EUROPCR 2019

What Happens When We Are Blinded by Left Main Disease and Ignore All Other Lesions?

According to this recent Excel analysis, mortality seems to rise when the SYNTAX II score is not...

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and TAVR: though Rare, Devastating

On the bright side, the incidence of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) post TAVR is not higher than...

EuroPCR 2019 | MeRes-1: Bioresorbable Scaffolds Return with Renewed Strength

A small number of highly selected patients presents good outcomes with new bioresorbable scaffold MeRes, but much...

EuroPCR 2019 | Most Recent TAVR Meta-Analysis: The Spectrum of Treatment Reaches All Patients

This new meta-analysis combines all randomized transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs. surgical aortic valve replacement trials...

EuroPCR 2019 | EFFPAC: New Peripheral Paclitaxel Coated Balloons, Efficacy with no Sign of Mortality

Paclitaxel coated balloons in peripheral territory have been under the spotlight for alleged increased mortality, which even...

EuroPCR 2019 | Leaflex: New Device for Pre-TAVR Calcium Fracture

Researchers behind this small study believe that fracturing the rigid calcium deposits on leaflets with this new...

EuroPCR 2019 | TAVR Durability Offers Certain Guarantees at 8 and 10 Years

It has been 3 years since EuroPCR 2016 and the presentation of the first data on possible...

EuroPCR 2019 | Long-Term Follow-Up for New Left Bundle Branch Block After TAVR Is Reassuring with Certain Precautions

Long-term follow-up of patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and developed left bundle branch block...