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Mitral valve replacement and repair

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Building on the years of experience with TAVI, mitral valve replacement and repair is now beginning to take-off with a vast array of new techniques and options. Certain devices, for instance in mitral repair, are now widely used. To understand this complex field a knowledge and mastery is required covering the latest research, emerging tools, devices and techniques, vascular access; the role of adjunctive pharmacotherapy; imaging techniques such as echocardiography as well as understanding bleeding risks or patient selection. Find out more…

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Quality in the Cathlab: What is needed to establish a quality program (NAP)

Lynne Hinterbuchner, from the Salzburg University Clinic in Austria asks David Sparv, the Chief Nursing Officer for 5 hospitals in Sweden about quality in the Cathlab. Education and training for Cathlab nurses and allied professionals needs to be standardised.  The European core curriculum leading to certification...

Quality in the Cathlab (NAP)

Percutaneous edge-to-edge repair in patients with heart failure and secondary mitral regurgitation

Anna Sonia Petronio, Francesco Maisano and Bernard Prendergast discuss the background to the PCR statement on percutaneous edge-to-edge repair in patients with heart failure and secondary mitral regurgitation in light of opposing results from the COAPT and MITRA-FR randomised controlled trials. They explain the reasons for the...

Percutaneous edge-to-edge repair

Mitral insufficiency repair treated with new technologies (NAP)

Lynne Hinterbuchner (Germany) talks with Gerda Donnelly (Germany) about educating nurses and allied professions about newly introduced technology for the treatment of mitral insufficiency. They discuss the best preparation for nurses, the importance of the Heart Team as a whole to become familiar with the new...

Mitral insufficiency repair treated with new technologies (NAP)

Transseptal puncture: Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn more about how to perform a transseptal puncture in the setting of LAA closure, with a case from Rigshospitalet, Denmark, transmitted live during EuroPCR 2019.

Transseptal puncture:

Advances in mitral repair therapy with the PASCAL repair system

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn the tips and tricks for imaging techniques during the PASCAL repair system procedure.

Advances in mitral repair therapy with the PASCAL repair system

Innovations in mitral and tricuspid interventions

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to discover all about the innovations in mitral and tricuspid interventions: new stent graft system, clinching device, techniques, and more!

Innovations in mitral and tricuspid interventions

Machine learning, artificial intelligence, e-health: application for percutaneous intervention

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on machine learning and artificial intelligence and discover their applications during percutaneous intervention thanks to various compelling clinical cases.

Machine learning, artificial intelligence, e-health: application for percutaneous intervention

Transcatheter mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation - LIVE Case

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this live transmission from EuroPCR 2019 to discover the case of a 87 years-old female, who has been referred for degenerative mitral regurgitation. Watch it now to find out about the treatment's choice!

LIVE demonstration from Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen - Copenhagen, Denmark

Transcatheter mitral

Quantitative angiographic assessment of regurgitation in the era of minimalistic TAVI and MitraClip

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn about the quantitative angiographic technique to assess valve regurgitation, the potential value of this technique to guide the procedure, and the current limitations and pitfalls of this technology.

Quantitative angiographic assessment of regurgitation in the era of minimalistic TAVI and MitraClip

Complex transcatheter valve interventions

23 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on complex transcatheter valve interventions, to learn all about the current practice in transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve treatment and the use of TAVI in complex clinical scenarios.

Complex transcatheter valve interventions