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Prospective Multicenter International Registry of Ultrasound-Facilitated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Intermediate-High and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism (KNOCOUT PE)

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. Additional outcomes included change in right ventricular/left ventricular ratio and quality of life measures over 12 months.RESULTS:Mean alteplase (r-tPA [recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator]) infusion duration was 10.5 Mean total r-tPA dose was 18.1

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Henry Ford Health Cardiologists Publish Case Series Study on Heart Valve Procedure

DAIC

These key takeaways from the research letter on IVL-facilitated valvuloplasty for severely calcified mitral valve stenosis are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) Cardiovascular Interventions. an interventional cardiologist and structural heart disease expert at Henry Ford Health.

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Medical, Surgical, and Interventional Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. While not curable, an integrated approach involving medical, interventional, and surgical care can have a considerable impact on disease burden, quality of life, and mortality.

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Health Care Cost and Resource Utilization After Aortic Valve Replacement According to the Extent of Cardiac Damage

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:The extent of cardiac damage has been shown to be associated with increased mortality, repeat hospitalization, and decreased quality of life after aortic valve replacement (AVR).

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Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Right?Sided Heart Failure and Tricuspid Regurgitation. A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC

European Journal of Heart Failure

Abstract Right-sided heart failure and tricuspid regurgitation are common and strongly associated with poor quality of life and an increased risk of heart failure hospitalizations and death.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

Heart 2023 Conference

Cardiovascular Interventions: Journal of the American College of Cardiology) After gaining the CE Mark, Penumbra announced that their Indigo intelligent aspiration devices, which include computer-assisted suction for mechanical thrombectomy, are now available in Europe. Reconsider your position.

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Percutaneous Left Ventricular Unloading During High-Risk Coronary Intervention: Rationale and Design of the CHIP-BCIS3 Randomized Controlled Trial

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. INTRODUCTION:Percutaneous coronary intervention for complex coronary disease is associated with a high risk of cardiogenic shock. This can cause harm and limit the quality of revascularization achieved, especially when left ventricular function is impaired at the outset.