Delve into the complexities of bifurcation and left main coronary interventions with this session focusing on challenging cases and advanced techniques. Topics include management of complications during drug-eluting stent deployment, Impella-supported orbital atherectomy in heavily calcified lesions, and PCI in patients with severe comorbidities such as...

Explore complex valve-in-valve procedures and coronary protection strategies through a series of challenging case presentations. Topics include management of high-risk valve-in-valve scenarios, strategies for degenerated aortic bioprostheses, innovative transcarotid approaches, fenestration stenting for late coronary obstruction, and analysis of valve embolisation events, providing valuable insights for...

Stay at the forefront of TAVI management with this session highlighting novel approaches to difficult clinical scenarios. Topics include predictive scoring for pacemaker implantation, impact of baseline frailty on recovery, comparative imaging for coronary stenosis evaluation, physiology-guided PCI in TAVI patients, and outcomes of extrathoracic non-transfemoral...

September 29th marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of World Heart Day by the World Heart Federation. This day is dedicated to focusing international attention on cardiovascular disease (CVD), which remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide [1,2]. Today, we highlight the women...

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the results of the RIVER trial, which were presented by Pedro Gabriel Barros E Silva during the ESC 2023 congress in Amsterdam.

Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Bioprosthetic Valves According to Valvular Heart Disease Etiology, and Thrombotic and Bleeding Risks: Insights from...

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on REC-CAGEFREE I, a multicenter, non-inferiority trial presented at the ESC Congress 2024 in London.

Daniele Giacoppo reports and provides his perspective on the main results of the ambitious NEOMINDSET trial, presented by Pedro Lemos from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil, during a Late Breaking Trials session at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid, and simultaneously published in the New...