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Volume 28 - Issue 7 - July 2020

Feature

Case Report
The Future of Physiological Assessment
07/06/2020
Ziad A. Ali, MD, DPhil
Angio-derived FFR is basically an extension of computational fluid dynamics, whereby a computational algorithm creates a virtual FFR by evaluating certain parameters of the angiogram, such as the length of the lesion, diameter of the...
Angio-derived FFR is basically an extension of computational fluid dynamics, whereby a computational algorithm creates a virtual FFR by evaluating certain parameters of the angiogram, such as the length of the lesion, diameter of the...
Angio-derived FFR is basically...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Virtual FFR: A Simple, Reliable, Angiography-Based Method to Assess Physiological Lesion Severity in the Cath Lab
07/06/2020
Ziad A. Ali, MD, DPhil; Hussein Rahim, MD
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable coronary disease can improve quality of life and may reduce type 1 MI.1 Identifying significant coronary lesions that will benefit from PCI can sometimes be challenging.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in stable coronary disease can improve quality of life and may reduce type 1 MI.1 Identifying significant coronary lesions that will benefit from PCI can sometimes be challenging.
Percutaneous coronary...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Myocardial Infarction: The First Manifestation of Protein S Deficiency in a Young Woman
07/06/2020
Stavroula Psychari, MD; Athanasios Kotsakis, MD; Delia Vlad, MD; Ifigeneia Stergiouli, MD; Nikolaos Goulas, MD; Konstantina P. Bouki, MD; Anastasios Papaspyropoulos, MD
We describe the case of a 38-year-old woman with no traditional cardiovascular risk factors, presenting with myocardial infarction after a recent previous misdiagnosis of a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction as acute myocarditis.
We describe the case of a 38-year-old woman with no traditional cardiovascular risk factors, presenting with myocardial infarction after a recent previous misdiagnosis of a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction as acute myocarditis.
We describe the case of a...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Covid-19 and the Recovery of a Lost Guidewire
07/06/2020
Juan Guzman Olea, MD; Gonzalo Tolosa Dzul, MD; Miguel Angel Rojas Carrera, MD; Gabriel Guzman Olea, MD
This case involves a 59-year-old male with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2-confirmed atypical pneumonia (Covid-19) under invasive mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support with norepinephrine, and hemodynamic surveillance with an arterial line...
This case involves a 59-year-old male with a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2-confirmed atypical pneumonia (Covid-19) under invasive mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support with norepinephrine, and hemodynamic surveillance with an arterial line...
This case involves a 59-year-old...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Suggested Technique
Insertion of a 4 French Internal Mammary Artery Catheter to the Left Subclavian Artery From Right Radial Access Over a Coronary Guidewire
07/06/2020
Zoltan Varga, MD, PhD; Jacob M. Haiar; Kelly Jo Steffen, DO, MD; Marian S. Petrasko, MD, PhD
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass grafting continues to be a mainstay in treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafts have the highest long-term patency rates, but due to the anatomic location,...
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass grafting continues to be a mainstay in treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease. Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafts have the highest long-term patency rates, but due to the anatomic location,...
Abstract. Coronary artery bypass...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Reduction of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in the Cath Lab Using a 3-Part Strategy
07/06/2020
Trent Foust, MBA, BSN, RN, RCIS
Most cardiac patients fall under the high-risk category for AKI. Heart failure, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), cardiogenic shock, chronic kidney disease (CKD), age, and diabetes contribute to the higher incidence of kidney...
Most cardiac patients fall under the high-risk category for AKI. Heart failure, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), cardiogenic shock, chronic kidney disease (CKD), age, and diabetes contribute to the higher incidence of kidney...
Most cardiac patients fall under...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
Covid’s Strain on Physician Collaboration and Communication: “Special Sauce” Needed
07/06/2020
Susan N. Heck; Gina Donnelly
New and growing relationships can be challenged in times of crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospitals that work effectively and proactively to manage physician involvement and ensure continued communication will develop stronger...
New and growing relationships can be challenged in times of crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospitals that work effectively and proactively to manage physician involvement and ensure continued communication will develop stronger...
New and growing relationships...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Department

COVID-19 Concerns
Tips and Tricks for Covid STEMI Interventions
07/06/2020
Sameer K. Mehta, MD, FACC, MBA
As cardiologists have wondered about the reasons for the decline in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases globally, our facility has remained busy, with the hospital registering only a mild decrease in the number of these cases. My...
As cardiologists have wondered about the reasons for the decline in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) cases globally, our facility has remained busy, with the hospital registering only a mild decrease in the number of these cases. My...
As cardiologists have wondered...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest
Anomalies
Stress-Induced NSTEMI Reveals Absent Left Main and Mid Left Anterior Descending Coronary Arteries
07/06/2020
Juan A. Siordia, MD; Christopher Angus, MD; Sundeep Shenoy, MD; Tushar Acharya, MD; Tom A. Lassar, MD
Abstract. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare entity that is not completely understood.  This case presents an adult patient with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction after an emotional event, with incidentally discovered...
Abstract. Left main coronary artery atresia (LMCAA) is a rare entity that is not completely understood.  This case presents an adult patient with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction after an emotional event, with incidentally discovered...
Abstract. Left main coronary...
07/06/2020
Cath Lab Digest

Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
Boomer to Zoomer – Transforming to the Post-Pandemic World
07/06/2020
Barry F. Uretsky, MD; Stephen R. Ramee, MD; Peter C. Block, MD; Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc; Lloyd W. Klein, MD; E. Magnus Ohman, MD; Robert J. Applegate, MD; Samuel M. Butman, MD; Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Jeffrey Marshall; Gary S. Mintz, MD; Jonathan M. Tobis, MD; Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC; Chet Rihal; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Carl L. Tommaso, MD; Michael J. Lim, MD; Larry S. Dean, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; Christopher J. White, DO, MD; Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc; Jim Blankenship, MD
Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...
Like many of my contemporaries, I am a boomer (aka baby boomer), a member of the post World War II generation. I grew up in the 1950-60s, graduated college in the Vietnam War era (1960-70s), and had a millennial-generation (1980-90s)...
Like many of my contemporaries,...
07/06/2020
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Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC 

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