Editor's Corner

More Research Is Needed to Understand and Treat Fibromuscular Dysplasia

05/01/2019

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascular I...

Dr .Walker comments on Mac Farid and colleagues’ case report describing interventional therapy of a patient presenting with intermittent right thigh claudication secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) of the external iliac artery.

Dr .Walker comments on Mac Farid...

05/01/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

A Brief Review of Hemodynamics for Structural Interventions Part 2: Mitral Stenosis

04/29/2019

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine
Long Beach VA Medical Center
Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology,
University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA Cl...

Last month(1), we reviewed the hemodynamics of mitral regurgitation and the changes seen with the mitral clip percutaneous repair on the left atrial pressure waves. In Part 2 of our brief hemodynamic review for structural heart interventions,...

Last month(1), we reviewed the...

04/29/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Editor's Corner

Quantitative Angiography Should Not Be the Gold Standard in Assessment of Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease

03/27/2019

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascular I...

In this commentary, Dr. Walker discusses the treatment of the infrapopliteal segment of disease.

In this commentary, Dr. Walker...

03/27/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

A Brief Review of Hemodynamics for Structural Interventions Part 1: Mitral Regurgitation

03/14/2019

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA Cl...

Our fellows mentioned that a review of basic hemodynamics and interpretation of pressure waveforms would be helpful. With this in mind, let’s briefly review hemodynamics that might be seen during MitraClip (Abbott Vascular) implantation for...

Our fellows mentioned that a...

03/14/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Editor's Corner

Your Wire Went Where? Coronary Perforation With Tamponade and What to Do Next

02/28/2019

Morton J. Kern, MD and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA

Dr. Seto is Chief, Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California.

Morton J. Kern, MD and Arnold H. Seto...

A coronary perforation is a rare but frightening event in the cardiac cath lab.

A coronary perforation is a rare...

02/28/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Editor's Corner

FFRCT May Herald a Paradigm Change in Evaluating Patients for Critical Myocardial Ischemia

02/22/2019

Dr. Walker comments on the case report by Krievins and colleagues on the utilization of fractional flow reserve-computed tomography (FFRCT) to identify critical myocardial ischemia in a patient with no cardiac symptoms.

Dr. Walker comments on the case...

02/22/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

A Potential Danger Signal Associated With Paclitaxel-Eluting Devices

01/21/2019

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascular I...

Dr. Walker comments on a hotly debated meta-analysis by Katsanos and colleagues on the risk of death following application of paclitaxel-coated balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal artery of the leg.

Dr. Walker comments on a hotly...

01/21/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Are You Too Sleepy to Be Safe? The Role of Sleep Deprivation on Outcomes in the Cardiac Cath Lab

12/31/2018

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...

I’m going out on a limb here, but I would say that most cath lab staff at one time or another have gone to work with a sleep debt and muscled their way through the day (or night) while overcoming the ill effects of sleep deprivation.

I’m going out on a limb here,...

12/31/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Editorial & Technical Review

Lower-Extremity Thrombectomy With Retrograde Distal Balloon Occlusion: The TReDBO Technique

12/13/2018

Raymond Dattilo, MD

Flint Hills Heart, Vascular and Vein Clinic, Manhattan, Kansas

Raymond Dattilo, MD Flint Hill...

Thrombolysis with mechanical thrombectomy can be performed with retrograde distal balloon occlusion without the risk of distal embolization or other complications in patients with thrombotic SFA occlusion.

Thrombolysis with mechanical...

12/13/2018

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

The Role for Endovascular Reconstruction in CFA Disease

11/19/2018

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascula...

Craig Walker, MD, opens the November issue of VDM by discussing the treatment of common femoral artery (CFA) disease in patients who are not surgical candidates for CFA endarterectomy.

Craig Walker, MD, opens the...

11/19/2018

Vascular Disease Management