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Twitter Cases in interventional cardiology

Welcome to the #CardioTwitterCase section, which aims to extend the lifespan of a selection of fascinating cases shared on Twitter by publishing them on PCRonline - so that you can revisit them whenever you want! The cases are selected by Luis Ortega-Paz and Aaysha Cader. This section covers all topics in Interventional cardiology like STEMI, NSTEMI, Stents and scaffolds, TAVI , Bifurcation, Mitral, radial access, and more ...

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Metal Beyond Metal: Cardiology in 2018

05 Dec 2018

An 80-year-old female with chronic atrial fibrillation who underwent Watchman left atrial occluder device placement presents for follow-up to assess for any periprosthetic leak.

Jordan B. Strom

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Jordan B. Strom

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Jason Matos
Metal Beyond Metal: Cardiology in 2018

Pseudoaneurysm after Left Distal Transradial Access

07 Nov 2018

This case concerns a patient presenting with NSTEMI, referred for coronary angiography after cardiac arrest. She complained of a gradually increasing swelling at the puncture site of left distal radial artery 3 months after coronary angiography.

Dr. Achmad Fauzi Yahya

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Achmad Fauzi Yahya
Pseudoaneurysm after Left Distal Transradial Access

Large retroperitoneal bleed despite state-of-the-art femoral access

01 Nov 2018

There is conventional knowledge stating that retroperitoneal bleeding, a potentially life-threatening complication of femoral access, is a consequence of a high puncture. We highlight a case in which arterial access was not high based on multiple image modalities, single arterial puncture and still developed severe retroperitoneal...

Pablo Manuel Lamelas

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Pablo Manuel Lamelas
Large retroperitoneal bleed despite state-of-the-art femoral access.

Myocardium’s power hour: alcohol septal ablation improving QOL in a post TAVR patient

16 Oct 2018

Successful alcohol septal ablation in a post-TAVR patient with persistent heart failure due to dynamic LVOTO

Gabriel Dodo Buchler

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Gabriel Dodo Buchler
Myocardium’s power hour: alcohol septal ablation improving QOL in a post TAVR patient

Real Life Bifurcation Involving the Distal LM, LAD and LCX

10 Oct 2018

What would be your strategy in this case, assuming indicated PCI? #RadialFirst

Dr. Mirvat Alasnag

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Mirvat Alasnag
Real Life Bifurcation Involving the Distal LM, LAD and LCX

Infero-lateral STEMI with CS due previous malpositioned LAD stent

01 Oct 2018

Patient presented at ER with infero-lateral STEMI and CS. Previous Hx of PCI to ostial LAD 8 months ago.

Evandro Martins

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Evandro Martins Filho
Infero-lateral STEMI with CS due previous malpositioned LAD stent

Life by a thread: LM PCI made safe with Impella

27 Sep 2018

Impella assisted unprotected left main PCI with RCA CTO in a frail elderly Patient with severe LV disfunction declined for CABG

Gabriel Dodo Buchler

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Gabriel Dodo Buchler
Life by a thread: LM PCI made safe with Impella

Navigating a high take-off of the radial artery with spasm during trans-radial coronary intervention

13 Sep 2018

Radial artery spasm specially when encountered in a small caliber vessel could be a cause for radial access failure and cross-over to femoral access. Here is a technique on how to deal with this.

Waqar Ahmed

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Waqar Ahmed
Navigating a high take-off of the radial artery with spasm during trans-radial coronary intervention