#PBMV w shockwave lithotripsy for the treatment of calcific MV stenosis

🔺 MVL was safe & assoc w significant short-term clinical & hemodynamic improvement for calcific MS

🔺MVL may represent a new compassionate therapy for this challenging cohort

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Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents for patients at high risk of bleedings: A network meta-analysis, by Giacobbe et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc… CCIjournal

💡Post-LAAC #YesCCT at 45 days detected patent LAA in 1/3
💡Factors such as oversized device in relation to LAA depth & elliptical LAA were assoc w residual LAA patency.
💡Future studies awaited to evaluate clinical outcomes of incomplete LAA patency

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Safety and efficacy of drug‐eluting stents for patients at highrisk of bleedings: A network meta‐analysis, by Giacobbe et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… CCIjournal

Honored to be Top cited CCIjournal for y. 2022-2023, with two papers! Design of #TRANSFORMII RCT on DCB, and #ROCK2 study on OCT for left main angioplasty!
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A multidisciplinary team from NYU Langone Health NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue discusses Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy in acute #pulmonaryembolism : Outcomes from a safety-net hospital in CCIjournal

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#PERT #VTE #PCCM #CriticalCare #Cardiology #Meded

The VIVA first‐in‐human feasibility study evaluated the Vienna device in 10 patients with severe aortic stenosis, suggesting that this device may be appealing to streamline TAVI procedures and potentially lower healthcare costs by reducing resource, equipment needs, and…

Wonderful work led by Thanasis Rempakos

Farouc Jaffer MD PhD Rhian E. Davies DO MS Lorenzo Azzalini Kate Kearney Yader Sandoval Emmanouil Brilakis

Validation of the BCIS CHIP Score in CTO PCI onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc…

MAXCon ELCA Technique - A novel approach to saline/contrast delivery in excimer laser coronary atherectomy (ELCA) to enhance efficacy. CCIjournal Najdat Bazarbashi Itsik Ben Dor Ron Waksman Hayder Hashim MedStar Health MedStar Washington CRT Meeting Georgetown Cardiology Fellows

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Novel valve‐in‐surgical bioprosthetic transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Undermining iatrogenic coronary obstruction with radiofrequency needle (UNICORN) - Buchanan - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc…

CCIjournal Steven R Bailey Joaquin E. Cigarroa MD FACC MSCAI Jolanta SillerMatula, MD PhD Nicola Ryan Mamas A. Mamas

The #PREVENT concept has been around for 30 years ⤵️

In 1995 Bernie Meier( who pressed on the puncture site of Gruntzig’s first PTCA case) proposed what was done in PREVENT trial..

Plaque sealing by coronary angioplasty - Meier - 1995 - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Which is the best approach for percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions? The one you feel most confident with! by Arturo Giordano et al onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… CCIjournal

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Just published this wonderful case report describing a technique in percutaneously retrieving an embodied Watchman device from the left ventricle.

Thanks to all my mentors for their guidance and support!

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In a high-volume center registry including 150 consecutive patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease disease, favorable 3-year clinical outcomes were achieved without significant differences between patients receiving self- or balloon-expandable devices onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10……

In a study just published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions by Sripal Bangalore's group, mechanical thrombectomy demonstrated a favorable safety profile with immediate improvement in hemodynamics and a low 30-day mortality in 61 patients with acute pulmonary…

Baseline cardiac damage in patients undergoing TAVR has an impact on the pre- and post-procedural cardiovascular hospitalization burden. However, the cardiac damage status does not affect the TAVR procedure time or index TAVR admission length of stay onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10……

In a study including 4466 retrograde PCI for CTO cases just published in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions by Emmanouil Brilakis's group, use of ipsilateral epicardial collaterals was associated with similar technical and procedural success rates when compared with…

Wonderful job Kartik Gupta Alejandro Lemor MD, MS , Ahmad, Patrick!

Gillian Grafton Jennifer Cowger Pedro Villablanca MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI William W. O'Neill

Use of RV-MCS in all-comers. CVP & lactate predict outcomes in RV failure!

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When you have found your inner, inner, inner circle!😉 Gathered here not only Black physicians, not only Black Cardiologists, but Black Interventional Cardiologists. Association of Black Cardiologists is launching its new Interventional Cardiology Section, led by Drs Hendley and Addo. SCAI Now CCIjournal