OCT: Seeing the Artery in a New Light
- Tue, 4/24/12 - 9:46am
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Reflections on the Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI
- Wed, 4/4/12 - 5:07pm
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As a clinician interested in helping my patients live better, longer or more comfortably, I have always tried to see where the tools I have at my disposal may be best utilized.
Transcatheter Renal Denervation
- Mon, 3/5/12 - 2:18pm
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EP Innovation Featured at Dead Sea Symposium
- Fri, 3/2/12 - 4:34pm
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This years International Dead Sea Symposium began with a new section on Electrophysiology Innovation.
When is a “Good Result”, Just Not Good Enough?
- Tue, 11/22/11 - 4:31pm
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I am currently analysing the IVUS images for angiographically-guided stent placement in my trial: The Liverpool V-HEART study (Virtual-Histology Evaluation of ACS Requiring Treatment)
A Survivor Survives – And Helps Us Survive to Help Others
- Mon, 10/31/11 - 11:05am
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The most common theme of my blogs for the Journal of Invasive Cardiology has been that we have an image problem. I have now had an opportunity to do a little something about that, after SCAI took a suggestion of mine and made something happen. One night last winter I sat back in my chair and flipped on the TV. I immediately sa
A Chill is Here: The Artic Front
- Thu, 10/27/11 - 2:08pm
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A chill is in the wind, and it is just the beginning of the Fall. With Medtronic's release of the Arctic Front® cryoablation system, we now have the ability to isolate the pulmonary veins in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation who have failed antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
Complete or Incomplete Revascularization of Multi-Vessel CAD
- Wed, 9/21/11 - 9:51am
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How does ischemia-guided incomplete revascularization strategy with either PCI or CABG compare with complete revascularization of all the diseased segments whenever feasible? This decision is often highly individualized and incorporates significant operator bias.
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Ethical Dilemmas at the Top
- Wed, 9/14/11 - 12:24pm
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Yeah, I know I stole the line from a Spider-Man comic! But, recently an issue came up on one of the national committees I’m a part of, and it got me wondering about this issue. We all know which TV news stations have a Republican or Democratic slant. Similarly, cardio
We Don’t Just Have an Image Problem – We’ve Got Enemies
- Fri, 7/29/11 - 5:02pm
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My first blog for the Journal of Invasive Cardiology commented on the image problem that cardiologists face in the media and popular culture. Coronary stenting is one of the most commonly performed procedures in the world, so it is understandable that some might look for chinks in the armor, if for no other reason than to contain costs.
