Wei-Hsien Yin
Latest contributions
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 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 in challenging annular anatomy
25 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...
Featured cases - TAVI nightmares (Part 1)
24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Clinical outcomes of transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve repair and replacement
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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!
Technical challenges and optimal device choice for complex TAVI procedures
18 Feb 2023 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2023
This session reflects on the importance of device choice and implantation technique in complex TAVI procedures. Uncover challenges in TAVI for failed bioprostheses and bicuspid aortic valves, emphasising optimal device selection and exploring the latest evolutions in TAVI such as the Medtronic.
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...
Clinical scenarios
21 Nov 2021 – From PCR London Valves 2021
The PCR London Valves 2021 session offers a variety of interesting clinical scenarios, including a chimney stent as a coronary protection technique in TAVI, an acquired thrombocytopenia after TAVR to predict adverse outcomes, or even a calcified raphe predict adverse effect in bicuspid aortic stenosis patients...
TAVI and coronary artery disease
25 Sep 2021 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2021
Watch this session on TAVI and coronary artery disease to learn about the different modalities to assess for CAD in patients planned for TAVI, when to revascularise significant CAD in patients undergoing TAVI, and how to facilitate coronary access after TAVI.
Complications of TAVI
17 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019
Consult this session to learn more about how to identify which patients are high risks for complication, how to use imaging in procedural planning, and how to treat TAVI related complications (valve embolization, paravalvular leak, and more!).
Challenging cases with SAPIEN3 Vol II – heavy calcified annulus, narrow root and bicuspid
17 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019
Consult this session to discover 3 challenging cases using SAPIEN3, with challenging anatomies related to calcified LVOT, small aortic annulus and bicuspid aortic valve.
Most interesting novel devices for the treatment of valvular heart disease
17 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019
Consult this session to learn more about innovative perspectives for the interventional treatment of valvular heart disease, and discover some new devices which may truly impact your practice of transcatheter valve therapies in the future.
TAVI and other structural interventions
16 Feb 2019 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2019
Consult this session to discover various TAVI and other structural interventions cases and studies, and learn more about the role of procedural simulation with patient-specific 3D-printed aortic root models, the prognostic value of tricuspid valve geometry and leaflet coaptation status in patients undergoing tricuspid annuloplasty, and more!
