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Author(s): Divaka Perera Added: 2 weeks ago
ACC 2026 — Prof Divaka Perera (Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital and King's College London, UK) joins us to discuss findings from the CHIP-BCIS3 trial, examining the role of percutaneous left ventricular unloading in patients undergoing high-risk coronary intervention.This phase 3 randomised controlled trial enrolled 300 patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and extensive coronary artery… View more
Added: 2 weeks ago Source:  Interventional Cardiology Review Journal
For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) at high risk for both stroke and bleeding, catheter-based left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) was not found to be non-inferior to physician-directed best medical care, according to the results of the CLOSURE-AF trial.¹MethodologyThe multicentre, randomised CLOSURE-AF trial was conducted in Germany to assess the effectiveness of LAAC compared with best… View more
Author(s): Dr Wissam A Jaber Added: 1 year ago
TCT Conference 24 - PEERLESS II shows benefit of large-bore mechanical thrombectomy compared to catheter-directed thrombolysis for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients.Dr Wissam A Jaber (Emory University Hospital Midtown, US) joins us onsite at TCT Conference to discuss the findings from PEERLESS (NCT06055920; Inari Medical).PEERLESS is a prospective, multicenter, randomized… View more
Added: 7 months ago Source:  Transcatheter Academy
A large-scale meta-analysis suggests that for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS) at a low- to intermediate-surgical risk, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with a lower risk of all-cause death or any stroke at one year compared with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).¹This study was an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of four… View more
Author(s): Matthias Bossard Added: 5 months ago
TCT 2025 - The randomized VICTORY Study finds OCT-guided PCI involving lesion preparation with the OPN super-high-pressure non-compliant balloon is non-inferior to intravascular lithotropsy.Dr Matthias Bossard (Kantonsspital Lucerne, Lucerne, CH) joins us to discuss findings from the VICTORY Trial, a randomized, multicenter, non-inferiority comparison evaluating intravascular lithotripsy versus… View more
Author(s): Joo-Yong Hahn Added: 1 year ago
ACC 25 - SMART-CHOICE 3 Trial finds clopidogrel monotherapy to be the optimal anti-thrombotic strategy in high risk patients with contemporary drug-eluting stents.Dr Joo-Yong Hahn (Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, KR) joins us onsite at ACC Conference 2025 to discuss the findings from the SMART-CHOICE 3 study (NCT04418479). The study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel… View more
Added: 4 months ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can identify high-risk coronary plaques on optical coherence tomography (OCT) images and predict adverse outcomes, according to findings from the PECTUS-AI study.¹ The research suggests that AI-assisted analysis of the entire imaged vessel provides superior prognostic value compared to manual analysis of a target lesion alone.Coronary thin-cap… View more
Added: 7 months ago Source:  Radcliffe Cardiology
Adding aspirin to an oral anticoagulant (OAC) regimen results in a higher risk of ischaemic events, all-cause mortality, and major bleeding in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) at high atherothrombotic risk, according to the results of the AQUATIC trial.¹ The study was stopped early due to an excess of deaths in the aspirin group.The AQUATIC trial was a multicentre, double-blind,… View more