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Top Specialties in Fellowship Programs and What They Offer: An In-depth Look for Medical Professionals

ADN Center of Excellence

Our Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program offers a unique opportunity for fellows to immerse themselves in high-volume centers and experience complex procedures such as angioplasties, stent placements, and Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) interventions.

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Devices Flop for Severe PAD; CPR on LVAD Patients; Cancer Drugs for Heart Disease?

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- For patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and chronic limb-threatening ischemia, drug-eluting stents and drug-coated balloons did not improve amputation-free survival compared with balloon angioplasty alone in the BASIL.

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Abstract TP229: Comparison of 30-Day Readmission Rates in Elective and Nonelective Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Artery Stenting: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Stroke Journal

Background:Carotid artery stenting (CAS) and carotid endarterectomy (CEA) are two types of carotid revascularization procedures performed on symptomatic patients. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP229-ATP229, February 1, 2025.

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AI Measures Fat Around the Heart, a Key to Predicting Heart Attacks

DAIC

Diseased human arteries are most simply, reliably, and successfully treated with drug-eluting, balloon-expandable stents," said Lewis B. Given this dismal outcome, the prognosis of CLTI is worse than most cancers.3,4 5 "It is especially devastating for those 10% of patients suffering from its most severe form, CLTI.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

It would be like diagnosing women with metastatic breast cancer, but finding that just as many women with metastatic breast cancer were alive in 5 years as women not diagnosed with breast cancer. If women have more MINOCA, but the diagnosis doesn’t lead to a worse prognosis… who cares? ” What is going on?

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The Computer and Overreading Cardiologist call this completely normal. Is it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

RAO Caudal View Post PCI This is the RAO Caudal view after thrombectomy and stent placement. RAO Caudal view: This is the RAO Caudal view. The red arrow indicates the culprit lesion in the proximal LAD. The proximal LAD is now widely patent. The rest of the patient’s hospital stay was uneventful and he was eventually discharged.

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Women and Heart Health: Unique Considerations and Risks

MIBHS

It’s the leading cause of death for women, claiming more lives each year than all forms of cancer combined. Surgical Interventions : In some cases, surgical procedures like angioplasty, stent placement, or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be necessary to restore blood flow to the heart.