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VIDEO: The Role of FFR-CT Under the New Chest Pain Evaluation Guidelines

Cardiac Imaging | February 01, 2022

Interview with Campbell Rogers, M.D., chief medical officer of HeartFlow which has developed a CT image-based fractional flow reserve (FFR-CT) algorithm. The technology was recently included as a recommendation for front line chest pain evaluations in the 2021 ACC/AHA chest pain evaluation guidelines.

The new guidelines gave high levels of evidence for the use of computed tomography and FFR-CT cardiac imaging as front line imaging modalities for chest pain evaluation.

Related Chest Pain Imaging Content:

First International Chest Pain Diagnosis Guidelines Released

VIDEO: Why the ASNC Did Not Endorse the 2021 Chest Pain Guidelines — Interview with ASNC President Dennis Calnon, M.D.

 

Cath Lab

January 10, 2019

Mark Anderson, M.D., FACS, vice chair of cardiac surgery services and cardiothoracic surgeon at Hackensack University Medical Group, outlines a multi-disciplinary heart team approach in treament decision-making for patients in cardiogenic shock. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com/DAIC.

Anderson discusses improving outcomes for patients in cardiogenic shock through the early use of mechanical circulatory support and the development of a shock protocol with the heart team. He outlines Hackensack University Medical Center’s multi-disciplinary, heart team approach in treatment decision-making for patients in cardiogenic shock. The team includes cardiac surgeons, interventional cardiologists, heart failure specialists and intensivists. 

 

 

Cath Lab Navigation Aids | January 08, 2019

Robert Quaife, M.D., director of advanced cardiac imaging, University of Colorado Hospital, explains why advanced imaging techniques are required to tackle complex transcatheter procedures and structural heart interventions. The University of Colorado Hospital helped develop the Philips EchoNavigator live image fusion technology, and this video offers an overview of how it came to be and where the technology is going.

Watch the related VIDEO: Evolution of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair at the University of Colorado, which shows examples of the navigation technology is use during a MitraClip procedure. 

VIDEO: Overview of University of Colorado Structural Heart Program — Interview with John Carroll, M.D., Robert Quaife, M.D., and James Chen, Ph.D.

Highlighting Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program

Additional videos and coverage of the University of Colorado Hospital

 

 

Structural Heart Occluders | January 07, 2019

Karen Orjuela, M.D., assistant professor of neurology at the University of Colorado Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center, explains the heart-brain team approach to screening cryptogenic stroke patients for transcatheter patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. 

Additional videos and coverage of the University of Colorado Hospital

 

Related PFO Closure Content:

VIDEO: How Transcatheter PFO Closure Can Reduce Cryptogenic Stroke — Interview with 
John Rhodes, M.D., on the REDUCE PFO Trial

PFO Closure Shows Positive Results from REDUCE Clinical Study

VIDEO: PFO Closure Found Beneficial for Cryptogenic Stroke — Presentation of RESPECT Trial results by John Carroll,  M.D.

PFO Closure May Improve Outcomes Over Medical Therapy in Cryptogenic Stroke: Results of the RESPECT Trial
 

 

 

 

Structural Heart | January 07, 2019

John Carroll, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of interventional cardiology, and Robert Quaife, M.D., director of advanced cardiac imaging, explain the development of the transcatheter mitral valve repair program at the University of Colorado Hospital. The video include footage during a MitraClip procedure. 

VIDEO: Overview of University of Colorado Structural Heart Program — Interview with John Carroll, M.D., Robert Quaife, M.D., and James Chen, Ph.D.

Highlighting Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program

Additional videos and coverage of the University of Colorado Hospital

Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | January 03, 2019

Interview with John Messenger, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of the cardiac cath labs and director of the cardiovascular ICU/stepdown unit, and Kevin Rogers, M.D., director of vascular medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital. They explain the trend toward more complex procedures, including chronic total occlusions (CTOs) and complex high-risk indicated procedure (CHIP) patients. They explain how they minimize X-ray and contrast dose during these longer procedures, the tools they use to perform the procedures and offer advice for centers expanding into complex PCI.

Watch a VIDEO walk through of this cath lab at the University of Colorado Hospital.

VIDEO: Overview of University of Colorado Structural Heart Program — Interview with John Carroll, M.D., Robert Quaife, M.D., and James Chen, Ph.D.

Highlighting Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program

Find more content from the University of Colorado Hospital.

 

 

Cath Lab | January 03, 2019

This is a walk through inside one of the cardiac hybrid cath labs at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. It is centered around a bi-plane Philips AlluraClarity angiography system. In the lab are two echo systems. There is a Philips Epiq system for transesophageal echo (TEE) and to enable the EchoNavigator live echo/fluoro fusion imaging. There also is a Siemens ultrasound system to enable use of intra-cardiac echo (ICE).

For hemodynamic support there is both an Abiomed Impella console and a Teleflex intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) console. The lab is equipped with an Acist automated contrast Injector. Also note the radial access boards. There are three rolling radiation shields in addition to a boom mounted Mavig shield. Anethesia is used in MitraClip procedures, which the lab is being prepped for in this video. 

Watch the related VIDEO: Cath Lab Walk Through at the University of Colorado Hospital

 

Cath Lab | January 03, 2019

This is the newest cardiac cath lab at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Construction was completed in June 2018. It is centered around a Philips Azurion Clarity IQ angiography system, which was chosen because its low X-ray dose imaging and guidance technologies that enable more complex, longer procedures. The room is use for the most involved complex percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), including chronic total occlusions (CTOs) and complex high-risk indicated procedures (CHIP) patients. It is also used for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), septal occluder procedures, transcatheter LAA closures and alcohol ablations.

The room is equipped for radial access procedures, which is used in a little more than 50 percent of cases at the hospital. It is also equipped with an Impella hemodynamic support system, wires and microcatheters for CTOs, and a SonoSite point of care ultrasound console for vascular access needle guidance.

See a 360 Degree View During a CTO Case in this room

Watch the VIDEO: The Evolution of Complex PCI at University of Colorado, which speaks with two of the operators who use this room.

 

Find more content from the University of Colorado Hospital.

 

EP Lab | January 03, 2019

This is a quick video tour of one of the dedicated electrophysiology (EP) labs at the University of Colorado Hospital. The room is built around a Siemens Artis Q.zen bi-plane angiography system. The system allows low radiation fluoro imaging, which reduced exposure to both patients and operators during long EP ablation procedures. 

Equipment in stock in this lab includes the Medtronic Artic Front cryoablation balloon.

Watch the VIDEO: Cryoballoon Ablation Best Practice Guidelines, an interview with Wilber Su, M.D.

Find more articles and videos on the University of Colorado Hospital

Heart Failure | December 20, 2018

Andreas Brieke, M.D., director of mechanical circulatory support, heart failure physician and site principal investigator for the COAPT Trial at the University of Colorado Hospital, explains the impact of that study on the care of heart failure patients with functional mitral regurgitation. The trial used the MitraClip to treat patients with functional MR and showed it had a major impact on patient quality of life and heart function, offering a paradigm shift in care.  

Read the article "MitraClip Reduces Mortality for Heart Failure Patients With Secondary Mitral Regurgitation."

Watch the VIDEO: MitraClip to Treat Heart Failure — Results of the COAPT Trial, an interview with William Abraham, M.D.

 

 

Structural Heart | December 20, 2018

John Carroll, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of interventional cardiology at the Cardiac and Vascular Center at the University of Colorado Hospital, shares his insights from his own experience on what is needed to build a successful structural heart program.

Take virtual tours of the University of Colorado's hybrid cath lab and newest cath lab where most of their structural heart procedures are performed.

 

VIDEO: Overview of University of Colorado Structural Heart Program — Interview with John Carroll, M.D., Robert Quaife, M.D., and James Chen, Ph.D.

VIDEO: Evolution of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair at the University of Colorado

Highlighting Innovation at the University of Colorado Hospital Cardiology Program

Additional videos and coverage of the University of Colorado Hospital

 

Hemodynamic Support Devices | December 13, 2018

Michael Amponsah, M.D., FACC, an interventional cardiologist at Mohawk Valley Health System, shares a case of Impella CP for a non-ischemic cardiomyopathy patient who presented in cardiogenic shock. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com/DAIC.

The patient, a 51-year-old male, was diagnosed with NYHA Class III non-ischemic systolic heart failure with an ejection fraction of 20 percent and an ICD. He presented to the emergency department with ICD shocks and his hemodynamics declined over a 12 hour period and blood work showed a 20 percent decline in kidney function. Amponsah placed a right heart cath and performed an echocardiogram showing LV dysfunction. The team decided to place an Impella CP in the cath lab to support the patient’s heart. This was effective in unloading the LV and organ perfusion. This also provided the team with time to transfer the patient to another facility.

 

Related Impella Video Content:

VIDEO: Complex PCI Involving Prior CABG and Comorbidities — Interview with Perwaiz Meraj, M.D.

VIDEO: Analysis of Outcomes for 15,259 U.S. Patients with AMICS Supported with the Impella Device — Interview with William O'Neill, M.D.

VIDEO: The Door-to-Unloading (DTU) STEMI Safety and Feasibility Trial — Interview with Navin Kapur, M.D.

Cath Lab | November 15, 2018

Navin Kapur, M.D., discusses the results of the FDA STEMI Door-to-Unloading (DTU) safety and feasibility randomized controlled trial, presented as a late-breaking study at the 2018 American Heart Association meeting. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com/DAIC.

 

Related Impella Video Content:

VIDEO: Complex PCI Involving Prior CABG and Comorbidities — Interview with Perwaiz Meraj, M.D.

VIDEO: Analysis of Outcomes for 15,259 U.S. Patients with AMICS Supported with the Impella Device — Interview with William O'Neill, M.D.

VIDEO: Cardiogenic Shock Case with Impella CP Support — Case study with Michael Amponsah, M.D.,

 

 

Cath Lab | November 07, 2018

In 2009, the GuideLiner Catheter revolutionized the concept of guide extension, creating new possibilities in interventional cardiology. Now in its third generation, the GuideLiner V3 Catheter continues to build on a history of innovation and performance — one that has been demonstrated with more than half a million catheters in cath labs around the world.

Teleflex also offers a family of Turnpike Catheters. These contain a robust multi-layer shaft that provides impressive flexibility, torque and tracking over a 0.014” guidewire in complex coronary and peripheral interventions. The unique five-layer composite shaft provides an ideal combination of flexibility and torque response to help navigate through complex anatomy while the outer polymer layer paired with a 60 cm distal hydrophilic coating facilitates smooth catheter delivery. This portfolio consists of the Turnpike Catheter (standard version), the Turnpike Spiral Catheter, the Turnpike Gold Catheter, and the Turnpike LP Catheter. Each catheter configuration contains a specific design element to address various clinical challenges in complex procedures

This year, Teleflex acquired two well-known PTCA balloon catheters. The Chocolate XD PTCA Balloon Catheter is a specialty angioplasty balloon, used in the pre-dilatation and treatment of coronary lesions. The balloon’s proprietary nitinol constraining structure creates “pillows” and “grooves” that are designed to provide controlled dilatation while minimizing vessel wall trauma.

The Glider PTCA Balloon Catheter is a semi-compliant balloon with a skived tip and low entry profile. The tip design, coupled with hydrophilic coating and an innovative, torqueable shaft, allows for precise tip orientation for use in crossing complex lesions and stent struts.

For more information: www.teleflex.com

Cath Lab | October 24, 2018

Michael Flaherty, M.D., discusses a study published in Circulation Research which finds that use of hemodynamic support with the Impella 2.5 heart pump during high-risk PCI can reduce the risk of AKI even when those patients had pre-existing kidney disease and a low ejection fraction. For more information: http://bit.ly/2Pfaqxh

 

Related Impella Video Content:

VIDEO: Analysis of Outcomes for 15,259 U.S. Patients with AMICS Supported with the Impella Device — Interview with William O'Neill, M.D.

VIDEO: The Door-to-Unloading (DTU) STEMI Safety and Feasibility Trial — Interview with Navin Kapur, M.D.

VIDEO: Cardiogenic Shock Case with Impella CP Support — Case study with Michael Amponsah, M.D.

VIDEO: Complex PCI Involving Prior CABG and Comorbidities — Interview with Perwaiz Meraj, M.D.

 

October 11, 2018

Professor Ian Meredith, MBBS, Ph.D., global chief medical officer and executive vice president, Boston Scientific, explains key trial data presented at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. He also explained the company's recent purchase of numerous start-up companies to expand in areas of structural heart, venous interventions, electrophysiology and oncology. 

Hear Meredith's insights in the VIDEO: Future Research and Development Efforts in Cardiovascular Medicine

 

October 11, 2018

A discussion with Professor Ian Meredith, MBBS, Ph.D., global chief medical officer and executive vice president, Boston Scientific, on future directions for cardiology device technology development. He spoke to DAIC at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference.

Hear Meredith's insights in the VIDEO: Boston Scientific's Recent Cardiology Advances and Technology Acquisitions

TCT | October 03, 2018

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new cardiovascular technology he found on the expo floor at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference.

Here are links to other Editor's Choice videos at recent conferences:

VIDEO: Editor's Choice of Most Innovative New Cardiac Technology at ACC 2018

VIDEO: Editor’s Choice of the Most Innovative Echo Technology at ASE 2018

VIDEO: Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Imaging Technology at RSNA 2017

 

 

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Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Occluders | October 01, 2018

Ashish Pershad, M.D., medical director, structural heart program, Banner University Medical Heart Institute, Phoenix, explains the difference he found between the FDA cleared Watchman left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder and the Abbott Amplatzer Amulet device now in U.S. trials. He spoke on these differences at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. 

Watch the VIDEO: New Data on LAA Occlusion From the PREVAIL and PROTECT Trials — Interview with Vivek Reddy, M.D.

Read the article "Occluding the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA)."

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Womens Cardiovascular Health | October 01, 2018

Cindy Grines, M.D., chair and professor, department of cardiology, Zucker School of Medicine, Hostra/Northwell, spoke on this topic in sessions at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. 

 

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VIDEO: Sex Differences in Diagnosing Heart Disease in Women — Interview with Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D.

Cindy Grines Becomes SCAI President

VIDEO: How to Build a Successful Women’s Heart Center — Interview with Malissa Wood, M.D.

VIDEO: Creating a Cardio-Obstetrics Team — Doreen DeFaria Yeh, M.D.

Diagnostic Differences in Women’s Heart Health

Find more articles on women's heart issues in the Women's Cardiovascular Health channel

Hemodynamic Support Devices | October 01, 2018

Nevin Kapur, M.D., FAHA, FACC, FSCAI, executive director, Cardiovascular Center for Research and Innovation, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, explains the importance of ventricular unloading in the management of acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. He spoke on this topic at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. 

 

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New Approaches to Reduce Cardiogenic Shock Mortality

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Hemostasis Management | September 27, 2018

Philippe Genereux, M.D., co-director of the structural heart program at the Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, explains some of the technologies and techniques to close large vascular access sites due to TAVR, TEVAR and hemodynamic support devices. He was involved in a session on this topic at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. 

Read more about vascular closure devices.

 

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Intravascular Imaging | September 26, 2018

Ron Waksman, M.D., associate director of the division of cardiology and director of cardiovascular research and advanced education, Medstar Heart Institute, explains details of the late-breaking LRP (Lipid Rich Plaque) Trial at the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference. The trial used near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to identify vulnerable plaques and track them over time to determine the accuracy of the risk assessment. He said this may be a paradigm shift for interventional cardiology, being able to identify high-risk lesions before they cause a heart attack.

Read the article on the LRP Study reults.

Learn more about the LRP study in another VIDEO with Waksman at ACC 2018.

Find more news and video from TCT.

 

 

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Cath Lab | September 19, 2018

William O’Neill, M.D., outlines his recent clinical publication of AMICS patients from the Impella Quality (IQ) database. Learn more at ProtectedPCI.com.

Stents | September 11, 2018

This is an animation showing how the dedicated bifurcation stent developed by Advanced Bifurcation Systems (ABS) is deployed in coronary vessels. The vendor made its debute on the expo floor of the 2018 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting. The ABS system is in the process of obtaining regulatory approval and no products are currently for sale.

Hemodynamic Support Devices | August 31, 2018

Behnam Tehrani, M.D., FSCAI, director of the cardiac cath lab, INOVA Heart and Vascular Institute, Fairfax, Va., discusses a complex, high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) case where hemodynamic support from an Abiomed Impella device is used to support the patient. 

Visit ProtectedPCI.com for more video cases. The website also has additional information on protocols for protected PCI and cardiogenic shock hemodynamic support.

Watch a VIDEO demonstration of how the Impella percutaneous hemodynamic support pump works.

 

 

 

Cath Lab | August 13, 2018

Jeffrey Schussler, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, FSCCT, FACP, interventional cardiologist at Baylor Scott White Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, explains some of the key innovations his institution is using to improve cardiovascular care. These include the use of robotic percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), FFR-CT imaging and transcatheter valve technologies.

Take a 360 photo look inside a Baylor combo cardiac cath/EP lab. 

Watch the VIDEO: Dedicated Cardiac MRI Use at the Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital — an interview with Haojie Wang, M.D., director of advanced cardiovascular MRI and a member of the heart valve clinic at Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital, Dallas.

 

 

Stents Bioresorbable | August 06, 2018

Patrick Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Imperial College London, explains where development of bioresorbable scaffolds stands in 2018. He spoke to DAIC at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2018 meeting. 

Watch the related VIDEO What Went Wrong With the Absorb Stent?

Read the related article Current State of Bioresorbable Stent Technology

Read the related article Amaranth Unveils 85-micron Bioresorbable Stent

 

CT Angiography (CTA) | July 19, 2018

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D., FACC, FSCCT, associate professor, Oakland University, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, Mich. She presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2018 meeting. 

She explains how noninvasive fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFR-CT) is being used at Beaumont to assess patients presenting with chest pain. FFR-CT has been used to triage these patients faster than doing a series of troponin tests, keeping patients overnight for a nuclear scan or sending them for a diagnostic angiogram. Most patients can be discharge is a fraction of the time compared to these other standards of care. Chinnaiyan also showed examples of FFR-CT, CT angiograms and cath lab invasive angiograms of the same lesions to show the correlation between the different modalities. Some examples show what appears to be a severe lesion, but FFR-CT shows acceptable blood flow past lesions so no revascularization was required.

 

Related FFR-CT Content:

Clinical Applications of FFR-CT

VIDEO: Implementation and the Science Behind FFR-CT — interview with James Min, M.D.

VIDEO: Early U.S. Experience With FFR-CT in Evaluating ED Chest Pain Presentation — interview with Simon Dixon, M.D.

VIDEO: Status of FFR-CT Adoption in the United States — interview with Campbell Rogers, M.D.

 

Heart Valve Technology | July 18, 2018

Jonathon Leipsic, M.D., FSCCT, professor of radiology and cardiology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and an expert in transcatheter valve imaging. He spoke about his experiences with TAVR and TMVR trials and devices planning at the the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2018 meeting.

Read the related article "The Essentials of Structural Heart Imaging."

Watch the VIDEO "What to Look for in CT Structural Heart Planning Software."
 

 

 

Computed Tomography (CT) | July 17, 2018

An interview with Patrick Serruys, M.D., Ph.D., Imperial College London, principal investigator of the SYNTAX III Trial presented earlier this year as a late-breaker at EuroPCR. He presented the trial again at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2018 meeting. 

He explains how noninvasive fractional flow reserve computed tomography (FFR-CT) was used in the study and compared to invasive angiography and pressure wire based FFR. Serruys, a well-known pioneer in interventional cardiology, had high praise for FFR-CT after seeing it in real-world cases. He said the technology can be used to better select patients who undergo cardiac CT scans to determine who needs to be revascularized in the cath lab. This can reduce the current issue where a lot of patients who have antomical diease on CT imaging turn out to not have a severe enough lesion to require stenting.

Read the article "SYNTAX III Revolution Trial Shows CT-FFR Could Replace Cine-angiography in Coming Years."

Heart Valve Technology | July 10, 2018

Ori Ben-Yehuda, M.D., executive director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation Clinical Trial Center, discusses the latest data from clinical trials focusing on transcatheter tricuspid valve repair (TTVR) technologies, at the 2018 Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) annual meeting in Chicago.

 

Related Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Content

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Enrolls First Patient in TRILUMINATE Tricuspid Repair Trial

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Gate Bioprosthesis Used in Canada's First Transcatheter Valve Replacement for Tricuspid Regurgitation

VIDEO: Tricuspid Valve Imaging and Interventions Developing Hand-in-hand 

VIDEO: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair Technologies

 

 

Cardiovascular Ultrasound | July 10, 2018

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell highlights some of the most innovative new technology on the show floor of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018 meeting. The segments include virtual reality workstations, advanced 3-D cardiac ultrasound quantification and visualization, improved echo-fluoro image fusion technology, and imaging aided by artificial intelligence.

 

 

 

Heart Valve Technology | July 05, 2018

Rebecca Hahn, M.D., professor of medicine and director of interventional echocardiography, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, explains that techniques for imaging the tricuspid valve, the  advanced study of its disease etiology and the rapid development of transcatheter devices to treat tricuspid valve disease are all developing together. She spoke on these topics during sessions at both the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018 meeting and at the Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT) conference in June. 

 

Related Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Content:

Recent Advances in Transcatheter Valve Technology

VIDEO: Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair Technologies — interview with Azeem Latib, M.D.

VIDEO: Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement Technologies — interview with Rebecca Hahn, M.D.

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Enrolls First Patient in TRILUMINATE Tricuspid Repair Trial

Positive, Sustained Improvement at One Year in SCOUT I Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Trial

Gate Bioprosthesis Used in Canada's First Transcatheter Valve Replacement for Tricuspid Regurgitation

Cardiovascular Ultrasound | June 28, 2018

This is a demonstration of the the Philips TrueVue photo-realistic rendering and lighting source technology. This example highlights a transcatheter ASD closure with two Amplatzer occluders. The technology allows users to changing the lighting conditions to improve contrast. The light source can also be moved around to change the shadows and add more depth perception. The light source also can be pushed through the tissue to back light the anatomical structures, as shown in this example at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 2018 meeting. The backlighting confirms a gap at the top of the image where part of the septal defect remains exposed. 

Find more videos and news from ASE 

Cath Lab | May 07, 2018

Imran Ahmad, M.D., medical director of interventional cardiology, explains some of the new technologies his labs have integrated. He also explains how incorporation of his suburban hospital with Northwestern’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute has enabled a new TAVR program.

Read the related article on this hospital, "Hospital Consolidation May Increase Access to TAVR, New Cardiac Technologies."

View a 360 photo in his cath lab.

 

Related Northwestern Medicine TAVR Content:

Northwestern Medicine Celebrates 2000th Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedure

VIDEO: How Consolidation Into Larger Health Systems Can Improve Access to TAVR

VIDEO: Cath Lab Tour at Northwestern Medicine's Central DuPage Hospital

Northwestern Medicine Mobile Stroke Unit Delivers Life-Saving Care 30 Minutes Sooner

360 View of a Cath Lab at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

Heart Valve Technology | April 18, 2018

Northwestern Medicine has purchased several smaller Chicago suburban hospitals in the past few years to expand its healthcare system. This has enabled these smaller community hospitals to offer new, cutting-edge cardiovascular medical technologies much sooner than might have otherwise been possible due to its association with Northwestern Medicine's luminary Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute in Chicago. Central DuPage Hospital is one of the newer hospitals in the network and now offers transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVR), transcatheter leadless pacemakers, minimally invasive left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusions and the latest surgical valve replacement technologies. 

 

Related Northwestern Medicine TAVR Content:

Hospital Consolidation May Increase Access to TAVR, New Cardiac Technologies

Northwestern Medicine Celebrates 2000th Transcatheter Heart Valve Procedure

VIDEO: Cath Lab Tour at Northwestern Medicine's Central DuPage Hospital

Northwestern Medicine Mobile Stroke Unit Delivers Life-Saving Care 30 Minutes Sooner

360 View of a Cath Lab at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital

Cath Lab | March 27, 2018

Roxana Mehran, M.D., FACC, FACP, FCCP, FESC, FAHA, FSCAI, professor of medicine and director of interventional cardiovascular research and clinical trials at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She spoke on how to avoid acute kidney injury (AKI) and contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) using various strategies in the cath lab to reduce iodine contrast use at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2018 meeting. 

 

 

Related CIN Content:

Sliding Scale Hydration Washes Out Contrast-Induced Kidney Complications

Contrast-Induced Kidney Injury Prevented With RenalGuard in REMEDIAL III Trial

VIDEO: How to Avoid Acute Kidney Injury in the Cath Lab — Interview with Hitinder Gurm, M.D.

VIDEO: Combating Contrast Induced Nephropathy in the POSEIDON Trial — Presentation by Sonjot Brar, M.D.
 

 

Intravascular Imaging | March 27, 2018

A discussion with Ron Waksman, M.D., associate director of the division of cardiology and director of cardiovascular research and advanced education at MedStar Heart Institute, and professor of medicine (cardiology) at Georgetown University. He explained the ongoing clinical trials using near infrared spectroscopy to detect lipid rich plaque in the coronary arteries. He spoke to DAIC at the 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.

Find out the late-breaking results of the LRP Study in a VIDEO with Waksman at TCT 2018. 

 

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