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The AQUATIC trial: Assessment of quitting versus using aspirin therapy in patients with stabilized coronary artery disease after stenting who require long-term oral anticoagulation

01 Sep 2025

Chiara De Biase provides her take on the results of AQUATIC presented by Martine Gilard at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

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Chiara De Biase

Elixir Medical completes enrollment in BIOADAPTOR randomized controlled trial of Dynamx Coronary Bioadaptor System

15 Feb 2022

Artificially synthesized optical coherence tomography images based on intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology examination of diseased coronary artery

05 May 2021

Intravascular imaging is a cornerstone of invasive management of coronary disease, requiring specialized training to interpret either IVUS or OCT. AI can facilitate interpretation by non-specialists in real time.

FAVOR III China: Angiographic quantitative flow ratio-guided coronary intervention - a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial

04 Nov 2021

Nicola Ryan provides her take on this investigator initiated, multicentre, randomised, blinded, sham controlled trial compares clinical outcomes of QFR versus angiography guided strategies for the treatment of non-critical lesions in patients with stable or unstable angina or MI at least 72 hours prior to screening....

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Nicola Ryan

Best of #AHA21 Scientific Sessions: coronary and valvular heart disease trials

14 Nov 2021

Vijay Kunadian provides summaries of study designs and findings in Interventional Cardiology released at the 2021 virtual edition of the American Heart Association Congress. View an infographic of the AVATAR late-breaking trial by Ali Nazmi Calik.

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Vijay Kunadian

EuroPCR 2019 Press Release: Education rhymed with interaction at the world-leading course in interventional cardiovascular medicine

24 May 2019

Paris, France, 24 May 2019. A total of 11,206 participants from over 120 different countries were present at the 30th edition of EuroPCR. An additional 4,700 online learners connected to watch a selection of sessions that were made available both live and on replay via PCR...

Bentley buys key suppliers and engages employees in planned IPO

24 Apr 2023

Double barrel in CTO PCI

23 Apr 2024

This EIJ image illustrates a crucial case, emphasizing the importance of confirming wire position in the true lumen during dissection and re-entry techniques in CTO PCI.

EuroPCR 2024: Elixir Medical’s late-breaking 12-month data demonstrate significant improvement in safety and effectiveness of world’s first site-specific antithrombotic therapeutic compared to DES

14 May 2024

World Heart Day 2023: Reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease globally: beyond stents and balloons!

29 Sep 2023

Global burden of Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the lead cause of mortality for men and women globally. Our world population in 2023 is 8 billion! Of these, around 620 million people are living with heart and circulatory diseases across the world. Each year around 60...

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Vijay Kunadian

Why hypertension is a major unresolved problem

02 Oct 2024

Explore the global challenge of hypertension, affecting one in three adults, and the strategies for screening, diagnosis, and management, including lifestyle modifications, pharmacotherapy, and device-based treatments, as outlined by Sofie Brouwers.

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Sofie Brouwers

The RELIEVE-HF study: is an atrial septal shunt beneficial in HFrEF?

07 Apr 2024

Charles Fauvel provides his take on the RELIEVE-HF study outcomes presented by Gregg W. Stone at ACC.24 in Atlanta.

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Charles Fauvel

Dynamx bioadaptor restores rotational motion and vessel stress reduction in new study

02 Jun 2022

Frequency and safety of bioprosthetic valve fracture in patients undergoing valve in valve TAVR for failed surgical valves using the SAPIEN 3/Ultra Valves: Insights from real-world data

19 Sep 2022

Michele Pighi provides his take on this trial which aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of VIV-TAVI with or without bioprosthetic valve fracture. It was presented by Santiago Garcia during the TCT Congress 2022.

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Michele Pighi

Landmark results from S-FLEX UK-II registry published in BMJ Open: Supraflex Cruz demonstrates outstanding performance

03 Dec 2024

Elixir Medical’s DynamX Bioadaptor demonstrates significant improvement over contemporary drug-eluting stent in patients with acute coronary syndrome and complex lesion subsets after six months

28 Oct 2024

Feasibility of sheathless Impella for protected percutaneous coronary intervention: a single-center experience

02 May 2025

Impella CP microaxial flow pump supports complete revascularisation during high-risk PCI, but standard implantation often leads to vascular complications. This article explores an initial experience with a sheathless implantation technique, which shows promise as a feasible and safe alternative.

ILUMIEN IV: OPTIMAL PCI - Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Coronary Stent Implantation Compared with Angiography: A Multicenter Randomized Trial in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

29 Aug 2023

Claudio Laudani and Daniele Giacoppo report the main results of the ILUMIEN IV trial presented by Ziad Ali, from the St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, and Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, in a Hot Line session at the European Society of Cardiology congress 2023...

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Claudio Laudani

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Daniele Giacoppo

Critical reflection on effective life-long learning – interventional cardiologists in pandemic times

17 Dec 2020

Because of the current COVID-19 environment with an exponential development of ‘digital format of postgraduate learning events’, often on the same topics, it seems essential to remember the foundation of effective post graduate learning in the field of medicine, and how we...

EuroPCR 2021 - Unprecedented global outreach and online interactivity during an innovative livestreamed edition

25 May 2021

Paris, France. 21 May 2021.  Since 1989, EuroPCR has constantly pioneered innovative educational tools and formats to help the interventional cardiovascular community effectively share their knowledge, skills and practice. Rising up to the challenge of the pandemic, the 31st annual edition was fundamentally rethought, reshaped and...