenting with a subacute inferior STEMI of less than 24 hours? Before uncovering the authors' approach, provide your analysis!

Watch these videos to discover a selection of the most complex and high-risk TAVI cases presented during EuroPCR 2022: augmented reality for procedural planning in complex clinical scenario, mechanical circulatory support during high-risk TAVI in the COVID-19 era, TTE and IVL-assisted zero-contrast transfemoral TAVR, and more!

Consult this session to learn more about patient factors indicating benefit from mechanical support during PCI, the different left ventricular support devices that may be used, and get insight on the specific challenges faced when managing cardiogenic shock in centres without access to mechanical support or 24/7 PCI.