In this issue:
- New data point to shift towards TAVI in patients aged under 60
- ORBITA-2 trial results “change the orbit” of PCI for stable angina
- A tribute to Alain Cribier, the pioneering interventional cardiologist behind the world’s first transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) procedure
- Top stories from the 2024 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) annual meeting (27–29 January, San Antonio, USA), including the advent of artificial intelligence in cardiac surgery and new research on multivessel coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
- Ajay Kirtane interview
- An update on the BHF PROTECT-TAVI trial, which seeks to answer key questions about the use of cerebral embolic protection during TAVI
