Interventional Cardiology continues to redefine the management of coronary, valvular, and structural heart diseases through minimally invasive procedures that improve outcomes with reduced recovery time. This session provides a comprehensive overview of emerging technologies, procedural innovations, patient selection frameworks, and integrated decision-making. Many clinicians deepen their procedural knowledge through an cardiology conference, and this session mirrors that depth while exploring modern techniques anchored in advanced interventional cardiology strategies.

The session begins with the evolution of coronary intervention, explaining advancements in guide catheters, imaging, guidewires, microcatheters, stents, and drug-eluting technologies. Participants will understand the progression from balloon angioplasty to contemporary stent platforms with improved biocompatibility, reduced restenosis, and enhanced deliverability. The importance of lesion preparation, atherectomy, plaque modification, and imaging-guided PCI is emphasized.

A major component focuses on clinical assessment and decision-making. The session outlines how to evaluate patients using symptoms, ischemia testing, physiologic indices, and imaging data. Scenarios requiring PCI versus CABG, hybrid revascularization, or medical therapy are discussed with case-based clarity. Physiologic guidance using IFR/FFR, imaging with IVUS/OCT, and modern stent selection principles are explored systematically.

Participants then explore structural and valvular interventions, including TAVR, TMVR, tricuspid therapies, septal defect closure, and left atrial appendage occlusion. The session explains patient selection workflows, risk stratification tools, and multidisciplinary heart-team coordination essential for optimizing outcomes.

Advanced coronary techniques such as CTO PCI, bifurcation stenting, calcium management, rotational/orbital atherectomy, IVL therapy, and complex multivessel revascularization are reviewed in depth. Attendees will also learn complication management—including perforations, dissections, slow-flow/no-flow, restenosis, and stent thrombosis—through structured algorithms.

Special topics include radiation safety, contrast minimization, hemodynamic support devices, and peri-procedural pharmacology. Participants will learn how to integrate antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulation strategies, and peri-PCI medications into real-world practice.

Future perspectives include robotics, AI-guided procedural planning, 3D-navigated PCI, precision stent modeling, biodegradable scaffolds, and advanced transcatheter platforms. The session highlights how digital technology, remote collaboration, and immersive training will reshape interventional cardiology in the coming decade.

Practical resources such as procedural checklists, access-site management strategies, and complication-response templates help clinicians translate knowledge into safe, efficient practice. The content is crafted to support interventionalists at all training levels.