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Left main interventions - Have a NOBEL approach to EXCEL

04 Jul 2019 – From AICT-AsiaPCR 2019

Consult this session to learn through compelling cases more about left main bifurcation disease treatment, and discover tips & tricks for treating it in setting of acute myocardial infarction / cardiogenic shock.

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

Four-Year Outcomes from the EVOLUT Low Risk Trial

26 Oct 2023

Dejan Milasinovic provides his take on the EVOLUT Low Risk trial, presented by Michael I. Reardon at TCT Congress 2023. 4-year results reveal a continuing trend towards lower combined rates of all-cause mortality and disabling stroke with TAVI compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR)

Author

Dejan Milasinovic

The OCTOBER trial: OCT-guided or angiography-guided PCI in complex bifurcation lesions

29 Aug 2023

Dejan Milasinovic provides his take on the final results of the OCTOBER trial which were presented by Lene Nyhus Andreasen during the ESC 2023 congress in Amsterdam.

Author

Dejan Milasinovic

ACC 2019 Day 3: SAFARI-STEMI, STOPDAPT-2, SMART-CHOICE and more

19 Mar 2019

Mirvat Al Asnag reported live on major late-breaking trials presented at ACC 2019 in New Orleans: SAFARI-STEMI, STOPDAPT-2, SMART-CHOICE, TREAT and more

Author

Mirvat Alasnag

Aortic leaflets

30 Oct 2017

The normal aortic valve is trifoliate, the three leaflets form the aortic valve and provide its main sealing mechanism. Find out more about the anatomy as illustrated in the TAVI Atlas.

Protein and exercise to reverse frailty in older men and women undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: The PERFORM-TAVR Trial

08 Apr 2024

Panos Xaplanteris provides his take on the results of PERFORM-TAVR presented by Jonathan Afilalo at ACC.24 in Atlanta.

Author

Panagiotis Xaplanteris

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.

Author

Michele Pighi

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.

Author

Vijay Kunadian

Five-year outcomes of the randomised trial of fractional flow reserve guided PCI compared to coronary artery bypass grafting: FAME 3

02 Apr 2025

Kalaivani Mahadevan provides her take on the five-year outcomes of the FAME 3 trial presented by William F. Fearon at ACC.25 in Chicago.

Author

Kalaivani Mahadevan

ENVISAGE-TAVI AF: edoxaban vs. vitamin K antagonists after TAVI in patients with atrial fibrillation

31 Aug 2021

Following the Hot Line session of the ESC Congress 2021 presented by George Dangas (New-York, USA), Daniele Giacoppo offers us a condensed version of this study.

Author

Daniele Giacoppo

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...

Author

Claudio Laudani

Author

Daniele Giacoppo

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.

Author

Chiara De Biase

Summary and take home messages of the late-breaking clinical trials presented during #TCTConnect 2020

19 Oct 2020

Vijay Kunadian provides a summary of the coronary & structural late-breaking studies presented during TCT Connect 2020 and shares some take-home messages. See how these studies might influence your daily practice!

Author

Vijay Kunadian