Other coronary interventions

PROSPECT II, COMBINE (OCT–FFR) and PROSPECT ABSORB trials were presented at TCT Connect 2020. Hector Garcia-Garcia provides a summary of the key messages.

The aim of this study was to determine the ability of optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI)/optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems to visualise the presence of cholesterol crystals (CCR) in human atherosclerotic coronary arteries.

Consult this clinical case by C. Wilken-Tergau on a 75-year-old male with sculpting balloon issue inside the left main

Consult this case of a 38-year-old male who presented in the ER with acute chest pain after he had received first cycle of chemotherapy with cisplatin, bleomycin and etoposide for gestational cell tumour with mesenteric mass. The angiogram showed grade IV thrombus in proximal LAD...

Watch this case discussion if you want to tailor DAPT strategies based on balance between ischaemic and bleeding risks in specific clinical situations and to review the different options regarding drug choices, doses, and duration of treatment.

This session was originally presented during PCR e-Course 2020.

The goal of the present post hoc analysis of the CLIMA registry was to establish the relationship between calcified nodules (CNs) with (CND) or without (CNWD) disruption of the superficial intimal fibrous layer and one-year occurrence of target lesion myocardial infarction (MI) and/or cardiac death.

Reported from ESC Congress 2020 - Principal Investigator Renato Lopes (Durham, USA) discusses with Luis Ortega-Paz the results of the BRACE CORONA trial revealing that temporarily suspending use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) did not show clinical benefit in patients hospitalized with mild...

Reported from ESC Congress 2020 - Massimo Imazio (Turin, Italy) discusses with Dejan Milasinovic the results of the LoDoCo2 trial which showed that Colchicine reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with chronic coronary disease.

Despite the use of rotational atherectomy (RA) in interventional cardiology for over three decades, data regarding factors affecting the clinical outcomes of the RA procedure remain scarce. The aim of the present study was to describe the contemporary use and outcomes of RA in Europe..

Watch a series of Hot Lines on revascularisation presented during the PCR e-Course 2020, followed by an analysis of the results and their impact on your practice: ISIS II, REDUCER-I, RINCAL, SYNTAX score II 2020.