Cath Lab Digest

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The Economic Costs and Patient Consequences of Amputation as a Treatment for Critical Limb Ischemia Mary Yost, MBA https://okt.to/nZ2bGO

Read the latest from the CLD Newsroom: ? AZALEA-TIMI 71 Study Demonstrates Factor XI Inhibitor Abelacimab Substantially Reduced Bleeding in Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy Compared to Rivaroxaban ? Study Shows Edwards Sapien 3 Ultra Resilia Valve Improves Survival and Reduces Complications for TAVR Patients More: https://okt.to/kwHuGv

Out-of-Hospital Lower Extremity Intervention in Severe PAD: How the Right Equipment and Devices Support Limb Salvage "Almost exclusively, we see limb salvage patients who are suffering with end-stage disease, both arterial and venous," says Liese Redd, Practice Manager. "They are coming to us from wound care, have active wounds, and are elderly. Our work is focused on amputation prevention." https://okt.to/njZRAB

Use of the BD? Aspirex? Mechanical Aspiration Thrombectomy System for the Treatment of DVT and Thrombosed AV Grafts and Fistulas Jeffrey E. Silpe MD, MS-HPEd "I have been using the Aspirex? Mechanical Aspiration Thrombectomy System for about two years," says Dr. Silpe. "The catheter does a good job at moving and debulking all the acute clot in the iliofemoral and femoropopliteal segments." https://okt.to/o84THe

A Growing Concern: Patients With CIED Leads and Tricuspid Regurgitation "A heart team approach is mandatory, because these patients are very complicated and the leads may or may not be contributing to the tricuspid regurgitation," says Laurence Epstein, MD. Read more from Dr. Epstein and Rebecca Hahn, MD: https://okt.to/9GyZzr

SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on STEMI in the Cath Lab: Drs. Kern, Tamis-Holland, and Seto Discuss Listen in to this 20-minute discussion, and read Dr. Kern's article discussing the expert consensus: https://okt.to/zZcpLu

Don't miss the latest in the CLD Newsroom: ? Researchers Discover Far Less Energy Is Needed Than Currently Used in State-of-the-Art Defibrillation Techniques ? NEJM: Using a Fan and Wetting the Skin Reduces Risk of Deadly Cardiac Strain in Hot and Humid Weather ? Mayo Clinic: New Catheter-Based Approach for Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis More: https://okt.to/d6fbQ1

LIFE-BTK Further Analysis; 12-Month RESOLV Data Ramon Varcoe, MBBS, PhD, discusses his AMP 2024 presentations on the results and indications of the LIFE-BTK (assessing the safety and effectiveness of Abbott's Esprit BTK scaffold) and RESOLV (FIH evaluation of the Magnitude thin-strut 98-μm drug-eluting bioresorbable scaffold from R3 Vascular) studies. https://okt.to/GoIvlK

Bailey Estes, AGNP-C, MSN, RN-BC, RCIS, RNFA, one of the program directors for the 2024 TCT Nurse and Technologist Symposium, shares highlights from the day's presentations. Listen in as Bailey discusses heart failure, endovascular procedures, and challenges in the cath lab: