This session explores vascular access techniques in interventional cardiology, emphasizing both femoral and radial approaches. It covers access-related bleeding and ischemic complications, safety and efficacy of distal radial programs, and innovations in sheath technology. Additional topics include post-procedural mobilization, management of radial artery recanalization, balloon fenestration...

This session examines the dual aspects of drug-coated balloons (DCB) in clinical practice through diverse case studies. Topics include DCB use in left main STEMI, OCT-guided management of in-stent restenosis, expanding indications for complex PCI, and challenges such as DCB failure and decision-making between drug-eluting balloons...

This session presents advanced strategies for mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) in complex clinical settings. Through cases involving surgical ring dehiscence, acute mitral regurgitation, dextrocardia, congenital anomalies, severe annular calcifications, and creative procedural approaches, it explores the expanding role of TEER. The session provides guidance on...

This session reviews the latest developments in interventional treatments for hypertension, focusing on renal denervation (RDN) technologies and clinical outcomes. It includes comparative procedural data from global registries and studies, novel computational assessments, and applications in specific patient populations such as those with polycystic kidney disease...

Aaysha Cader and Ali Nazmi Calik provide their take on the BHF PROTECT-TAVI trial, presented by Rajesh Kharbanda at ACC.25 in Chicago.

Paris, France, 20-23 May 2025. The EuroPCR Course Directors have selected 3 major late-breaking trials that will be presented for the first time during the 2025 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected because of their design, results, and potential to impact practice, among which is the...

Nicola Ryan provides her take on this investigator initiated, multicentre, randomised, blinded, sham controlled trial compares clinical outcomes of QFR versus angiography guided strategies for the treatment of non-critical lesions in patients with stable or unstable angina or MI at least 72 hours prior to screening....

Nicola Ryan provides a PICOT analysis of PACMAN AMI: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial presented at ACC 2022 and simultaneously published in JAMA.

Large-bore femoral access closure remains a critical step in transfemoral TAVI, where access-site complications can significantly impact outcomes.

This My Toolkit article presents a step-by-step tutorial on a combined suture- and plug-based closure strategy using one ProStyle™ and one Angio-Seal®. The technique aims to achieve rapid, reliable...