Explore metal-free PCI approaches emphasizing drug-coated balloon angioplasty and bioresorbable scaffold technologies. This session reviews angiographic outcomes in diffuse small vessel disease, bifurcation lesions, and acute myocardial infarction, alongside management strategies for restenosis post-DCB angioplasty, highlighting advancements in minimally invasive coronary interventions.

Address modern challenges in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions with this session focusing on the latest technologies and techniques. Learn key procedural strategies and best practices through detailed case studies, and understand how evolving technology is shaping the future of CTO revascularization.

Address the challenges of resistant lesions in NSTEMI with this focused session. Learn from complex cases involving thrombus management using Penumbra systems and Guideliner, as well as strategies to overcome extensive calcification through multiple interventional tools, illustrating a stepwise approach to tackling difficult coronary lesions.

Gain new insights into patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure with this session exploring age-related outcomes, risk of atrial arrhythmia, and patient selection improvements. Review various imaging approaches for assessing residual shunts and compare guidance techniques including TEE, fluoroscopy, and intracardiac echo from recent clinical registries.

In this article, Ulrich Schäfer explores the evolving landscape of access strategies in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). While the transfemoral approach remains the gold standard, a significant proportion of patients are not suitable due to peripheral vascular disease or anatomical constraints.
Drawing on clinical evidence and...

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...