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TCT 2025 | TUXEDO-2: Ultra-Thin Struts Versus Xience in Diabetic Patients with Multivessel Disease

It is well known that diabetic patients undergoing PCI often present with more extensive coronary artery disease,...

TCT 2025 | INVEST-CTO: Effectiveness and Safety of a Planned Investment Procedure in High-Risk CTO PCI

The success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTO) remains lower than for...

TCT 2025 | INFINITY–SWEDEHEART: Long-Term Outcomes of the Bioadaptive Coronary Implant Versus Drug-Eluting Stent

The bioadaptive coronary implant DynamX (Elixir Medical, California) was developed to restore normal vascular function after angioplasty,...

TCT 2025 | OCVC-BIF Study: Use of Drug-Coated Balloon in Side Branches of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions

The randomized, multicenter, open-label OCVC-BIF trial was conducted across eight hospitals in the Osaka region (Japan) and...

TCT 2025 | REC-CAGEFREE I: Three-Year Follow-Up of Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty vs Stent in De Novo Coronary Lesions

The REC-CAGEFREE I trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of paclitaxel-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty versus sirolimus-eluting stent...

TCT 2025 | IRONMAN II Study: Sirolimus-Eluting Iron Bioresorbable Stent in Coronary Artery Disease

Bioresorbable coronary stents represent a step toward strategies without permanent metallic implants, although the first polymer-based platforms...

TCT 2025 | VICTORY Trial: super-high-pressure NC balloon vs. IVL in severely calcified coronary lesions

Recent studies such as ECLIPSE have demonstrated the safety of non-compliant (NC) balloons compared with orbital atherectomy,...

TCT 2025 | ShortCUT Trial: intravascular lithotripsy vs. cutting balloon in calcified coronary lesions

Coronary calcification is a major determinant of PCI complexity and failure. Balloon-based plaque-modifying devices —such as cutting...