SCAI

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.

People who have heart artery-opening procedures, called coronary artery revascularization, experience similar outcomes regardless of gender or race, thus the use of invasive heart procedures should not be limited among women and adults from diverse racial or ethnic groups, according to a new joint guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, in partnership with the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

News | Cardiovascular Business

American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association Issue Coronary Artery Revascularization Guideline

February 11, 2022 — People who have heart artery-opening procedures, called coronary artery revascularization ...

February 11, 2022

Figure 1Recommended Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. ∗While not marketed in the United States, DCBs are available for clinical use in Canada, with 1-3 months of DAPT recommended. DAPT = dual antiplatelet therapy; LD, limited data. Reprinted from Capodanno D, Alfonso F, Levine GN, Valgimigli M, Angiolillo DJ. ACC/AHA versus ESC guidelines on dual antiplatelet therapy: JACC guideline comparison. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018;72(23 Pt A):2915-2931, with permission from

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

SCAI Releases Expert Consensus on Gender-specific Considerations in Myocardial Revascularization

February 9, 2022 — A newly released expert consensus statement on sex-specific considerations in myocardial ...

February 09, 2022

Videos | Cardiogenic Shock

VIDEO: Updates Made to the SCAI Cardiogenic Shock Classifications

Srihari Naidu, M.D., FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, is the director of both the cardiac cath labs and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ...

November 16, 2021

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While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the wealth of technological advancements, bringing the necessary tools together in a streamlined workflow has remained a challenge for clinicians

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Contemporary PCI: Utilizing State-of-the-Art Technology to Achieve the Best Outcomes

While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...

May 05, 2023

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. ACC, HRS, ASNC, SCMR, SCCT, ASE, HFSA, STS, SCAI.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Cardiovascular Societies Support COVID-19 Vaccines for all Healthcare Workers

July 30, 2021 — A coalition of 10 U.S.-based cardiovascular societies have issued a statement today in support of all ...

July 30, 2021

Videos | Congenital Heart

VIDEO: Advances in Congenital Heart Therapy Technologies

Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, explains some of the new ...

May 26, 2021

Videos | Robotic Systems

VIDEO: Interventional Stroke Care May be Aided by Robotic Cath Lab Telemedicine

Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., division chief of cardiovascular medicine, director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac ...

May 18, 2021

Videos | Robotic Systems

VIDEO: Robotic PCI Performed Well in Real-world Population in the PRECISION GRX Study

Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., division chief of cardiovascular medicine, director of interventional cardiology and the cardiac ...

May 18, 2021

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. #SCAI21 #SCAI2021 Creating a card0-renal program.

Feature | Cath Lab | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Creating a Cardio-renal Program to Expand Patient Volume

There is a trend in interventional cardiology that is now being called “renalism,” where patients with poor renal ...

May 14, 2021

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.

Feature | Structural Heart | By Dave Fornell, Editor

The Emory Angle Can Help Eliminate Paravalvular Leak in Transcatheter Mitral Interventions

The mitral valve anatomy is extremely complex, which has caused many challenges for transcatheter mitral valve ...

May 13, 2021

Videos | Structural Heart

VIDEO: Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Has Good Outcomes at 1 Year

Tom Jones, M.D., director, cardiac catheterization laboratories, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and principle investigator ...

May 13, 2021

Videos | Radial Access

VIDEO: Radial Hemostasis Reduced by 50 Percent With StatSeal in Combination With TR Band

Arnold Seto, M.D., MPA, FSCAI, chief of cardiology, Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center and director ...

May 06, 2021

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: The Impact of COVID-19 on Heart Attack Patients

Payam Dehghani, M.D., FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI, co-director of Prairie Vascular Research and associate professor at the ...

May 06, 2021

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 heart attack. #SCAI21 #SCAI2021

Feature | Cath Lab | By Dave Fornell, Editor

SCAI 2021 Late-breaking Clinical Study Results

April 29, 2021 — Here is the list of late-breaking study presentations and links to articles about each of them from the ...

May 06, 2021

Videos | Cath Lab

VIDEO: Avoiding Higher Risk Cath Lab Patients May Not Improve Outcomes Scores

Ashwin Nathan M.D., a cardiology fellow in the division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Hospital of the University of ...

May 05, 2021

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. Christoper Baker, M.D., Hoag Memorial Hospital using the system. #SCAI21 #SCAI2021

Feature | Robotic Systems

Second Generation Robotic PCI System Performs Well Across Spectrum of Lesion Complexity

May 5, 2021 — A late-breaking study of the Siemens Healthineers Corindus Corpath GRX second-generation cath lab robotic ...

May 05, 2021