Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
Latest News
Second pig-heart transplant patient at UM faring well
“We’re taking one day at a time. His immune system is still intact, despite the heavy immune suppression.”
Conference Coverage
STEMI trial fails to support post-PCI anticoagulation
“What went wrong? Was it the drugs, the trial, or both?”
Conference Coverage
Should intravascular imaging be almost routine in PCI?
“The challenge, though, will be convincing the average interventional cardiologist worldwide that it was specifically the imaging and not the...
Commentary
Is complete revascularization now compulsory? MULTISTARS-AMI and FIRE in context
We now have more data to support a complete revascularization strategy and even extending that to non-STEMI patients.
Conference Coverage
Will AI replace cardiologists and turn them into managers?
AI is dramatically changing the field and the role of the physician – but it is not making cardiologists superfluous.
Conference Coverage
Aspirin still needed in first month after PCI: STOPDAPT-3
“While these absolute event rates are extremely low, they are unquestionably higher in the nonaspirin group.”
Conference Coverage
Parity for prompt and staged STEMI complete revascularization: MULTISTARS-AMI
It appears to be the first trial of its kind to show that operators and patients can safely choose either PCI approach and attain similar outcomes...
Conference Coverage
FIRE a win for physiology-guided MI complete revascularization in older patients
"This is the first trial actually showing a benefit" from physiology-guided CR in older patients with acute MI that is similar to what the...
News from the FDA/CDC
Recall for Impella RP Flex labeling short on safety cautions
The devices themselves are not part of the recall; clinicians may continue to use them, the FDA says.
From the Journals
Could colchicine replace aspirin after PCI for ACS?
The findings “could be of particular interest for those patients at extremely high bleeding risk or who are truly intolerant to aspirin, a...
From the Journals
Crossed wires: Ischemia testing and monomorphic VT storm
“That’s why this is such a great paper, because it has an immediate message [for nonelectrophysiologist clinicians and] the potential to change...