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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...
Focal or diffuse coronary disease: how can PPG measurement contribute to clinical decision-making?
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
How can physiology guide treatment decisions beyond ischemia detection? In this round-table recorded at EuroPCR 2025, Thomas Engstrøm, Carlos Collet and Jeroen Sonck examine how pullback pressure gradient (PPG) makes it possible to identify the distribution pattern of coronary artery disease—focal or diffuse—based on a continuous...
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...
When stent failure meets calcified lesions
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Address the challenges of stent failure in the context of calcified coronary lesions. This session features complex PCI cases involving intrastent rotational atherectomy, management of underexpanded stents, in-stent restenosis, and innovative off-label use of shock wave lithotripsy to tackle tough calcifications.
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.
PCI for complex left main disease - LIVE Case
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
An 82-year-old male patient with a history of STEMI and diagonal PCI (2004) presented with stable angina (CCS 2). CT imaging revealed 2 severe LAD stenoses (at the ostium and mid part), and a severe bifurcation stenosis at the Cx/OM1 confirmed by angiography. A staged PCI...
Vulnerable plaque PCI after PREVENT
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This interview with Michael Haude and Thomas Cuisset explores findings from the PREVENT trial, which included over 1,600 patients with vulnerable, physiologically non-significant plaques identified by IVUS.
Patients were randomised to optimal medical therapy (OMT) alone or OMT plus preventive PCI. While the composite endpoint favoured the PCI...
How to address the problem of calcified left main lesions
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Gain expert perspectives on addressing calcified left main coronary lesions in high-risk and complex clinical scenarios. This session features challenging cases including ACS patients with reduced LVEF, severe calcified stenosis of left main bifurcation, complex PCI in post-CABG octogenarians with rotablation under Impella support, and other...
The calcium challenge: stent avoidance and in-stent restenosis treatment
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Confront the challenges posed by coronary calcium through innovative stent avoidance and in-stent restenosis treatment strategies. This session features analyses on the feasibility of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) alone, its use prior to drug-coated balloon angioplasty, and in treating in-stent restenosis. Outcomes following IVL-assisted PCI are reviewed...
