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World Heart Day 2022: Sub-Saharan Africa - the underserved continent when it comes to cardiovascular disease care

29 Sep 2022

The humble and noble ambition of SHARE (Sustain Health development in Africa through Responsible Education) is to identify a favorable environment in sub-Saharan countries where catheter labs can be established.

Recruitment complete in FEVAR study for on-label use with Bentley BeGraft as bridging stent

21 Jul 2022

Recruitment complete in BEVAR study for on-label use of the Bentley BeGraft peripheral PLUS as a bridging stent

10 Mar 2023

SEISMIC-HF I - Exploring non-invasive methods for monitoring intracardiac filling pressures

16 Nov 2024

Luis Ortega provides his take on the SEISMIC-HF I study presented by Liviu Klein at AHA 2024, in Chicago.

Author

Luis Ortega-Paz

Evidence base: A description of the key, so far published, studies in the space of drug coated balloons

23 Jan 2025

Authored by Hector Garcia-Garcia and Jorge Sanz-Sanchez, this article examines pivotal randomized clinical trials on drug-coated balloons in coronary artery disease. It highlights their role in managing in-stent restenosis, de novo small vessel lesions, and large vessel lesions while exploring future directions through ongoing trials.

Author

Hector Garcia-Garcia

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Jorge Sanz-Sanchez

Amulet IDE: Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage occluder randomised controlled trial

31 Aug 2021

Luigi Biasco reports the best of Dj Lakkireddy (Overland Park, USA)'s presentation of the AMULET IDE trial at the Monday, August 30 Hot Line session of the ESC Congress 2021.

Author

Luigi Biasco

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

Routine cerebral embolic protection in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the British Heart Foundation (BHF) PROTECT-TAVI trial

29 Mar 2025

Aaysha Cader and Ali Nazmi Calik provide their take on the BHF PROTECT-TAVI trial, presented by Rajesh Kharbanda at ACC.25 in Chicago.

Author

Aaysha Cader

Author

Ali Nazmi Calik

How to perform ELASTA-Clip: lacerating M-TEER devices to enable TMVR

09 Mar 2026

Recurrent mitral regurgitation after M-TEER can create a challenging scenario. Discover the ELASTA-Clip technique and its key steps to enable TMVR!

Author

Jonathan Curio

Author

Matti Adam

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

Successful Stent-less Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion by Ablation Devices in a Young Adult

04 Nov 2021

View this case with a 38-year-old male with effort angina and chronic total occlusion at the ostial segment of the left anterior descending artery.

Intercostal embolization of a stuck rotational atherectomy burr

02 Mar 2021

An elective right coronary artery PCI was scheduled in an 83-year-old gentleman. Due to the presence of severely diffuse and calcified disease, rotational atherectomy was decided, but the burr got entrapped in the severely calcified and tortuous proximal segment of the artery...

Interventional closure of LVOT to LA shunt after aortic valve replacement

30 Jun 2023

Watch the case of a 79-year-old male patient admitted to hospital with progressive dyspnea in NYHA functional class III-IV and signs of fluid overload, who presented a subannular perforation of LVOT in the region of fibrous aortomitral continuity, and find out how he was treated.

Pulmonary artery perforation after percutaneous left atrial appendage closure: possible mechanisms and red flags

26 Jun 2023

The present clinical case highlights some anatomical, functional, and devices-related features which may be used as red flag in the LAAO procedure planning due to prevent PA perforation, a rare but serious complication.

Percutaneous aspiration of vegetation to relieve obstruction in surgically repaired mitral valve

16 Jan 2025

This image highlights the challenges of managing infective endocarditis (IE) and explores the potential role of transcatheter extraction devices in addressing unmet needs for patients who cannot undergo surgery.

Fondazione Ricerca e Innovazione Cardiovascolare completes enrollment in TRANSFORM II RCT, a landmark study comparing MagicTouch SCB vs DES in native coronary vessels

12 Jun 2025

SMT Announces Completion of Patient Enrolment for TUXEDO-2 Trial

16 Aug 2024

Prompt intervention for severe aortic stenosis patients demonstrates lower healthcare costs, improved clinical outcomes

22 May 2025

First patient enrolled in Erectile Dysfunction prospective randomized study with SELUTION SLR

09 Sep 2022

BIOSOLVE-IV full-cohort two-year data confirm excellent safety and efficacy profile of Magmaris resorbable magnesium scaffold

23 Sep 2022