Interventional Cardiology

AI-assisted OCT support improved clinician confidence during PCI decision-making and eliminated differences between experienced and less experienced OCT users at EuroPCR 2026.

Long-term data presented at EuroPCR 2026 showed similar mortality rates after PCI or CABG for left main coronary artery disease.

Local coronary inflammation was associated with greater risk of adverse cardiovascular events after PCI than systemic inflammation alone.

Long-term LVAD therapy was linked to progressive coagulation changes and hypocoagulability in patients with advanced heart failure.

Coronary artery disease analysis finds similar mortality between CABG and PCI, but fewer adverse events and repeat procedures with CABG.

Self-care, measured using the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale, improved significantly in the telemonitoring group compared with controls (p

PCI in TAVR patients who were frail was associated with a significantly higher risk of bleeding complications (hazard ratio: 2.51; 95% confidence interval: 1.23–5.11; p=0.011).

New findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2023 analysis showed that dietary risks were responsible for an estimated 4.06 million IHD deaths and 96.84 million disability-adjusted life years in 2023.