This session addresses the complexities of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in calcified left main coronary artery disease. It covers comprehensive planning including mechanical circulatory support, intravascular imaging, and bifurcation strategies. Attendees will also learn to anticipate and manage potential complications and apply various tools to ensure...

Introducing ResilCard, a novel resilience assessment tool designed to maintain continuity of cardiovascular care during crises. This session highlights the importance of preparedness and adaptive strategies to ensure uninterrupted patient management in challenging healthcare environments.

This session presents some of the most instructive and challenging cases featured on the Euro4C PCRonline website. The cases encompass management of stalled rotational atherectomy burrs, combined use of intravascular lithotripsy and Impella in saphenous vein grafts, complexities of calcium in tortuous anatomy, and strategies for...

The closing ceremony marks the conclusion of the conference, providing a summary of key learnings, acknowledgments, and final reflections on the advancements and discussions presented throughout the event.

This live educational case from St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center demonstrates imaging-guided intravascular lithotripsy for calcified lesions. It covers lesion selection criteria, preparation and delivery of lithotripsy catheters, and reviews recent clinical evidence to guide best practices.

LIVE Educational Case from St. Francis Hospital & Heart...

• Multi-modality simulation to unveil the hidden parts & small obstacles that can result in complications
• Angioscopy directly inside the coronary artery to provide a better understanding of 3D stent configuration

Commented by Goran Stankovic and William Wijns

Part 1 of a 3-part series.
Next episode: How to correct incomplete crush and...

• Differentiating between complete and incomplete crush
• The importance of sequential crush and bigger balloons, adequately sized according to proximal vessel diameter

Commented by Goran Stankovic and William Wijns

Part 2 of a 3-part series:  
Previous episode: DK Crush like you’ve never seen it before
Coming up next: Main vessel stenting in DK-Crush, lessons...

• Optimisation of side branch stenting
• How to optimally deploy the second stent

Commented by Goran Stankovic and William Wijns

Part 3 of a 3-part series. Previous episode: How to correct incomplete crush and how to prevent lack of carina coverage

Learn more about troubleshooting and tailor-made treatment combining 2D and 3D OCT thanks to this image in cardiology!

Panos Xaplanteris & Leonidas Koliastasis provide their take on the final results of the ECLS-SHOCK (Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock) which were presented by Holger Thiele during the ESC 2023 congress in Amsterdam.

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.

Aaysha Cader provides her take on the Short-CUT trial presented by Suzanne J. Baron at TCT 2025, in San Francisco.

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the 5-year outcomes from PARTNER 3 Low Risk which were presented by Martin B. Leon at TCT Congress 2023.

REDUCE-AMI is a multicentre, registry-based, prospective open-label parallel-group randomised clinical trial evaluating the benefit of beta-blocker treatment in patients with acute MI and an ejection fraction >50% treated with a contemporary reperfusion strategy.

Nicola Ryan and Ali Nazmi Calik provide their take on the results which were presented...

Claudio Laudani and Daniele Giacoppo report the main results of the ILUMIEN IV trial presented by Ziad Ali, from the St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, and Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, in a Hot Line session at the European Society of Cardiology congress 2023...