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Polymer-based or polymer-free stents in patients at high bleeding risk: ONYX ONE
24 Feb 2020
The objective of the ONYX ONE study was to compare the safety and effectiveness of the polymer-based or polymer-free stents in patients at high bleeding risk receiving 1 month of DAPT.

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When all roads are closed, open one…
10 Feb 2020
View this case of a 57-year-old woman, with a negative cardiovascular history, but who is a heavy smoker (40xday >20 years) and hypertensive, and who suffered typical chest pain at rest. She arrived at the Emergency Room of a peripheral hospital without a cathlab facility. Her...

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The evolving landscape of Impella use in the United States among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with mechanical circulatory support
10 Feb 2020
The use of MCS has been increasing over the last 10 years. This study mainly aims at defining the indications for Impella use in the U.S as well as comparing the outcomes, costs, and length of stay in the pre-Impella versus Impella era.

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"Rocky" right coronary artery
06 Feb 2020
74-year-old man with chest pain and a positive stress test with calcified coronary lesions. Nice example of calcium modification after rota burr in Optical Coherence Tomography.

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Case study: Novel use of GuideLiner with low profile balloon for retrieval of disrupted balloon catheter
06 Jan 2020
Consult this case by Takayuki Warisawa et al. of the retrieval of disrupted balloon catheter with trapping.
Takayuki Warisawa1,2, Takanobu Mitarai2, Shunichi Doi2, Mizuho Kasahara2, Norio Suzuki2, Manabu Takai2, Hisao Matsuda2, Christopher M. Cook1, Justin E. Davies1, Yoshihiro J. Akashi2
- Cardiovascular Science, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital - UK
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Novel approach in the management of severely calcified lesions
19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this session dedicated to the Diamondback 360 coronary orbital atherectomy system to learn more about how this tool optimise the outcomes for coronary lesion preparation, how orbital atherectomy may fit into your daily practice, and what is the "must have" tool box for calcified coronary lesions.

All you need to know to start optimising outcomes in PCI: OCT and physiology
19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this session on the new developments and future directions in functional coronary assessment to discover how and why physiology assessment/OCT could optimise procedural outcomes in PCI, and learn all about their main indications, the relevant indicators to be assessed, as well as the last changes...

Interactive Case Corner 6 - SCAD, LMS lesions & stent thrombosis
19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this session to learn from complex clinical cases, how to manage challenging scenarios and complications, such as SCAD in three different vessels, acute stent thrombosis, LMS lesions, and more!

Interactive Case Corner 8 - LICA stenosis & complex LM PCI
19 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this session to discover two challenging cases: a very distal stenosis in LICA with aberrant origin, where you will learn more about arch anomalies, and a complex LM PCI, where you will gain insight into the role of rotablation and OCT.

Clinical benefits of co-registration IVUS, FFR and iFR pullback in daily PCI
18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019
Consult this session to learn how to use IVUS to guide vessel preparation and size stents and assess angioplasty results, how SyncVision IVUS co-registration can improve efficiency of angioplasty, and how iFR co-registration can guide angioplasty in patients with diffuse disease.
