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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...
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,...
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,...
How to manage a stalled burr: tips and tricks
30 Jul 2025
A stalled rota burr is every operator’s nightmare — but being prepared can make all the difference. In this case, an 80-year-old patient with severe calcification in the proximal and mid LAD faces exactly that complication.
What’s your first step to safely retrieve the burr and complete...
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How to avoid using a new balloon for trapping?
10 Jul 2025
Trapping wires during complex PCI is essential but dedicated trapping balloons aren’t always on hand — and costs add up fast. This My Toolkit tip shows you how to safely reuse a standard PTCA balloon by stiffening its shaft with the original stylet, making valve crossing...
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Latest clinical evidence on intravascular lithotripsy from EuroPCR 2025
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
In this #europcr 2025 roundtable, Niels Thue Olsen and Margaret McEntegart discuss with Flavio Luciano Ribichini the latest data on intravascular lithotripsy (IVL), based on two pivotal studies.
- EMPOWER CAD: the first prospective, real-world PCI trial dedicated to women with complex, calcified coronary artery disease. With an IVL-first strategy...
Coronary Interventions: EuroPCR 2025 highlights
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
At EuroPCR 2025, Rasha Al-Lamee, Nieves Gonzalo, and Thomas Cuisset highlighted key advances in coronary interventions, with a strong emphasis on managing complex cases—particularly calcified lesions.
Throughout the Course, LIVE cases and expert hotlines showcased dedicated devices and evolving strategies designed specifically for these challenging lesions. Advanced...
Best companion's case on intravascular lithotripsy
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Join this session focusing on intravascular lithotripsy in challenging cases, emphasizing device and drug synergy, IVUS guidance, and strategies to avoid exacerbating complications. Clinical cases demonstrate management of tough calcified lesions with novel approaches.
