Volume 30 - Issue 7 - July 2022
Calcium Corner
07/05/2022
Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC
New England Heart and Vascular Institute, Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire
Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC
New England...
Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC
Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC
Stephan H. Heo, MD, FACC
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Case Series
07/05/2022
Matthew G. Whitbeck, MD; Jeffrey W. Chambers, MD
Allina Heath Metropolitan Heart and Vascular Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Matthew G. Whitbeck, MD; Jeffrey W. C...
The utilization of coronary atherectomy continues to increase in modern percutaneous coronary intervention. To further improve safety and simplify delivery of the Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) orbital atherectomy system, we present a...
The utilization of coronary atherectomy continues to increase in modern percutaneous coronary intervention. To further improve safety and simplify delivery of the Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI) orbital atherectomy system, we present a...
The utilization of coronary...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
07/05/2022
Antonis Pratsos, MD, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Antonis Pratsos, MD, Bryn Mawr Hospit...
Retrograde, contralateral access was obtained with a 6 French (Fr) 45-inch sheath. Baseline angiography revealed patent iliac, common femoral and profunda arteries.
Retrograde, contralateral access was obtained with a 6 French (Fr) 45-inch sheath. Baseline angiography revealed patent iliac, common femoral and profunda arteries.
Retrograde, contralateral access...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Images
07/05/2022
A. Pérez Guerrero, MD; C. Cortés Villar, MD; B. Peiró Aventín, MD; J.A. Diarte De Miguel, MD
From the Interventional Cardiology Unit, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Institute for Health Research Aragón, (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain.
A. Pérez Guerrero, MD; C. Cortés Vil...
A 66-year-old male presented with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Emergent coronary angiography showed thrombotic occlusion of the distal right coronary artery (RCA). Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit RCA...
A 66-year-old male presented with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Emergent coronary angiography showed thrombotic occlusion of the distal right coronary artery (RCA). Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit RCA...
A 66-year-old male presented...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
07/05/2022
Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD; Mazen Roumia, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD; Mazen ...
The antimetabolite 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), commonly prescribed for treatment of various malignancies, has been reported to cause cardiotoxicity. The incidence of cardiotoxicity is rare with 5-FU and angina is the most common clinical...
The antimetabolite 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), commonly prescribed for treatment of various malignancies, has been reported to cause cardiotoxicity. The incidence of cardiotoxicity is rare with 5-FU and angina is the most common clinical...
The antimetabolite...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
07/05/2022
Gordon J. Farley1; Thomas J. Hanlon1; Monarch Shah, MD2; Pratik Patel, MD, FACC3,4
1Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; 2Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey; 3Cardiometabolic Institute, Somerset, New Jersey; 4Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Gordon J. Farley1; Thomas J. Hanlon1;...
We report a case of a 77-year-old Caucasian male who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the rare complication of valve embolization into the ascending aorta. The patient underwent evaluation for TAVR after reporting...
We report a case of a 77-year-old Caucasian male who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the rare complication of valve embolization into the ascending aorta. The patient underwent evaluation for TAVR after reporting...
We report a case of a...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Column
Your Path to Program Success: Expert Advice
07/05/2022
Heart failure remains a major clinical and public health problem across the United States. Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, as well as a primary driver of health care resource use, and heart failure (one of the...
Heart failure remains a major clinical and public health problem across the United States. Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, as well as a primary driver of health care resource use, and heart failure (one of the...
Heart failure remains a major...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
07/05/2022
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Clinical Editor; Chief of Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...
Every cath lab encounters patients with chest pain (assumed to be ischemic in origin) who have normal or nonobstructed coronary arteries, a syndrome called INOCA (ischemia but no coronary artery disease). The ischemia is often thought to be...
Every cath lab encounters patients with chest pain (assumed to be ischemic in origin) who have normal or nonobstructed coronary arteries, a syndrome called INOCA (ischemia but no coronary artery disease). The ischemia is often thought to be...
Every cath lab encounters...
07/05/2022
Cath Lab Digest
