27 results for «140»
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Imaging-guided left main PCI - LIVE case
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17 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
A 53-year-old male with a history of advanced malignancy (lung adenoma) and mid LAD PCI last year, along with multiple risk factors (hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and smoking), presented with angina and a positive stress test and CT. The angiography and CT showed significant left main stenosis...
Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement - LIVE case
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15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
An 82-year-old male with a history of STEMI in 2013, stroke in 2018, cancer, and permanent AF, presented with acute heart failure with predominant right-side failure. Severe tricuspid regurgitation was identified.
The operators implanted an Evoque valve percutaneously under TEE guidance and general anaesthesia via the venous...
Transcatheter options for degenerated surgical aortic valves - LIVE case
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08 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
A 77-year-old male with a history of SAVR in 2011 (Magna Ease 23) and moderate chronic kidney disease, with preservedLV function, presented with symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation and stenosis, associated with severe MR.
A Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia 23 valve was implanted under local anesthesia, with hemodynamic...
Advanced mitral TEER - LIVE case
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24 Nov 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2024
Join us for a LIVE case followed by a recorded case highlighting advanced treatments for severe secondary mitral regurgitation:
- A 75-year-old man with permanent AF, a history of CABG, and symptomatic severe secondary MR (atrial and ischemic causes) with low LV function (45%) underwent mitral repair with...
Transcatheter management of failed THV - LIVE case
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09 Feb 2025 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2025
An 84-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus, frailty (5/6), preserved LV function, and aortic stenosis previously treated with CoreValve 26 mm in 2016, presented with symptomatic degenerative stenosis of the valve.
A Sapien 3 (23 mm) was implanted without predilatation but with post-dilatation under general anaesthesia, using cerebral...
Coronary access and revascularisation in patients undergoing TAVI: from work-up to lifetime management
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15 Feb 2026 – From PCR Tokyo Valves 2026
This session delves into the comprehensive management of ischemic heart disease in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). It highlights the critical importance of maintaining coronary access post-TAVI and explores how various valve designs affect coronary accessibility, particularly in cases involving valve-in-valve (TAV-in-TAV) procedures, guiding...
Provisional stenting for a distal left main stenosis - LIVE Case
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10 Dec 2025 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2025
A 66-year-old male with preserved LV function, type II diabetes, and hypertension, presented with CCS and anterior ischemia, with a normal ECG. Photon-counting CT revealed a significant calcified stenosis of the distal left main and proximal LAD, confirmed by coronary angiography.
A stent was implanted in the...
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...
A review of the 2024 ESC Guidelines on elevated blood pressure and hypertension
13 Nov 2024
Lucas Lauder and Felix Mahfoud provide a summary of the ESC Guidelines on elevated blood pressure and hypertension presented by John William McEvoy and Rhian Touyz at ESC Congress 2024 in London.
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Editorial: Hypertension and Renal Denervation
20 Sep 2024
Hypertension is the number one cause of years of life lost, and, perhaps more importantly, years of healthy living lost. It causes at least half of all heart attacks and strokes and is the major driver of heart failure.
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OPTION – Indobufen or aspirin on top of clopidogrel after coronary drug-eluting stent implantation
08 Nov 2022
Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on OPTION, which was presented during AHA 2022 in Chicago.
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The effect of eliminating the hydrostatic pressure gradient during fractional flow reserve measurement
09 Feb 2023
Study the case of this 78-year-old male patient to understand why and how HPG may be important when measuring FFR in patients with CAD, as its height may influence the height of different FFR measurements, and, therefore, the patient management.
One-month ticagrelor monotherapy after PCI in acute coronary syndromes: Principal results from the double-blind, placebo-controlled Ultimate DAPT trial
07 Apr 2024
Elad Asher provides his take on the ULTIMATE-DAPT Trial results which Gregg W Stone presented at ACC.24 in Atlanta.
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Intercostal embolization of a stuck rotational atherectomy burr
02 Mar 2021
An elective right coronary artery PCI was scheduled in an 83-year-old gentleman. Due to the presence of severely diffuse and calcified disease, rotational atherectomy was decided, but the burr got entrapped in the severely calcified and tortuous proximal segment of the artery...
A randomised, multicenter, non-inferiority comparison of intravascular lithotripsy and super-high-pressure non-compliant balloons for treatment of calcified and refractory coronary lesions - The VICTORY trial
27 Oct 2025
Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on the VICTORY trial presented by Matthias Bossard at TCT 2025 in San Francisco.
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Double barrel in CTO PCI
23 Apr 2024
This EIJ image illustrates a crucial case, emphasizing the importance of confirming wire position in the true lumen during dissection and re-entry techniques in CTO PCI.
EuroPCR 2024 – One-month DAPT followed by 5-month Ticagrelor monotherapy in acute coronary syndromes with DCB - results from REC-CAGEFREE II
15 May 2024
Paris, France, 14-17 May 2024. The Course Directors have selected 3 major Late Breaking Trials (LBTs) that will be presented for the first time during the 2024 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected on account of their design, outcomes and potential to influence daily clinical...
RADIANCE-HTN: Six-Month Outcomes of a Randomized Trial of Renal Denervation Versus a Sham Procedure for Resistant Hypertension – Impact of Treatment-Blinded Medication Titration
04 Nov 2021
Panos Xaplanteris review the RADIANCE-HTN Study, presented by Ajay Kirtane, an international randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of renal denervation (RDN) in a population of treatment-resistant hypertensive patients.
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2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes
30 Aug 2023
Cardiovascular disease in particular ischaemic heart disease is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. International guidelines provide recommendations on the best evidence-based care for patients. At the ESC Congress 2023 in Amsterdam, the ESC 2023 Guidelines on Acute Coronary Syndromes were presented and published1. Vijay Kunadian provides...
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3-year Efficacy Outcomes From the Spyral Htn-on Med Pilot Study: Long Term Effect of Renal Denervation On Blood Pressure Reduction in Patients on Antihypertension Medications
22 Mar 2022
Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on the long-term results of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial which demonstrated the durable efficacy and safety of RDN in patients who are already on one to three antihypertensive drugs.
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