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Volume 30 - Issue 6 - June 2022

Featured Article

Peripheral Arterial Disease
Crossing Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusions Efficiently With the Crosser iQ™ CTO Recanalization System
06/02/2022
Ehrin J. Armstrong, MD, MSc, FACC
I am an interventional cardiologist at Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute. We have an extensive practice focused on limb salvage and limb preservation in patients with advanced peripheral artery disease (PAD). This includes patients with...
I am an interventional cardiologist at Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute. We have an extensive practice focused on limb salvage and limb preservation in patients with advanced peripheral artery disease (PAD). This includes patients with...
I am an interventional...
06/02/2022
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Case Report
Novel Approach in Percutaneous Large-Bore Arteriotomy Closure: Manta With Angiographic Guidance
06/02/2022
Darren Jat-Lon Wong, MBBS; Yam Hong Wong, MBBS; Ka Hei Ho, MBChB; Ho Lam, MBChB; Ping Wa Yam, MBBS
We present two cases of percutaneous closure of an Impella CP (Abiomed) and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), respectively, with the use of a Manta vascular closure device (VCD) (Teleflex) and angiogram-guided...
We present two cases of percutaneous closure of an Impella CP (Abiomed) and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO), respectively, with the use of a Manta vascular closure device (VCD) (Teleflex) and angiogram-guided...
We present two cases of...
06/02/2022
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Case Report
Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
06/02/2022
Monarch Shah, MD; Riya-Aisha Patel; Pratik B. Patel, MD, FACC; Michelle Nabi; Shreya Patel
We report herein a case of hemodynamic collapse immediately after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using a balloon-expanding valve, resulting from extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by the native...
We report herein a case of hemodynamic collapse immediately after transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) using a balloon-expanding valve, resulting from extrinsic compression of the left main coronary artery by the native...
We report herein a case of...
06/02/2022
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Path to Publication
What is a Case Study, and How Should It Be Formatted When Writing for Publication?
06/02/2022
Abdulrahman Abu Aqil, MS, PhD; Richard J. Merschen, EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS
Case study reports are valuable teaching resources for practitioners and students, and are written to discuss such topics as new technologies, procedures and imaging techniques, novel uses of technology and equipment, and unusual clinical...
Case study reports are valuable teaching resources for practitioners and students, and are written to discuss such topics as new technologies, procedures and imaging techniques, novel uses of technology and equipment, and unusual clinical...
Case study reports are valuable...
06/02/2022
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Case Files by Dr. George
Management of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism With Aspiration Thrombectomy
06/02/2022
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Richard J. Merschen, EdS, MS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS
This article describes a case in which a large-bore aspiration thrombectomy system was used to successfully treat a submassive saddle pulmonary embolism (PE) in a symptomatic patient with recent SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Details of the clinical...
This article describes a case in which a large-bore aspiration thrombectomy system was used to successfully treat a submassive saddle pulmonary embolism (PE) in a symptomatic patient with recent SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Details of the clinical...
This article describes a case in...
06/02/2022
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Cath Lab Management
The Dilemma of Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory Staffing Needs
06/02/2022
Talal Abd Al Rahman, MSN, RN
Hiring and retaining cardiovascular catheterization laboratory (CCL) talent has been overwhelming for leaders and hospitals since the discovery of cardiovascular catheterization procedure itself. As a very complex clinical area, CCL...
Hiring and retaining cardiovascular catheterization laboratory (CCL) talent has been overwhelming for leaders and hospitals since the discovery of cardiovascular catheterization procedure itself. As a very complex clinical area, CCL...
Hiring and retaining...
06/02/2022
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Clinical Editor's Corner
Contrast Media Shortage: What Should We Do About It?
06/01/2022
Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH; Paul S. Teirstein, MD, FACC; Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Stephen R. Ramee, MD; John W. Hirshfeld, Jr.; Ken Rosenfeld, MD; Peter Pelican
I recently learned that there is a worldwide shortage of the iodinated contrast agents (Omnipaque, Visipaque [both GE Healthcare], Isovue [Bracco Imaging], and Optiray [Guerbet]) used for computed tomography (CT) exams for general radiology...
I recently learned that there is a worldwide shortage of the iodinated contrast agents (Omnipaque, Visipaque [both GE Healthcare], Isovue [Bracco Imaging], and Optiray [Guerbet]) used for computed tomography (CT) exams for general radiology...
I recently learned that there is...
06/01/2022
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Feature

Case Report
Inadvertent Transarterial Temporary Pacemaker Lead Placement: An Unusual Complication
06/02/2022
Miguel Angel Rojas Carrera, MD; Gabriel Guzman Olea, MD; Hugo Arturo Alvarez Alvarado, MD; Juan Francisco Rodriguez Alvarado, MD; Elliot Ivan Hernandez Heredia, MD; Carlos Javier Gonzalez Alvarez, MD; Jose Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, MD; Daniel Ivan Perez Vasquez, MD; Miguel Angel Gomez Pluma, MD; Juan Guzman Olea, MD; Gonzalo Tolosa Dzul, MD
Temporary pacemakers are utilized in emergency situations when severe bradyarrhythmias secondary to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to non-AMI related cardiac disorders occur. Malposition of pacemaker lead is a rare, underreported...
Temporary pacemakers are utilized in emergency situations when severe bradyarrhythmias secondary to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to non-AMI related cardiac disorders occur. Malposition of pacemaker lead is a rare, underreported...
Temporary pacemakers are...
06/02/2022
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Case Report
Acquired Torsades de Pointes in Atrioventricular Block
06/02/2022
Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD; Richard M. Wholey, MD
A 73-year-old female with no significant cardiac history presented for an elective right knee replacement surgery. After the right knee replacement surgery and while in the recovery room, she was noted to be bradycardic and telemetry showed a...
A 73-year-old female with no significant cardiac history presented for an elective right knee replacement surgery. After the right knee replacement surgery and while in the recovery room, she was noted to be bradycardic and telemetry showed a...
A 73-year-old female with no...
06/02/2022
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Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC 

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