Explore advanced techniques and strategic approaches in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, including novel methods for severely calcified lesions, bifurcation management, and complex anatomies such as right main CTOs. The session highlights epicardial collateral navigation, device synergy for calcified coronary disease, indigenous perforation techniques, and ultra-low...

This session addresses the complexities of retrievals, foreign bodies, and entrapments in interventional cardiology. It presents clinical cases illustrating percutaneous retrieval techniques, management of catheter fractures, iatrogenic dissections, and innovative solutions for challenging scenarios. Emphasis is placed on precision, prevention strategies, and effective problem-solving to mitigate...

This session offers comprehensive education on the use of adjunct devices in complex PCI, focusing on different microcatheter designs and their optimal handling. It includes case-based illustrations demonstrating microcatheter applications, guidance on utilizing pre-shaped angled microcatheters in difficult anatomies, and the pivotal role of extension guide...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused huge disruption to healthcare services and dramatically reduced hospital admissions for MI.1 In response, the We CARE initiative was created from a collaboration between PCR and Stent – Save a Life! to rebuild patient confidence in pursuing timely medical treatment and to help...

The aims of We CARE are to rebuild patient confidence and help stakeholders provide effective and timely cardiac care through knowledge, education and training.

Paris, France. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, patients have been consistently deprived of timely cardiovascular treatment. This is due in part to measures taken in response to the sanitary crisis, but it is also due to patients' own unwillingness to seek medical help, even...

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...

Learn more about troubleshooting and tailor-made treatment combining 2D and 3D OCT thanks to this image in cardiology!

Edoardo Zancanaro provides his take on the ENBALV trial presented by Chisato Izumi at AHA 2024 in Chicago.

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on the SENIOR-RITA trial, presented by Vijay Kunadian at the ESC Congress 2024 in London.

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the FULL REVASC trial which was presented at ACC.24 in Atlanta and published Simultaneously in NEJM.

The FULL REVASC trial is a multicentre registry-based randomised control trial comparing FFR-guided complete revascularisation of non-culprit lesions versus culprit lesion PCI alone in patients presenting...

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on OPTION-STEMI, presented by Youngkeun Ahn at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.