This session highlights innovative transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) approaches for treating aortic regurgitation, focusing on off-label uses and complex cases. It features high-risk patient interventions, including nonagenarian patients, and strategies to manage severe non-calcific native valve regurgitation with balloon-expandable valves.

This session explores alternative access strategies for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) when the transfemoral route is not feasible. It covers complex scenarios including transcaval TAVI complications, transaxillary approaches, management of extra-large annuli with peripheral artery disease, and innovative transcarotid valve-in-valve procedures.

Delve into advanced imaging and physiology-guided drug-coated balloon (DCB) strategies for complex coronary lesions. This session presents integrated approaches combining morphology and physiology, OCT guidance, and real-world cases highlighting DCB use in multivessel disease and calcified lesions.

Discover the integration of imaging and physiological assessment in guiding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This session highlights the use of multimodality diagnostics, including invasive and non-invasive techniques, to improve planning, strategy, and management of complex coronary lesions.

An 80-year-old man underwent percutaneous coronary intervention with a bare-metal stent for severe stenosis at proximal left anterior descending coronary artery 13 years ago. In-stent restenosis was treated by a drug-eluting stent 1 year later...

Paris, France, 14-17 May 2024. The Course Directors have selected 3 major Late Breaking Trials (LBTs) that were presented for the first time during the 2024 edition of EuroPCR. These trials were selected on account of their design, outcomes and potential to influence daily clinical practice....

Alex Sticchi & Jonathan Curio provide their take on the clinical trial presented by Gregg W. Stone at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions (ACC.23/WCC).

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

Analyze this EIJ image to see how surgical aortic bioprostheses with expandable ring technology can significantly enhance future ViV procedures.

Jonathan Curio provides his take on the MitrAI score study which was presented by Luigi Biasco at ESC Congress 2024 in London.

Nicola Ryan provides her take on the ALIGN AR trial which was presented by Vinod H. Thourani at TCT Congress 2023. The Align AR trial is a prospective single-arm investigation device exemption study assessing the safety and efficacy of the Trilogy transcatheter heart valve system in patients with...

Make the most of the insights from Jacob Thomsen Loenborg’s interview with Chiara De Biase and Ali Nazmi Calik’s article to capture the key takeaways from this trial, simultaneously published in the NEJM, presented at the ESC Congress 2024 in London.

Ali Nazmi Calik provides his take on the EVOLVED trial presented by Marc Dweck at TCT 2024 in Washington.

Daniele Giacoppo and Nicola Ammirabile provide their take on the main results of the HOST-BR trial, presented by Hyo-Soo Kim at ACC.25 in Chicago.

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...