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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.
Case study: a coronary Type III perforation during left anterior descending CTO-PCI
26 Jun 2019
Consult this complications case from EuroPCR 2018 by M. Pennacchi from the San Giovanni Evangelista Hospital, Tivoli - Italy if you want to learn how to manage a Type III coronary perforation together with sudden cardiac tamponade.
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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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A patient with a severely calcified ostial LCX stenosis - LIVE Case
21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Snare technique in the event of balloon shaft fracture: GooseNeck
25 Apr 2019
The snare technique is often used for the retrieval in cases of balloon shaft fracture, but involves several decisions and technical steps. Discover more about this technique here…
Snare technique in the event of balloon shaft fracture: Trifold
25 Apr 2019
Balloon trapping technique, which can be challenging is explained here.
Balloon trapping technique: rota burr / shaft disconnection complications
25 Apr 2019
Balloon trapping technique, which can be challenging is explained here.
Snare technique in the event of balloon shaft fracture: GooseNeck
16 Apr 2019
Often a favoured technique especially in the in the case of balloon shaft fracture, the use of a snare requires careful planning. Discover more here!