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PCR Fellows Course Paris: Submit before 6 April and get recognition from your peers!

Would you like to gain visibility, refine your work through valuable peer feedback, and open doors to career advancement? All that (and more) is possible when your submission is selected to be showcased at PCR Fellows Course 2026!

PCR Gulf Valves - Relive the Best of the Course

From opening to closing, explore the best of #PCRGulfValves. Watch videos, discover key figures, access replays and your certificates, and more to keep on learning!

The top ten impactful papers from 2025 on tricuspid intervention we almost missed

13 Jan 2026

Transcatheter interventions have rapidly reshaped the management of tricuspid valve disease, with landmark trials establishing feasibility and early clinical benefit.

Beyond these pivotal studies, a series of less visible but highly informative papers addressed mechanisms, complications, patient phenotypes, and unintended consequences of intervention.

This curated selection highlights ten impactful tricuspid...

Author

Alessandro Sticchi

ALL-RISE: A large-scale, global randomized trial of coronary physiology derived from conventional angiography compared with an invasive pressure wire-based approach to guide PCI

28 Mar 2026

Mirvat Al Asnag provides her take on the ALL-RISE randomised trial presented by Ajay J. Kirtane at ACC.26 in New Orleans.

Author

Mirvat Alasnag

What is PCR Imaging Valves Madrid?

Get a glimpse of the huge scope of this Course: its key features and a brief history!

Discover the PCR Global Interventional Academy

05 Apr 2026 - 05 Apr 2026

Launched in 2025, it is transcending geographical boundaries to empower interventional cardiologists worldwide with cutting-edge training and education

Balloon pre-dilatation

04 Nov 2017

Learn more about balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation with pre-dilatation of the aortic valve. Balloon aortic valvuloplasty is recommended prior to valve implantation but may contribute to procedural risk.

Improving Heart Function (iHF): Driving trans-disciplinary innovation in heart failure care

25 Aug 2025

Improving Heart Function (iHF) is a scientific and educational initiative which aims to address the complexity of heart failure care with a trans-disciplinary vision and high-level clinical resources.

ENVISAGE-TAVI AF: edoxaban vs. vitamin K antagonists after TAVI in patients with atrial fibrillation

31 Aug 2021

Following the Hot Line session of the ESC Congress 2021 presented by George Dangas (New-York, USA), Daniele Giacoppo offers us a condensed version of this study.

Author

Daniele Giacoppo

Comparison of puncture success rate between distal radial access and transradial access in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (DRAMI)

07 Nov 2024

Aaysha Cader provides her take on the DRAMI trial presented by Jun-Won Lee at TCT 2024 in Washington.

Author

Aaysha Cader

Left main coronary artery disease

18 Jun 2025

This PCR Textbook outstanding chapter written by F.J. Neumann and colleagues reviews the management of left main coronary disease, comparing PCI and CABG, emphasising patient-specific factors, heart team input, and PCI techniques including imaging and antithrombotic therapy. Available exclusively to subscribers.

Authors :

Rodrigo Modolo, Norihiro Kogame, Hidenori Komiyama, Vasim Farooq, Gregg Stone, Renu Virmani, Patrick W. Serruys

Entrapment of the Impella heart pump in the mitral subvalvular apparatus

10 Feb 2021

A 47-year-old man presented with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at his wedding and anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Initial blood pressure was 90/60 mmHg with pulse of 115 beats/minute...

Authors :

N. Khalid, E. Shlofmitz, B.C. Case, R. Waksman

Become a PCR Companion for free!

11 Apr 2019

Become part of a collective and collaborative programme that is open to all healthcare practitioners and brings exclusive benefits

MagicTouch SCB receives IDE approval for In-Stent Restenosis indication.

17 Sep 2022

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.

Author

Ali Nazmi Calik

Case report: Renal denervation using radiofrequency energy (rRDN)

20 Sep 2024

In this case report, we examine an advanced technique for renal denervation (RDN)—radiofrequency energy—employed to manage severe hypertension in patients with complex medical histories.

Author

Joachim Weil

Angiography-based quantitative flow reserve in coronary vasospastic angina

03 Jun 2020

A 60-year-old woman with a history of cardiac arrest associated with MINOCA (myocardial infarction with no coronary artery disease) event in the territory of the left main artery, underwent coronary angiography for recurrent episodes of chest pain leading to 4 hospitalizations in the last 2 years...

RESHAPE-HF2 - Percutaneous repair of moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation in patients with symptomatic heart failure

01 Sep 2024

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the RESHAPE-HF2 trial presented by Stefan Anker at the ESC Congress 2024 in London and simultaneously published in the NEJM.

The RESHAPE-HF 2 trial is a prospective randomised control trial comparing transcatheter mitral valve repair (TEER) and guideline-directed medical therapy to guideline-directed medical...

Author

Nicola Ryan

Radial sheath fracture removed surgically after severe radial spasm

19 Mar 2021

Radial artery spasm is inevitable when dealing with small caliber one, especially in calcified radial artery. We describe a case in which radial sheath broke due to severe radial spasm and successfully removed by vascular surgical extraction.

Author

Aly Tohamy

Redo-surgery versus transcatheter valve-in-valve for mitral bioprosthetic dysfunction: The SURVIV trial

03 Apr 2026

Yohei Ohno provides his takeaways from the results of the SURVIV trial, which were presented by Dimytri Siqueira during the ACC.26 in New Orleans.

Author

Yohei Ohno