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Challenges in the treatment of patients with left main disease
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Address the challenges in treating patients with left main disease by reviewing bifurcation techniques, intravascular imaging complexities, and intervention dilemmas in renal patients. Cases highlight management of calcified left main disease post-STEMI and nuanced lesion presentations.
Novelties and future developments of sympathetic denervation to control blood pressure
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover the latest novelties and future directions in sympathetic denervation for blood pressure control. This session presents preclinical safety data, lesion characteristics, anatomic guidance innovations, multi-organ denervation pilot studies, and breakthrough technologies like the Electroducer sleeve to enhance renal denervation interventions.
Non-antiplatelet drugs interventionalists should be aware of
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Gain essential knowledge on non-antiplatelet drugs relevant to interventional cardiology. Topics include the effects of empagliflozin on oxidative stress, the impact of midazolam on radial spasm during primary PCI, pharmacological cocktails to prevent radial spasm, and hydration strategies in patients with kidney disease during cardiac catheterisation.
Left main stenting techniques
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Examine advanced left main stenting techniques including DK crush and mini-crush strategies for complex bifurcation lesions. This session reviews stent malapposition in trifurcations, novel stent expansion outcomes, bifurcation angle correlations, and clinical results of double kissing crush versus culotte techniques.
Transcatheter management of structural defects
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore the transcatheter management of structural cardiac defects with challenging clinical scenarios including ventricular septal ruptures and post-TAVI complications. This session emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches and strategic planning to avert catastrophic outcomes and optimize patient care.
Techniques for the treatment of left main lesions
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover contemporary techniques for treating left main coronary artery lesions with a focus on ultra low-contrast PCI, management of calcified Medina 0-0-1 lesions, and troubleshooting intravascular lithotripsy. This session provides practical insights into complex lesion treatment to enhance safety and efficacy.
Invasive treatment of refractory angina
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore invasive treatment options for refractory angina through clinical case presentations emphasizing coronary physiology guidance, coronary microvascular disease management, and innovative therapies such as coronary sinus reducer implantation. This session highlights provocative test-guided approaches to optimize patient outcomes.
Nurses and allied professionals abstracts session
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Highlight the pivotal role of nurses and allied health professionals in interventional cardiology through a series of abstracts addressing radial haemostasis, TAVI nursing programs, early mobilization, radiation protection, and physiologist-led intracoronary thermodilution assessments.
Hotline TAVI 1: extended analysis of the randomised trials
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Gain comprehensive insights from extended analyses of randomized TAVI trials. This session reviews five-year UK TAVI outcomes, cardiac damage evolution in asymptomatic aortic stenosis, one-year results from the LANDMARK trial, and three-year comparisons of balloon-expandable valves, highlighting critical clinical implications.
How to avoid and manage complications in CTO interventions
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Learn how to anticipate, prevent, and manage complications during complex CTO interventions. This session presents real-world cases including donor artery dissection, main and distal vessel perforations, and the importance of teamwork in the cath lab for successful complication management.
Clinical outcomes of left main PCI
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session reviews clinical outcomes of left main PCI in various contexts including ACS, complex lesion risk stratification with BCIS-CHIP score, and spontaneous coronary artery dissection. It also compares double-stent techniques and examines five-year results to guide clinical decision-making.
Coronary sinus reducer for microvascular angina
28 Feb 2020
A 61-year-old man with a history of 2-vessel coronary artery stenting, hypertension and type-2 diabetes mellitus was admitted 5 times within September 2017 and November 2018 for recurrent angina CCS class III-IV refractory to therapy with nitrates, b-blockers and ranolazine in maximally tolerated doses...
OPTIMUM: Outcomes of Percutaneous RevascularizaTIon for Management of SUrgically Ineligible Patients with Multivessel or Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
04 Nov 2021
Mirvat Alasnag reviews the OPTIMUM trial, presented by David E. Kandzari, which reports outcomes in a subset of patients who are increasingly seen in modern day catheterization laboratories. It is noteworthy that 1 in 5 patients with left main or multivessel disease are considered surgically ineligible.

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Concomitant left atrial appendage occlusion and transcatheter aortic valve replacement among patients with atrial fibrillation – The WATCH-TAVR Trial
26 Oct 2023
Panos Xaplanteris provides his take on WATCH-TAVR results which were presented by Samir R. Kapadia at TCT Congress 2023.
Safety and Efficacy of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion at the Time of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - The WATCH TAVR Trial

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The FLAVOUR Randomized Clinical Trial: Comparison of Fractional Flow Reserve-guided and Intravascular Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Intermediate Coronary Artery Stenosis
22 Mar 2022
Daniele Giacoppo analyses the main results of the FLAVOUR trial which were presented by Bon-Kwon Koo, from Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea at the American College of Cardiology 2022.

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Five-year outcomes of the randomised trial of fractional flow reserve guided PCI compared to coronary artery bypass grafting: FAME 3
02 Apr 2025
Kalaivani Mahadevan provides her take on the five-year outcomes of the FAME 3 trial presented by William F. Fearon at ACC.25 in Chicago.

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