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Ultrasound renal denervation is now guideline-recommended: how do I get started?
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Ultrasound renal denervation (uRDN) is now guideline-recommended—are you ready to bring it into practice? This EuroPCR 2025 session offers everything you need to get started: review key results from Sham-controlled and off-medication trials confirming the efficacy and safety of RDN; understand why both the ESC and...
Valve choice - Shaping index procedures and lifetime patient management
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session addresses recent advancements and ongoing challenges in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), with a particular focus on valve selection during index procedures. Presentations include data from the Accurate IDE trial, highlighting the prognostic implications of valve underexpansion. A clinical case involving an 80-year-old patient with severe...
Complex PCI in calcific coronary artery disease - LIVE Case
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
A 76-year-old male patient presented with a significant history of coronary artery disease: CABG with LIMA/LAD and RIMA/OM (1996), RCA PCI with BVS (2016), OM PCI (2017), RIMA occlusion and OM retenosis treated with DCB (2022) with preserved LV. He was admitted for pre-operative evaluation prior...
Why should laser atherectomy be part of your complex PCI algorithm?
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Watch this EuroPCR 2025 session to see how ELCA can make the difference in two challenging cases: a severely calcified, undilatable lesion, and an uncrossable one. Learn how pre- and peri-procedural imaging (CT, IVUS, OCT) supports tailored decision-making, and how ELCA enables safe and effective lesion...
How to manage coronary artery disease in TAVI candidates?
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Understand the comprehensive management of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This session reviews evidence-based evaluation, decision-making, and treatment strategies for significant coronary lesions, including severe left main and multivessel disease, illustrated through detailed case studies.
How a new generation of coronary sinus reducer can significantly expand treatment options for patients with coronary microvascular dysfunction
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover the latest on managing coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) with insights from EuroPCR 2025. This session explores how physiology testing helps identify CMD endotypes in the cathlab and highlights the limitations of ETT for patients experiencing angina or dyspnea at rest. Learn about the A-FLUX coronary...
Role of imaging in ACS: from non-invasive to invasive investigations
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore the critical role of imaging in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) from non-invasive coronary CT angiography to invasive intracoronary imaging modalities. This session covers detection of culprit lesions, diagnostic strategies, and PCI optimization through real-world case examples.
Mitral hotline: new devices
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Stay updated on emerging devices in mitral valve repair and replacement with this session covering novel technologies including transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), posterior leaflet restoration, transfemoral mitral annuloplasty, and a first-in-human transseptal TMVR system. Clinical trial data and early feasibility experiences provide valuable insights into advancing...
Mitral and tricuspid hotline: long-term outcomes
20 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Review long-term outcomes of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) for mitral and tricuspid valve disease in this session. Highlights include pivotal trial results, mortality risk prediction tools, management of procedural failures, and real-world data, providing comprehensive insights into patient prognosis and therapeutic impact.
Imaging skills for successful TAVI procedure
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Enhance your imaging skills essential for successful TAVI procedures. This session covers complex scenarios such as left circumflex coronary artery anomalies, valve infolding risks with new platforms, bioprosthesis dysfunctions, procedural adaptations when faced with challenges, and zero-contrast TAVI techniques.
Advancing the standard of care in PCI with Bioadaptor: from simple to complex
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session provides an in-depth overview of Bioadapter technology and its potential to overcome the limitations of current drug-eluting stents (DES) in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Speakers present data from recent trials, including the Bioadapter RCT and the Infinity Sweetheart study, demonstrating a reduction in target lesion...
SURTAVI: five-year results from a randomized trial of TAVR vs. SAVR in patients at intermediate surgical risk
07 Nov 2021
Although TAVI is an accepted alternative to surgery in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high surgical risk, less is known about long-term comparative outcomes among patients with aortic stenosis who are at intermediate surgical risk. P. Redaelli & M. Pighi review the SURTAVI trial...
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World Heart Day 2023: Reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease globally: beyond stents and balloons!
29 Sep 2023
Global burden of Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the lead cause of mortality for men and women globally. Our world population in 2023 is 8 billion! Of these, around 620 million people are living with heart and circulatory diseases across the world. Each year around 60...
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The Lancet Commission to reduce global burden of cardiovascular disease in women by 2030
29 Aug 2021
Vijay Kunadian summarizes the key points of the LBT session of the ESC congress 2021 held on Sunday, 29 August focusing on the Lancet Commission to reduce the global burden of heart disease in women by 2030.
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BRIGHT-4 – Bivalirudin plus a high-dose infusion versus heparin monotherapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomised trial
07 Nov 2022
Nicola Ryan provides her take on the BRIGHT-4 study, which was presented during AHA 2022 in Chicago, & simultaneously published in the Lancet.
This study was a randomised control trial designed to assess if bivalirudin plus a high dose infusion for 2-4 hours post PPCI was superior to unfractionated...
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Drug-coated balloon (DCB) technology: A pioneer’s view of the historical evolution and future directions
08 Jan 2025
In this article, Bruno Scheller explores advances in local drug delivery, from drug-coated balloons to novel antiproliferative agents. These innovations aim to reduce restenosis, minimize permanent implants, and pave the way for patient-specific coronary artery disease treatments.
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