In this issue:
- Get up to date on late-breaking trials from the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT; 25–28 October, San Francisco, USA), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS; 8–11 October, Copenhagen, Denmark) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC; 29 August–1 September, Madrid, Spain) meetings
- Read about the latest European guidelines on valvular heart disease, which include a new age threshold for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with aortic stenosis
- Learn about the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI), offering promise in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) triage and the detection of structural heart disease
- Get to know EACTS secretary general Patrick Myers (Zurich University Hospitals, Zurich, Switzerland), who features in the November profile









