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CTO techniques and strategies
11 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
Explore advanced techniques and strategic approaches in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, including novel methods for severely calcified lesions, bifurcation management, and complex anatomies such as right main CTOs. The session highlights epicardial collateral navigation, device synergy for calcified coronary disease, indigenous perforation techniques, and ultra-low...
Innovative imaging and guidance techniques
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session delves into innovative imaging and guidance techniques essential for managing complex coronary interventions. It encompasses challenging scenarios such as spontaneous coronary artery dissection, imaging-guided PCI fine-tuning complications, ruptured sinuses, and complex PCI in elderly patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. The session also addresses...
IVUS or OCT? Choosing the right imaging for the right lesion - A case-based debate
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This case-based debate examines the complementary roles of IVUS and OCT imaging modalities in precision PCI. It highlights lesion-specific factors guiding modality choice, including left main disease, bifurcations, calcified plaques, and acute coronary syndromes, supported by real-world clinical cases demonstrating imaging-based decision-making.
Nightmare in cathlab
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session provides comprehensive guidance on managing complications encountered in the catheterization laboratory. It covers practical approaches to a range of procedural complications, strategies to prevent vascular site issues in emergency situations, and essential tips for managing coronary perforations, aneurysms, and complications during vessel preparation. The...
Expanding horizons in coronary calcified lesion management with intravascular lithotripsy
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session highlights advancements in managing coronary calcified lesions through intravascular lithotripsy using the Shockwave system. It discusses the unique mechanism of action for different calcium morphologies, reviews the latest clinical data, and addresses complex scenarios including diffuse lesions and challenging nodular or eccentric calcium deposits,...
Full functional evaluation, low contrast OCT and orbital atherectomy in complex PCI
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session integrates functional testing, low contrast optical coherence tomography (OCT), and orbital atherectomy techniques in managing complex PCI cases. It covers indications, procedural safety, and practical applications through detailed case studies, highlighting advanced imaging and atherectomy strategies to address calcified coronary lesions with minimal contrast...
Coronary interventions: access, devices and outcomes
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session delves into the latest developments in coronary interventions, highlighting advances in vascular access techniques, innovative devices, and clinical outcomes. Topics include endothelial progenitor cell dysfunction in restenosis, the efficacy of distal radial artery (DRA) puncture and sheathless catheters in underserved areas, the use of...
NSTEMI, complex ACS and anatomy
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session focuses on complex cases involving non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), acute coronary syndromes (ACS), and challenging coronary anatomy. It presents unique clinical scenarios such as pediatric rescue PCI, management of significant distal lesions with proximal PCI, anatomical variations complicating interventions, mixed cardiovascular disease management,...
Best Clinical Cases of AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session showcases the best clinical cases from AICT-AsiaPCR 2025, highlighting complex scenarios such as post-trauma ST-elevations, transcatheter aortic valve implantation complexities, CTO-PCI in high-bleeding-risk patients, and challenging device retrievals. It emphasizes clinical decision-making and innovative interventional techniques in diverse cardiac pathologies.
Complex coronary challenges and anomalies
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session explores complex coronary challenges and anatomical anomalies encountered in clinical practice. Topics include management of thrombus showers from unexpected culprits, ultra-low contrast angioplasty in mesenteric ischemia, advanced bifurcation PCI techniques with IVUS guidance, and troubleshooting difficult stent delivery scenarios in calcified lesions and challenging...
