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Volume 30 - Issue 10 - October 2022

Feature

Clinical Update
10/27/2022
Richard Casazza, MAS, RT(R)(CI)
While the right distal radial artery approach is still teetering on the verge of popularity (or obscurity), it remains to be seen if operators will take up this approach as a primary access point.
While the right distal radial artery approach is still teetering on the verge of popularity (or obscurity), it remains to be seen if operators will take up this approach as a primary access point.
While the right distal radial...
10/27/2022
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ECG Studies
10/02/2022
Luigi Pacifico, DO; Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD
The electrocardiograms (ECGs) depicted in this case are from a patient who developed pericarditis and was noted to have classic pleuritic chest pain, pericardial effusion, and diffuse ST segment elevations with reciprocal ST segment...
The electrocardiograms (ECGs) depicted in this case are from a patient who developed pericarditis and was noted to have classic pleuritic chest pain, pericardial effusion, and diffuse ST segment elevations with reciprocal ST segment...
The electrocardiograms (ECGs)...
10/02/2022
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Case Report
09/29/2022
Amal Khan, MS-IV; Mehreen Ali; Thomas Shields Livingston, MD; Srujana Chakilam, MD; Som A. Bailey, DO, MD
We present a case of a young adult female who was found to have ALCAPA after presenting with cardiac arrest.
We present a case of a young adult female who was found to have ALCAPA after presenting with cardiac arrest.
We present a case of a young...
09/29/2022
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Perspectives
09/09/2022
Kusum Lata, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The world is overcoming the recent pandemic catastrophe, but we have yet to fully face the post pandemic crisis. One of our most vital concerns is the shortage of medical equipment, drugs, and essential kits.
The world is overcoming the recent pandemic catastrophe, but we have yet to fully face the post pandemic crisis. One of our most vital concerns is the shortage of medical equipment, drugs, and essential kits.
The world is overcoming the...
09/09/2022
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Insights

Program Spotlight
10/15/2022
Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH; Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD; Victor M. Moles, MD; Jonathan W. Haft, MD; Prachi Agarwal, MBBS
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is rare. We think that it affects 3% or 4% of patients who have had acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and it is difficult to diagnose. Symptoms are insidious and include a lot of nonspecific...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is rare. We think that it affects 3% or 4% of patients who have had acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and it is difficult to diagnose. Symptoms are insidious and include a lot of nonspecific...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary...
10/15/2022
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Department

Program Spotlight
10/15/2022
Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH; Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD; Victor M. Moles, MD; Jonathan W. Haft, MD; Prachi Agarwal, MBBS
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is rare. We think that it affects 3% or 4% of patients who have had acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and it is difficult to diagnose. Symptoms are insidious and include a lot of nonspecific...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is rare. We think that it affects 3% or 4% of patients who have had acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and it is difficult to diagnose. Symptoms are insidious and include a lot of nonspecific...
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary...
10/15/2022
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Imaging Technology
10/04/2022
Jacob Dutcher, MD; Sergio Aguirre
EchoPixel is a startup company focusing on virtual or augmented reality in medicine. We provide physicians a hologram floating in front of a flat screen, enabling not only their ability to view pre-op images like computed tomography (CT) and...
EchoPixel is a startup company focusing on virtual or augmented reality in medicine. We provide physicians a hologram floating in front of a flat screen, enabling not only their ability to view pre-op images like computed tomography (CT) and...
EchoPixel is a startup company...
10/04/2022
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Column

Clinical Editor's Corner
10/02/2022
Allen Jeremias, MD, MSc; William M. Suh, MD; Stephen R. Ramee, MD; Peter Ver Lee, MD; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD; Samuel M. Butman, MD; Aaron V. Kaplan; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Jonathan M. Tobis, MD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI; Kirk N. Garrett; Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC; Sunil V. Rao, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Malcolm R. Bell, MD; Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM; Neal S. Kleiman, MD; Larry S. Dean, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC; David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC
For at least a decade, we have been in a drug-eluting stent (DES) era. Almost all studies point to superiority of DES over bare metal stents with regard to restenosis, but past controversies included the incidence of thrombosis and short...
For at least a decade, we have been in a drug-eluting stent (DES) era. Almost all studies point to superiority of DES over bare metal stents with regard to restenosis, but past controversies included the incidence of thrombosis and short...
For at least a decade, we have...
10/02/2022
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