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Frequency and safety of bioprosthetic valve fracture in patients undergoing valve in valve TAVR for failed surgical valves using the SAPIEN 3/Ultra Valves: Insights from real-world data
19 Sep 2022
Michele Pighi provides his take on this trial which aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of VIV-TAVI with or without bioprosthetic valve fracture. It was presented by Santiago Garcia during the TCT Congress 2022.

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Mid-term echocardiographic outcomes following transapical mitral valve replacement: Updates from the Intrepid Pilot Study
19 Sep 2022
Pamela Gatto provides her take on the Intrepid Global Pilot Study which was presented by Renuka Jain at TCT Congress 2022.

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Everolimus-eluting stents or bypass surgery for mutivessel coronary artery disease: 10-year outcomes of multicenter randomized controlled BEST trial
20 Sep 2022
Nicola Ryan provides her take on the BEST trial which was presented by Jung-Min Ahn at TCT 2022.
It is a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial comparing PCI with second-generation everolimus-eluting stents and CABG in patients with non-left main multivessel coronary artery disease. At two-year follow-up PCI was shown...

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BYPASS-CTCA: The value of computed tomography cardiac angiography in improving patient satisfaction and reducing contrast load, procedural duration and complications in patients who had previous CABG undergoing invasive coronary angiography
19 Sep 2022
Nicola Ryan provides her take on the BYPASS-CTCA Study which was presented by Daniel A. Jones at the TCT Congress 2022.
It must be understood that the paper has yet to be published for this study therefore all assumptions are based upon the presented data.

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Prevention of radial artery occlusion with rivaroxaban after transradial coronary procedures: The RIVARAD multicentric randomized trial
19 Sep 2022
Aaysha Cader interviews Rania Hammami, Principal Investigator of the RIVARAD trial. They discuss the design and results of the trial which was presented during #TCT2022.
RIVARAD is the first multicentric randomized trial with 30-day RAOs as the primary endpoint, which proved the efficacy of short-term use of...

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EXpansion of stents after Intravascular lithoTripsy versus conventional predilatation in CALCified coronary arteries: the EXIT-CALC – a prospective, randomized study
20 Sep 2022
Pierre Deharo and Michele Pighi share with us their views on the EXIT-CALC study presented by Thomas Oomens at TCT 2022.

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FFR-guided PCI optimization directed by high-definition IVUS versus standard of care - the FFR-REACT trial
24 Aug 2022
The primary objective of the study was to assess whether an IVUS-based stent optimization provided an incremental value in terms of vessel-related adverse event occurrence in patients presenting with low post-PCI FFR (<0.90).

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Sabeeda Kadavath
Nashville, United States of America

A broken wire in right coronary artery
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 53 year-old woman presenting with severe retrosternal chest pain. ECG revealed an acute inferior ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and angiography showed an acute thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery. However, a complication occurred during the primary PCI: the wire...

A case of left main PCI?
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 74 year-old male presenting with NSTEMI, with an history of lung CA with lobectomy and radiation therapy. The team decided to perform a PCI. How did the procedure go? What challenges did they face and how did they manage them? Watch...

An interesting case of SCAD
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 36 year-old woman presenting with squizzing central chest pain and referred for a primary PCI with impression of anterior STEMI. Angiography revealed a diffused significant lesion at mid-part of LAD. Watch the video to discover the treatment's option!

Complex PCI after bypass grafts failure
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 76 year-old female patient presenting with unstable angina, history of CABG and SVG and various risk factors (dyslipidemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes). Angiography revealed a severe calcification of left main and left anterior descending artery with a tight stenosis, a...

Fractured stent and aneurysmal expansion of the coronary artery
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 51 year-old male presenting with stable angina, with an history of ischemic heart disease (stented several times), hypertension and benign lung tumor (active smoker). Angiogram revealed a mid LCx CTO, a mid LAD aneurysmal extended with distal part occluded and an...

Repeat NSTEMI late after self-expanding TAVR
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 79 year-old man presenting to the ER with NSTEMI and chest pain, with an history of NSTEMI with PCI and TAVR (CTO of the dominated RCA and intermediate stenosis of the proximal LAD). Angiography reveals a tight stenosis of proximal and...

Severe coronary calcification: a setting for more than one lesion preparation method
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 85 year-old male patient with an inferior NSTEMI, a severely reduced LVEF 20%, a symptomatic COVID-19 infection and various comorbidities. The RCA subocclusion was successfully stented, while the predilation of the proximal LAD calcification remained unsuccessful. How did the team treat...

The freaky and rocky road
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 85 year-old female patient presenting with angina during dialysis and LVEF 55% with hypokinesia in inferior wall. Angiogram reveals an anomalous RCA from left sinus with a mid-RCA calcified CTO. Watch the video to learn more about the treatment's option!

Treatment of atherosclerotic vasospastic plaque in proximal left anterior descending and left main
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Discover the case of a 57 year-old male patient presenting with chest pain, ECG-ST segment depression in all precordial leads and elevated HS troponins. He already suffered from this event 2 years ago (treated conservatively). Angiogram reveals a vasospastic atherosclerotic plaque in proximal LAD and LM....

New insights in coronary artery disease and OHCA
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Consult this session to gain insights into coronary artery disease and OHCA: learn about the 4-year clinical outcomes of the RESTORE SVD trial regarding the Restore DCB, the results of the FAVOR III trial comparing QFR-guided vs angiography-guided PCI in patients with MVD, and more!

Peripheral Interventions
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch this video to learn more about the rationale, design and status of the SirPAD phase III randomized controlled trial, investigating whether the use of sirolimus-coated balloon catheters in patients with peripheral artery disease is not inferior to that of uncoated balloon catheters for major clinical...

TAVI - New insights
17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022
Watch this session to learn about the latest studies regarding TAVI, and gain insights into paravalvular leakage 5 years post-TAVI, infective endocarditis after TAVI, survival and structural valve degeneration in first generation transcatheter aortic valves, and more!
