A selection of videos from the Cardiac Surgery programme of EuroPCR 2008:
FRONTIERS IN PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
- How to select the revascularisation strategy based on patient characteristics and lesion features
- How to optimise patient outcomes
REVASCULARISATION OF DIABETIC PATIENTS: still room for improvement!
- To understand the specific aspects of coronary disease in diabetics
- To develop a patient-tailored approach in the drug-eluting stent era: screening, choice of revascularisation, follow-up
- How to optimise the techniques of surgical and percutaneous coronary interventions
THE GREAT DEBATE: what's best for my patient
- To demonstrate that the best treatment strategy for each individual patient is developed through collaboration and co-operation
- To show that positive application of past experience to today's technologies can improve patient outcomes
- To challenge the view that heart surgery must be avoided at all costs
PATIENT WITH VALVE DISEASE: THE ESSENTIALS OF IMAGING
- To understand specific advantages and shortcomings of available imaging modalities
- To discuss the role of imaging in patient selection and procedural performance
- To discuss the required imaging equipment and expertise to start a valve programme
FROM DIVERGING OPINIONS TO CONSENSUS BUILDING :
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The above videos are available until October 31st, 2008