This session presents new techniques and practical tips in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It covers innovative approaches such as the side-flap technique, simplified antegrade strategies for calcified lesions, and retrograde CTO techniques, providing valuable insights into overcoming challenging occlusions.

This session explores the clinical applications of drug-coated balloons (DCB) across diverse challenging scenarios. It covers management of severely calcified nodules in acute coronary syndrome, healing of intentional dissections in chronic total occlusions using paclitaxel DCB, strategic integration of contemporary technology in complex lesion treatment, and...

Addressing high-pressure scenarios in the cath lab, this session explores calm and structured decision-making approaches for unusual and challenging PCI cases. It emphasizes optimizing management of life-threatening complications through real-time strategies and illustrative case discussions.

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most common valvular heart disease leading to intervention. It is characterized by progression from leaflet thickening and calcification to significant haemodynamic stenosis which results in disease-specific symptoms and physical limitations as well as poor prognosis and impaired quality of life if...

Ali Nazmi Calik reviews Amulet IDE, a prospective, randomized, multi-center and active-control trial designed to compare the Amulet and Watchman 2.5 devices in a head-to-head fashion, and presented by Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy during TCT 2021.

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the final results of the MAnagement of high bleeding risk patients post bioresorbable polymer coated STEnt implantion with an abbReviated versus prolonged DAPT regimen

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the PASCAL IID Registry and an initial comparison with the CLASP IID. The trial was presented by Jörg Hausleiter during TCT Congress 2022.

Luigi Biasco provides his take on the results of the EARLY TAVR trial, presented by Philippe Genereux at TCT 2024 in Washington.

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

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

Luigi Biasco provides his take on a sub-analysis of the Early TAVR trial about the early and delayed aortic valve replacement implant patients presented by Philippe Genereux at ACC.25 in Chicago.