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EDITOR’S UPDATE • October 2025, Vol. 33, No. 10

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Articles for October 2025

RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation in Contemporary Practice
CLD talks with Behnam N. Tehrani, MD.

CALCIFIED CORONARY LESIONS
Long-Term Outcomes of Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty in Severely Calcified “De Novo” Coronary Lesions: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Giancarla Scalone; Luca di Vito; Alessandro Aimi; Eliana Carepellucci; Luca Mariani; Anita Merani; Francesco Orazi; Simona Silenzi; Pierfrancesco Grossi

COMMENTARY
Sustained Safety and Success: Long-Term Data Support the Role of Excimer Laser Atherectomy
Akiva Rosenzveig, MD; Robert S. Dieter, MD; Ayesha Nawaz, MD; Merlin Nikita, MD; Thomas Callahan, MD; Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD

PERSPECTIVES
A Tale of Two Agencies: Medical Device Approval and Coverage in the United States
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, and Ashkan Yahyavi, MD

TAVR PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
Longview Regional Medical Center’s Efficient Approach to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures
CLD talks with Samir Germanwala, DO, FACC, FSCAI.

RURAL CARE
Breaking Barriers: Bringing Advanced Cardiac Care to Rural Communities
Brad Serwer, MD, Interventional Cardiologist & CMO at VitalSolution; Amy Newell, Senior Vice President, Corazon; Mike Church, Business Consultant, Corazon

INTRACORONARY IMAGING
How Did Michigan Become the Leader in Intracoronary Imaging-Guided PCI in the Nation?
Sabina Kumar, DO; Devraj Sukul, MD, MSc; Ryan Madder, MD; Milan Seth; Jay Mohan, DO; Hitinder Gurm, MD; Eric Cantey, MD; Mark Zainea, MD

IMAGING CORNER
Using Photon-Counting CT to Image Stents in PCI Patients
Images/courtesy WellSpan Heart & Vascular Institute

CASE SERIES
Coronary Artery Fistulas: Unmasking Acquired Origins in the Setting of Chronic Coronary Artery Disease
Arnav Kumar Singla, MD; Cody Uhlich, MD; Namrata Kadambi, MD; Shannon Li, MD; Stuart Chen, MD; Fareed Moses Collado, MD

CLINICAL EDITOR'S CORNER
Morton J. Kern, MD

*Note: Articles subject to change at the discretion of the editor.

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