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What are the essential skillsets for aspiring transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair operators?
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Rebecca Hahn, interventional echocardiographer, and Sam Dawkins, interventional cardiologist, look at the skills a good fellow needs to become an excellent interventional cardiologist, particularly in relation to mitral interventions.
Mastery of imaging and the three-dimensional nature of the heart seems to be the key to success, but...
Latest on TAVI in complex bicuspid lesions
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
The bicuspid aortic valve is a real challenge in terms of diagnosis and treatment of patients, as discussed by Didier Tchétché and Raj Makkar in this interview.
Given that there are different phenotypes and patterns of calcification, some patients should indeed not be treated by TAVI: find out...
Empowering European Healthcare Systems: RESIL-Card, an EU4Health Project, Launches to Enhance Cardiovascular Care Resilience
19 Jan 2024
Paris, 18 January 2024: The consortium and supporting partners that make up the RESIL-Card project kick-started the venture on 1st December 2023.
The 3-year project received a funding grant from the European Commission under the EU4Health Work Programme to strengthen European healthcare systems in providing continuity of care for...
What is the optimal aortic valve choice in the younger patient: transcatheter or surgery?
29 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Follow the discussion between Darren Mylotte, Kentaro Hayashida and Ole De Backer to better understand the concept of "young patients" and what it exactly implies, and analyze how best to bring these specific patients to the end of their still potentially long life, by choosing the...
Patient selection for tricuspid intervention - the role of the right heart
30 Nov 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Interviewed by Jörg Hausleiter, Rebecca Hahn and Philipp Lurz provide insight into the right heart's role in tricuspid procedures.
How can we best assess right heart function in patients so as to choose the most appropriate therapy for them? How TTE and TEE can help? How can...
What does lifetime management mean for the valve patient?
10 Jan 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Bettina Kirk, Alexandra Baer and John Webb discuss the question of lifetime management for valve disease patients, and begin by outlining the main difficulties involved, offering both an interventional cardiologist's and a nurse's perspective.
Then, they are considering how this lifetime management could be improved in the...
What is the role of intra-coronary physiology in guiding complete revascularisation?
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Nicola Ryan and Roberto Diletti discuss strategies for complete revascularisation in patients with acute coronary syndrome, and more specifically patients presenting with STEMI and multivessel disease.
What impact does physiology have on the completeness of revascularisation? Should complete revascularisation be guided by physiology? How does it improve performance? In...
EuroPCR 2025 – Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data from the PROTECTED TAVR and BHF PROTECT-TAVI Trials
21 May 2025
Paris, France, 20-23 May 2025. The EuroPCR Course Directors have selected 3 major late-breaking trials that will be presented for the first time during the 2025 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected because of their design, results, and potential to impact practice, among which is the...
Results from the DCR4Contrast (Dynamic Coronary Roadmap for Contrast reduction) Trial
16 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Javier Escaned joins Ajay Kirtane to discuss the DCR4C Trial he conducted, and more specifically to present the main results.
The framework of the study was the contrast reduction during PCI, which is closely related to what is now known as ultra-low contrast PCI, and which mainly concerns particularly...
The CorFlow MOCA I Trial: learnings from the first-in-human direct measurement of microvascular obstruction in STEMI
16 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
To help you better understand the MOCA I Late-Breaking clinical Trial and its findings, follow this exchange between Rob Schwartz, Marco Valgimigli, and Azeem Latib.
What is this study about? What technology are we talking about exactly? Why is it important for clinical practice? How can we...
New developments in intravascular lithotripsy after 5 years of clinical practice
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Angela McInerney and James Spratt look back at 5 years of intravascular lithotripsy and how it has evolved from its beginnings to the present day.
Calcium has always been a very complex issue especially in older patients, but the tools to treat it were somewhat limited....
The remaining big questions in transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention
18 Dec 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Rebecca Hahn, Anita Asgar and Scott Lim discuss where management and treatment of tricuspid valve diseases stand today.
Even if the subject has finally found its place, a number of questions remain unanswered and deserve to be addressed: Who are the patients that should be treated with...
ABCs on how to decrease radiation exposure
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Madji Saada, James Nolan and Ariel Roguin describe radiation in the cathlab before setting out the basic rules to follow to be protected against it.
The cathlab is potentially the most irradiating environment in which a healthcare professional can work and, over a long period, it can...
Managing antiplatelet/antithrombotic use for high-bleeding risk patients
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Marie-Claude Morice and Davide Capodanno meet to discuss antiplatelet treatment in HBR patients.
In the past, a short DAPT with regular regimen was recommended for these patients, but it is now much more elaborated, as a standardized nomenclature has been established, proposing 3 types of escalation for...
What is the role of imaging and physiology in complex bifurcation PCI?
Gabor Toth and Mariano Pellicano share some thoughts and perspectives on the role of coronary physiology and imaging in complex bifurcation PCI.
While physiology is an invaluable aid in understanding the functional relevance of a stenosis or circumflex bifurcation, imaging is a fantastic tool for understanding anatomy, for monitoring...
Is the invasive treatment of pulmonary embolism ready for prime time?
17 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
In many parts of the world, pulmonary embolism is not a field traditionally reserved for cardiologists, but Catalin Toma and Andrew Sharp explain why they should be involved in its treatment.
As it is an RV failure problem that evolves from subclinical to frank shock, given that cardiologists...
Who are eligible patients for transcatheter mitral valve replacement?
05 Dec 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
While surgical mitral valve replacement or repair and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) are two well established techniques, Alison Duncan and Lenard Conradi explore the place that transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) now holds.
They describe how and why patients who, for clinical reasons, are not suitable candidates...
Contemporary surgical & transcatheter treatment options for severe aortic regurgitation patients
05 Dec 2023 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Two cardiac surgeons, Hendrik Treede and Michael Reardon, and an echo specialist, Joao Cavalcante, have been invited to share their views on aortic regurgitation management.
So far, surgery remains the gold standard, and they explain why, by also comparing repair and replacement, before discussing the challenge that...
How to manage paravalvular leaks?
04 Jan 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Invited to talk about paravalvular leaks, Grzegorz Smolka, Patrick Calvert and Xavier Freixa begin by placing the subject in context, mentioning the frequency with which it is encountered in general practice.
Then, they distinguish between patients likely to benefit from paravalvular leak closure via transcatheter and those...
Imaging essentials for mitral valve interventions: pre, peri & post-procedure
18 Jan 2024 – From PCR London Valves 2023
Marta Sitges, Victoria Delgado and Edwin Ho discuss imaging essentials for mitral interventions. They start with an analysis of the most important pre-procedural imaging modalities, reflecting on the role of both TOE and TEE. As for the intra-procedural imaging, they focus on the key skills that...
