Heart Failure

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Unusual Gastric Contrast Extravasation After Coronary Angiography

06/01/2021

J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2021;33(6):E489. doi:10.25270/jic/20.00743 Key words: complications, contrast extravasation, coronary angiography, heart failure A 79-year-old woman presented with new-onset heart failure. She had pleural effusion,...

J INVASIVE CARDIOL...

06/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Unusual Gastric Contrast Extravasation After Coronary Angiography

06/01/2021

Mandeep Singh Randhawa , MD;

Tim A. Fischell , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

This represents an unusual case in which fluoroscopy revealed active gastric bleeding with contrast extravasation during coronary angiography.

This represents an unusual case...

06/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Predictors of Hemodynamic Response to Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Therapy in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

04/01/2021

Veli Topkara , MD, MS;

Ersilia M. DeFilippis , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Jennifer Haythe , MD;

Maryjane Farr , MD, MS;

Melana Yuzefpolskaya , MD;

Paolo C. Colombo , MD;

Koji Takeda , MD, PhD;

E. Wilson Grandin , MD, MPH;

A. Reshad Garan , MD, MS;

Athena L. Huang , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Justin A. Fried , MD;

Waqas Malick , MD;

There is renewed interest in intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use in chronic systolic heart failure patients with acute decompensation and cardiogenic shock. We sought to identify predictors of early IABP response to guide optimal use in this...

There is renewed interest in...

04/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

News

Home Time After Hospitalization for Heart Failure a Viable Hospital Performance Metric

12/03/2020

Journal of Clinical Pathways

News

Hospitalizations Drive Medical Costs Associated With Heart Failure

12/03/2020

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

ECMO Programs: A Financial Synopsis

09/05/2019

Shane Recker ;

Moving forward, all ECMO cases, no matter what type or where cannulation occurs, will result in the assignment of DRG 003.

Moving forward, all ECMO cases,...

09/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Education

Cardiogenic Shock: The Second Annual Houston Shock Symposium, March 1–3, 2019

01/09/2019

Marwan F. Jumean , MD;

Everything we do in cardiology stems from our desire to either improve the survival of our patients or improve their quality of life. Over the past several decades, cardiologists have been successful in doing so in many areas, such as acute...

Everything we do in cardiology...

01/09/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Outcomes Among Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Minimally Invasive Strategy Versus Conventional Strategy

12/15/2018

Sandeep M. Patel , MD;

Ankur Kalra , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Guilherme F. Attizzani , MD;

Muhammad Siyab Panhwar , MD;

Joshua R. Clevenger , MD;

David A. Zidar , MD, PhD;

Adham Karim , MD;

Jun Li , MD;

Toral R. Patel , MD;

Jerry Lipinski , BS;

Petar Saric , MD;

An investigation on the effect of TAVR technique on in-hospital and 30-day outcomes in patients with aortic stenosis and reduced ejection fraction.

An investigation on the effect...

12/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Myocardial Bridging in the Setting of Dilated Myocardiopathy

04/04/2018

Virginia Perez-Andreu , MD, PhD;

Michael Tedla , MD;

Hossein Akhondi , MD, FACP;

Dominic Robine , DO, FACC;

Ali R. Rahimi , MD, FACP, AGSF;

Navid Kazemi , MD, FACC;

Myocardial bridge (MB) is a congenital anatomic variant that occurs when one of the coronary arteries tunnels through the myocardium instead of having a normal epicardial course.1

Myocardial bridge (MB) is a...

04/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

When Should You Perform Coronary Angiography in a Patient With New Onset CHF?

10/06/2017

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

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

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

Barry Borlaug , MD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

In this editor’s page, our colleague Dr. Sam Butman asks our group of cath lab experts, “What is your approach to a patient admitted with new-onset congestive heart failure (CHF) without recent myocardial infarction or angina?”

In this editor’s page, our...

10/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest