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

Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on OPTION, which was presented during AHA 2022 in Chicago.

Watch the case of a 79-year-old male patient admitted to hospital with progressive dyspnea in NYHA functional class III-IV and signs of fluid overload, who presented a subannular perforation of LVOT in the region of fibrous aortomitral continuity, and find out how he was treated.

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on the ECMO-CS trial, which was presented during AHA 2022 in Chicago, and simultaneously published in Circulation. 

In this review, Henryk Dreger explores the complex interplay between aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease, highlighting the latest evidence on PCI timing and its implications for clinical decision-making.