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Challenging femoral access and alternative access
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
In this session, learn about femoral artery dissection after TAVI, femoral perforation, alternative access for TAVI, and follow discussions about the safest way to perform transfemoral access, among others!
Coronary clinical cases - session 2
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
This session combines several cases including a case of type V STEMI secondary to calcium embolism during SAVR, another case of failed coronary artery bypass grafting, a third case of coronary artery dissection and a last case where imaging is essential to determine whether it is...
Coronary clinical cases - session 1
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
This AfricaPCR 2023 session will enable you to study several cases, including that of a 66-year-old male patient with atrial fibrillation, hypothyroidism, previous PCI of RCA, LM to LAD and OM, who was admitted for NSTEMI. Watch the video to find out more!
Navigating the complexities of contemporary private practice
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
Watch this AfricaPCR 2023 session to learn the basic principles about private practice set up, become familiar with the administrative tools available and regulatory environment governing practice, and understand the importance of institutional, clinical and peer networks in private practice.
The importance of IVUS in optimising PCI of the left main coronary artery
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
Watch the case of an 89-year-old active male patient with type II diabetes and pulmonary hypertension, awaiting hip replacement, who presented with recently worsening effort dyspnoea, and review his treatment management thanks to the recorded video while following the debate around such intervention.
Valvular clinical cases
04 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
Watch this session of AfricaPCR 2023 to discover, among others, a case of MViV, an upper limb TAVI combined with PVD intervention, transfemoral TAVI and TMVR in severe native valve disease, or even a bailout TAVI.
How should I treat a patient with STEMI - A patient's journey
04 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
The case presented in this session is that of a 39-year-old mother and housewife, diabetic for 5 years, who was transferred to the hub for primary PCI and found to have an acute inferior STEMI: follow her journey and the discussions around her treatment management.
Intervention makes a difference
04 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
This AfricaPCR 2023 session includes presentations of 5 cases highlighting the importance of percutaneous interventions, which often have a considerable impact on the patients who undergo them.
Coronary clinical cases - session 3
04 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
Among the 6 presentations offered in this AfricaPCR 2023 session, find out more about a multivessel PCI and tight aortic stenosis, the case of a 6-year-old boy with HTN and dilated cardiomyopathy, a hybrid SVG calcium modification, and rare complications in a TAVI case.
Anterograde LAD CTO - LIVE case
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
A 66-year-old male presented an ACS two months ago with MVD, preserved LV function without regional wall abnormality. The medical team decided to address this condition with a double PCI: one in the mid-RCA and another in the distal CX. Their plan includes performing PCI of the LAD CTO.
During the procedure, the operators...
Bifurcation and CTO clinical cases
03 Mar 2023 – From AfricaPCR 2023
This session presents several challenging clinical cases including an in-stent restenosis in a bifurcation and retained wire, a left main thrombus, and an open CTO for retrograde approach of another CTO. Watch now to find out more!
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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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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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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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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