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TAVI in small annulus - LIVE Case
11 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
A 65-year-old female with obesity, diabetes mellitus, a history of stroke, atrial fibrillation, and RBBB on ECG, presented with symptomatic aortic stenosis and two-vessel coronary disease (OM and LAD, QFR: 0.70). Echocardiography and CT showed normal LV function (55%), a small annulus (370 mm²), and a...
Innovation and teamwork in structural heart interventions
11 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
This session explores innovations and collaborative approaches in structural heart interventions, focusing on aortic and mitral valve procedures. It addresses procedural indications, challenges, and the evolving roles of non-physician allied professionals. Interactive elements foster knowledge exchange and support the growth of expertise in the structural heart...
Beyond the horizon - Shaping the future of cardiology through meaningful innovation in structural heart and coronary - LIVE Case
11 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
This live case–based session explores how innovation is shaping structural heart and coronary interventions.
A real-time TAVI case in a degenerated aortic valve highlights pre-procedural imaging, sizing strategies, procedural decision-making, and post-procedural care.
The session also reviews ongoing and upcoming Myval THV trials, showing how new technologies impact...
Challenging TAVI cases - Part 1
10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
Addressing complex TAVI cases, this session focuses on procedural challenges and advanced strategies to optimize safety and outcomes. Topics include high-risk valvuloplasty, management with prosthetic valves, and considerations in patients with valve thrombus.
Abstracts session 1
10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
This abstracts session presents contemporary research and clinical insights in interventional cardiology, covering topics such as colchicine therapy post-stenting, ranolazine use in chronic coronary syndrome, artificial intelligence applications in quantitative coronary analysis, and optimization techniques in transcatheter aortic valve implantation. It also explores novel predictors of...
Challenging Cases
10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
This session presents a series of challenging cardiology cases that span a spectrum of clinical scenarios, including innovative approaches to hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy management, rare coronary artery anomalies, fibrous lesions, and unusual acute coronary syndromes. These case studies highlight diagnostic complexities and therapeutic strategies essential for...
Challenging cases from the East
10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
This session from Eastern cardiology centers addresses complex interventional challenges including recurrent left internal mammary artery (LIMA) failure, management of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) complications, and treatment of heavily calcified coronary lesions. Through detailed case presentations and key learnings, it offers valuable insights into successful...
The importance of PPM in younger patients in TAVI valve choice
08 Dec 2025
Kristoffer Russell discusses prosthesis–patient mismatch (PPM), which can increase mortality, heart failure hospitalisations, and reduce functional recovery, especially in younger patients. While less common after TAVI than surgical valve replacement, studies show up to 30% of younger, low-risk TAVI patients still experience moderate or severe PPM,...
How are the 2025 ESC EACTS valvular guidelines going to impact my TAVI programme?
17 Dec 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Bernard Prendergast and Fabien Praz discuss updates from the new ESC/EACTS guidelines on aortic stenosis. Key changes include expanding TAVI to patients aged 70 and older, supporting early intervention in asymptomatic patients, and providing guidance for bicuspid aortic valves. These updates emphasise shared decision-making, careful patient...
New roads begin where old ones end: a TAVI case
12 Jan 2026
An 85-year-old woman presents with exertional dyspnea and angina, alongside severe paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis, marked mitral and tricuspid valve disease, and two-vessel coronary artery disease. Frailty markers and hostile pelvic anatomy further complicate her profile.
How would your Heart Team approach this challenging case?
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When the first TAVI fails: no panic, just planning
19 Jan 2026
An 81-year-old man with history of severe aortic stenosis previously treated with a balloon-expandable transcatheter valve was referred for progressive exertional dyspnea due to bioprosthetic valve degeneration.
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In what situation is emergency transcatheter valve intervention a valid alternative to surgery?
16 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Azeem Latib and Giuseppe Tarantini discuss how transcatheter therapies are increasingly used to treat critically ill patients with severe valvular disease and cardiogenic shock—patients once considered untreatable. They highlight cases ranging from severe AS with ACS to acute papillary muscle rupture and acute severe regurgitation, showing...
PCR London Valves 2025: Best of Social Media Coverage
20 Nov 2025
This year’s coverage was built on innovative formats to support one clear strategy: sharing strong messages and high-quality education through well-prepared, creative content. The #PCRLV social media team was led by Pamela Gatto, and divided into 6 tracks: aortic, mitral, tricuspid, closure, imaging and nursing.
Redo TAVI for transcatheter heart valve failure
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the critical considerations involved in re-do TAVI procedures for transcatheter heart valve failure. It guides through key decision-making processes, step-by-step CT analysis for procedural planning, and established protocols to effectively execute valve-in-valve interventions, enhancing outcomes in complex repeat valve therapies.
Featured research - TAVI - Part 12
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session presents advanced research on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), featuring an extensive 30-year in-vitro durability analysis of the Evolut self-expanding valve. It also covers predictive studies on valve-in-valve procedure volumes comparing Japan and the United States, insights into TAVI in patients with left ventricular...
Featured research - TAVI - Part 13
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session delves into key clinical and procedural advances in TAVI, including the randomized PAF-TAVI trial assessing amiodarone for preventing post-TAVI atrial fibrillation, cost comparisons of balloon-expandable tissue preservation valves versus other devices, leaflet modification methods to reduce coronary obstruction risk, optimization techniques for valve-in-valve TAVI...
TAVI complications - Part 4
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session focuses on complex complications encountered in TAVI procedures, presenting challenging cases such as combined adverse events, wire-related technical difficulties, differential diagnosis between hypoattenuated leaflet thickening and infective endocarditis one year post-TAVI, issues caused by fractured sheath tips impacting valve expansion, and sinus breaches. These...
TAVI: technical tips and tricks
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session provides practical technical guidance for TAVI procedures emphasizing multimodality imaging for ultra-low contrast implantation, contrast-free techniques tailored for type 0 bicuspid aortic valves, and innovative bailout strategies for rapid pacing failure. It also covers advanced access management approaches in contrast-zero TAVI and current commissural...
TAVI-in-TAVI - Part 2
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session explores the evolving field of TAVI-in-TAVI interventions, presenting complex cases such as transfemoral TAVI-in-TAVI for degenerated transapical clip-fixed valves in transplanted hearts, management of very late TAVI migration in Bentall de Bono patients, TAVI for degenerated Evolut R valves, stepwise approaches to coronary protection...
Curious TAVI scenarios - Part 3
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session examines unusual and challenging clinical scenarios following TAVI, including presentations of cyanosis, evolving valvular defects such as growing paravalvular holes, atypical imaging findings, paradoxical transvalvular gradients switching from aortic regurgitation to stenosis resolved by postdilatation, and bicoronary protection techniques in patients with low coronary...