🌡️❤️ Rising temperatures may have a growing impact on cardiovascular health.
New data projects a sharp increase in heat-related CVD by 2050, particularly among older adults and patients with existing heart disease. As extreme heat becomes more common, it's increasingly important to consider heat exposure as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Read the article ➡️ tctmd.com/news/heat-related-…#InterventionalCardiology#CardioX@tctmd
#CTO#PCI skills can help you in a multitude of situations as well!
An older patient (80s) presented with NSTEMI and cardiogenic shock, surgical turndown with trifurcation LM disease and ostial LAD CTO.
Impella support; LAD identified with #HDR and crossed; followed by DK crush into LAD/LCX and sequential kissing for the trifurcation.
I believe that without CTO skills, this patient would likely not make it.
#CardioX#ACCFIT
LAA Closure vs DOACs: Has a Winner Emerged?
A recording of @chetanhuded presentation at @ArchSymposium "Future of LAA Closure" and a follow-up discussion with Dr. Walsh on making sense of the LAAO trial data and how to put it into practice.
Links below! #CardioX#LAAC
My Toolkit 🧰🪛⚙️ : A novel bailout technique for the percutaneous extraction of an entrapped coronary guidewire beneath a crushed stent
🔗pcronline.com/Cases-resource…
Marco Stracqualursi, Antonella Potenza, Giovanni Panzacchi, Diego Salerno Uriarte and Marco Guazzi share a step by step tutorial for a simple bailout technique that enables safe and controlled extraction.
Reviewed by Alexander Völz.
#interventionalcardiology#CardioX#cardioEd
#Toolkit Friday with a live case tip from @ArchSymposium!
Dr. Grossman and Dr. Fukuhara discussed Pacing during complex TAVR, moving to LV Pacing, and benefits of SoloPace for this procedure.
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