
Sondos Samargandy
Latest contributions
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,...

Complications and challenging cases #1 in interventional cardiology
18 Dec 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2024
This session delves into a range of complex and challenging cases in interventional cardiology. Explore a coronary balloon fracture compromising the vascularization of the forearm after a radial approach PCI, as well as strategies for surviving the storm during challenging procedures. Discover an emergency transcutaneous balloon...

Heterotopic tricuspid valves: to who, when and how?
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Watch this session to gain comprehensive insights into the use, safety, and efficacy of heterotopic tricuspid valves. Learn to identify ideal candidates with severe tricuspid regurgitation, understand key procedural factors for successful implantation, and receive tips on valve systems and anatomy. The session also includes...

TAVI Hotline: new devices, new approaches
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

TAVI and access: alternating is wise
16 Jan 2024 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Given that 10-20% of patients have restricted or even impossible femoral access, it is important, for both procedural and patient safety, that alternative access is sometimes considered. Learn what options are available, whether surgical or transcatheter, depending on the patient, and how to put these choices into...

Latest developments in interventional valve therapies
06 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
In this GulfPCR-GIM 2023 session, learn more about RESILIA, the calcium-blocking tissue found in Edwards' newest innovative system: the Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia. Then, move on from TAVI to the first mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) performed in the Middle East using the PASCAL Precision System.

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...

Complication cases - Best case submissions
06 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Benefit from a selection of 6 clinical cases whose complications are particularly interesting to discuss, including pericardial effusion following circumflex artery intervention, or Rota burr incarceration, to perfect your knowledge and gain tips and tricks to manage them better when you, in turn, come up against...

Essentials of lifetime management of TAVR patients using novel Myval THV
05 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Join this GulfPCR-GIM 2023 session to explore the Myval next-generation THV technology, uncovering its unique features, procedural advantages, and clinical benefits, from extensive patient data. Learn also about the CorAlign technique that ensures precise commissural and coronary alignment while preserving coronary access, and gain insights into...

Knocking mitral regurgitation down to improve outcomes: earlier is better, but better late than never! (Episode 2: the left side)
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Help optimize your patients' prognosis by attending this session! You'll learn how proper patient selection and timely interventions lead to lasting results and how to use the latest real-world registry data to gain insight into the safety and effectiveness of M TEER.

Valvular heart disease: novel transcatheter approaches
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Explore this thrilling session on transcatheter approaches for valvular heart disease, featuring the latest advancements, emerging techniques, and revolutionary research. Join your peer as they present novel strategies and devices aimed at improving valvular disease management.

Heterotopic valve replacement for patients with right heart failure and tricuspid regurgitation - All you need to know!
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Discover the comprehensive guide to heterotopic valve replacement for patients experiencing right heart failure and tricuspid regurgitation. Join this session to gain insights into patient selection criteria, delve into the concept behind this innovative procedure, and grasp the fundamental aspects of its execution.

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...

Tricuspid regurgitation: a new prospect in the management of patients with TR
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Thanks to this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session, get to understand how the TricValve can help in the management of patients with functional TR, know more about the TricValve Bicaval Valves system, and gain insight into the early adoption experience in the Middle East.

Severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
This GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session aims to illustrate the role of mitral TEER in patients with significant MR and cardiogenic shock, to demonstrate the importance of early detection, but also to show that earlier referral and treatment of patients with significant TR is essential to prevent patients...

Mitral and other valvular and structural interventions
15 Dec 2022 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2022
Take advantage of this GulfPCR-GIM 2022 session to observe inadvertent pulmonary artery puncture during balloon valvuloplasty in a pregnant patient with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis, device sizing in transcatheter closure of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, and more!

Align to a line: improve clinical outcome of current and future patients with the Evolut platform
22 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Thanks to this session, aimed at revealing the exceptional performance of Evolut PRO+, learn key considerations for patients with longer life expectancy and explore the pathway to a single-digit pacemaker post-TAVI.

Pushing boundaries in tricuspid therapy - The TricValve solution
22 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
In this session, learn about the TricValve system in the treatment of severe TR and right heart disease, obtain insight from the experts with case scenarios, and understand how the TricValve Transcatheter Bicavel system can help patients with severe TR.

Complete revascularisation: from defining PCI strategy to PCI optimisation
22 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
In this session on percutaneous coronary intervention, learn about available physiology tools for a full coronary assessment, understand how OCT impacts decision-making to strategise and optimise PCI, and learn through case examples how the use of physiology and OCT impacts daily practice.

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...

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.

Contemporary TAVI in 2021 - Session with LIVE case
15 Dec 2021 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2021
Watch the LIVE case of a 76-year-old female patient with DM and HTN, who had MPI 2 years ago and who presented with severe aortic stenosis, and discuss device selection based on coronary anatomy, cerebral protection device use, and peripheral vascular access management.

Shaping the future of transcatheter valve interventions
19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this sesson to discover the future perspectives and innovations on transcatheter valve interventions, and learn of a new therapy in high surgical risk patients with the Tendyne clinical programme, which eliminates mitral regurgitation.
