July 26, 2018 — A new multi-societal expert consensus document has been released that summarizes the position of these ...
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.
![A CoreValve TAVR valve seen in a CT scan looking down from the aortic arch into the left ventricle using reconstruction software from TeraRecon.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/TAVR_aortic-arch_view_to_valve_Corevalve_TeraRecon.jpg?itok=3FpbQRUH)
![Two versions of the Abiomed Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device being shown at ACC 2018. Impella is the only device currently cleared by the FDA for use in cardiogenic shock.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Abiomed_Imprella_percutaneous_heart-pump_VAD_TCT17_Staff_photo-2.jpg_0.jpg?itok=H6Vmll_0)
May 15, 2018 – Results of the AVIATOR 2 international registry data show a discrepancy between physician perception and ...
While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...
May 15, 2018 — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released new guidelines to ...
May 15, 2018 — Revised guidelines incorporating new data on discharge criteria for patients undergoing elective percutan ...
![No Benefit Found Using Sodium Bicarbonate, Acetylcysteine to Prevent Kidney Injury, the result of the PRESERVE Trial to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI), presented at SCAI 2018. #SCAI, #SCAI2018,](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/IV-bags_Cath-lab_prepped_hydration-staff-photo_CDH.jpg?itok=69wnEYTl)
May 15, 2018 – The large-scale, international randomized PRESERVE clinical trial found high-risk patients for renal ...
May 15, 2018 — A contemporary, real-world analysis shows lower mortality rates when culprit-only intervention is used ...
![A key slide from Elnabawi's presentation, showing cardiac CT plaque evaluations, showing the impact of psoriasis medication on coronary plaques at baseline and one year of treatment. It shows a reversal of vulnerable plaque development. #SCAI, #SCAI2018](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/psoriasis_therapy_Drug_impact_on_coronary_plaque_baseline-and-one-year_3-SCAI_2018_slide.jpg?itok=Xy8z2aoR)
May 14, 2018 – New clinical evidance shows common therapy options for psoriasis (PSO), a chronic inflammatory skin ...
![A 3-D printed aortic root with an simulated implant of an Edwards Sapien TAVR valve. New clinical data points to length-of-stay as a new predictor of outcomes in TAVR patients. Image from Henry Ford Hospital.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/3D%20printed%20aoritic%20valve%20with%20Sapien%20valve_from%20Henry%20Ford%20Hospital.jpg?itok=l-Nwh6I0)
May 14, 2018 – A new study finds patients who stay in the hospital for more than 72 hours when undergoing trans-femoral ...
May 14, 2018 – One-year outcomes of patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention ...
May 14, 2018 — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced the launch of the SCAI PAD ...
May 14, 2018 — A significant update to the PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total ...
May 14, 2018 — The opioid drug epidemic is impacting cardiology, with a new study finding the number of patients ...
![Richard Schatz, M.D., (center) is research director of cardiovascular interventions at the Heart, Lung, and Vascular Center at Scripps Clinic, speaking at a SCAI session on collaboration with industry to bring new device technologies to market. He is best known as the co-inventor of the first coronary stent, the Palmaz-Schatz stent. Left is Ziyad Hijazi, M.D., MPH, director of the Sidra Cardiac Program. #SCAI, #SCAI2018](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/SCAI_Innovation_session_2018_Richard_Schatz_Z_Hijazi_SCAI_PR.jpg?itok=k2TLhVxW)
Here is an aggregation of all the news and late-breaking studies presented at the 2018 Society for Cardiovascular ...
May 11, 2018 — A new study looked at the effectiveness of a novel risk tool to predict 30-day readmission rates in ...