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Consensus and Position Papers on Interventional Cardiology

European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)

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  • 2025
    Reperfusion Therapy for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Low to Middle-Income Countries.
     
     
  • 2025
    SCAI/EAPCI/ACVC Expert Consensus Statement on Cardiogenic Shock in Women
     
     
  • 2025
    Antithrombotic Drugs for ACS and PCI in Women
     
     
  • 2025
    High-risk percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction deemed not suitable for surgical revascularisation. A clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in collaboration with the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery
     
     
  • 2024
    Ventricular septal defect complicating acute myocardial infarction
     
     
  • 2024
    Evaluation and management of patients with coronary chronic total occlusions considered for revascularisation.
     
     
  • 2024
    European Society of Cardiology quality indicators for the care and outcomes of adults undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
     
     
  • 2023
    Management strategies for heavily calcified coronary stenoses: an EAPCI clinical consensus statement in collaboration with the EURO4C-PCR group
     
     
  • 2023
    Transcatheter interventions for left-sided valvular heart disease complicated by cardiogenic shock: a consensus statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) in collaboration with the Association for Acute Cardiovascular (ACVC) and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery
     
     
  • 2023
    Competency-based cardiac imaging for patient-centred care. A statement of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
     
     
  • 2023
    Placing patient-reported outcomes at the centre of cardiovascular clinical practice: implications for quality of care and management
     
     
  • 2023
    Applied coronary physiology for planning and guidance of percutaneous coronary interventions
     
     
  • 2023
    Antithrombotic treatment strategies in patients with established coronary atherosclerotic disease: 2022 joint clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), Association for Acute CardioVascular Care (ACVC) and European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)
     
     
  • 2023
    Overcoming professional barriers encountered by women in interventional cardiology
     
     
  • 2023
    Within and beyond 12-month efficacy and safety of antithrombotic strategies in patients with established coronary artery disease
     
     
  • 2023
    Management of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
     
     
  • 2023
    Renal denervation in the management of hypertension in adults
     
     
  • 2022
    Radiation protection for healthcare professionals working in catheterisation laboratories during pregnancy
     
     
  • 2021
    Consensus document on percutaneous ventricular assist devices
     
     
  • 2021
    Interdisciplinary management of acute ischaemic stroke: Current evidence training requirements for endovascular stroke treatment: Position Paper from the ESC Council on Stroke and the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions with the support of the European Board of Neurointervention
     
     
  • 2021
    European position paper on the management of patients with patent foramen ovale. Part II - Decompression sickness, migraine, arterial deoxygenation syndromes and select high-risk clinical conditions
     
     
  • 2021
    Composition, structure, and function of heart teams: a joint position paper of the ACVC, EAPCI, EACTS, and EACTA focused on the management of patients with complex coronary artery disease requiring myocardial revascularization
     
     
  • 2021
    Performing elective cardiac invasive procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak: a position statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
     
     
  • 2020
    The cardiac arrest centre for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest due to presumed cardiac cause: aims, function, and structur
     
     
  • 2020
    An EAPCI Expert Consensus Document on Ischaemia with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries in Collaboration with Coronary Vasomotor Disorders International Study Group and European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology & Microcirculation
     
     
  • 2020
    Management of Myocardial Revascularization Failure: An Expert Consensus Document of the EAPCI
     
     
  • 2020
    Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on interventional cardiology practice: results of the EAPCI survey
     
     
  • 2020
    Clinical use of intracoronary imaging. Part 2: acute coronary syndromes, ambiguous coronary angiography findings, and guiding interventional decision-making: an expert consensus document of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions
     
     
  • 2020
    EAPCI Position Statement on Invasive Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes during the COVID-19 pandemic
     
     
  • 2020
    Defining device success for percutaneous coronary intervention trials: a position statement from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions of the European Society of Cardiology
     
     
  • 2019
    Cardiac arrhythmias in the emergency settings of acute coronary syndrome and revascularization
     
     
  • 2019
    Clinical use of intracoronary imaging
     
     
  • 2019
    Patient focus in interventional cardiology
     
     
  • 2018
    European position paper on the management of patients with patent foramen ovale. General approach and left circulation thromboembolism
     
     
  • 2018
    Management of patients with patent foramen ovale. General approach and left circulation thromboembolism
     
     
  • 2018
    Management of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome and/or undergoing percutaneous cardiovascular interventions
     
     
  • 2018
    Clinical use of intracoronary imaging. Part 1: guidance and optimization of coronary interventions
     
     
  • 2018
    Percutaneous Coronary and Structural Interventions in Women
     
     
  • 2018
    Evaluating the importance of sham controlled trials in the investigation of medical devices in interventional cardiology
     
     
  • 2018
    Current use of intracoronary imaging in interventional practice
     
     
  • 2017
    Report of an ESC-EAPCI Task Force on the evaluation and use of bioresorbable scaffolds for percutaneous coronary intervention: executive summary
     
     
  • 2017
    Evaluation and use of bioresorbable scaffolds for percutaneous coronary intervention
     
     
  • 2017
    Standardized definitions of structural deterioration and valve failure in assessing long-term durability of transcatheter and surgical aortic bioprosthetic valves
     
     
  • 2016
    Assessing the cardiology community position on transradial intervention and the use of bivalirudin in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management
     
     
  • 2016
    Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion: the Munich consensus document on definitions, endpoints and data collection requirements for clinical studies
     
     
  • 2016
    Appraising the safety and efficacy profile of left atrial appendage closure in 2016 and the future clinical perspectives
     
     
  • 2015
    Evaluation of coronary stents in Europe
     
     
  • 2015
    Dual antiplatelet therapy duration after coronary stenting in clinical practice
     
     
  • 2015
    Rotational atherectomy
     
     
  • 2014
    EHRA/EAPCI Catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion
     
     
  • 2014
    EHRA/ACCA/EAPCI: Cardiac arrhythmias in acute coronary syndromes
     
     
  • 2014
    Invasive coronary treatment strategies for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
     
     
  • 2014
    The appropriate and justified use of medical radiation in cardiovascular imaging
     
     
  • 2013
    Radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions
     
     
  • 2009
    Management of Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome and/or Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/ Stenting
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