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Left main coronary artery disease

18 Jun 2025

This PCR Textbook outstanding chapter written by F.J. Neumann and colleagues reviews the management of left main coronary disease, comparing PCI and CABG, emphasising patient-specific factors, heart team input, and PCI techniques including imaging and antithrombotic therapy. Available exclusively to subscribers.

Authors :

Rodrigo Modolo, Norihiro Kogame, Hidenori Komiyama, Vasim Farooq, Gregg Stone, Renu Virmani, Patrick W. Serruys

Entrapment of the Impella heart pump in the mitral subvalvular apparatus

10 Feb 2021

A 47-year-old man presented with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at his wedding and anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Initial blood pressure was 90/60 mmHg with pulse of 115 beats/minute...

Authors :

N. Khalid, E. Shlofmitz, B.C. Case, R. Waksman

Comparison of puncture success rate between distal radial access and transradial access in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (DRAMI)

07 Nov 2024

Aaysha Cader provides her take on the DRAMI trial presented by Jun-Won Lee at TCT 2024 in Washington.

Author

Aaysha Cader

OPTION – Indobufen or aspirin on top of clopidogrel after coronary drug-eluting stent implantation

08 Nov 2022

Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on OPTION, which was presented during AHA 2022 in Chicago.

Author

Ali Nazmi Calik

Angiography-based quantitative flow reserve in coronary vasospastic angina

03 Jun 2020

A 60-year-old woman with a history of cardiac arrest associated with MINOCA (myocardial infarction with no coronary artery disease) event in the territory of the left main artery, underwent coronary angiography for recurrent episodes of chest pain leading to 4 hospitalizations in the last 2 years...

Case report: Renal denervation using radiofrequency energy (rRDN)

20 Sep 2024

In this case report, we examine an advanced technique for renal denervation (RDN)—radiofrequency energy—employed to manage severe hypertension in patients with complex medical histories.

Author

Joachim Weil

Radial sheath fracture removed surgically after severe radial spasm

19 Mar 2021

Radial artery spasm is inevitable when dealing with small caliber one, especially in calcified radial artery. We describe a case in which radial sheath broke due to severe radial spasm and successfully removed by vascular surgical extraction.

Author

Aly Tohamy

RESHAPE-HF2 - Percutaneous repair of moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation in patients with symptomatic heart failure

01 Sep 2024

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the RESHAPE-HF2 trial presented by Stefan Anker at the ESC Congress 2024 in London and simultaneously published in the NEJM.

The RESHAPE-HF 2 trial is a prospective randomised control trial comparing transcatheter mitral valve repair (TEER) and guideline-directed medical therapy to guideline-directed medical...

Author

Nicola Ryan

Bentley buys key suppliers and engages employees in planned IPO

24 Apr 2023

Performing BASILICA: a step-by-step guide to prevent coronary obstruction during TAVI

05 Aug 2025

Author

Ahmed Abdelhafez

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Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

Management of mitral regurgitation patients undergoing TMVI screening

13 Jan 2022

This study's results emphasise the strengths and limitations of transcatheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) as a novel and promising therapy providing predictable elimination of MR in most patients, by S. Ludwig et al.

Robocath achieves positive results in R-Evolution multicenter European clinical study on robotic coronary angioplasty

18 May 2022

All-new EuroPCR 2021: what’s on?

Watch an interview with the Course Directors to discover all about the 4 live channels, 5 TV studios, 10 PCR Hubs worldwide and what’s on before, during and after EuroPCR!

TOMAHAWK: immediate angiography after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without ST-segment elevation

29 Aug 2021

Elad Asher analyses this study which compared the benefits of immediate coronary angiography with those of initial intensive care assessment with delayed angiography after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Hot Line session of the ESC Congress 2021.

Author

Elad Asher

SMT chosen as exclusive distributor of Penumbra’s latest mechanical and computer-aided aspiration technology in India to address blood clots in the heart and body

24 Mar 2023

EXpansion of stents after Intravascular lithoTripsy versus conventional predilatation in CALCified coronary arteries: the EXIT-CALC – a prospective, randomized study

20 Sep 2022

Pierre Deharo and Michele Pighi share with us their views on the EXIT-CALC study presented by Thomas Oomens at TCT 2022.

Author

Pierre Deharo

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Michele Pighi

Celebrating 30 years of transradial artery access!

17 May 2022

Thirty years ago, the interventional cardiology field was transformed with the emergence of a new access site – the radial artery was used for coronary angioplasty and stent implantation for the first time on 14 August 1992.

Author

Mirvat Alasnag

Author

Ferdinand Kiemeneij

Bubble trouble: aortic air embolization and de-embolization during coronary angiography

09 Aug 2021

Air embolism (AE) is a rare complication during interventional procedures and one of the most scaring for interventional cardiologists. Air bubbles in the coronary circulation often result in ischemic symptoms, vasospasm, and even cardiac arrest. In addition, arrhythmias are common and closely related to the coronary ...

STRIVE: intracoronary low-dose recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in primary PCI for STEMI and large thrombus burden

25 Oct 2025

Elad Asher provides his take on the STRIVE study presented by Shamir R. Mehta at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

Author

Elad Asher

Recruitment complete in BEVAR study for on-label use of the Bentley BeGraft peripheral PLUS as a bridging stent

10 Mar 2023