Contemporary PCI
Cardiac Interventions Today
More than 15 years of providing comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in coronary and cardiac interventions.
Guest Chief Medical Editors Drs.?Rasha Al-Lamee?&?Rahul Sharma?introduce our latest issue featuring discussions about contemporary?#PCI?treatments &?#structuralheart?therapies.?
Cover Stories
Angela McInerney, MD, &?Nieves Gonzalo, MD, explore the “why, when, where, and how” of calcium modification therapies and techniques, highlighting that it’s all in the preparation.
Drs.?Daniel Chamie?& Hiram Bezerra describe the state of?#IVUS?& optical coherence tomography (#OCT) guidance in?#PCI, noting that data support the use of intravascular?#imaging?to improve PCI results & clinical outcomes in all comers.
Razan Elsayed, MD, &?Usman Baber, MD, review the data supporting that evidence-based and individualized dual antiplatelet (#DAPT) therapy regimens may be tailored to a patient’s risk for both?#bleeding?and thrombosis.
Structural Disease Update
Drs. Siamac Yazdchi &?Hursh Naik?review the current state of?#TAVR?in bicuspid aortic stenosis, detailing the data, current limitations, and future challenges.
Drs.?Giorgio Medranda; Jaffar M. Khan;?Chris Bruce; Patrick Gleason; Joe Xie; Adam Greenbaum;?Robert Lederman; Vasilis Babaliaros; &?Toby Rogers?provide a technical guide to solo & doppio?#BASILICA?for coronary obstruction prevention during?#TAVR.
Drs.?Marilena Di Salvo, Marco Monte, &?Marco Barbanti?detail the primary clinical manifestations associated with?#PFO?and?atrial?septal defects & provide a data update about their therapeutic implications.
Featured Technology
Dr. Stephen A. Turner talks with Steve Hockert & James Farmer from Solara Surgical Partners about opening an ambulatory surgical center, the challenges encountered along the way, & the benefits of partnering with industry. Sponsored by Philips
Today's Practice
In our Today’s Practice feature,?Taylr Jesinger, MHA, from?MedAxiom - An ACC Company?invites readers to think differently about how to innovate?#cardiovascular?care and creativity within their organizations.
Departments
Mohamad A Alkhouli MD, FACC?discusses his receipt of the Thomas J. Linnemeier Spirit of Interventional Cardiology Young Investigator Award, tips for a successful?#academicwriting?career, and his?#research?and trial plans in the areas of disparities,?#innovation, and?#structuralheart?disease.
Cardiac Interventions Today?is a publication dedicated to providing coverage of the latest developments in technology, techniques, clinical studies, and regulatory and reimbursement issues in the field of coronary and cardiac interventions (ISSN 2572-5955 print and ISSN 2572-5963 online).