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PCI of aged saphenous vein bypass grafts: easy as 1-2-3

11 Oct 2023

High-risk PCI of aged saphenous vein bypass grafts can be made safer by combining the techniques of prophylactic intracoronary vasodilators, distal protection devices, and direct stenting.

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Michael P. Savage

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Marguerite M. Davis

PCI of aged saphenous vein bypass grafts: easy as 1-2-3

Percutaneous pericardiotomy for recurrent malignant pericardial effusion

03 Jul 2023

This is a step-by-step description of safely performing a percutaneous pericardiotomy.

Author

Vishal Gupta

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Abhinav Sood

Percutaneous pericardiotomy for recurrent malignant pericardial effusion

When it’s (really) tight

23 Jun 2023

A 71-year-old woman was referred for coronary angiography. She underwent SAVR for AS related to bicuspidia 6 months before, and subsequently suffered from angina and increasing dyspnea 4 months after the intervention...

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Vincent Balmette

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Nicolas Amabile

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Aurélie Veugeois

Severely retroflexed calcified circumflex artery – Tackled with left distal radial approach!

30 May 2023

Calcified, retroflexed subtotal long occlusion of left circumflex into OM1 successfully intervened after lithotripsy via left distal radial (anatomical) snuffbox approach

Author

Prasanna Sengodan

Severely retroflexed calcified circumflex artery – Tackled with left distal radial approach !

First half of DK-Crush technique for bailout stenting of a true 0,0,1 bifurcation

09 Dec 2022

Stent implantation is largely debated in true 0,0,1 bifurcation lesion. This case shows bailout IVUS-guided stenting of a large diagonal branch after DEB-induced dissection, performed by employing the first half of the DK-Crush technique, thus avoiding stenting in the disease-free left anterior descending artery.

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Giuseppe Andó

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Marco Borgi

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Giulia Alagna

First half of DK-Crush technique for bailout stenting of a true 0,0,1 bifurcation

Impella utilization in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (last remaining vessel)

01 Dec 2022

From a clean puncture to a safe utilization of Impella in high-risk PCI.

Author

Elad Asher

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Danny Dvir

Impella utilization in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (last remaining vessel)

A leaking left main or a leaking stent shaft !?

23 Nov 2022

Contrast staining during coronary angioplasty is an ominous sign, usually indicating deep artery wedging by the guide catheter, or vessel dissection / perforation. The author presents an unusual cause of LMCA staining during primary LAD PCI.

Author

Sreevatsa Nadig

A leaking left main or a leaking stent shaft !?

A lethal combination. simultaneous inferior and anterior STEMI with aborted sudden cardiac death and cardiogenic shock

11 Aug 2022

View this case of a 60-year-old male with hypertension as a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. A history of thoracic surgery for a gunshot wound 40 years ago and no cardiovascular history.

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Juan Guzmán Olea, Miguel Ángel Gómez Pluma, Gabriel Guzmán Olea, Juan Francisco Rodríguez Alvarado, Leticia Arizbeth Hernández Castro, Gonzalo Tolosa Dzul, Carlos Javier González Álvarez, Héctor Hugo Escutia Cuevas, Daniel Iván Pérez Vásquez

A lethal combination. Simultaneous inferior and anterior STEMI with aborted sudden cardiac death and cardiogenic shock

A novel approach to left atrial appendage occlusion (when Watchman/Amulet won’t fit!)

06 Apr 2022

See the case of a 76-year-old female patient with mitral valve repair 10 years prior found to have incomplete surgically ligated left atrial appendage, who was referred for closure.