Inferior STEMI without radial pulse. Coronary angio via R CFA with successful PCI. Ultrasound/fluoro guided stick. No resistance inserting sheath. Expanding groin hematoma despite holding CFA pressure. Femoral angiogram showed this. How would you manage this?
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I use ultrasound for all my venous and arterial access (IJ & femoral) , including L subclavian access for pacemaker implantation. Lower risk of pneumothorax. Any
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What's going on here? Anterior STEMI after routine PPM insertion treated with DES x2. Never seen this happen before so sharing it here for your learning!
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Nice hemodynamics trace. Does anyone want to guess what the diagnosis is? Does anyone else get excited from obtaining a trace like this? ๐
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R radial angiogram done after standard J wire unable to cross and IA nitroglycerin given although patient didn't have any arm pain from spasm. Terumo glide wire and coronary Sion wire unable to cross. What to do next? Switch to L radial? Or go femoral?
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Early 70s with 3 weeks of on/off CP and SOB. Worsened over last 24 hours and presented to the cath lab as an anterior STEMI. On non rebreather mask. SBP 70mmHg. Lactate 7. No pressors yet. Still mentating. Next clip shows RCA run. MCS first or balloon?
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Kinked Tig diagnostic catheter in R arm...unable to wire it with J wire, terumo glide wire or back end of amplatz...pulling it causing significant pain ๐ณ How will you proceed?
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How to deal with a radial loop?
J-wire doesnโt go, cross the loop with a sion wire, then place a 4F MPA catheter over it, then exchange for the J wire, straighten the loop with some back tensionโฆ
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A lovely 2AM in the morning anterior stemi...what's your strategy? Does your strategy change if you've just woken up from sleep versus daytime case?
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Strategy for this medina 1:1:1? Wish I was brave enough to do image guided kissing DEB...although it might become standard of care in the future!
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R radial 6F access. Tig catheter with J-wire wouldn't go. Terumo and Sion coronary wire couldn't go either. What would you do next? Switch to L radial? Or femoral? Or you got something else up your sleeve??
I'll share what I did later tonight.
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Telephone chest pain clinic: 'no doctor, I don't have any chest pain, just a mild ache on exertion for 2 months, last night chest was aching at rest'...sent them to the A&E for evaluation because of multiple risk factors...normal ECG, trops and echo!
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Sapien 3 for severe AI from treated endocarditis (6 weeks of IV antibiotics) now presents 4 months later with fevers and stroke on CT!
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What do you give for no reflow in a hypotensive patient during acute MI? IC Epinephrine works well. This study shows higher TIMI flow rate and higher myocardial blush compared to adenosine. 1mg in 9ml of saline. Keep it in your noreflow cocktail.
NSTEMI case. Dominant LCx severe lesion. How would you tackle this lesion? Keep it simple provisional stenting or bifurcation or side branch DEB?
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Anterior STEMI. Heavy clot burden in prox LAD. After 2.5 predil balloon. Elected to stent and cover the LAD ostium. Stent deployed at 20atm. Some no reflow. Would you post dilate this stent based on this OCT run? Apologies for the swirling artifact
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Study by Akintoye et al. Right ventricle free wall strain (RVFWS) + tricuspid regurgitant volume (RVol) were strongest predictors of mortality in asymptomatic TR. The optimal discriminatory thresholds for these parameters were RVFWS <โ19% and RVol >45 mL.
Today marks my one-year work anniversary as a Consultant in the NHS. I have learned a lot and had some challenging cases in the middle of the night! Thankfully with good outcomes. It's definitely been a huge learning curve managing such complex cases. Here's to many more!!๐ฅ ๐๐
Lady in her late 80's, worsening angina, only PMHx is mild CKD, good right radial pulse, normal LV function. Spider view shows this angiogram. What will your strategy be? Radial or femoral? Upfront 2 stent strategy? Or keep it simple with provisional?
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Brachial artery access in a high-risk NSTEMI. B/L leg amputation. R radial no pulse, weak R ulnar pulse. Used U/S guided puncture and sutured sheath after the PCI. Manual compression after ACT dropped less than 150.
*Pic with patient permission
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EILAH vs RELAH
Lots of patients referred to cardiology with SOB have EILAH. E/A ratio of mitral flow will be normal with rest and abnormal with exercise.
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I recently delivered a stent from LM ostium into prox LAD with an arresting patient on active Lucas! Which view would you deliver the stent in to make sure to cover the LM ostium?
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Anomalous RCA above L cusp. Tried JR4, AR mod, AL 1.0, MPA1 but couldn't reach over. Ultimately went with an AL 0.75 guide, wired RCA from a distance, 1.5 balloon to track a guideliner. How would you engage this RCA? I'm just glad it wasn't a STEMI ๐
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Ellis Type 3 coronary perforation๐ฌ Covered stent delivered to the presumed bleeding site and angiogram taken prior to covered stent deployment. Where is the bleeding point? Poll below ๐
NSTEMI in a young patient. Lots of thrombus. How would you manage this? Image now? Direct stent now? Image after 72 hours of Tirofiban? Medical management?
I'll share what we did for this case in 2024 ๐
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Patient with hx of CABG 9 years ago... complaining of exertional angina despite 2 anti anginals. What do you see on this CTCA? ๐๐ฝ
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Mid RCA PCI in the setting of NSTEMI. Treated with 2 overlapping DES with shockwave lesion prep. This is your final angiogram. What's going on here? How will you manage it?
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7F 3DRC guide. Gladius wire over a Corsair microcatheter buried into the calcified ostial RCA. Upfront rota or shock or NC balloon?
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Time to switch to DCB alone in STEMI patients? I use DCBs in STEMI patients with distal disease (2.5mm or less vessel size)...how about prox LAD STEMI DCB?? Excellent study. Congrats to authors ๐
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Anterior STEMI 3 hours post 3 vessel CABG. Free LIMA to LAD. What do you see in the native angiogram? How will you approach this? Go down the free LIMA with fresh sutures or open up the native LAD?
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Best of luck to this young man
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will miss you! Sorry you got photo-bombed with bunny ears ๐ฐ
1 in 20 patients with 'essential HTN' have an aldosterone-producing tumor!
What age group do you do a secondary HTN work up? And what tests to order?
โข Ultrasound
or MRA renal arteries
โข Aldosterone to renin ratio
โข 24h urine for catecholamines/metanephrines
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NSTEMI with thrombotic occlusion of prox RCA. What do you see in the prox vessel? Would you post dilate this stent? It was a 3.5 x 36 Biomatrix DES deployed at 22 ATM from mid to prox RCA. Nice wiring done by my registrar
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Severe calcified distal LM and mid LAD disease. Had 3V CABG 8 years ago. LIMA not looking good. Do surgeons typically tie off the LIMA branches?
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The After Eighty Study: a randomized controlled trial.
In patients aged โฅ80 years with NSTE-ACS, the invasive strategy was superior to the conservative strategy in the reduction of composite events and demonstrated a significant gain in event-free survival.
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Patient with essentially a dry tap. Loculated pericardial effusion, non circumferential. How do you make sure you are in the pericardial space and not in the pulmonary artery??
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Anyone else use Sion and Sion blue as their work horse wires?? Just FYI. They are increasing it's lengths from 180cm to 190cm. And the color is slightly changing too.
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PANTHER Meta-Analysis: P2Y12 Inhibitor Monotherapy (clopidogrel/ticagrelor) Lowers Risk of CV Death, MI or Stroke vs. Aspirin Monotherapy in CAD. I think it's time stop the lifelong aspirin business after 12 months of DAPT. Lifelong clopidogrel for me!
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50 yo M, non smoker but strong family history. LCx+RCA okay. How would you treat him? SOB and chest pain on exertion while at the gym. On bisoprolol, aspirin and atorvastatin. Nuclear scan showed 10% LAD territory ischemia. How would you manage this distal LAD?
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50 yo M with worsening angina despite medical therapy. Severe prox LAD/D1 disease (no left main), normal RCA and anomalous LCx. Should we discuss with surgeons first for Lima and SVG to D1? Or should we crack on with IVUS guided PCI and which strategy?
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70s male, no PMHx. Inferior STEMI. How should you tackle this? RRA 6F JR4 guide...switch guide now before wiring attempt or get new guide in now? Upfront aspiration?
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At Hull University we have performed 37 Renal Artery Denervations under the leadership of Simon Thackray, a world expert in RDN/proctor. Great to be able to offer this service to our resistant hypertension patients.
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Aortogram...Underutilized!
Very helpful when the AR jet is eccentric particularly in bicuspid AV and difficult to quantify on TTE. What's your best method to quantify AR? TOE or MRI or cheap aortogram?
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Late presenting anterior STEMI. Took antacids for 24 hours!
What do you see on this short axis view? What's your management?
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Staged mid LAD PCI. Some calcium on the prior angiogram 1 month ago. Unable to dilate the lesion despite 2.5 NC at 22atm. No rota or shockwave available. What do you do next? Cine of the balloon ๐ ๐
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Did you consider using a 7fr Guide extension to deliver the rota burr to distal LIMA?
Nice case here: Utility of Guide Extension Catheter for Rotational Atherectomy Through aย LIMAย Graft. JACC Intervention. 2022
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Inferior STEMI with Shepherd's crook RCA. Do you still use your usual work horse wire? I used a Sion wire and it straightened out the proximal artery with lots of pseudo-lesions. Final angiogram showed spasm prox to lesion, lots of IC nitro to resolve.
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7F RRA EBU 3.5 guide, LAD Sion and LCx Sion blue, predil both with 2.5 balloon, IVUS both, LAD 4.5 prox, LM 4.5, not very calcified, LCx moderate ostial, elected for provisional, predil 3.5 NC LAD into LM, 4.0 x 19 Biomatrix DES, rewired LCx, Kiss 3.5/2.5, POT 4.5. Good result ๐๐ฝ
1/Patient with inferior STEMI successfully treated with a 4.0 Biomatrix DES and post dilated with 5.0 NC balloon. Guideliner needed for balloon delivery. Excellent angio result. Have a look at the PA caudal of LCA injection? What's missing?
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NSTEMI in a lady with insulin dependent diabetes. LAD had moderate disease. How would you treat this distal LCx? Answer the question poll.
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Late 70s, multiple medical problems, presents with NSTEMI. Awaiting surgical review for CABG given severe calcified 3 vessel disease on angio. LVEF 40%. Recurrent CP on ward with inferior STEMI. Here's what we did. No mechanical support.
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This was my first case of the day ๐ณ what would you do next? I started R radial, then switched to L radial. I'll share what I did tomorrow. Poll below ๐
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Bright pericardium is reflecting the ultrasound waves causing a mirror artifact? Same artifact can be seen in the aorta if the aortic wall is bright giving the false impression of an aortic dissection flap
This was a very satisfying aspiration run with
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Export catheter โบ๏ธ do all ICs flush out their aspiration catheters to see what they've retrieved? Or do they just crack on to finish the case? ๐
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Bicuspid valve. Symptomatic. MG on echo 37mmHg and peak gradient 3.8m/s. Echo reported as normal LVEF with moderate to severe AS. Came for a diagnostic angiogram. JR4 used to cross AV and get this pullback gradient from LV into aorta. Poll ๐
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Hx of RCA PCI >20 years ago. Presents with 8 months of progressive exertional angina. Now with CP walking up half a flight of stairs, needing to stop to catch his breath and wait for CP to improve. LCA only mild disease. Poll below ๐
Male in his 50's, marathon runner, CP after 2-3 minutes of running, symptomatic despite BB and nitrates, CTCA showed CTO of OM2. OM1 shows focal severe lesion in prox vessel. How would you tackle this?
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Mid RCA perforation! Unable to deliver a 5.0 papyrus covered stent via a 6F Guideliner...ended up doing this. How would you have managed this? Ping pong guide via femoral access?
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I delivered Grand Rounds on Management of Hypertension in Karbala Iraq earlier today. Great attendance and stimulating discussions. Thank you to
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Delightful 2AM case with
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. Patient in her 80's, no co-morbidities, no routine meds. CP on/off for 3 days, worsened this evening. ECG shows inferior STEMI, small inf q waves. Active pain. JR 4 guide. How would you manage all of this thrombus?
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This has become routine practice for me. For true coronary bifurcation disease (Medina 1:1:1). DES in main vessel and DEB in the side branch. I leave alone none flow limiting dissections in the side branch. So far, no issues ๐ค
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Sion wire LAD, sion blue D1. Predil 2.0ร15 to LAD and D1. TIMI3 flow, CP free and resolution of ST's. IVUS LAD 3.0 distal, 4.0 prox, Diag 3.0. Elected to perform upfront 2-stent strategy using Culotte technique. Final angio below. Agree that 2AM shouldn't change your strategy!
Nice case report ๐ Congratulations to the operators ๐
Percutaneous Approach With Coil Embolization for Annular Rupture During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement