This review reported a detailed overview of the history, indications and treatment strategies for CTO recanalisation, providing a practical guide for operators new to this field to orient themselves in the variety of techniques and algorithms. ow.ly/l8ML50PJN15

Fantastic presentation from Amber Makani on culprit vs multivessel PCI in acute MI and it’s interplay with MCS at the Western PA Shock symposium with a panel discussion from Joyce Wald Jeff Fowler Catalin Toma, MD Triston B.B.J. Smith MD MGM FSCAI

Watch this space. Only recently learned factor XI inhibitors were a thing. Hopefully there is efficacy for preventing VTE/cardioembolism in bigger trials businesswire.com/news/home/2023…

Large Bore Aspiration Thrombectomy for Acute Intermediate High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism | VuMedi vumedi.com/video/case-cat… via @vumedi

Congrats to Pitt Cardiology with Catalin Toma, MD , Johannes Bonatti, Conrad smith, and Phil Lavenburg for their excellent live case at #TCT2023 . Hybrid Robotic CABG with simultaneous PCI for complete revascularization

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A red flag law could have prevented this tragedy, but in 2019 Maine Republicans blocked the bill and instead passed a watered-down “Yellow Paper law,” which created a much more narrow, complex, and difficult process to remove a dangerous person’s guns: nytimes.com/2023/10/28/us/…

Position Statement on Vascular Access Safety for Percutaneous Devices in AMI Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: JACC Journals 🥸 Few points on vascular access management in the cardiac intensive care unit 😱Full discussion here👇 jacc.org/doi/abs/10.101… 😱Summary here 👇

Congratulations to Jen Corbelli (Jennifer Corbelli) for being awarded the ACP Laureate Award! 🎉 The Laureate Award recognizes senior physicians who have demonstrated commitment to excellence in medical care, education, or research. Congrats, Dr. Corbelli!

Have you ever faced issues performing BASE in severely calcified CTOs? #IVL Shockwave Medical can help. IVL-facilitated BASE for #CTO #PCI CJC Journals onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-… Kate Kearney Dr. Bill Lombardi UWashington Heart Institute

One more tool for difficult #retrograde #CTO #PCI Intracoronary #snaring of the retrograde wire: a novel method to solve compartment mismatch in complex retrograde CTO PCI Cool case published by Silvia Moscardelli Doscondos Dr. Bill Lombardi CCIjournal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc…

Featured #AATS publication in #JTCVS by Ogami et al: The impact of reoperative surgery on aortic root replacement in the U.S. 🔗: jtcvs.org/article/S0022-… AATS Journals AATS UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Ibrahim Sultan Derek Serna-Gallegos MD George Arnaoutakis

The Sideclose technique for #Impella access site bleeding new in MyJSCAI. Stop the bleeding, keep the Impella! @jason_wollmuth #MCS doi.org/10.1016/j.jsca…

First, it was Chow-NOW; now, it's TONIC. It's time to move away from the draconian NPO after midnight policy for cath. (And AORN/Anesthesia should stop enforcing their policies in the cath lab.) SCAI

Our study from Michaella Alexandrou et al on the geographic diversity in #CTO #PCI is now online at Journal of Invasive Cardiology! Read more here: shorturl.at/5wdvo #PROGRESSCTO Emmanouil Brilakis Thanasis Rempakos Ahmed Al-Ogaili Yader Sandoval Bavana Rangan Deniz Mutlu Lorenzo Azzalini

CORONARY IMAGING POP QUIZ: 3 seemingly similar #OCT findings But are they the SAME THING ?? 👀 🧵1-3👇🏼 #CardioTwitter #ImageFirst

Great technique to have on board!!!

A”must” attend meeting for fellows!