EuroPCR 2021: Late-Breaking Science Collection

Published: 22 June 2021

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Overview

In part 1 of this video series, Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen host our review series View from the Thoraxcenter. This provides a concise analysis of the highlights of EuroPCR 2021’s Late-Breaking Trials.

 

The Expert Interviews featured in part 2 provide a short, accessible overview of some selected trials presented at EuroPCR 2021. These videos focus on each study’s design, results and impact on future practice. Some highlights of these interviews include an overview of the Portico NG study from Prof Lars Søndergaard and an insightful discussion of TAVR for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis in a low-risk patient population by Dr Raj Makkar.

Faculty Biographies

Felix Mahfoud

Felix Mahfoud

Professor of Cardiology and Chairman of the Department of Cardiology

Prof Felix Mahfoud is a Professor of Cardiology at the University of Basel and the Chairman of the Department of Cardiology at University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. He also holds a position as Visiting Professor at Harvard-MIT, Biomedical Engineering in Boston, MA. 

Prof Mahfoud is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology, intensive care medicine, emergency medicine and hypertension. He is Deputy Editor of the European Journal of Heart Failure and is a Councillor on the Board of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for 2024-2026. Additionally, he chairs both the ESC Communication Committee and the Scientific Documents Committee of the EAPCI for the 2024-2026 term. 

He has published more than 500 publications in peer-reviewed journals and contributed as a wiring committee member to the 2019 ESC Guidelines for the…

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