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Artificial intelligence-powered quantification of coronary physiology and vulnerable plaque: opportunities for novel treatment options
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
In this session, uncover new data on Murray-law based quantitative flow ratio (muFR) assessment, providing a comprehensive understanding of PCI outcomes from a single angiographic view, explore the innovative application of artificial intelligence in identifying vulnerable plaque and assessing hemodynamic stenosis significance through the analysis of...
Complex scenarios beyond complex interventions, time to take multiple factors into account
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock and high-risk PCI
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This session, comprising selected EuroPCR 2024 Abstract submissions, focuses on the use of mechanical circulatory support in cardiogenic shock and high-risk PCI. It includes presentations and discussions on lowering cardiogenic shock mortality through a comprehensive mechanical circulatory support approach, the use of lactate and lactate clearance...
Hotline: advances in coronary physiology
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This hotline session explores the latest advancements in coronary physiology and their implications for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Topics covered include the influence of pathophysiological patterns of coronary artery disease on the safety and efficacy of PCI, the prognostic value of myocardial ischemic burden in STEMI...
Targeting inflammation in AMI: a debate
14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
Watch this session to explore inflammation's role in AMI, from atherosclerosis to post-infarct remodeling. Find out more about IL-6's significance in future MACE risk and cardiac status deterioration post-AMI, and delve into targeting inflammation via IL-6, evaluating short and long-term impacts.
Long-term beta-blocker treatment after acute myocardial infarction and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: The REDUCE-AMI Trial
07 Apr 2024
REDUCE-AMI is a multicentre, registry-based, prospective open-label parallel-group randomised clinical trial evaluating the benefit of beta-blocker treatment in patients with acute MI and an ejection fraction >50% treated with a contemporary reperfusion strategy.
Nicola Ryan and Ali Nazmi Calik provide their take on the results which were presented...

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One-month ticagrelor monotherapy after PCI in acute coronary syndromes: Principal results from the double-blind, placebo-controlled Ultimate DAPT trial
07 Apr 2024
Elad Asher provides his take on the ULTIMATE-DAPT Trial results which Gregg W Stone presented at ACC.24 in Atlanta.

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PCRonline @ ACC.24 Scientific Sessions
22 Mar 2024
Live updates on a selection of major Late Breaking Clinical Trials of interest in interventional cardiology presented at the American College of Cardiology 2024 Scientific Sessions #ACC24
Intravascular ultrasound-guided versus angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention in acute coronary syndromes: The multicenter, randomized, blinded, IVUS-ACS Trial
09 Apr 2024
Marco Spagnolo and Daniele Giacoppo report the main results of the IVUS-ACS trial presented by Shao-Liang Chen, from the Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, in a Featured Clinical Research session at ACC.24 in Atlanta and simultaneously published in The Lancet.(1)

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Medically treated nonischemic thin-cap fibroatheroma lesions versus fractional flow reserve-guided complete revascularization in diabetic patients
27 Feb 2024
This sub-analysis denotes that medically treated diabetic patients with FFR-negative, TCFA-carrying target lesions were associated with a higher rate event rate compared to angiographically similar ischemic target lesions that underwent revascularization.

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A stuck Rota burr in a "flintstone" coronary artery
18 Dec 2023
Step by Step video on how to deal with a stuck Rota burr with the same arterial access. Nice example of Kokeshi phenomenon.

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Challenging cases – Best case submissions
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Explore catheter intervention for mechanical valve thrombosis, understand severe chest pain and shock in a young female patient, discover iatrogenic left main coronary artery type F dissection, address refractory ascites transitioning from internal medicine to interventional cardiology, and witness a narrowly avoided rotablation nightmare in this...
When complications storm through the cathlab: part 3
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
These slides focus on complications that may occur during PCI in the cathlab. Through the lens of this case, be prepared about what type of complications one might face during PCI, and get updates on the latest guidelines and tools developed for emergencies.
Cardiovascular pot pourri
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
In this selection of Clinical Case submissions to GulfPCR-GIM 2023, explore a wide variety of scenarios, such as a rare case of double primary ischemic stroke compounded by a myocardial infarction, and neoatherosclerosis leading to late stent failure.
When complications storm through the cathlab: part 2
07 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
The continuation of this session focuses on complications that may occur during PCI in the cathlab. Through the lens of these cases, be prepared about what type of complications one might face during PCI, and get updates on the latest guidelines and tools developed for emergencies.
Abstracts session 1
06 Dec 2023 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2023
Broaden your knowledge with this selection of abstracts submitted to GulfPCR-GIM 2023, covering topics such as aortic procedures, LV function recovery after CTO recanalization, and the state of PCI in the region of Kurdistan in Iraq.
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...
Guiding intervention for complex coronary lesions by optical coherence tomography or intravascular ultrasound
06 Nov 2023
The OCTIVUS trial was a prospective multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial comparing OCT guided PCI with IVUS guided PCI. In this pre-specified sub-study, the authors report the outcomes in patients with complex coronary lesions undergoing OCT- or IVUS-guided PCI.

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T-PASS: Less than 1-month DAPT followed by ticagrelor monotherapy after DES Implantation for ACS
26 Oct 2023
Ali Nazmi Calik interviews Myeong-Ki Hong about the results of the T-Pass randomised trial which he presented during the #TCT Congress 2023 in San Francisco.

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Clopidogrel versus aspirin monotherapy beyond 1 year after PCI: STOPDAPT-2 five-year results
03 Nov 2023
The STOPDAPT-2 trial was a multicenter, open-label, adjudicator-blinded, randomised control trial comparing clopidogrel monotherapy after one-month DAPT with aspirin monotherapy following 12-months DAPT in patients undergoing PCI with a everolimus-eluting stent...

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