A night of miso, mentors, and microcatheters. A toast to the family that gets each other through the toughest lesions, and the even harder moments in life. Skill matters. But trust, teamwork, and togetherness matter even more. Dr. Bill Lombardi Kate Kearney Lorenzo Azzalini Sudhir Thotakura

.Dr. Bill Lombardi presents the #SCAI2025 Hildner Lecture on "Competition Vs. Compassion: What Leads to Innovation and Self-Improvement?" 💡 #SCAI2025

Seattle Complications Course July 10-12, 2025 Day 1 - Structural Day 2 - Access, legal & life issues Day 3 - Coronary interventionalcomplications.com Get registered before we sell out! June 18, 2025 is deadline to reserve your hotel at the Interventional Complications 2025 rate.

It’s not just gear and technique. It’s about owning your worst day in the lab. Structural/Coronary/Human. The only course that dives into complications from both ends of the table. Come for the chaos. Stay for the clarity. Dr. Bill Lombardi Jamie McCabe Kate Kearney Lorenzo Azzalini

“SCAD”… or was it? Middle-aged woman with prior proximal LAD stent for presumed SCAD at outside hospital. Referred for evaluation of angina. 🔍 IVUS: minimal plaque 💢 Acetylcholine: mild epicardial spasm 💉 Guide nitro: minimal change 🎯 Dual lumen catheter nitro: full relief

💡Just published: SLASH (Snare-Assisted LAceration of Subintimal Hematoma). Our group introduces a novel CTO PCI strategy for when ADR gets you there, but a subintimal hematoma compromises the bifurcation. No flow? No problem. Slash responsibly. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc…

Out on the water with Dr. Bill Lombardi and Sudhir Thotakura, marking a phenomenal fellowship year. Without warning, an orca breached in front of us. Rare, raw, unreal, reminding us it was never just about the CTOs. It’s about who you’re in the boat with. The deep calls. We’re ready.

⏳ Last Chance to Save! Register for #CompCourse2025 by July 7 at 11:59 PM EDT to access the lowest rate. Don’t miss this must-attend course for mastering structural & coronary challenges. 👉 Secure your spot now! interventionalcomplications.com/register #CardioX #CardioTwitter #CardioEd

#CompCourse2025 off to a cracking start. Who knew there was life beyond coronaries, CTOs and collaterals? Jamie McCabe Christine Chung David Elison G. Burkhard Mackensen Cardiovascular Research Foundation

Culture eats complications for breakfast, unless your culture is the complication. Too real, too uncomfortable, too needed. #CompCourse2025 Dr. Bill Lombardi Lorenzo Azzalini Kathryn Dawson Robert Riley

Grateful for the opportunity to speak at #CompCourse2025, a meeting that leans into the hardest truths and toughest complications. Honored to be able to contribute to the conversations that help us grow through adversity, not around it.

The #WHiP team in the UW Med Cath Lab

One of our publications earlier this year. Great job 👏🏼 disseminating this important concept by 🇦🇺 ⭐️ Primero Ng

Just published - the 2nd clinical series of SESAME patients in the world. Validates the efficacy and safety results first published by the Emory group. Over 200 patients now treated world wide. G. Burkhard Mackensen Adam Greenbaum Jaffar Khan David Elison eurointervention.pcronline.com/article/sesame…

Sat down with my lifelong mentor Dr. Bill Lombardi. What began as a chat turned into a deep dive: from fellow, to operator, to builder. Bottom line: Procedures test skill. Building culture tests character. Skill wins case, but only culture and consistency can build what lasts.

Question for #CTO enthusiasts: If there was a way to have the following outcomes in #PCI for complex CTOs, would you adopt this new approach? (poll below)

Read the comprehensive review on #CTO #PCI in patients with prior #CABG written by our former 🇦🇺⭐ fellow 🦘 Primero Ng. There is really everything you must know about that topic in there! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxzO7sv8qEu…

Now Recruiting: Structural Heart Fellow Join our world-class program at University of Washington, a leading academic medical center dedicated to innovation and excellence in patient care. Interested applicants for 2026-2027 academic year can email CV to [email protected].

Challenging ISR CTO with uncrossable proximal and distal caps. We report a retrograde Scratch-and-Go strategy for controlled extraplaque tracking around an occluded stent. A useful option in cases with hostile caps. Lorenzo Azzalini UWashington Heart Institute CJC Journals onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-…

🗞️ Hot off the press: #STAR trial First randomized controlled trial comparing two different technical strategies in #CTO #PCI jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…