Uncover the critical role of peripheral interventions in managing complications. This session shares case stories of lost stents, unusual TAVI access complications, percutaneous removal of misplaced devices, revascularisation of iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms, and challenges when multiple closure devices are insufficient.

This session addresses the management of bifurcations with complex anatomy through a series of challenging case studies. It features a traumatic coronary artery dissection, anomalous right coronary artery PCI, CTO interventions complicated by proximal dissection, double CTO PCI for complete revascularization, and a challenging calcified left...

Delve into electrosurgical techniques in transcatheter mitral valve replacement. This session covers advanced methods including the tip-to-base lampoon technique, electrosurgical laceration of failed devices, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction management, combined septal ablation and valve-in-valve procedures, and management of severe aortic regurgitation post-laceration.

Gain expert perspectives on addressing calcified left main coronary lesions in high-risk and complex clinical scenarios. This session features challenging cases including ACS patients with reduced LVEF, severe calcified stenosis of left main bifurcation, complex PCI in post-CABG octogenarians with rotablation under Impella support, and other...

Explore innovative solutions for managing challenging TAVI device delivery. This session presents cases involving kinked and stuck Navitor valves, the use of snare devices for retrieval, balloon-expandable TAVI in severe bicuspid aortic stenosis, and alternative access routes such as transaortic access after failed transfemoral valve-in-valve procedures.

Address the challenges of severely calcified undilatable lesions during acute coronary syndrome PCI. This session reviews the impact of coronary calcification on PCI strategy, highlights pitfalls in lesion preparation, and presents detailed case studies demonstrating effective treatment approaches.

This session addresses the challenges and percutaneous techniques for paravalvular leak closure following valve replacement. Through complex case studies, it explores managing unexpected anatomical defects, dealing with failed closure attempts, and strategies in malpositioned valves, providing practical guidance for successful intervention in difficult scenarios.

Jean Fajadet, Bernard Prendergast and William Wijns reflect on 2023’s progress and achievements. As they look forward to 2024 their vision for PCR is clear: continue advancing cardiovascular care through promoting community knowledge, skills and experience sharing.

Elad Asher provides his take on the ASSURE DES trial presented by Jung-Min Ahn at the ESC Congress 2024 in London.

The European Bifurcation Club Left Main (EBC MAIN) trial addressed the issue of provisional single stent versus upfront double stenting in 467 patients with true bifurcation distal left main disease. 

So far, only one other randomized trial, DKCRUSH-V (n=482), has addressed the same research question, showing better...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers an effective, less invasive therapeutic alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis. Although TAVI is demonstrated to be superior to medical therapy or surgery in patients who are at prohibitive or high risk for...

A decade already passed from the first use of bioresorbable vascular scaffold in percutaneous coronary interventions. The first studies - by using surrogate endpoints - showed some superiority of BRS vs. metallic drug-eluting stent in terms of the so-called vascular restoration therapy with recovery of vasomotion...

The ISCHEMIA trial found no significant difference between an invasive vs. a conservative strategy in patients with chronic coronary syndromes and moderate to severe ischemia at a mean of 3.2 years. However, the cumulative difference in the estimates of cardiac death between the invasive and conservative...

Air embolism (AE) is a rare complication during interventional procedures and one of the most scaring for interventional cardiologists. Air bubbles in the coronary circulation often result in ischemic symptoms, vasospasm, and even cardiac arrest. In addition, arrhythmias are common and closely related to the coronary ...

Results of the interim analyses performed after 12 months in the first 111 patients enrolled in phase II Cool AMI trial evaluating safety and effectiveness of systemic therapeutic hypothermia as an adjunctive therapy in anterior STEMI undergoing PCI as compared to PCI only. Analyses showed significant...

Examination of the study methodology and results according to the PICOT principle, SWOT analysis and real-world applicability

Make the most of the insights from Jacob Thomsen Loenborg’s interview with Chiara De Biase and Ali Nazmi Calik’s article to capture the key takeaways from this trial, simultaneously published in the NEJM, presented at the ESC Congress 2024 in London.