Performing high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in complex patients requires the interventional cardiologist to use mechanical circulatory support devices to achieve safer outcomes. Which patients are most at risk of complex PCI? What are the best mechanical circulatory support devices currently available and which has the strongest...

Lynne Hinterbuchner, from the Salzburg University Clinic in Austria asks David Sparv, the Chief Nursing Officer for 5 hospitals in Sweden about quality in the Cathlab. Education and training for Cathlab nurses and allied professionals needs to be standardised.  The European core curriculum leading to certification...

In this video, Thomas Cuisset and Davide Capodanno discuss with Dejan Milasinovic key moments in coronary intervention at EuroPCR 2024. They highlight innovations in intravascular imaging education, featuring the Imaging Learning Center and its hands-on workstations, and key studies like DOCTOR-LM, following in the footsteps of OCTOBER or BIFURCATION. Educating...

Emanuele Barbato interviews Rasha Al-Lamee, the principal investigator of the ORBITA 2 trial, about the current role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Unlike ORBITA 1, ORBITA 2 focused on the effects of angioplasty as a monotherapy, without prior anti-angina treatment. The results showed that angioplasty improved symptoms...

In this video, Christopher Cook interviews Patrick Serruys about the late-breaking clinical trial data from the LANDMARK RCT. Patrick Serruys begins by explaining the LANDMARK trial, which compares TAVI devices, and emphasizes the complexity of applying VARC-3 criteria. He highlights that the 30-day outcomes confirm the...

Stroke remains one of the most feared complications of TAVI—for both patients and physicians. In this EuroPCR 2025 video interview, Bernard Prendergast and Rajesh Kharbanda examine the role of cerebral protection during TAVI procedures, in light of two randomised trials: PROTECTED TAVR and BHF PROTECT-TAVI. While...

In this section you will find a series of short videos covering the organisation of tasks in the interventional cardiology unit.

The aim is to provide you with focused information that is immediately applicable in practice, with visually relevant support and simple, clear take home-messages:

• How to organise...

In this video, Elad Maor, Flavio Ribichini and William Wijns discuss the case of an immunosuppressed COVID (+) patient with hypertension, scleroderma and acute dizziness.

In this series of tutorials, Gilbert Tang proposes instruction videos on how to use 3mensio for pre-case planning in Mitral Valve-in-Valve TMVR.

In this video, join Lars Søndergaard, Lenard Conradi and Nicolas Van Mieghem as they discuss the importance of hemodynamic and valve durability in lifetime management of patients with aortic stenosis. You will also learn more about how to ensure coronary access after transcatheter aortic valve implantation...

In this series of tutorials, Gilbert Tang proposes instruction videos on how to use 3mensio for pre-procedural sizing and planning in TAVR, Valve-in-Valve, re-do TAVR, alternate access and more.

Launch the video to hear Marianna Adamo and Marta Sitges share how they and Julien Dreyfus strengthened the Leadership team at the end of last year, bringing welcome support to founders Francesco Maisano and Fabien Praz.
 
They explain their individual roles among the PCR Tricuspid Focus Group;...

EuroPCR is the biggest event in the interventional cardiovascular field around the world. For this occasion more than 10.000 professionals will get together in Paris. Late-Breaking trials, hot topics, innovations and more will arise during the Course next week. Don’t miss any...

To gather and share his experience, Andreas Grüntzig has created the first live courses in interventional cardiology. Discover who attended theses courses.

Join this discussion recorded in the PCR Live studio in London, where Sam Dawkins and Wolfgang Rottbauer, hosted by Jörg Hausleiter, talk about some new studies and clinical trials presented during PCR London Valves 2022. They also discuss the latest technologies available to treat mitral regurgitation.

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In this video, members of the PCR Tricuspid Focus Group Nicole Karam and Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben, discuss the results of the Triluminate trial with David Adams and Paul Sorajja. Together they comment on the take-home messages presented during the ACC.23/WCC scientific sessions and how this...

Deanna Khoo invites Paul Ong and Michael K. Y. Lee, the Principal Investigators of the study, to present the results of the BioFreedom Asian Registry, which focused on the management of STEMI patients in Asia.

Find out more about the study design, before discovering the main outcomes!

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Watch Mirvat Alasnag, Ajay Kirtane and Flavio Ribichini as they talk modern PCI right in the middle of EuroPCR 2023.

They start by distinguishing between a complex patient and a complex lesion, and go on to define a complex PCI. Then they highlight the role of intracoronary...