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Impact of Transjugular Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided Self-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation on Reduction of Conduction Disturbances

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:A high permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI) risk remains a concern of self-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation, despite the continued improvements in implantation methodology.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on cardiovascular diseases hospitalisation, management and mortality in Switzerland

Open Heart

Methods Swiss hospital discharge and mortality data for period 2017–2020. CVD hospitalisations, CVD interventions and CVD mortality were assessed before (2017–2019) and during (2020) the pandemic. Expected numbers of admissions, interventions and deaths for 2020 were computed using simple linear regression model.

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Characteristics and Outcomes of PCI Among Patients Ineligible for Surgical Revascularization in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 18, Issue 3 , Page e014899, March 1, 2025. BACKGROUND:Ineligibility for surgical revascularization is increasingly prevalent and associated with increased mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

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Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. The derivation data set consisted of cases performed from 2014 to 2017, and the validation data set consisted of cases performed from 2019 to 2020. kg at all Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes participating centers.

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Statewide Initiative to Reduce Patient Radiation Doses During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Improved radiation safety practices are needed across hospitals performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Many of these issues were described in a prior post by Dr. Angie Lobo ( @aloboMD ) (For open-access reviews of this literature, see Saw 2016 , Saw 2017 , or Hayes 2018.) However, in the intervening years there have been marked changes in the understanding of SCAD. JACC 2019 Sep 10;74(10):1290-1300.

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Published Research

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The Society (..)