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Durable polymer vs. biodegradable polymer DES in patients with ACS undergoing complex PCI: A post hoc analysis of the HOST-REDUCE-POLYTECH-ACS trial

30 Aug 2022

The HOST-REDUCE-POLYTECH-ACS trial was a randomised, parallel-group multicentre trial with a 2x2 factorial design testing two independent hypotheses, one of which was the non-inferiority of durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) to biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) in patients with ACS. In this post-hoc analysis, the authors...

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Nicola Ryan

Alain G. Cribier

07 Nov 2017

In 2002, Alain Cribier revolutionised the field by introducing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) as a complementary technique to surgery. Find out more about his early life and studies.

Dario Tino Bertolone

Roma, Italy

Suman Bhandari

Delhi, India

A collection of visionaries

17 May 2017

There were many precursors to Andreas Grüntzig whose work made his achievement possible. The Exposition features a gallery of six of these pioneers. One such visionary was Charles Dotter (1920–1985), who in 1963, with the first use of a diagnostic catheter for a therapeutic purpose, invented...

Tanuj Bhatia

Dehradun, India

Wongsaput Boonyakiatwattana

Bangkok, Thailand

Inga Botchorishvili

Tbilisi, Georgia

A guide through the evolution of interventional cardiology

16 May 2017

Philippe Gaspard, an interventional cardiologist with over 35 years’ experience, was a firsthand witness of angioplasty’s early years. In his book “The History of Coronary Angioplasty” the author guides us through the field’s evolution while offering personal insights into the “paradigm shift” that followed the work...

Renato Bragato

Milan, Italy

Ramona- Elena Brancu

Ansbach, Germany

Alvin Brilian Budiono

Manado, Indonesia

Adrian Patrick Calimag

Quezon City, Philippines

Abhinav Chhabra

Haryana, India

Chee Yang Chin

Singapore, Singapore

Ka Lung Chui

Hong Kong

Lal Daga

Gujarat, India

The role of left atrial appendage closure in stroke prevention

07 Feb 2023

Watch the replay of the 4th of #PCRtokyo 2022’s six live webinars. You’ll learn all about ‘The role of left atrial appendage closure in stroke prevention'

Susila Surya Darma

Bali, Indonesia

Jaideep Das Gupta

Odisha, India