Thomas Hovasse
Latest contributions
Left main and complex bifurcation stenting
21 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This focused session explores optimal strategies for treating left main and complex bifurcation coronary lesions, a setting that remains both anatomically and technically demanding.
It highlights the role of intracoronary imaging in refining procedural planning and optimising stenting strategy and technique. The discussion also reviews the mechanical...
CTO ADVANCED Level I: LIVE Educational Cases from Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, France & University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
21 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This advanced level I CTO session features live educational cases from Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud and University Hospital Basel, focusing on structured procedure analysis, imaging-based planning, and integrated CTO techniques. Detailed case presentations and live procedural demonstrations underscore strategies for success in complex CTO interventions.
How to safely perform a retrograde CTO PCI: step-by-step guidance
20 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session offers step-by-step guidance on safely performing retrograde chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It covers the fundamentals of retrograde setup and collateral crossing, execution of a controlled reverse CART technique, and addresses common pitfalls with practical tips to improve procedural success and...
From data to decisions: calm and structured approaches to high pressure PCI
19 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
Addressing high-pressure scenarios in the cath lab, this session explores calm and structured decision-making approaches for unusual and challenging PCI cases. It emphasizes optimizing management of life-threatening complications through real-time strategies and illustrative case discussions.
CTO track: EuroPCR 2026 highlights
20 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
Thomas Hovasse speaks with Kambis Mashayekhi about the first dedicated CTO track introduced at EuroPCR 2026.
With chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions increasingly performed, the need for structured education is growing. This trend reflects an ageing patient population, more surgical turndowns, and a rising number of post-CABG cases, leading...
Featured research - TAVI - Part 13
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session delves into key clinical and procedural advances in TAVI, including the randomized PAF-TAVI trial assessing amiodarone for preventing post-TAVI atrial fibrillation, cost comparisons of balloon-expandable tissue preservation valves versus other devices, leaflet modification methods to reduce coronary obstruction risk, optimization techniques for valve-in-valve TAVI...
Best clinical cases & Early Career Research Award
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Explore a series of innovative clinical cases highlighting the integration of advanced expertise and AI in managing complex structural heart interventions. This session includes compelling cases such as the use of ANCHOR BASILICA to prevent coronary obstruction, the Lithotripsy-BATMAN technique for mitral valve interventions in calcified...
Hotline - Valvular and structural interventions
16 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session presents pivotal advances in valvular and structural heart interventions, covering the SMART-MV trial on mitral valvotomy safety, outcomes of TAVR patients with tricuspid regurgitation undergoing TEER, and the application of the FLOWer embolic protection system across structural heart procedures. Additionally, it explores the impact...
TAVI for bioprosthetic valve failure - LIVE Case
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
A 68-year-old male patient with a history of Sapien 3 26 mm TAVI (2021), complicated by the need for two valves (one displaced in the descending aorta) and permanent pacemaker implantation, as well as endocarditis (2022), presented with symptomatic bioprosthesis failure and reduced LV function (20...
Hostile access for TAVI procedure
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session addresses the challenges of hostile vascular access in TAVI procedures. Learn to identify difficult access sites through pre-operative imaging, explore alternative approaches such as axillary access, techniques to overcome iliac access difficulties, and management of peri- and post-operative complications by vascular surgeons.
Strategies in treating double CTO scenarios
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Navigate complex double chronic total occlusion (CTO) scenarios with this session that emphasizes thorough lesion qualification and innovative techniques. Learn strategies including management of ambiguous proximal caps, sequential vessel revascularization, and advanced tools like snaring and deflection to optimize procedural success.
Integrative step-by-step approach to perform successful CTO interventions: from angiographic evaluation to strategy selection
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Master the integrative step-by-step approach to successful chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions. This session emphasizes systematic angiographic evaluation and strategy selection ranging from simple to complex techniques, supplemented by blinded case discussions for practical learning.
How to successfully approach CTO interventions: a step-by-step approach
22 Oct 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Elliot Smith, Thomas Hovasse and Roberto Garbo discuss a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to CTO interventions, providing structured guidance on navigating CTOs in a safe and effective way.
The discussion begins with angiographic assessment, emphasising the importance of identifying key anatomical features upfront. Based on this evaluation, operators determine...
Featured cases - Non-transfemoral TAVI access
26 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Delve into this session showcasing a range of non-transfemoral TAVI access techniques from PCR London Valves 2024. Discover alternative approaches such as transiliac, transsubclavian, and transcaval access, employed to overcome complex anatomical challenges. Learn how to navigate tortuous vasculature, snare-assisted TAVR, and transform access when traditional...
Non-transfemoral TAVI - The toolkit
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
When should you consider alternative access for TAVI instead of the transfemoral route? This video dives right into the different non-transfemoral approaches, from transsubclavian to transcaval, and explains when each technique is most appropriate.
Learn how vascular modification can expand access options for more patients and discover...
Coronary issues before, during and after TAVI
16 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session presents a series of challenging clinical cases highlighting the complex interplay between coronary artery disease and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Attendees will witness real-world scenarios, including high-risk PCI with concomitant severe aortic stenosis, the management of degenerated aortic bioprostheses with the risk of...
Left main and complex bifurcation stenting
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Watch this session focused on a patient with distal left main stenosis to understand that the stepwise provisional side branch (SB) stenting strategy is the standard approach for most left main trifurcation lesions. Discover the importance of optical frequency domain imaging for strategy determination and bifurcation...
Calcified distal left main stenosis - LIVE case
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Watch the case of a 62-year-old non-diabetic male patient with history of stroke and peripheral artery disease, normal ECG and left ventricular function, referred for CT scan and angiography. He presented with calcified distal LM stenosis and calcified proximal LAD stenosis.
Provisional left main stenting was performed,...
Transcatheter bicuspid valve replacement: LIVE Case from Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy - France
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Discover tips for TAVI and analyse CT findings to optimise procedural outcomes in bicuspid anatomy.
Hostile vascular access for large catheters
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
This case-based session will help you learn how to better manage ilio-vascular complications, either by radial or femoral access, and learn more about how to use your peripheral toolbox.
TAVI in a patient with bicuspid anatomy
19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
How to perform TAVI in a patient with bicuspid anatomy? Watch this case LIVE from Massy, France, to try to get answers to key issues: sizing, implantation technique, valve choice, and lifetime management.
Transradial approach, from complex PCI to peripheral intervention
19 May 2022 – From EUROPCR 2022
Watch this session if you want to demonstrate how to optimise challenging coronary and peripheral cases using dedicated devices in transradial approach, to appreciate the value of transradial approach for complex PCI and carotid artery stenting and to acknowledge Ultimaster DES results in high bleeding risk patient...
How to manage coronary artery complications after TAVI
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch these videos to learn more about the management of coronary artery complications after TAVI, such as: annular rupture, coronary occlusion, hemodynamic instability, STEMI and more!
Complex bifurcation PCI: what to avoid?
18 May 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021
Watch this session presented by Goran Stankovic, Bernard Chevalier, Antoinette Neylon, Thierry Lefèvre and Thomas Hovasse in order to understand the best treatment options for patients presenting with complex bifurcation lesion, to learn how to optimise both strategy and technique, and to share a benchtop simulation of...
TAVI in a bicuspid aortic valve
24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
