Mitraclip Safe and effective in improving symptoms, hospitalizations and mortality for these very sick patients with secondary MR. Momentous data. TCT Conference Abdul Moiz Hafiz Ibrahim Kassas, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Bioprosthetic valve failure (AVR 21mm MagnaEase), 2nd HF admission, cardiogenic shock, mG 45mmHg EF 45%. Now EF 25% mG 30mmHg, AVA 0.5 cm2. S/p 23mm EvolutR ViV w valve fracture via perc axillary access final mG 0.08mmHg Nikos Kakouros #structural #TAVR #TAVRViV #BVF #percaxillary

10 years ago I was doubting myself to become a doctor while washing dishes. Today as a fellow in training, I am speaking in front of the leaders of my field in cardiology and sharing insights into serving the underserved. Thank you American College of Cardiology #ACCLeadershipForum #AmericanDream

MitraClip approved by FDA today for Rx of severe secondary MR in pts with heart failure who remain symptomatic despite GDMT. Great day for suffering pts in whom this therapy offers potential for improved survival, reduced hospitalizations and enhanced quality-of-life.

Among low risk severe AS patients, balloon expandable TAVR was superior to SAVR and self expandable was non inferior to SAVR #tavr #acc19 Nikos Kakouros Nirman Bhatia, MD Ibrahim Kassas, MD, FACC, FSCAI Chadi Alraies, MD FACC FSCAI Zaher Fanari MD,FACC Salman Waheed @z_alirhayim Arslan Shaukat Amit K Gupta, MD, FSCAI Dr Shariq Shamim

Transhepatic access (US or Angio guided) provides an alternative route for SHD interventions in pts with occluded/anomalous IVC Matt Daniels MD PhD Tarek Alsaied Jason Foerst Adnan Chhatriwalla Pablo Lamelas 🇦🇷🇨🇦 Ethan Korngold, MD Sara C. Martinez MD PhD Mack Eleid Riyaz Bashir Mario Goessl William Suh, MD Ritu Thamman MD

Percutaneous axillary TAVR. UMass Groundbreaking Heart Procedure - April, 2019 youtu.be/uzrXYrxy4jE Nikos Kakouros Abdul Moiz Hafiz @AdedotunOgunsua @TweetsCardio Abdalla Hassan, MD TAVR Bot @NaomiBotkinMD #PercaxillaryTAVR

Great developments in #LAMPOON (antegrade approach) and #BASILICA (pachyderm catheters) EPIC - Emory Percutaneous Intervention Course. Here is how it all began @nih_nhlbi youtu.be/usB-WvTCF8g

#NationalCSI welcomes Dr. Craig Smith and the Cath Lab, ICU & research teams at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, Massachusetts. Working together to ⬆️ survival in #heartattack patients with #acuteMI & #cardiogenicshock ! #waronshock #NCSI William W. O'Neill Babar Basir

Our recent work with Nikos Kakouros Ahmed Nagy Abdul Moiz Hafiz @MoJadelrab1 @DrAAACardioVasc UMass Memorial Health @UMassMedical RadialFirstBot TAVR Bot ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31257215

Essa Hariri, MD MS, myself, and our mentor (Dr. Akhter who's Duke Heart) worked hard on this paper. 〽️ ♀️, prior CABG, Anemia, delay in initial presentation are a few factors to keep in mind. Ibrahim Kassas, MD, FACC, FSCAI CRMjournal UMass Chan Cardiology Fellowship StanfordCVFellowship sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Spread the word 🎤 🫀February is #HeartMonth 🫀Feb 3rd is National Women’s Physician Day 👩‍⚕️ 🫀Feb 5th is #GoRedforWomen Show support by wearing red 🫀Heart dz is #1 killer for women, we can do better! American Heart Association @JaneFreedmanMD Robert Harrington Abha StanfordCVFellowship

No Langston. Lv-Ao done with 6 Fr swan which is already on table for the RHC. No need for extra equipment or 7 fr or dual access Ujjwal Rastogi, MD Dr Shariq Shamim Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt Aditya Bharadwaj Aditya Mandawat, MD Harsh Golwala Sunil V. Rao Nirman Bhatia, MD Amit K Gupta, MD, FSCAI Arka Chatterjee

congratulations to Mohamad Alkhouli for the tct linnemeier investigator award! TCTMD #tct2021 @scaielm

It’s been in the work for some time, but thanks to the amazing team led by Essa Hariri, MD MS we were able to publish our paper “Same Day Discharge Following Non-elective PCI for Non-ST Elevation” in AmericanHeartJ Ibrahim Kassas, MD, FACC, FSCAI #cardiotwitter sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to Dr. Ravi Ramana and the Team at Advocate Aurora Health Medical Center for completing their first case in the ALIGN-AR Clinical Trial! #jenavalve #tavr #alignartrial #aorticregurgitation #tavr

For Edwards S3U users; I developed this simple calculator to help calculate different scenarios of how much over/under sized with added/minus volume for a particular annulus. This should make calculations faster. Android version below. apps.apple.com/us/app/tavrize…

#SavvySpotlight from Dr. Kassas at #AdvocateChrist Medical Center! #ViV to replace a 19mm surgical valve. #SavvyWire provided great support to carry an #Evolut 23mm valve into position, with deployment via #LVpacing. Continuous gradients confirmed successful final implant!

A successful #PCI of #LM #CTO in a pt with #CABG and long Hx of #chest_pain, failed #medical_mgmt. Ibrahim Kassas, MD, FACC, FSCAI #advocateChrist UIC Cath Lab Adhir Shroff Joaquim Spadoni Barboza Mladen Vidovich Amer Ardati Khalil Ibrahim #MedTwitter #scai #IC_fellowship Shockwave Medical