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Minimalist approach to tricuspid valve therapy
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
This session highlights the minimalist approach to tricuspid valve therapy with TricValve implantation, a contrast-free, minimally invasive procedure guided by transthoracic echo and minimal fluoroscopy. Clinical evidence shows reduced hospitalisations, improved quality of life, and encouraging mid-term outcomes, including smaller right heart chamber dimensions and reduced...
Innovation session: new techniques and devices in Latin America
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Join this innovation-focused session highlighting new structural heart devices and techniques emerging from Latin America. Review real-world cases including mechanical valve re-intervention, TMVR, novel mitral TEER devices, and first clinical experiences with a new self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve in small annuli. Gain valuable procedural and clinical...
Tricuspid and mitral: fine tuning diagnosis and results in transcatheter valve management
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
This session focuses on refining diagnosis and treatment outcomes in transcatheter management of tricuspid and mitral valves. Topics include assessment of pulmonary artery pressure changes post-MitraClip, 3D echocardiographic evaluation of tricuspid regurgitation severity, quantitative improvements in imaging, and insights from single-centre experiences. Additional discussions cover bicaval...
The complexity of transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions
11 Sep 2025 – From PCR Rio Valves 2025
Explore the complexities of transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions through a series of case studies tackling challenging clinical scenarios. Discover therapeutic options, including TEER in patients with pacemaker leads, imaging strategies with ICE, transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement using Evoque and LuxValve devices, as well as simpler approaches...
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...
Deep dive on pulmonary embolism catheter technologies - Clinical trial data and how to use
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Deep dive into pulmonary embolism catheter technologies through case-based presentations. Learn about established and novel devices for acute pulmonary embolism treatment, indications for device use, and management of procedural complications to optimize patient outcomes.
Risk stratification of NSTEMI patients
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore the latest insights on risk stratification in NSTEMI patients through comparative analysis of established risk scores such as GRACE, HEART, and TIMI in predicting coronary artery disease severity. This session also reviews outcomes based on diabetes status and left ventricular ejection fraction, prospective validation of...
Is DCB a new valid option for coronary revascularisation?
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session provides an in-depth evaluation of drug-coated balloons (DCB) as a valid option for coronary revascularisation. Topics include two-year follow-up comparisons between paclitaxel and sirolimus-coated balloons, clinical outcomes after bailout stenting post-DCB angioplasty, meta-analyses contrasting DCB and DES for large native coronary artery disease, and...
Percutaneous And Non-fluoroscopic Procedures (PAN): promoting equality and radiation-free intervention
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover innovative non-fluoroscopic interventional techniques with the Percutaneous And Non-fluoroscopic Procedures (PAN) session. Learn how to perform radiation-free interventions using advanced technologies, assess their clinical equivalence to standard methods, and explore how these procedures may promote gender equality in interventional cardiology careers.
TAVI and coronary artery disease
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Examine the evolving role of coronary artery disease assessment in TAVI patients. This session compares coronary tomography and angiography for pre-TAVI evaluation, reviews safety and effectiveness of CT angiography-based strategies, and introduces the UNICORN procedure for managing high coronary obstruction risk in complex TAVI scenarios including...
Navigating complexity: TAVI in challenging anatomies
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Navigate the complexities of TAVI in challenging anatomies. This session reviews anatomical variations such as horizontal aorta, iliofemoral tortuosity, low coronary ostia, bicuspid valves, and annular eccentricity, alongside preprocedural imaging and risk stratification. It further evaluates device selection and procedural adaptations essential for successful TAVI in...
Navigating complexity in high-risk patients with multivessel disease undergoing PCI
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This educational session focuses on navigating the complexities of PCI in high-risk patients with multivessel disease. Learn the roles of imaging and physiology, low-contrast PCI techniques, and optimal strategies for patients with concomitant aortic stenosis, illustrated through detailed case discussions.
Essential role of imaging in left main PCI
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover the essential role of intravascular imaging, particularly IVUS, in guiding left main PCI. Case studies highlight real-time guidance, management of complex bifurcation lesions, and strategies for stent failure, emphasizing imaging's impact on procedural outcomes.
Innovative approaches to refractory heart failure: devices and therapies to the rescue
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session highlights innovative device-based therapies for refractory heart failure, emphasizing the integration of neuromodulation, decongestive strategies, and the synergy with pharmacological treatments. Case presentations illustrate the evolving landscape of advanced heart failure management.
PCI for complex left main disease - LIVE Case
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
An 82-year-old male patient with a history of STEMI and diagonal PCI (2004) presented with stable angina (CCS 2). CT imaging revealed 2 severe LAD stenoses (at the ostium and mid part), and a severe bifurcation stenosis at the Cx/OM1 confirmed by angiography. A staged PCI...
