3697 results for «2016»
3697 results
Left main PCI - LIVE Case
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
A 78-year-old male with a history of LAD PCI in 1997 presented with an NSTEMI three months earlier due to diffuse three-vessel calcified disease, including: distal LM stenosis, severe mid and distal disease of a dominant RCA, and LAD in-stent restenosis. LV function was normal. He...
Calcium modification and atherectomy
11 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session addresses the challenges of calcium modification and atherectomy in complex coronary interventions. It features case studies on stent deformation, advanced calcium modification strategies including orbital and laser atherectomy, imaging-guided approaches, and management of complications such as stent dislodgement, offering comprehensive insights into contemporary techniques...
Artificial intelligence and innovations in interventional cardiology
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
Explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence and robotics in interventional cardiology. This session covers big data fundamentals, bridges the gap between emerging technologies and clinical practice, and discusses AI-enhanced decision-making and robotic applications in cardiovascular interventions.
IVUS or OCT? Choosing the right imaging for the right lesion - A case-based debate
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This case-based debate examines the complementary roles of IVUS and OCT imaging modalities in precision PCI. It highlights lesion-specific factors guiding modality choice, including left main disease, bifurcations, calcified plaques, and acute coronary syndromes, supported by real-world clinical cases demonstrating imaging-based decision-making.
Valve and structural: challenges and innovations
11 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session explores innovative approaches and challenges in valve and structural interventions, including expanding transcatheter techniques for ruptured sinus of Valsalva closure and prophylactic chimney stenting in high-risk TAVI patients. It also presents long-term outcomes of left main PCI according to stenting methods, comparative strategies in...
Nursing role in contemporary coronary interventions
10 Oct 2025 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2025
This session highlights the vital nursing role in contemporary coronary interventions, focusing on familiarity with devices such as IABP and atherectomy systems. It also addresses the critical responsibilities of nurses and allied professionals during resuscitation and emergency management in the cathlab.
Precision in mitral TEER
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Join this live educational session from Bordeaux University Hospital to gain expert insights into mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER). Explore optimal timing and clinical decision-making for mitral regurgitation treatment, and discover how the PASCAL Precision system enhances procedural precision across diverse mitral anatomies. Witness real-time strategies,...
All you need to know about transcatheter tricuspid therapies
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Delve into the evolving field of transcatheter tricuspid therapies with this comprehensive session. Understand tricuspid valve anatomy and imaging modalities, discuss optimal timing for intervention in tricuspid regurgitation, and review current and emerging transcatheter treatment options. Case presentations illustrate practical applications and outcomes to support clinical...
Mitral valve - How to evaluate?
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
This educational session focuses on comprehensive evaluation of the mitral valve to guide clinical decision-making. Topics include risk stratification and patient selection for Mitral TEER, detailed anatomy review, assessment of primary and secondary mitral regurgitation phenotypes, advanced quantification techniques per current guidelines, and pre-intervention transoesophageal echocardiography...
Valve-in-valve and coronary protection
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Explore complex valve-in-valve procedures and coronary protection strategies through a series of challenging case presentations. Topics include management of high-risk valve-in-valve scenarios, strategies for degenerated aortic bioprostheses, innovative transcarotid approaches, fenestration stenting for late coronary obstruction, and analysis of valve embolisation events, providing valuable insights for...
Novelties on how to manage difficult TAVI situations
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Stay at the forefront of TAVI management with this session highlighting novel approaches to difficult clinical scenarios. Topics include predictive scoring for pacemaker implantation, impact of baseline frailty on recovery, comparative imaging for coronary stenosis evaluation, physiology-guided PCI in TAVI patients, and outcomes of extrathoracic non-transfemoral...
Tailored transfemoral TAVI in complex anatomies - LIVE Case
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medtronic
An 89-year-old male with hypertension, dyslipidemia, current smoking, stage III kidney disease, and a history of diagonal PCI in 2010 presented with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and a small annulus (410 mm²), with RBBB on ECG.
Via bilateral femoral access,...
The role of mitral TEER in advanced heart failure
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
This session delves into the role of mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) in advanced heart failure patients. Understand the indications for mitral TEER in severe left ventricular dysfunction, prognostic challenges in heart failure with severe mitral regurgitation, and review therapeutic alternatives including the pathway from TEER...
Innovations in aortic valves
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Discover the latest innovations in aortic valve technology in this comprehensive session. Explore initial clinical experiences with new self-expandable valves in small annuli, mid-term durability data of novel prostheses, and cutting-edge developments such as silver nanoparticle-coated valves and vascular protection implantable systems, providing a forward-looking perspective...
Management of hostile access for TAVI
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Access challenges are among the most critical hurdles in TAVI procedures. This session explores how to identify difficult access routes using pre-procedural CT, and demonstrates practical techniques to safely overcome these obstacles. Through real-life case presentations—including challenging femoral access with a shockwave balloon, carotid access, and...
Mitral valve - The role of the echocardiography imager pre and post intervention
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
This session emphasizes the critical role of echocardiography imaging pre- and post-mitral valve interventions. It includes case-based post-processing with comprehensive transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography essential for decision-making in mitral TEER, identification and grading of recurrent mitral regurgitation, and evaluations related to mitral annular calcification and valve-in-calcification...
Addressing challenges in the right heart
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
This session addresses complex challenges associated with right heart conditions, featuring cases such as post-infarction interventricular septal defect with right heart failure, innovative orthotopic options for tricuspid regurgitation, and advanced edge-to-edge repair using the TRICLIP device. Gain insight into therapeutic strategies for managing severe tricuspid insufficiency...
Management of aortic stenosis: what really matters before and after the procedure
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Aortic stenosis management is a lifetime strategy, not a one-time procedure. This session covers key decision-making factors, compares surgical and transcatheter options, and provides guidance on post-procedural care. Learn to individualise treatment based on age, anatomy, and risk, and plan interventions with the patient’s long-term trajectory...
Problem-solving in challenging TAVI cases
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Explore complex and challenging TAVI cases with expert-led discussions covering redo TAVI procedures, horizontal aorta anatomy, rapid pacing protocols, lithotripsy-assisted interventions for severe calcific stenosis, and management of procedural complications including valve dislodgement.
Redefining and optimising LAA closure - LIVE Case
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Boston Scientific
A 78-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation and obesity (BMI 34.3), normal left ventricular function, CHADS-VASCs 5 and HAS-BLED 4, presented with severe gastrointestinal bleeding.
She underwent implantation of a Watchman FLX™ pro under local anesthesia via two right femoral...
