🎉 Congratulations to our outstanding Upstate @UpstateNews Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Class of 2026- Vishal Phogat, Phil Chebaya, Atika Azhar, and Meet Patel! Wishing you all the very best as you take the next step in your careers. 🫀

We performed Syracuse’s/Upstate’s first BASILICA (Bioprosthetic or native Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration to prevent Iatrogenic Coronary Artery obstruction)-facilitated transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in an end-stage renal disease patient, who was deemed inoperable and had low left main stem (coronary) ostium. Her sinuses were not large enough, and simply performing TAVI without BASILICA would have occluded the left main stem ostium (and resulted in cardiac arrest on the table). In the appended Video, you will see the following (clockwise from top to bottom): 1. Gooseneck snare in the left ventricular outflow tract. 2. An electrified guidewire perforating the left cusp leaflet of the aortic valve. 3. Lasso creation (by snaring the guidewire that perforated the leaflet into the other guiding catheter) prior to electrifying a “flying V” to lacerate the aortic scallop. 4. “Flying V” ready to lacerate the aortic scallop. 5. Successful laceration as the “flying V” cuts through the left cusp leaflet. This was followed by concluding the TAVI procedure. The second video demonstrates pre- and post-procedure hemodynamics with the final valve position on the transesophageal echocardiogram. The patient is extubated and doing well, and we anticipate discharge on post-operative day 1.

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We performed Syracuse's first successful transcatheter mitral valve replacement with leaflet modification in a high/prohibitive surgical risk patient with severe mitral annular calcification causing severe mitral stenosis/regurgitation. The patient is extubated and doing well.

Now published in @MyJSCAI, in our Original Research, @AnthonyMufarreh and colleagues systematically report for the first time, the natural history of left atrial appendage occlusion device-associated infective endocarditis, garnering data and insights from the @FDA's Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

'Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device–Associated Infective Endocarditis: Analysis of the FDA-MAUDE Database', out now in @MyJSCAI jscai.org/article/S2772-9303…

Congrats to the @iSCADregistry team on this publication in @JAMACardio today as simultaneous publication to presentation at #ACC26 @AkoczoAgnes @SCADalliance @NanditaScottMD @drmalissawood

Ramadan is a holy month centered on reflection, remembrance, and reading, particularly of the Qur’an honored by Muslims around the world. As Muslims in NYC prepare to celebrate Chaand Raat tonight and Eid al-Fitr, explore this lavishly illuminated double page in a blue and gold palette found at the beginning of the opening sūras (chapters) of the Qur’an, surrounds the main text in Arabic, with an interlinear translation in Farsi in red ink, reflecting the ways the text circulated and has been understood across communities and languages. 📕 Sūrat al-Fātiḥah and beginning of Sūrat al-Baqarah in a 19th century Qur’an manuscript, probably copied in Iran.

نحمد الله سبحانه وتعالى أن أكرمنا بإتمام صيام شهر رمضان المبارك وقيامه، ونسأل الله أن يديم علينا أمننا واستقرارنا، وأن يحفظ أبطالنا البواسل على الثغور والحدود في مختلف القطاعات العسكرية والمدنية. وكل عام وأنتم بخير، وبلادنا في عز ورفعة.

On #piday—the dawn of an exciting chapter in #cardiovascular #cardiovascularhealth #cardiovasculardisease #heart care at @UpstateNews, under the visionary leadership of Prof. @CynthiaTaub, MD, MBA.

@MDNewsCentralNY #coverstory of our expanding #cardiovascular program at @UpstateNews: centralnewyorkmdnews.com/202…

Early diagnosis and treatment of FH reduces the risk of #cvCAD by 80%. Improve detection and diagnosis of FH and get to know the new treatment options for patients with ACC's online course ➡️ bit.ly/3vNLMqW #RareDiseaseDay #FamilialHypercholesterolemia #ACCEd

Having worked for the #CrownPrince HRH Mohammed bin Salman years ago, I saw firsthand his vision and drive. It’s incredible to witness how far Saudi Arabia has come under his leadership - bold reforms, rapid modernization, and a clear path to the future. #Saudivision2030

In a novel analysis of data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we systematically report in >2,900 participants, an association of higher @American_Heart's Life's Essential 8 scores, stratified by objective measurement of physical activity, with reduced all-cause mortality. @JACCJournals #JACCAdv @CandiceSilvers1 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

We are actively recruiting for academic cardiac intensivists to staff our growing cardiac intensive care unit demands and needs; interested applicants, please email me at KalraA@upstate.edu and/or Malcolm Miles at MilesMa@upstate.edu.

In this study, 40% of patients undergoing CTS surgery had amyloid deposits, and a third if those agreeing to come tor an evaluation had symptoms. jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchf.…

In this contemporary study-level meta-analysis comprising nine studies, @VivekBhatMBBS et al. report no difference in mortality, aspiration, nausea/vomiting, contrast-induced nephropathy, and hypo/hyperglycemia between fasting and non-fasting groups. Each group comprised 1,800 patients. Moreover, in the era of patient satisfaction metrics, we also report greater patient satisfaction in non-fasting group. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Is it just me, or does this heart show mitral annular disjunction (#MAD)? The corresponding TEE image doesn’t clearly show it, but curious what our #pathology friends think. 👀 #accfit #cardiology #cardiacimaging @ACCinTouch