Quick guide: Direct stent puncture technique!

Bao Tran, MD shared this quick technique video in our community. Some useful tips and conversation came from it! #CardioTwitter

Nightmare in the cath lab 😱

The balloon gets stuck after post-dilation. It gets worse the shaft breaks when you try to pull the system out - you can't retrieve it, you can't snare it.

😨What would you do?

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Recent advances in Cardiology.
(For residents, fellows and professionals in Cardiology)
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All the trials presented at #ACC2024

NG tube placement on Chest X-Ray: four rules to follow

IVL 🎈⚡️under US

Seen on LinkedIn by Dr Christian Reinhold

Visual assessment of RV function coming off bypass is a learned skill set, & somewhat mysterious as residents. Here's a helpful visualization using my hands to depict varying stages of RV function bobby yanagawa Bo Yang Michel Pompeu Sá Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery Aspiring CT Surgeons @

Got really excited when I saw Mark Cuban Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company added generic Farxiga (dapagliflozin). But alas it was just a fleeting thrill.

1/2 71M presents e UTI syncope fever EKG e Inf stemi but no cp hs trop 570. ST⬆️ resolves in ER cath day 3. #cardiotwitter Ethan Korngold, MD Raj Tayal
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#ACCFIT Hady Lichaa, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI Jay Mohan, D.O., FACC, FSCAI, FASE, RPVI
Chadi Alraies, MD FACC FSCAI Bao Tran, MD Adnan Alexander Kassier, MD. FACC. FSCAI rafel atassi Dr Shariq Shamim Justin E. Trivax, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM

1/2 #StentLoss Acute Inferior MI: complicated by incessant VF⚡️and pt movement. Culprit proximal RCA thrombotic occlusion: with severe diffuse underlying dz. Distal-to-ostial IVUS-guided 👁️ PCI/DES: but…final (short) ostial stent mis-deployed. Recaptured over new balloon🎈and…

Is LV Pacing part of your toolkit? Check out some quick tips from aidanraneymd on best practices and how to begin!

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Winslow's pathway: nature’s brilliant collateral when aorto-iliac occlusion
is preset!

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🚨PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REFORM🚨

Great article summarizing why healthcare is expensive and why it is not going to get any better any time soon.
Hint: it’s not the doctor salary or even “big pharma.”

economist.com/business/2023/…

STEMI operators are stuck in a tough position. While it is very satisfying to pull out this organized thrombus (especially with newer devices), the data and guideline still frown on routine thrombus aspiration. What is your current “routine” strategy for high thrombus STEMI?

Interesting that major health systems are dropping Medicare Advantage. We have been considering this for our private group, but do not want to alienate the patients. We are just encouraging patients to not sign up for an advantage plan at open enrollment
beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hospit…

Uncrossable lesion, Tip of Turnpike broke off during #CTO intervention.
Had placed Rotawire through Turnpike. Had to Rota to make space and wired beside it.
Guideliner over both wires with balloon assisted retrieval of tip.