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Patients undergoing elective high-risk PCI are often in critical condition and not candidates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

This overview article provides a framework for this series of articles. It addresses European recommendations and best practices for patient management and mechanical circulatory support (MCS)during high risk intervention, highlighting the following topics...

Prof. Dr. Nikos Werner introduces European best practices for optimizing Protected PCI with Impella heart pumps that were recently published in European Heart Journal Supplements.

Francesco Burzotta, MD, discusses the use of percutaneous mechanical circulatory support (pMCS) strategies in both high-risk PCI and cardiogenic shock.

Dr. Pal Soos interviews Prof. Dr. Christophe Vandenbriele, a cardiologist and intensivist from UZ Leuven (Belgium) and research fellow at Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Dr.

Vasileios Panoulas, MD, presents 3 patient case examples illustrating significant LV improvement with PCI supported with Impella heart pumps.

Chuck Simonton, MD, provides an update on clinical trials including PROTECT III, RESTORE EF, and PROTECT IV RCT.

Discover the recordings of our scientific session at EACTS 2022 about "Innovative Strategies for Superior Outcome in Cardiac Surgery Including pMCS Support in Therapy Pathway".

Junya Ako, MD, discusses the J-PVAD registry and study data presented at TCT 2022 with Prof. Hermann Reichenspurner.

Navin Kapur, MD, provides an update from the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group and discusses the SCAI shock stages in this presentation from TCT 2022.

Katherine Kunkel, MD, discusses data-driven decision making and best practices in cardiogenic shock at TCT 2022. 

Navin Kapur, MD, presents lessons learned in the STEMI DTU™ pilot trial in this presentation from TCT 2022. 

Seth Bilazarian, MD, and Chuck Simonton, MD, recap highlights from day 1 of TCT 2022 and interview Greg Stone, MD and Alaide Chieffo, MD, FESC.

Kate Kearney, MD, presents a case and discusses contemporary techniques for optimal outcomes in high-risk PCI at TCT 2022. 

This recap of highlights from day 2 of TCT 2022 includes interviews with Drs. Sanjit Jolly, Navin Kapur, Adrian Attinger-Toller, and Taishi Hirai.