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Long-term beta-blocker treatment after acute myocardial infarction and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction: The REDUCE-AMI Trial

07 Apr 2024

REDUCE-AMI is a multicentre, registry-based, prospective open-label parallel-group randomised clinical trial evaluating the benefit of beta-blocker treatment in patients with acute MI and an ejection fraction >50% treated with a contemporary reperfusion strategy.

Nicola Ryan and Ali Nazmi Calik provide their take on the results which were presented...

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Nicola Ryan

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Ali Nazmi Calik

How to perform angiographic check after large-sheath removal in single access procedures

18 Mar 2024

In the absence of other arterial access, this step-by-step tutorial shows how to perform anterograde angiography of the arterial axis after removal of the large sheath, making it easier to recognise and rapidly manage vascular complications such as arterial lesions and haemostasis failure.

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Francesco Burzotta

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Lazzaro Paraggio

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Mattia Lunardi

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Cristina Aurigemma

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Enrico Romagnoli

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Francesco Fracassi

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Antonino Buffon

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Carlo Trani

Shockwave Medical study confirms benefit of IVL-first strategy in real-world female patients with complex calcified lesions in late-breaking data presentation at EuroPCR 2025

20 May 2025

TAILORED-CHIP: Tailored antiplatelet therapy for complex high-risk PCI

29 Aug 2025

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the results of TAILORED-CHIP presented by Duk-Woo Park at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

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Nicola Ryan

Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion in VHD without AF: OPINION Trial

03 Sep 2025

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the results of the OPINION trial presented by Yang Wang at the ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

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Alessandro Sticchi

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...

NEO-MINDSET: Early withdrawal of aspirin after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome

02 Sep 2025

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...

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Daniele Giacoppo

Angiography-derived fractional flow reserve versus intravascular ultrasound to guide percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with coronary artery disease: the FLAVOUR II trial

29 Mar 2025

Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on the FLAVOUR II trial presented by Jian-An Wang at ACC.25 in Chicago.

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Ali Nazmi Calik

Commissural alignment during TAVI

13 Sep 2023

As lifetime management of aortic valve disease patients undergoing TAVI is gaining increased attention, this article sought to summarize the principal idea and possible technical implementation of commissural alignment with current generation transcatheter heart valves (THVs).

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Ahmed Abdelhafez

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Johannes Wilde

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Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

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!

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Jonathan Curio

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Matti Adam

Portico with FlexNav TAVI system: enhancing innovative technology to optimize patient outcomes and physician experience

05 May 2020

Real-world case report illustrating the benefits of the Portico with FlexNav TAVI system.

Transfemoral TAVI in the horizontal aorta

12 May 2020

Real-world case report illustrating the benefits of the Portico with FlexNav TAVI system.

TAVI in a patient with tortuous iliac anatomy and calcification

12 May 2020

Real-world case report illustrating the benefits of the Portico with FlexNav TAVI system.

Implantation of the Portico With FlexNav TAVI System in a patient with aortic stenosis, severe renal impairment, and diffuse iliac atherosclerosis

12 May 2020

Real-world case report illustrating the benefits of the Portico with FlexNav TAVI system.

Comparison of a precision care strategy with usual testing to guide management of stable patients with suspected CAD: the PRECISE randomized trial

09 Nov 2022

Alex Sticchi provides his take on PRECISE, which was presented during AHA 2022 in Chicago.

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Alessandro Sticchi