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Since 1986, when the first cardiovascular stent was implanted, the development of drug-eluting stents (DES) and the recent introduction of bioresorbable scaffolds have revolutionised interventional cardiology. Keep up-to-date with the latest research; evolving tools, devices and techniques; the role of adjunctive pharmacotherapy; advances in imaging techniques as well as the use of invasive imaging and functional assessment. Find out more…

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Transluminal angioplasty: Why was Dotter's disruptive innovation initially rejected?

In this interview, Chiara De Biase and Jean Marco embark on a journey through the history of interventional medicine, focusing on Charles Dotter, the pioneer of transluminal angioplasty, and Andreas Grüntzig.

In this second episode, they highlight three key reasons for Charles Dotter's failure to spread his method widely in the...

Why was Dotter's disruptive innovation initially rejected?

Bioresorbable scaffolds - back to the future? Pros and Cons

14 Mar 2024

Watch the replay of this webinar with E. Barbato, A. Baumbach and M. Sabate. Understand the evolution process of bioresorbable scaffold technology and much more.

Bioresorbable scaffolds - back to the future? Pros and Cons

Minimal-metal PCI: a drug-coated balloon philosophy combined with selective lesion stenting where necessary - the hybrid approach

13 Mar 2024

Watch the replay of this webinar with P. O'Kane, D. Pan and H. Routledge to understand what factors during PCI lead to the switch from DCB to DES and much more!

Minimal-metal PCI

A journey with Charles Dotter: his contribution to transluminal angioplasty

In this interview, Chiara De Biase and Jean Marco embark on a journey through the history of interventional medicine, focusing on Charles Dotter, the pioneer of transluminal angioplasty, and Andreas Grüntzig.

In this first episode, they discuss Dotter's groundbreaking contributions, including the first interventional transluminal angioplasty in 1964, which revolutionized...

A journey with Charles Dotter: his contribution to transluminal angioplasty

Why and when to use DCB?

06 Mar 2024

Watch the replay of this webinar to discuss why a PCI strategy without implantation of metallic stents may be a valid alternative and wich is the supporting evidence.

Why and when to use DCB?

60 years of transluminal angioplasty: The epic tale of two pioneers, Dotter & Grüntzig

22 Feb 2024

on 16 September 1977, Andreas Gruntzig made history and changed the face of cardiology forever. Jean Marco and Chiara De Biase embark on a journey through the history of interventional cardiology...

60 years of transluminal angioplasty: The epic tale of two pioneers, Dotter & Grüntzig

EuroIntervention: your academic reference journal for coronary, valvular and structural interventions

07 Feb 2024

EuroIntervention Journal is an international, English language, peer-reviewed journal which publishes high quality academic research in coronary, valvular, structural and surgical cardiovascular interventions.

EuroIntervention: Your reference journal for coronary, valvular and structural interventions

Post-TAVI cardiac arrest associated to acute coronary occlusion: facing the storm to gain calm

26 Jan 2024

Observe this TAVI case featuring pulseless electrical activity due to an unforeseen acute occlusion of the right coronary artery, and discover the strategies employed to address and resolve this critical complication.

Authors :

Juan Guzmán Olea, Gonzalo Tolosa Dzul, Beatriz Villegas González, Jonathan Uribe González,  Guillermo Arenas Fonseca, Tomás Herrera Arzola, Rosa Gutiérrez Castañeda, Víctor Sustaita Cerda, Raúl Cruz Palomera, Arely Méndez Mercado, Darío Valencia González, Carlos Javier González Álvarez, Héctor Hugo Escutia Cuevas, Daniel Iván Pérez Vásquez, Gabriel Guzmán Olea.Specialty Hospital, Puebla, IMSS, México
Post-TAVI cardiac arrest associated to acute coronary occlusion: facing the storm to gain calm

It’s (never) just a quick, diagnostic cath…

02 Jan 2024

Step-by-step video on how to successfully manage a universal radial diagnostic catheter induced coronary dissection.

Bilal Aijaz

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Bilal Aijaz
It’s (never) just a quick, diagnostic cath…

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.

Jorge Andres Chavarria Viquez

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Jorge Andres Chavarria Viquez
Adrián Lostalo

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Adrián Lostalo
A stuck Rota burr in a 'flintstone' coronary artery