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Calcified lesions - LIVE Case

30 Jan 2026 – From SASCI-AfricaPCR

Watch this session if you want to understand the challenges and risks when treating calcified lesions, to learn how to accurately assess coronary calcification, to learn how to utilise the tools available for treating calcified lesions.

LIVE Case from Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town

The Investors Behind the Innovation

From early-stage specialists to global growth funds, leading venture capitalists joined PCR Innovators Day 2025. Discover who was there — and stay tuned to see who’s joining in 2026.

Jess John

Nico van der Merwe

Lloyd Joubert

Kishal Lukhna

PCR Rio Valves 2026: Promotional kit

Browse the official PCR Rio Valves promotional materials. Download, share and help spread the word about the Course.

Primary left ventricular unloading in anterior STEMI without cardiogenic shock: Results from the STEMI-Door to Unload randomized clinical trial

28 Mar 2026

Elad Asher provides his take on the STEMI-DTU trial, which was presented by Navin K. Kapur at the ACC.26 in New Orleans, and simultaneously published in the JACC.

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Elad Asher

A prospective multicenter registry to define coronary vasomotor disorders in ischemia with nonobstructive coronary arteries: Primary results of DISCOVER INOCA

28 Mar 2026

Aaysha Cader interviews Samit M. Shah, who presented the primary results of the DISCOVER INOCA registry at ACC.26. 

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Aaysha Cader

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Samit Shah

Coronary OCT and CMR imaging to determine sex differences in underlying causes of myocardial infarction with no obstructive coronary arteries

29 Mar 2026

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the trial evaluating multi-modality imaging to determine underlying causes of MINOCA in women and men. The trial results were presented by Harmony R. Reynolds at ACC.26 in New Orleans and simultaneously published in Circulation.

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Nicola Ryan

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of chronic total occlusion PCI in stable angina - ORBITA-CTO trial

03 Apr 2026

Kalaivani Mahadevan provides an in-depth analysis of the ORBITA-CTO trial: a first-ever randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating CTO PCI in stable angina patients.
She also interviewed principal investigators Sarosh Khan and John Davies following the LBCT Scientific Session at ACC.26 in New Orleans and simultaneous publication in...

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John Davies

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Kalaivani Mahadevan

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Sarosh Khan

FFR or 3d-quantitative coronary angiography-based vessel-FFR guided revascularisation – The FAST III trial

28 Mar 2026

Chiara De Biase provides her take on the FAST III Trial presented by Joost Daemen at ACC.26 in New Orleans. She reviews the comparison between vFFR and FFR, highlighting key findings and their impact on revascularisation strategies.

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Chiara De Biase

Redo-surgery versus transcatheter valve-in-valve for mitral bioprosthetic dysfunction: The SURVIV trial

03 Apr 2026

Yohei Ohno provides his takeaways from the results of the SURVIV trial, which were presented by Dimytri Siqueira during the ACC.26 in New Orleans.

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Yohei Ohno

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation without routine percutaneous coronary intervention: A randomized controlled trial (PRO-TAVI Trial)

29 Mar 2026

Jonathan Curio provides his take on the PRO-TAVI trial presented by Michiel Voskuil at ACC.26 in New Orleans and simultaneously published in The Lancet.

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Jonathan Curio

Protect the head to head trial: Randomized comparison of emboliner embolic protection catheter vs. sentinel cerebral protection system during transcatheter aortic valve replacement

28 Mar 2026

Alex Sticchi interviews Adam B. Greenbaum on the PROTECT head-to-head trial, comparing the new full-body Emboliner device with the first-generation Sentinel during TAVR, as presented at ACC.26 in New Orleans.

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Alessandro Sticchi

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Adam Greenbaum

Intravascular ultrasound-guided or angiography-guided complex high-risk PCI – The IVUS CHIP trial

28 Mar 2026

Daniele Giacoppo reports and provides his perspective on the main results of the IVUS-CHIP trial, presented by Roberto Diletti from the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, during a Late-Breaking Trials session at the ACC.26 in New Orleans, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of...

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Daniele Giacoppo

Ivus or angiography guidance for PCI in complex coronary bifurcation lesions (DKCRUSH-VIII)

31 Mar 2026

Nicola Ryan provides her take on DKCRUSH-VIII, a randomised controlled trial comparing IVUS versus angiography guidance for PCI, predominantly using the DKCRUSH technique in patients with complex bifurcation lesions, as presented by Shaoliang Chen at ACC.26 in New Orleans.

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Nicola Ryan

Atrial mitral and tricuspid regurgitation

23 Feb 2026

Register for free to this webinar on Thursday 9 April at 5:00pm with M. Adamo, M. Sitges and P. Lurz, D. Muraru and T. De Potter and learn about epidemiology and clinical presentation of combined MR and TR in patients with AF,...

Basil Levetan

Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement in carcinoid heart disease: A multimodality‑guided, patient-centered approach

03 Apr 2026

A 74-year-old woman with carcinoid syndrome develops progressive NYHA III dyspnoea and marked fatigue, despite well-controlled systemic symptoms. Echocardiography reveals torrential tricuspid regurgitation with carcinoid valve involvement, while surgical risk is deemed high due to age, frailty, and systemic disease. How would your Heart Team approach...

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Adnan Nadir