Technology Advance: Embolic Protection, Heart Failure, and Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

IN a highly interesting session delivered at the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EuroPCR) congress 2023, experts presented and discussed a range of exciting new technologies. Specifically, embolic protection devices, a clot aspiration pump, and a device that scores calcified aortic valves were presented, along with an intelligent conversational transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) agent. Chaim Lotan, Chief Innovation Officer, Hadassah Medical Centre, Israel, chaired the session, encouraging thought provoking discussion surrounding the application of these technologies within the field of interventional cardiology.