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Percutaneous thrombectomy of a large thrombus in transit
15 Jun 2022
View the case of a 60-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and a large TIT, and see how he was treated by percutaneous thrombectomy.
Crash TAVI-in-TAVI complicated by coronary obstruction
20 Apr 2022
Thanks to this Image in Interventional Cardiology, view an emergency TAVI-in-TAVI for cardiogenic shock secondary to acute valve degeneration complicated by left main stem obstruction treated successfully by chimney stenting.
Restriction in supra-annular transcatheter heart valve leaflet mobility during coronary access after valve-in-valve TAVI
05 Apr 2022
This Image in Interventional Cardiology highlights how patient-specific ex vivo simulations offer physicians the opportunity to observe and evaluate the potential in vivo impact of different techniques particularly for complex structural heart interventions.
Hybrid step-by-step approach to perform a Robotic DK Crush PCI
28 Jan 2022
View the case of this 65-year-old male patient who was staged for R-PCI of a Medina 1,1,1 distal left main lesion, and discover how the authors used a hybrid robotic and manual approach to perform a DK crush procedure using the second-generation R-PCI device.
Successful Stent-less Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion by Ablation Devices in a Young Adult
04 Nov 2021
View this case with a 38-year-old male with effort angina and chronic total occlusion at the ostial segment of the left anterior descending artery.
Post-dilation from contralateral access site for nose cone entrapment during self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation
07 Sep 2021
View this successful case with bail-out post-dilation for modifying nose cone entrapment due to stent frame infolding.
Bubble trouble: aortic air embolization and de-embolization during coronary angiography
09 Aug 2021
Air embolism (AE) is a rare complication during interventional procedures and one of the most scaring for interventional cardiologists. Air bubbles in the coronary circulation often result in ischemic symptoms, vasospasm, and even cardiac arrest. In addition, arrhythmias are common and closely related to the coronary ...
Artificially synthesized optical coherence tomography images based on intravascular ultrasound-virtual histology examination of diseased coronary artery
05 May 2021
Intravascular imaging is a cornerstone of invasive management of coronary disease, requiring specialized training to interpret either IVUS or OCT. AI can facilitate interpretation by non-specialists in real time.
Distal radial approach to reaccess and recanalize the occluded radial artery
30 Apr 2021
A 56-year-old man was re-admitted with chest pain. He had been hospitalized 2 weeks before because of MI, was suffering from metastatic carcinoma with recurrent PTE, and was on long-term subcutaneous heparin...
Overcoming the 360 degree radial artery loop
17 Mar 2021
A 77-year-old man was admitted for an elective diagnostic coronary angiogram. Following insertion of a 6Fr sheath into the distal right radial artery, a radial angiogram showed complete 360 degree radial artery loop...
