Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs)

News

News: Data Presented at TCT 2018 Shows Use of Impella and Best Practices Increases Cardiogenic Shock Survival

10/03/2018

“This real-world evidence shows an unprecedented increase in survival outcomes for AMI cardiogenic shock patients and is a result of the increased adoption of best practices for treating cardiogenic shock,” said Dr. O’Neill.

“This real-world evidence shows...

10/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Impella-Assisted PCI of Left Main Coronary Artery During CPR

02/06/2018

Edward H. Nabet, DO, Bora Toklu, MD, Kishore Nallu, MD, John T. Fox, MD, Ramesh M. Gowda, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

Edward H. Nabet, DO, Bora Toklu, MD, ...

We report a case of cardiac arrest caused by total occlusion of the left main coronary artery during Impella-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention. Manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation combined with revascularization of the left main...

We report a case of cardiac...

02/06/2018

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CRF-SKIRBALL Interventional Innovation Corner

Intervention in Heart Failure

01/10/2017

The Skirball Center for Innovation (SCI) at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) Interventional Innovation Corner is headed by section editor Juan F. Granada, MD, Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York.

The Skirball Center for Innovation (S...

Interventional heart failure is a field that has been growing very fast over the last decade. It has been around for quite some time, particularly with the development of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), but as catheter-based...

Interventional heart failure is...

01/10/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Calcium Corner

A Look at the IMPRESS Trial: Impella CP vs IABP in Acute MI Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

01/10/2017

Cath Lab Digest talks with Joseph L. Thomas, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Cath Lab Digest talks with Joseph L. ...

In many areas, STEMI and cardiac arrest care is delivered within regional systems organized in concert with pre-hospital emergency services. So, the expectation that shock is emergently managed and fixed in the cath lab is an increasing...

In many areas, STEMI and cardiac...

01/10/2017

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology – Does Every Primary PCI Lab Need an Impella* (or Its Equivalent)?

07/26/2016

Compiled by Morton Kern with contributions from Steve Bailey, San Antonio, Texas; Peter Berger, New Hyde Park, New York; Jim Blankenship, Danville, Pennsylvania; Ted Feldman, Evanston, Illinois; David Kandzari, Atlanta, Georgia; Aaron Kaplan, Dartmouth, New Hampshire; Navin K. Kapur, Boston, Massachusetts; Ajay J. Kirtane, New York City, New York; Lloyd Klein, Chicago, Illinois; Jeffrey Moses, New York City, New York; Gurpreet Sandhu, Rochester, Minnesota; Gregg Stone, New York City, New York; George Vetrovec, Richmond, Virginia; Bonnie Weiner, Worchester, Massachusetts; Chris White, New Orleans, Louisiana [See contributor list at end].

*The Impella Left Ventricular Assist Device (Abiomed, Inc).

Compiled by Morton Kern with contribu...

In this “Conversation in Cardiology”, Dr. Ted Feldman from Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, asks, “Is the availability of Impella a requirement for every STEMI [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] program (even in lower volume programs...

In this “Conversation in...

07/26/2016

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Challenges

A Case-Based Discussion of No-Reflow Treatment: Do We Need More?

04/05/2016

Kusum Lata, MD, Cindy Grines, MD, FSCAI, Amir Kaki, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Medical Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Detroit Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute – Heart Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

Kusum Lata, MD, Cindy Grines, MD, FSC...

Herein, we present a case-based approach in order to discuss the available treatment of NR and to review the clinical significance of ventricular unloading.

Herein, we present a case-based...

04/05/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Case Files by Dr. George

High-Risk PCI and Balloon Valvuloplasty in the Setting of ACS Complicated by Critical Aortic Stenosis Using Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device

04/04/2016

Deepakraj Gajanana, MD, Jon C. George, MD, Vincent M. Figueredo, MD, D. Lynn Morris, MD, Sean Janzer, MD, Christian Witzke, MD, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Deepakraj Gajanana, MD, Jon C. George...

We describe a unique case of AMI complicated by concomitant critical aortic stenosis where pLVAD was used for hemodynamic stabilization during PCI and valvuloplasty.

We describe a unique case of AMI...

04/04/2016

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Top 5 Challenges for the Cath Lab 2015

08/01/2015

Morton Kern, MD

At this mid-point in 2015, I thought it would be worthwhile highlighting some of the advances and issues pertinent to all cath lab staff for the daily care of their patients.

At this mid-point in 2015, I...

08/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Transradial Series

Complex PCI Using Transradial Access

12/05/2014

Nishith H. Vayada, MD, Cardiology Fellow, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education; Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Associate Professor of Medicine, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania

Nishith H. Vayada, MD, Cardiology Fel...

In procedures requiring LV mechanical circulatory support, high-risk PCI via transradial access is feasible, and might even be preferred over a “bi-femoral” approach.

In procedures requiring LV...

12/05/2014

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