Structural heart disease

CRF-SKIRBALL Interventional Innovation Corner

Percutaneous Valve Innovations

07/06/2016

CRF-Skirball Interventional Innovation Corner, with section editor Juan F. Granada, MD.

CRF-Skirball Interventional...

07/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Questions for the Valve Clinic Coordinator at UHS

06/07/2016

Kara Mucilli , RN, BSN;

Being a valve clinic coordinator (VCC), you wear a multitude of hats; it is important that you are confident and comfortable in the realm of cardiology, and display a vast knowledge in the field. Patients ask a lot of questions and you are...

Being a valve clinic coordinator...

06/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest

TAVR at the UHS Structural Heart and Valve Center

06/07/2016

Alon Yarkoni , MD, FACC;

Initially, we felt there was no way we could do this procedure within our current cath lab, expecting to have to wait to purchase a new camera and renovate the whole layout, which is a huge project. Yet we found we could use the lab we...

Initially, we felt there was no...

06/07/2016

Cath Lab Digest

TAVR and the Structural Heart Program at the Prairie Heart Institute

04/04/2016

Gregory J. Mishkel , MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI;

The most remarkable and unique thing about our program is that it has been a fairly successful, robust, and innovative program in a city of relatively small size and in a non-academic institution with private practitioners.

The most remarkable and unique...

04/04/2016

Cath Lab Digest

MitraClip: Treating Mitral Valve Regurgitation at Northwestern

03/02/2016

Abbigayle Doerr , MSN, APN;

Lynda Buccellato , BSN, RN;

Mark J. Ricciardi , MD, FAHA;

Since 2008, our program has performed over 450 advanced transcatheter valve procedures including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement, and transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr).

Since 2008, our program has...

03/02/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Venous Access Closure Using the Double-ProGlide Preclose Technique After MitraClip Implantation: Long-Term Clinical and Duplex Ultrasound Outcomes

11/15/2015

Khung Keong Yeo , MBBS;

Jonathan Yap , MBBS, MRCP, MPH, MD;

Jack Wei Chieh Tan , MBBS, MRCP;

Soo Teik Lim , MBBS, MRCP;

Tian Hai Koh , MBBS;

An evaluation of the safety and efficacy of the double-ProGlide preclose technique to secure hemostasis in patients with 24 Fr venous access.

An evaluation of the safety and...

11/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Transradial Structural Intervention: Ventricular Septal Defect Closure

11/02/2015

Nha Huynh , DO;

Kintur Sanghvi , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Ulrich Luft , MD;

Here, we demonstrate that percutaneous closure of a pmVSD using transradial and basilic vein access can be successful, safe, and can avoid the potential risks of bleeding and vascular complications associated with the transfemoral approach.

Here, we demonstrate that...

11/02/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Improving the Process of TAVR at Piedmont Heart Institute’s Marcus Heart Valve Center

09/07/2015

Christopher U. Meduri , MD, MPH;

Initially, Piedmont’s length of stay was around the national average of 6 to 7 days and we felt there was room for improvement.

Initially, Piedmont’s length of...

09/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Review

Image Guidance of Percutaneous Coronary and Structural Heart Disease Interventions Using a Computed Tomography and Fluoroscopy I

09/05/2008

Several studies have documented the inherent limitations of angiography and X-ray in the accurate diagnosis of coronary artery and structural heart disease. Traditionally, invasive coronary angiography has been performed with radiographic...

Several studies have documented...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management