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Unusual structural interventions - Part 2
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session highlights unusual structural interventions in cardiology, featuring comprehensive CT screening for left atrial appendage closure, management of procedural complications, novel access techniques for balloon aortic valvuloplasty, transcatheter treatment of mitral bioprosthetic valve vegetation, and percutaneous ventricular septal rupture closure success criteria.
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...
Getting to the heart of access: mastering femoral puncture and vascular closure
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session provides an in-depth understanding of femoral anatomy and the critical role of imaging in ensuring safe vascular access via femoral puncture. It covers the latest equipment used for vascular access and closure, highlighting haemostasis techniques and closure devices. Interactive case scenarios offer practical insights...
Paravalvular leak closure - Part 3
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the complexities of paravalvular leak closure, emphasizing resilience in procedural approaches. It covers sizing balloon techniques that enhance treatment efficacy in aortic paravalvular leaks and explores closure strategies following Ozaki procedures. Management of mitral paravalvular leaks in high-risk patients and innovative solutions for...
Complex combined transcatheter interventions
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses complex combined transcatheter interventions for multivalvular heart disease. It covers integrated transcatheter strategies for multiple valve pathologies, solutions for combined severe aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation with heavy calcification, and approaches to concomitant atrial functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation. The session also discusses...
When the interventional cardiologist meets the surgeon
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session highlights collaborative approaches between interventional cardiologists and surgeons in complex valve interventions. It includes cases such as transfemoral valve-in-valve TAVI in bio-Bentall patients with chronic aortic dissection, critical decision-making in life-threatening scenarios, the importance of access choice in TMVR, mechanical leaflet modification of failed...
Paravalvular leak closure - Part 4
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session delves into the complexities of paravalvular leak closure with a focus on challenging scenarios including unusual TAVI complications in the mitral position, management of mega paravalvular leaks using jumbo devices, and strategies when closure itself poses an obstacle. It also covers acute peri-operative aortic...
Complications of paravalvular leak closure
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the complexities and risks associated with paravalvular leak (PVL) closure. It offers detailed analysis of principal complications, prevention techniques, and practical management strategies shared by experienced operators. Case studies illustrate complications such as device embolisation, prosthetic valve disc impingement, and delivery failures, along...
Pills and pumps: targeting heart failure before and after surgical and transcatheter valve interventions
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session examines the integrated role of heart failure therapies in the peri- and post-procedural management of patients undergoing surgical and transcatheter valve interventions. It reviews current and emerging clinical trial data, discusses identifying high-risk patients, and explores advanced modalities such as cardiac resynchronization and circulatory...
Iatrogenic atrial septum defect closure: a necessary procedure?
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the clinical considerations surrounding iatrogenic atrial septal defects (ASDs) resulting from transseptal procedures. It covers prevention of residual defects, diagnostic evaluation, criteria for closure, procedural timing, and management strategies for related complications, supported by illustrative clinical cases demonstrating decision-making nuances.