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New late-breaking data presented on Day 3 of EuroPCR 2026 highlighted evolving approaches to antiplatelet therapy, transcatheter treatment of pure aortic regurgitation and procedural optimization in bicuspid TAVR
At EHRA 2026, new research from Dr Kerollos Abdelsayed highlighted perioperative inflammation as a modifiable driver of conduction disturbances after TAVI, opening the door to novel pharmacologic and device-based solutions.
Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) has experienced a complex evolution in clinical practice, transitioning from an early therapeutic innovation to limited use, and more recently to a redefined role in the era of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). In the first of our new practice pearls series, In Rhythm, Dr Gustavo Samaja (Sanatorio Colegiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina) shares practical insights into the contemporary role of BAV, including patient selection, procedural strategies, and its use as both a bridge and a decision-making tool. He also discusses how evolving healthcare systems and resource considerations continue to shape the balance between BAV and TAVI in everyday clinical practice.
Hypertension affects over 1.4 billion adults worldwide and remains the leading modifiable risk factor for global cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. It is responsible for an estimated 10.8 million deaths annually and contributes significantly to the global burden of ischaemic heart disease, ...
The Evolut Low Risk trial (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With the Medtronic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement System In Patients at Low Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02701283) provides reassuring evidence that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) ...
Coronary artery dissection is a common occurrence during lesion preparation and after drug-coated balloon (DCB) inflation.1 Recent DCB studies focusing on coronary dissections have shown a few key findings: Their angiographic incidence varies between 35 and 60%. Non-flow-limiting dissections left untreated had ...
The ESC Congress 2025 congress was an important meeting for clinical practice guidance in cardiology, with several major societies releasing long-awaited updates. As always, clinical practice guidelines remain central to cardiology, ensuring that the latest trial data and real-world evidence are rapidly translated into consistent, evidence-based patient care. This year’s congress saw the unveiling of important new documents across prevention, acute care and long-term management, equipping cardiologists with refined decision pathways, updated risk-stratification tools and clearer benchmarks to optimise patient outcomes.
May 2025 saw several significant developments in the field of cardiology, including new regulatory approvals, long-term clinical trial data and important findings from late-breaking studies. This roundup highlights the latest updates across structural, interventional and heart failure therapies, with implications for ...
Forty-seven years ago, Andreas Gruentzig introduced ‘percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty’ (PTCA) as a new approach to treating symptomatic occlusive coronary artery disease.1 The mechanism of balloon angioplasty (BA) formed the foundation around which newer equipment and technologies were developed, including ...
The EuroPCR 2024 meeting, the leading global conference in interventional cardiovascular medicine, was a hub of innovation and cutting-edge research. This year’s event in Paris brought together the world's foremost experts, researchers and clinicians to share the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the field. From novel therapeutic approaches to landmark clinical trials, EuroPCR 2024 provided a comprehensive overview of the current and future landscape of cardiovascular care. We selected our top three trials from this year’s late-breaking sessions:
Over the past two decades, the field of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has experienced remarkable advancement. Initially approved for patients with high and prohibitive surgical risk, TAVR has progressively extended its indications to all patients, regardless of surgical risk. ...
Clinically relevant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common disorder, affecting approximately 4% of people 75 years of age or older.1 If left untreated, severe TR results in volume overload and right ventricular remodelling. This eventually leads to symptomatic right-sided heart failure, along ...
Cardiac complications constitute a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the perioperative period, contributing to over a third of perioperative deaths.1 More than 230 million major surgeries are performed annually worldwide, with older patients representing an increasing proportion of the ...
Welcome to the latest issue of Heart International. This edition includes a range of articles on topics showcasing the latest advances in our understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease. We begin with focus on the hereditary cardiac disorder, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ...
The prevalence of aortic stenosis (AS) has grown over the last few decades, as life expectancy has increased. AS is the most common valvular disease in the developed world and is found in up to 9.8% of individuals aged ≥75.1–3 The wide ...
The systemic amyloidoses are a group of heterogenous diseases, which are characterized by the deposition of insoluble amyloid fibrils within the extracellular matrix of multiple organs throughout the body. Amyloid fibrils are formed from the misfolding of amyloid precursor proteins (...
The Evolut low risk trial aimed to compare transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in patients who were at low risk for surgery. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr John Forrest (Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University, New ...
The treatment paradigm for aortic stenosis has developed dramatically in the past decade. In this touchCARDIO interview, we speak with Dr John Forrest (Yale New Haven Hospital, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA) to outline and discuss the developments. Dr ...
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