Original Title: First look at long-term durability of transcatheter heart valves: Assessment of valve function up to 10 years after implantation. Presenter: Danny Dvir. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is being used in increasingly younger patients at low surgical risk, which is why longer survival is expected. The durability of transcatheter aortic prostheses has…
OPINON: OCT vs. IVUS Guided PCI
Original Title: Optical frequency domain imaging vs. IVUS in PCI: the OPINION trial – one-year primary endpoint results. Presenter: T. Kubo. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is increasingly being used in the daily practice given its greater capacity to define anatomical structures vs. intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). The clinical impact of this decision remains unclear. …
LEADERS FREE ACS: Biolimus coated stent vs. bare metal stent in ACS with high bleeding risk
Original Title: Biolimus A9 drug-coated stent vs. bare metal stent in patients presenting with ACS. A pre-specified LEADERS FREE ACS sub-study. Presenter: C.K. Naber. In ACS patients with high bleeding risk, guidelines recommend 3 to 6 months of dual ATP treatment for DES implantation or one month in case of conventional stenting. The…
FANTOM II: New sirolimus eluting bioresorbable scaffold
Original Title: Fantom sirolimus-eluting BRS – FANTOM II Trial. Presenter: Alexandre Abizaid This new sirolimus eluting bioresorbable scaffold is the only one which can be directly visualized using conventional angiography. It is able to be expanded to its nominal size in one smooth and continuous inflation step, minimizing artery occlusion time. This was a…
EWOLUTION: Outcomes of left atrial appendage closure in the real world
Original Title: EWOLUTION: 3-months outcome of Left Atrial Appendage Closure with the WATCHMAN device in Europe. Presenter: Martin Bergmann. This study presented the experience of left atrial appendage closure with the WATCHMAN device outside the selected population of prior randomized clinical trials. The study included more than 1000 patients in this single arm multicenter registry;…