Left main and multivessel disease

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The left main coronary artery provides the primary source of blood flow to the left ventricle. Diseases affecting the left main, by itself or in combination with multivessel disease, place the patient at significant risk for life-threatening cardiovascular events. Treatment requires an understanding of all available tools, devices and techniques, like those employed in invasive imaging and functional assessment, as well as taking into account underlying comorbidities such as diabetes. Advances in imaging techniques, as well as the use of adjunctive pharmacotherapy, vascular access or invasive interventions such as bypass surgery, are important, as are understanding bleeding risks. Use the filters below to access PCRonline resources.

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EAPCI-PCR Fellows Course 2021 - Coronary track: Revascularisation strategy/Left main disease

14 Apr 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021

The EAPCI-PCR Fellows Course is a project supported by the New Initiatives For Young Interventionalists Committee (NIFYI) and PCR NextGen, and is intended for practitioners at the beginning of their careers. Education and networking are at the core of the building of future careers powered by...

EAPCI-PCR Fellows Course - Coronary track: Revascularisation strategy/Left main disease

EAPCI-PCR Fellows Course 2021 - Coronary track: Ambiguous LM/PCI strategy for mid-LAD bifurcation

14 Apr 2021 – From EuroPCR 2021

The best PCI strategies for an ambiguous LM, then a mid-LAD bifurcation. With golden tips from G. Stankovic and T. Lefèvre!

The EAPCI-PCR Fellows Course is a project supported by the New Initiatives For Young Interventionalists Committee (NIFYI) and PCR NextGen, and is intended for practitioners at...

EAPCI-PCR Fellows Course 2021 - Coronary track: Ambiguous LM/PCI strategy for mid-LAD bifurcation

Mortality 10 years after percutaneous or surgical revascularization in patients with total coronary artery occlusions

16 Feb 2021

The proposed manuscript is an intriguing sub-analysis from the recent SYNTAX Extended Survival (SYNTAXES) study, where the Synergy Between PCI With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) was investigated.

Alessandro Candreva

Reviewer

Alessandro Candreva

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Salvatore Brugaletta
Mortality 10 years after percutaneous or surgical revascularization in patients with total coronary artery occlusions

How should I treat aortic stenosis in a patient with low left main stem take-off?

17 Feb 2021

A 74-year-old female with a history of peripheral artery disease, atrial fibrillation and type 2 diabetes presented to our outpatient clinic with atypical angina and shortness of breath on exertion...

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Maarten Van Wiechen

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Joost Daemen
N. Van Mieghem

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Nicolas Van Mieghem
How should I treat aortic stenosis in a patient with low left main stem take-off?

The Controlled Antegrade and Antegrade Tracking (CAAT) technique for left main trunk bifurcation divided by a flap-like structure

29 Jan 2021

The authors present a case of PCI for left main trunk bifurcation divided by a flap-like structure in a 67-year-old man suffering from effort angina, in which they successfully used a novel tracking technique by modifying the reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde tracking (CART), which they called...

The modified CART technique in bifurcation lesion

Overcoming challenges of STEMI PCI: case-based learning

13 Dec 2020 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2020

Watch this session if you want to understand the haemodynamic and support for cardiogenic shock, to learn the management of large intracoronary thrombus burden and to define a strategy of primary PCI in patients with multivessel disease.

This session was originally presented during AICT-AsiaPCR 2020.

Overcoming challenges of STEMI PCI: Case-based learning

The year in review in Interventional Cardiology: clinical trials and relevant literature published in 2020

12 Dec 2020 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2020

Watch this session if you want to reflect on key learnings for clinical practice from selected trials published in 2020, to get a rapid overview of the most relevant literature of the year in the fields of coronary, valvular and peripheral interventions and to see examples...

The year in review in Interventional Cardiology

The effect of adding ticagrelor to standard aspirin on saphenous vein graft patency in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

23 Sep 2020

POPular CABG: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ticagrelor on SVG patency when added to low-dose aspirin in post-CABG patients.

Guillaume Bonnet

Reviewer

Guillaume Bonnet

Reviewer

Ali Nazmi Calik
Ticagrelor and saphenous vein graft patency after CABG (POPular CABG)

Challenging PCI after Valve in Valve: 1 coronary, 3 obstacles!

21 Sep 2020

In this case of an 86-year-old woman, multiple factors make this a complex high-risk PCI. The interventional cardiologist encountered 3 obstacles to engage the coronary! Watch how he overcame this challenge.

Abdelhakim Allali

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Abdelhakim Allali
Challenging PCI after Valve in Valve: 1 coronary, 3 obstacles!

Optimal left main bifurcation stenting technique: a patient-centred approach - Session with LIVE case

Watch this session if you want to learn how to adapt left main treatment strategy to the underlying anatomy, to understand when a two-stent strategy should be selected, to learn tips and tricks of the TAP stenting technique and to discuss how to solve technical difficulties at...

Optimal left main bifurcation stenting technique: a patient-centred approach