Continuous learning is critical to better PCI and better outcomes.

The Becoming Series: Love at First Glance

The Becoming Series tells the story of what led some of the most established and up-and-coming PCI operators to where they are today. Told in their own words, it offers an inside view of the influences, obstacles, and mentors that have helped shape their never-ending journey to improve their craft, themselves, and how they share their experience with others.

Plan to Succeed – What the P4 Trial tells us about planning in PCI.

New findings from the P4 trial show how CT-guided PCI can help operators think ahead, plan with greater clarity and take a more proactive approach to decision-making in the cath...

Decision-Making, Mindset and Safety: Inside the Cath Lab

A Q&A with Matthew Sibbald: Exploring how preparation, wellbeing and radiation awareness shape safer decisions and better outcomes.

Drug-Coated Balloons: When Leaving Nothing Behind Makes Sense

In recent conversations with: Sandeep Basavarajaiah, Consultant Cardiologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, and...

Proactive PCI Comes to Istanbul

Dr John Hung on Mindset and Modern Intervention

Reframe Your Mindset: Reflecting on Optima PCI London 2025

From 8 to 10 October, Optima Education hosted PCI London 2025, a course that marked an important step in our mission to support interventionists, enhance clinical decision making and...

Thinking About Thinking

How Neuroscience Shapes Clinical Practice and Learning

Read: Rethinking decision-making in the cath lab

In the cath lab, complexity isn’t the exception, it’s the rule. From tangled anatomy to agitated patients, from time pressure to technical hurdles, interventional cardiologists...

Reshape your mindset: the countdown is on for PCI London 2025

The countdown is on for PCI London 2025, taking place from 8–10 October at our new venue, 6 Alie Street. This year promises a fresh perspective — a...