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Six years ago, a handful of researchers at Lund University in Sweden started taking an interest in how to make it easier to recognise unstable plaques that in worst case scenarios rupture and cause heart attacks or strokes.

Effects of the Paris attacks on cardiovascular hospitalisation in Toulouse

19th February 2016

Observing a sharp increase in admissions in their cardiovascular unit directly following the 2015 Paris attacks, Atul Pathak and his team hypothesised that the sudden increase of activity in their department might be stress-induced.

The patient mind: Before, during & after heart surgery

25th January 2016

In this Heart Valve Surgery Resources video, Kim Feingold and Duc Thinh Pham (both Northwestern Medicine, St Albans City, USA) discuss cardiac behavioural medicine for patients undergoing heart valve surgery.

GulfPCR explores transformative learning

4th January 2016

Jean Marco, PCR honorary chairman, discussed "transformative learning" during a keynote lecture at the 2015 GulfPCR meeting.

Aortic stenosis: Future is Now!

9th December 2015

Olcay Aksoy discusses how transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has revolutionised the treatment of patients with aortic stenosis.

The rewards of revascularising a CTO

27th November 2015

J Aaron Grantham describes the effect of using PCI to treat a patient with a CTO of the left anterior descending coronary artery.

Discussion on the DAPT score

12th November 2015

In this ACC/MedPage Today video, Peter Block and Robert Yeh discuss the DAPT score, which Yeh presented at the 2015 AHA scientific sessions.

SCAI calls for abstract submissions

30th October 2015

Roxana Mehran encourages people to attend the 2016 Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions meeting

ABSORB III data reviewed

16th October 2015

In this American College of Cardiology video, Peter Block and Dean Kereiakes discuss the results and implications of the ABSORB III study that was presented, by Kereiakes, at TCT 2015.

Myocardial injury after TAVI: What matters; what doesn’t?

30th September 2015

CardioSource WorldNews talks to Lars Svensson about the clinical and functional outcomes of injuries to the myocardium after TAVI. The interview was conducted at ESC 2015.

The OPTIDUAL trial

14th September 2015

For EHJ today, Karl Swedberg moderates a discussion between Gerard Helft and Lars Wallentin about the OPTIDUAL study (which Helft presented at the ESC).

Benefits and challenges of secondary prevention after myocardial infarction

27th August 2015

This European Society of Cardiology (ESC) video explores the role of comprehensive rehabilitation programmes for the secondary prevention of myocardial infarction.

A team approach to cardiac arrests after cardiac surgery

17th August 2015

In this video for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Network, Jill Ley leads an expert panel discussion about managing patients with cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery. This video was filmed at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' annual meeting.

Social media for interventional cardiologists: rewards and risks in daily practice

31st July 2015

In this PCR video, Simon Walsh (UK) interviews Pascal Meier (Switzerland) about the potential of social media to contribute to overall education and knowledge of interventional cardiologists, and to actually improve the clinical management of patients as it facilitates the exchange of knowledge. However, the use of social media is not without risk.

A NOTION of things to come in TAVI

20th July 2015

CardioSource World News talks with Hans Gustav HÌürsted Thyregod, about the NOTION study - the first all-comers trial to randomise low-risk patients to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or surgical aortic valve replacement.

Invisible impact: The risk of ionising radiation on cath lab staff

8th July 2015

This ORSIF video tells the story of one of the world's most prominent cardiovascular surgeons, Edward Diethrich, and the career-altering health issues he has faced as a result of chronic, low-level exposure to ionising radiation through his work.

Will the DAPT trial change my practice? The Asian perspective

6th July 2015

Chee Tang Chin presents his group's paper on the Asian perspective of the DAPT trial published in AsiaIntervention and also asks Thomas Cuisset for his projection for DAPT therapy in Europe.

Learn About the “After the Stent” Campaign

23rd June 2015

Jeffrey Cavendish, interventionalist and member of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Foundation, and Donnette Smith, executive vice president of Mended Hearts, discuss the "After the Stent" campaign.

TCTAP 2015 Wrap-up Interview “CABG vs. PCI for LM or 3VD”

9th June 2015

TCTAP 2015 Wrap-up Interview that explores the role of CABG vs. PCI for left main or three vessel disease. The moderator is David Paul Taggart with interviewees Seung-Jung Park and Patrick W. Serruys

European Bifurcation Club: 10-year anniversary consensus document

29th May 2015

European Bifurcation Club 10-year anniversary consensus document was the most downloaded EuroIntervention paper from the last 12 months. Lead Author Jens Flensted Lassen provides a brief summary of the main findings of this EBC document particularly in reference to the one vs two stent dilemma in coronary bifurcation treatment.

Live from The Hammersmith: Fractional Flow Reserve in multi-vessel disease assessment

13th January 2015

Justin E Davis, Imperial College, London, UK, presents a live case demonstration of the use of coronary physiology for the assessment of multi-vessel disease, using fractional flow reserve was to identify significant from non-significant coronary stenoses.

Surgeon-designed tool could be used to prevent acute and subacute complications after cardiac surgery

26th November 2014

Complete evacuation of blood from the pleural and pericardial spaces after cardiac surgery is critical. Clearflow explain that retained blood in these areas can cause acute and subacute complications (such as tamponade).

SERVE-HF: largest trial assessing benefits of treating HF patients with sleep-disordered breathing

18th August 2014

Next year SERVE-HF, the world's largest randomised trial ever conducted to assess the benefits of effectively treating heart failure patients with sleep-disordered breathing, will be reporting results - setting the scene for major changes in how cardiologists view and manage this prevalent co-morbidity.

DAPT and DES in coronary artery disease: Is it time to revisit the guidelines? – Part 1

25th November 2013

Alexandre Abizaid, Azeem Latib and Sigmund Silber discuss whether the current US and European dual antiplatelet therapy guidelines for patients treated with drug-eluting stents should be revisited. Flavio Ribichini moderates the discussion. In the first part of this webcast, Abizaid presents the past and current guidelines.

DAPT and DES in coronary artery disease: Is it time to revisit the guidelines? – Part 2

25th November 2013

In the second part of the webcast, Latib presents data demonstrating that DAPT longer than 12 months increases the risk of bleeding; he also talks about differences between first and second generation DES and their impact on DAPT duration. Silber speaks about the results of the RESOLUTE clinical programme.

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