A standing ovation at #TCT2023 for Dr. Bill Lombardi as he is honored with the TCT Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Operator Award Cardiovascular Research Foundation TCT Conference UWashington Heart Institute #cardiology

📖 Real World Complexity of ISR #PCI . Despite increased use of more aggressive plaque modification techniques, final MSA & percent expansion are lower for ISR vs de novo lesions.

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From a high school drop out and a janitor at McDonalds to a Cardiothoracic Surgeon: There’s a place for unrelenting hard work in this country.

Dr. Bill Lombardi has devoted his career to advancing the field through technical excellence and leadership. Help us honor the recipient of the Master Operator Award at #TCT2023 ! ow.ly/BfrF50Ohaz0 Dan Burkhoff MD PhD David J. Cohen, MD, MSc George Dangas, MD, MACC, MSCAI Juan F. Granada UW Medicine UWashington Heart Institute

Great #SafeCross cases today! Smart device that allows highly precise, stress-free transeptal crossing. Brij Maini MD East End Medical

Our own Brian Bergmark, who was recently promoted to Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has just been named as a 2023 winner of SCAI Now 's 30 in Their 30s award! Congratulations, Brian!

IVUS/OCT-guided #PCI decreases CV death and MI in pts under doing complex PCI after just 2 years. Max benefit seen in #CTO . Interestingly, benefit wasn’t driven by TVR or ST. And rate of post-stent optimization was actually higher in the control group. nej.md/3Y2zION

Just announced at #CTO2023 ! Dr. William L. Lombardi is the recipient of the #TCT2023 Geoffrey O. Hartzler Master Operator Award. Congratulations Dr. Bill Lombardi! 🎉UW Medicine UWashington Heart Institute

Emmanouil Brilakis @ajaykirtane Margaret McEntegart Dr. Jeffrey W. Moses William Nicholson Juan F. Granada Tricia Rawh…

Coronary vasospasm testing is here!
First in Oregon Providence Oregon
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Completes triad of comprehensive testing of chest pain:
1. Angio ➡️ major vessel blockages
2. Flow wire ➡️ microvascular blockages
3. Acetylcholine ➡️ vasospasm

Before & after ACh:

What OCT of free radial artery graft looks like:

What is the dark layer 👀 ?
➡️ calcium or muscle?

NSTEMI caused by focal subtotal occlusion of 15 year old RA-LPDA
Ziad Ali Lorenz Räber, MD PhD #RadialFirst

Looking good Jason Wollmuth! Love the new hairdo

Join us PCI Guy Masters Interventional Fellows Course. Boston, Jan 27-29. A few spots are available. Case-based curriculum focused on complex PCI and complications. Hands-on workshops on bifurcation PCI, OCT, and advanced PCI techniques. Travel and lodging supported. #PCIMasters

First AccuCinch Ventricular Restoration System implant in the Northwest! Great collaboration with the amazing heart failure team on the CORCINCH-HF trial Jacob Abraham, MD @GelowJill Vidang Nguyen Joshua David Remick Ancora Heart

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A Providence Oregon first: all female #TAVR team today! Well done Logan Julia Swanson and Dr Carly Guthrie

OCT impacts real-time operator decision-making in 86% of PCI's. #imagefirst @circintv @brianbergmark Kevin Croce MD, PhD Jason Wollmuth Johnjlopezmd ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Congratulations to Drs. Paul Teirstein Matthew J. Price, MD #CurtisStinis & entire planning committee for a successful 33rd Scripps Health #CI2022 course.. Complex cases performed masterfully by the operators, informative lectures on hot topics, & great attendance.. Tq for having us!

Our new iteration of the SHiP technique using a sheathless 8F guide catheter is now published. Nicely demonstrated by Stéphane Rinfret, MD SM and William Nicholson during Optima Education

Article link right here👇
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Nikoloz Shekiladze, MD 🇬🇪🇺🇦 Jason Wollmuth Kevin Croce MD, PhD Sanjog Kalra

Ideal mental attributes for CHIP operators from Robert W. Yeh MD

Wisdom from Dr. Bill Lombardi