July 30, 2021 — A coalition of 10 U.S.-based cardiovascular societies have issued a statement today in support of all healthcare systems requiring COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare and long-term...
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This channel contains news about the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), including coverage of its annual meeting and links to recently released practice guidelines. SCAI is a leading resource in interventional cardiology and cath lab techniques and technologies.
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Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories,...
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Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., division chief of cardiovascular medicine, director of...
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Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., division chief of cardiovascular medicine, director of interventional cardiology and the...
In an effort to contain COVID-19 and the new rapid spread of the delta virus across the U.S., a coalition of 10 cardiovascular societies issued a statement of support for healthcare systems requiring COVID-19 vaccines for its employees.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | July 30, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
July 30, 2021 — A coalition of 10 U.S.-based cardiovascular societies have issued a statement today in support of all...
Videos | Congenital Heart | May 26, 2021
Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, explains some of the new...
Videos | Robotic Systems | May 18, 2021
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., division chief of cardiovascular medicine, director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac...
Videos | Robotic Systems | May 18, 2021
Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., division chief of cardiovascular medicine, director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac...
There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal function are being excluded from interventional procedures because they are automatically considered too high risk. However, some hospitals are also creating cardio-renal care teams so these patients can be cared for by a team of experts rather than interventional cardiologists going it alone.
Feature | Cath Lab | May 14, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal...
Explaining the Emory TMVR angle. Discordance between mitral annular centerline (yellow lines) and valve orientation imposed by guidewire position within the LV apex (red dashed lines). (B) Valve intrinsic angle (α) is determined by external skirt height. (C) When annular-apical “Emory” angle (red curves) exceeds α (blue curve), annular skirt apposition is not possible, causing PVL (red arrows). (D) The valve is oriented perpendicular to the annual plane using an exteriorized apical guidewire (solid yellow line). Image courtesy of Kendra Grubb, M.D.
Feature | Structural Heart | May 13, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
The mitral valve anatomy is extremely complex, which has caused many challenges for transcatheter mitral valve...
Videos | Structural Heart | May 13, 2021
Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and principle...
Videos | Radial Access | May 06, 2021
Arnold Seto, M.D., MPA, FSCAI, chief of cardiology, Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center and director,...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 06, 2021
Payam Dehghani, M.D., FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI, co-director of Prairie Vascular Research and associate professor at the...
SCAI 2021 late-breaking presentations included the data on the Medtronic Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve, cutting radial access hemostasis time by 50 percent, improving cardiogenic shock survival to 71 percent, and data showing very high mortality in COVID patients who suffer a STEMI.
Feature | Cath Lab | May 06, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
April 29, 2021 — Here is the list of late-breaking study presentations and links to articles about each of them from...
Videos | Cath Lab | May 05, 2021
Ashwin Nathan M.D., a cardiology fellow in the division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Hospital of the University of...
The Corindus CorPath robotic cath lab navigation system allows operators to sit and control the procedure from behind a lead-lined booth, so they do not have to wear heavy aprons during the procedures.
Feature | Robotic Systems | May 05, 2021
May 5, 2021 — A late-breaking study of the Siemens Healthineers Corindus Corpath GRX second-generation cath lab robotic...
Avoiding high-risk PCI procedures does not improve hospital scores according to a study presented at SCAI 2021. CTO procedure at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. Photo by Dave Fornell.
News | Cardiovascular Business | May 05, 2021
May 5, 2021 — A late-breaking study presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI)...
The key slide from the SCAI 2021 NACMI late-breaking presentation showing the very high adverse rates for COVID STEMI heart attack patients (red) as compared to pre-pandemic STEMI patient controls (green).
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 03, 2021 | By Dave Fornell, Editor
May 3, 2021 – One third of patients will die who have COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and suffer a ST-elevated myocardial...
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News | Cath Lab | May 03, 2021
May 3, 2021 – Results from a new study find a broad range of patients who typically undergo revascularization for...
