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Congress Interview from the EuroPCR Congress 2018

During the EuroPCR 2018 Congress, we sat down with EMJ Interventional Cardiology Editorial Board member Dr Pablo Sepúlveda Varela to learn more about…

Award Winners at the EuroPCR Congress 2018

This year’s spectacular EuroPCR Congress saw many reasons to celebrate, including both pioneering research from the field and personal achievements…

The MATISSE Study: Clinical Performance of Self-Apposing Stent for Left Main Disease

Recent randomised studies have shown that, when deploying the most commonly used stent, the outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the…

Clinical and Angiographic Predictors of Late Lumen Growth in the Distal Vessel After Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularisation

Behind the technical difficulties involved in the percutaneous recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO), a complex scenario of…

History of Interventional Cardiology

Although interventional cardiology is a relatively new concept, the progress made by the field since its introduction rivals that of other major medical…

Influence of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation with the New-Generation Devices on Mortality and Clinical Outcome Within 1 Year

Permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI) is the most common complication after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). New-generation TAVI…

GISE Registry of Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Valve Regurgitation (GIOTTO): Epidemiology and Acute Results

The GISE Registry of Transcatheter Treatment of Mitral Valve Regurgitation (GIOTTO) is a prospective Italian registry designed to collect current…

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Extremely Low Coronary Arteries

An 82-year-old female patient with a history of chronic heart failure New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II–III due to aortic stenosis was evaluated…

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve: Long-Term Outcomes

The role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes has been firmly established…

Dedicated Bifurcation Cobalt-Chromium Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in the Treatment of Distal Left Main Stenosis: Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of the Stent Healing Pattern

The optimal form of treatment for left main (LM) coronary artery disease, a form of atherosclerosis, is still debated. The aim of this study was to…