Wei-Hsian Yin
Latest contributions
All you need to know about redo TAVI
15 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
This comprehensive session on redo Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) covers critical aspects beyond coronary obstruction risk, including detailed pre-procedural analysis, valve sizing, and innovative procedural techniques such as leaflet modification and optimal angle placement. Post-procedural considerations like antithrombotic therapy and patient-prosthesis mismatch are also thoroughly...
Transcatheter electrosurgery and leaflet modification of the aortic valve
15 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
This session offers an expert overview of transcatheter electrosurgery and leaflet modification techniques for aortic valve interventions, focusing on TAV-in-SAV scenarios. It reviews patient selection, procedural setup, and material preparation, with detailed step-by-step guidance on BASILICA and UNICORN techniques, supported by recorded cases and troubleshooting strategies...
Mitral and aortic transcatheter valve-in-valve intervention - LIVE case
14 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
Live case
An 83-year-old male with AF, CKD (stage 3A), preserved LV function, and a history of AVR (27 mm Magna Ease) and MVR (33 mm Magna) in 2014 presented with symptomatic stenosis of the mitral bioprosthesis. A Sapien 3 valve was implanted in the Magna mitral...
Mastering techniques from basic to complex - Avoidance and management of TAVI complications
13 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
Address the challenges posed by complex TAVI complications through expert discussion on prevention, management, and bailout techniques. This session covers critical complications such as annulus rupture, stroke, conduction disturbances, and vascular events.
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...
Cardiogenic shock: transcatheter solutions
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session focuses on transcatheter solutions for cardiogenic shock, highlighting rescue therapies such as mitral clip intervention in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, valve-in-valve TAVI during CPR, and sequential mechanical circulatory support. It presents complex clinical cases illustrating stepwise approaches combining mechanical support and percutaneous valve repair to...
TAVI in challenging annular anatomy
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the complexities of performing TAVI in challenging annular anatomies. It features case studies such as TAVI-in-TAVI in a patient with Morquio syndrome, strategies for managing severe annular calcification including calcium cracking techniques, and the use of large-diameter Myval valves for very large annuli...
TAVI valve-in-valve - Challenging clinical scenarios
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session focuses on the complexities of valve-in-valve TAVI procedures, highlighting challenging clinical scenarios such as managing severely regurgitant rapid deployment valves and degenerated stentless bioprostheses. It provides detailed insights into overcoming procedural barriers and strategies for complex valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) interventions.
TAVI: high coronary risk - Part 2
16 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session presents advanced strategies to mitigate high coronary risk during valve-in-valve TAVR procedures, including the LLAMACORN technique and chimney stenting to prevent coronary obstruction. It discusses management of misaligned prostheses, complex aortic and coronary anatomies, and innovative approaches such as stent crush techniques to ensure...
Valve-in-valve TAVI
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore valve-in-valve TAVI strategies for patients with degenerated surgical valves, focusing on small aortic annuli. This session covers the impact of valve design and implant techniques, valve fracturing methods, procedural outcomes of repeat TAVI, and mid-to-long-term results from the ACCURATE NEO 2 study.
Transcatheter management of failed THV - LIVE case
Recommended by PCR
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
An 84-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, frailty (5/6), preserved LV function, and aortic stenosis previously treated with CoreValve 26 mm in 2016, presented with symptomatic degenerative stenosis of the valve.
A Sapien 3 (23 mm) was implanted without predilatation but with post-dilatation under general anaesthesia, using cerebral...
Valve in valve in small degenerative surgical bioprosthesis - LIVE case
09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
A 74-year-old female with a permanent pacemaker and preserved LV function presented with a symptomatic degenerative surgical valve (SJ Epic 21) implanted in 2016.
Patient underwent implantation of an Evolut FX 26 mm under general anesthesia with cerebral embolic protection and TEE guidance. A surgical valve fracture...
TAVI in bicuspid anatomy
08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
Discover the key insights from this PCR Tokyo Valves 2025 session focused on TAVI in bicuspid anatomy. Learn why TAVI for bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) shows comparable long-term outcomes to tricuspid AS in registry data, and understand the importance of patient selection, precise valve sizing, and...
Mastering techniques from basic to complex - Imaging for aortic stenosis
07 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
This session provides essential insights into mastering techniques for aortic stenosis imaging, from basic to complex cases. Explore the impact of moderate stenosis and cardiac damage, learn the key elements of TAVI CT analysis, and discover strategies to optimize valve expansion and overcome challenges in transfemoral...
Featured cases - TAVI in challenging annular anatomy
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Featured Research - Aortic valve (Part 9)
25 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Dive into the latest research on aortic valve disease in this featured session, comprising selected abstracts from PCR London Valves 2024. Explore topics ranging from lower extremity dysfunction after transfemoral TAVI, gender differences in long-term TAVR outcomes, the impact of left ventricular outflow tract calcification on...
Featured cases - TAVI nightmares (Part 1)
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
TAVI innovations: late-breaking trials from PCR London Valves 2024
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
What does the future hold for TAVI procedures? Don’t miss the latest innovations—watch this video now! It explores the Late-Breaking Trials from PCR London Valves 2024, featuring groundbreaking studies that could transform the way we approach TAVI in clinical practice.
You’ll dive into the CANNULATE TAVR EXTENDED...
Clinical outcomes of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
CAD and TAVI
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
What is the clinical impact of CAD in TAVR recipients and how best to treat it? Through this session, gain insight on how to determine optimal CAD assessment in TAVR recipients, learn the timing of coronary revascularisation pre-TAVR, and understand the exact assessment and treatment of...
Imaging for aortic valve disease
18 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Learn about imaging of the aortic valve system in order to better deal with aortic valve disease. Through this series of cases, explore topics such as the impact of implantation depth relative to membranous septum on TAVI outcomes, delve into a meta-analysis exploring the outcomes of...
Selection of the 2024 best abstracts
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Explore the most outstanding abstracts from PCR Tokyo Valves 2024, such as a study on the disparity in impact of bleeding after TAVI on long-term mortality between Asian and Nordic population, learning about two-year clinical outcomes of staged transcatheter mitral edge-to-edge repair after TAVR, and a...
TAVI in challenging anatomies
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
Consult this session to learn more about how to manage complex anatomy and complications during TAVI. Learn about successful cases of PTMC and TAVI performed simultaneously, gain insight into TAVI considerations and techniques for a very severely calcified aortic valve, and explore a scientific and safe...
TAVI for patients with concomitant coronary artery disease - LIVE case
17 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
An 88-year-old male presented a severe symptomatic aortic valve with preserved LV function (64%), a coronary artery disease with a LAD PCI a few years ago and a significant (75%) RCA stenosis with an FFR angio at 0.74. He also has a short membrane septum (2.5...
Mastering techniques from basic to complex - TAVI basics
16 Feb 2024 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2024
This session focuses on the basics of TAVI intervention. Learn more about vascular access and closure, the techniques of valve crossing predilatation and wire pacing, and discover the uses of the Evolut FX System for TAVI!
Aortic regurgitation - Part 1
20 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Delve into key insights on aortic regurgitation with this selection of abstracts: explore a systematic review and meta-analysis on TAVI for aortic regurgitation using dedicated devices, witness video-densitometric analysis of aortic regurgitation post-JenaValve Trilogy treatment, discover a small case series on TAVI in the descending thoracic...
TAVI cases that I need to think more
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Consult this session if you want to optimise management of concomitant coronary artery disease and heart failure in TAVI patients, to predict, evaluate, and manage paravalvular leakage after TAVI, and to diagnose, manage, and prevent vascular complications in TAVI.
TAVI for complex valve
19 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Join this session to discover TAVI challenges for complex valves. Gain insights into variations in TAVI patient treatment: bicuspid valve with atypical calcium chunk, balloon-expandable valve implantation, sinus sequestration, hybrid therapy and more!
PCR Tokyo Valves 2023: Opening Ceremony
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
Follow the presentation broadcasted at the opening of the 2023 edition of PCR Tokyo Valves: 3 days dedicated to the 3 valves and focused on interaction, exchange and practice. Then, listen to the Course directors' delight at finally having a face-to-face Course again, especially since this...
TAVI in a patient with heavily calcified valve anatomy - LIVE case
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
An 80-year-old male with chronic kidney disease and interstitial pneumonia treated under steroids presented a symptomatic severe aortic stenosis with massive calcifications on the valves and only on the valves (not the LVOT).
Watch the operators implant a Sapien 3 23 mm (-1cc) with a predilatation (Balloon...
