This session reviews the impact of recent evidence on complex PCI, highlighting the value of intracoronary imaging (CHIP IVUS trial) and left ventricular assist devices (CHIP BCIS 3 trial). Through case discussions, participants reflect on how these innovations influence daily clinical practice and enhance procedural planning...

Focus on risk stratification and reperfusion strategies for acute and subacute pulmonary embolism through this session. It discusses the impact of elective endovascular therapies in intermediate-high risk patients, intraprocedural complications, and early mortality associated with catheter interventions. Additionally, it reviews real-world outcomes of catheter-directed therapy, national...

Explore a series of challenging cases in coronary bifurcation interventions, highlighting complex decision-making scenarios, pharmaco-invasive strategies guided by IVUS, and tailored techniques for reintervention. Emphasis is placed on imaging-guided PCI and simplifying complex double bifurcation and long lesion treatments to optimize patient outcomes.

This session focuses on the innovative use of drug-coated balloons (DCB) in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions. It reviews combined plaque modification techniques, complex multivessel PCI cases involving CTOs, and strategy considerations such as hybrid therapy versus full metal jacket, emphasizing vessel biology preservation during revascularisation.

This study's results emphasise the strengths and limitations of transcatheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) as a novel and promising therapy providing predictable elimination of MR in most patients, by S. Ludwig et al.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers an effective, less invasive therapeutic alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis. Although TAVI is demonstrated to be superior to medical therapy or surgery in patients who are at prohibitive or high risk for...

Yohei Ohno provides his takeaways from the results of the Evolut Low Risk trial which was presented by Michael J. Reardon during the ACC.25 in Chicago.

Over the last 30 years, primary PCI (pPCI) has evolved from an experimental ‘rescue’ intervention to an essential routine procedure – performed daily in cathlabs around the world – which is responsible for saving millions of lives. However, its path to success was far from smooth.

Luigi Biasco provides his take on the clinical trial presented by John K. Forrest from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA during the 2023 ACC/WCC annual congress held in New Orleans, Louisiana.