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Rotational atherectomy in anterior STEMI
20 Aug 2019
This is the case of an 83-year-old woman with arterial hypertension, hypercolesterolemia, onset of continuous chest pain at rest with anterior STEMI on ECG and medicated with ASA and Ticagrelor and transferred to the cathlab.
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Does metallic stent ablation by rotational atherectomy influence on the coronary microcirculation?
09 Jul 2019
An 80-year-old man underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with a bare-metal stent for severe stenosis at proximal left anterior descending coronary artery 13 years ago. In-stent restenosis was treated by a drug-eluting stent 1 year later...
Calcified lesions
05 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019
Watch this LIVE demonstration from National University Heart Centre (Singapore) to discover how they managed the case of a 69 years-old male with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia suffering from a calcified triple vessel disease.
Managing calcified lesion: a never ending challenge
05 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019
Consult this session to learn more about the various techniques to treat calcified lesion (OPN, tornus, laser, rotablation, orbital atherectomy, shock wave lithotripsy), and how to deal with potential complications.
Defining together a treatment strategy for calcified CAD in a patient with multivessel disease
20 Jun 2019
This is the case of a 68 year old female patient, autonomous and physically robust. She has been diabetic for 10 years, but without cardio-vascular antecedents. She was admitted for chest pain at rest, lasting around 70 minutes with signs of STEMI in the inferior leads...
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Step-by-step decision planning on how to deal with a «simple surgical case», but a potentially troublesome PCI lesion
25 Jul 2019
This is the case of an 84 year old man, widower, with initial cognitive decay, living with his sons and daugthers - non autonomous but physically robust. He was admitted for chest pain at rest after weeks of worsening angina, and underwent coronary angiography within 48h...
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Coronary intravascular lithotripsy using Shockwave technology
In the last year the use of Shockwave technology has rapidly expanded, with more than 3,000 cases of coronary intravascular lithotripsy performed in Europe. Join Jonathan Hill (UK), Benjamin Honton (France) and Nikos Werner (Germany) as they look at the real-world applications of this technology. Find...
Treatment of calcified coronary lesions: rotablation and beyond
24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session on calcified coronary lesions to learn all about treatment strategies, with clinical cases such as in-stent stenosis due to stent underexpansion, rotablation and provisionnal stenting approach, and more!
Rotational atherectomy for the treatment of calcified CTO
24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session on calcified CTO to learn all about rotational atherectomy treatment strategy to ensure a successful recanalisation in complex clinical cases.
Prevention and management of complications during PCI for calcified lesions
24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover how to successfully prevent and manage complications during PCI for calcified lesions, thanks to a better preparation and organization of the team, but also tools such as shockwave catheter to prepare the stenting zone.
