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Best of #AHA21 Scientific Sessions: coronary and valvular heart disease trials

14 Nov 2021

Vijay Kunadian provides summaries of study designs and findings in Interventional Cardiology released at the 2021 virtual edition of the American Heart Association Congress. View an infographic of the AVATAR late-breaking trial by Ali Nazmi Calik.

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Vijay Kunadian

SENIOR-RITA - Older patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction randomised interventional treatment trial

02 Sep 2024

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on the SENIOR-RITA trial, presented by Vijay Kunadian at the ESC Congress 2024 in London.

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Mirvat Alasnag

ILUMIEN IV: OPTIMAL PCI - Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Coronary Stent Implantation Compared with Angiography: A Multicenter Randomized Trial in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

29 Aug 2023

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...

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Claudio Laudani

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Daniele Giacoppo

Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation - the OPTION Trial

17 Nov 2024

Alessandro Sticchi provides his take on the OPTION Trial presented at AHA 2024 in Chicago.

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Alessandro Sticchi

TRISCEND II trial: Randomized comparison of transcatheter valve replacement vs. optimal medical therapy for severe tricuspid regurgitation

04 Nov 2024

Alex Sticchi provides his take on the results of the TRISCEND II trial presented by Susheel K. Kodali and Suzanne V. Arnold at TCT 2024 in Washington.

Also watch the interview with Susheel K. Kodali

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Alessandro Sticchi

TACSI: Dual or single antiplatelet therapy after CABG in patients with acute coronary syndrome

03 Sep 2025

Aaysha Cader provides her take on TACSI presented by Anders Jeppsson at ESC Congress 2025 in Madrid.

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Aaysha Cader

ESC/EACTS Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines 2021: updates from the 2017 Guidelines

29 Aug 2021

There has been significant expansion in the field of structural heart diseases in the last couple of years, generating an extensive body of evidence and warranting an update to the 2017 Guidelines. Mirvat Alasnag provides an analysis of the updates included in this new document - a joint...

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Mirvat Alasnag

Five-year clinical and echocardiographic outcomes from the PARTNER 3 Low-Risk randomized trial

26 Oct 2023

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.

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Alessandro Sticchi

Transcatheter vs surgical aortic valve replacement in aortic stenosis patients at low surgical risk: 3-year outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk trial

05 Mar 2023

Luigi Biasco provides his take on the clinical trial presented by John K. Forrest from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA during the 2023 ACC/WCC annual congress held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Luigi Biasco

Early intra-aortic balloon pump in heart failure complicated by cardiogenic shock: The Altshock-2 randomized clinical trial

31 Mar 2025

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on the Altshock-2 randomized clinical trial which was presented by Alice Sacco at ACC.25 in Chicago.

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Mirvat Alasnag

Ivus or angiography guidance for PCI in complex coronary bifurcation lesions (DKCRUSH-VIII)

31 Mar 2026

Nicola Ryan provides her take on DKCRUSH-VIII, a randomised controlled trial comparing IVUS versus angiography guidance for PCI, predominantly using the DKCRUSH technique in patients with complex bifurcation lesions, as presented by Shaoliang Chen at ACC.26 in New Orleans.

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Nicola Ryan

The 2023 ESH Hypertension Guidelines revisit the role of renal denervation

05 Sep 2023

The 2023 European Society of Hypertension (ESH) guidelines were recently presented at the 32nd annual European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection and simultaneously published in the Journal of Hypertension.1 While wide parts of the guidelines do not substantially differ from the previous 2018 European Society...

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Lucas Lauder

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Felix Mahfoud

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair in patients with severe mitral regurgitation and cardiogenic shock: Insights from the TVT Registry

17 Sep 2022

Mirvat Alasnag provides her take on the TEER Shock study which was presented at TCT 2022 by Mohamad A. Alkhouli.

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Mirvat Alasnag