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Volume 33 - Issue 6 - June 2025

Case Report
Percutaneous Transmural Arterial Bypass (PTAB) for Treatment of Recurring Femoral Artery In-Stent Restenosis Despite Prior Atherectomy and Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty
06/03/2025
Mehreen Ali; Raza Malik; Asad Rizvi, MD; Akhil Gade, MD; Mohammad Alqaim, MD, MS
This case illustrates the utility of the PTAB procedure as a feasible, minimally invasive alternative for recurrent in-stent restenosis when surgery is not an option.
This case illustrates the utility of the PTAB procedure as a feasible, minimally invasive alternative for recurrent in-stent restenosis when surgery is not an option.
This case illustrates the...
06/03/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Renal Denervation

Real-World Experience With the Paradise™ Ultrasound Renal Denervation System
06/05/2025
Orestis Pappas, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM
Dr. Orestis Pappas, of Erie, Pennsylvania, shares his clinical experience using the Paradise™ Ultrasound Renal Denervation (uRDN) System (Recor Medical) in a series of patients with uncontrolled hypertension under his care. He reflects on his...
Dr. Orestis Pappas, of Erie, Pennsylvania, shares his clinical experience using the Paradise™ Ultrasound Renal Denervation (uRDN) System (Recor Medical) in a series of patients with uncontrolled hypertension under his care. He reflects on his...
Dr. Orestis Pappas, of Erie,...
06/05/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Peripheral Artery Disease
The Elusive Definitive Device for Amputation Reduction
06/04/2025
Mark C. Bates, MD, DSc(Hons), FACC, FSCAI
"My concern about embolization during interventional procedures dates back almost 3 decades," says Dr. Bates. "While researching and developing one of the early carotid filter systems and as a co-inventor of carotid flow reversal, it became...
"My concern about embolization during interventional procedures dates back almost 3 decades," says Dr. Bates. "While researching and developing one of the early carotid filter systems and as a co-inventor of carotid flow reversal, it became...
"My concern about embolization...
06/04/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CLTI Program Spotlight
The Lorraine and Bill Dodero Limb Preservation Center at University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
06/03/2025
Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD
"Many patients arrive too late, often after a prior amputation, unaware that a second opinion or limb salvage is even possible," says Dr. Shishehbor. "I frequently see patients who believe losing a leg is inevitable with diabetes because that...
"Many patients arrive too late, often after a prior amputation, unaware that a second opinion or limb salvage is even possible," says Dr. Shishehbor. "I frequently see patients who believe losing a leg is inevitable with diabetes because that...
"Many patients arrive too late,...
06/03/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
Conversations in Cardiology: The Late-Arriving STEMI Patient
06/04/2025
Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA; Eric Bates; Jeffrey Cook, MD; Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc; Steven L. Goldberg, MD; Timothy D. Henry, MD; Stephen Jenkins, MD; Lloyd W. Klein, MD; Paul S. Teirstein, MD, FACC; William M. Suh, MD
Dr. Jeffrey Cook shares a concerning patient profile with Dr. Kern and expert colleagues, and asks for their suggestions. "Everything seems perfectly routine," Dr. Cook notes. "The patient is brought to the cath lab, the infarct-related...
Dr. Jeffrey Cook shares a concerning patient profile with Dr. Kern and expert colleagues, and asks for their suggestions. "Everything seems perfectly routine," Dr. Cook notes. "The patient is brought to the cath lab, the infarct-related...
Dr. Jeffrey Cook shares a...
06/04/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Letter to the Clinical Editor
Minimizing Points of Failure During Upper Extremity Right Heart Catheterization
06/02/2025
Faris G. Araj, MD
I personally find most of the anxiety that surrounds performing a right heart catheterization via the upper extremity stems from 2 main scenarios: (1) Unsuccessful venous access and (2) inability of the pulmonary artery (PA) catheter to enter...
I personally find most of the anxiety that surrounds performing a right heart catheterization via the upper extremity stems from 2 main scenarios: (1) Unsuccessful venous access and (2) inability of the pulmonary artery (PA) catheter to enter...
I personally find most of the...
06/02/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
Multivessel Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms Causing Cardiomyopathy
06/01/2025
Ishan Chauhan; Neha Gupta, MS III; Ketul Chauhan MD, FACC; Sunil Gupta MD, FACC
The authors report the case of a 70-year-old patient who was admitted with congestive heart failure symptoms. An initial investigation discovered cardiomyopathy. Subsequently, coronary angiography and cardiac CT showed multivessel giant...
The authors report the case of a 70-year-old patient who was admitted with congestive heart failure symptoms. An initial investigation discovered cardiomyopathy. Subsequently, coronary angiography and cardiac CT showed multivessel giant...
The authors report the case of a...
06/01/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
A Glass Slipper? The Right Fit for Specialty Service Expansion
06/01/2025
Michael Church
"The planning process for new service expansion includes several critical decisions, one of the most important being, 'Where will this new service reside?'" writes Mike Church, a business consultant at Corazon. "A lot of this discussion boils...
"The planning process for new service expansion includes several critical decisions, one of the most important being, 'Where will this new service reside?'" writes Mike Church, a business consultant at Corazon. "A lot of this discussion boils...
"The planning process for new...
06/01/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Meeting Update
Bridging Continents Through Cath Lab Collaboration: Reflections From the Inaugural TCT Middle East
06/01/2025
Bailey Ann Estes, AGNP-C, MSN, RN-BC, RCIS, RNFA
"As a panelist and speaker at the Allied Health and Nurse Symposium, I was honored to present on strategies for maintaining patient satisfaction in a busy cath lab," writes Bailey Estes, AGNP-C. "But more than anything, I came away deeply...
"As a panelist and speaker at the Allied Health and Nurse Symposium, I was honored to present on strategies for maintaining patient satisfaction in a busy cath lab," writes Bailey Estes, AGNP-C. "But more than anything, I came away deeply...
"As a panelist and speaker at...
06/01/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Anomalies
Approach to Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization in Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Originating From Left Sinus of Valsalva
06/01/2025
Pradnya Brijmohan Bhattad, MD; Basel Humos, MD; Wael F. Al-Husami, MD
"The uncommon location and course of this coronary anomaly present a technical challenge to a successful PCI outcome," write the authors. "Appropriate guide catheter selection is of the utmost importance for successful angiography and...
"The uncommon location and course of this coronary anomaly present a technical challenge to a successful PCI outcome," write the authors. "Appropriate guide catheter selection is of the utmost importance for successful angiography and...
"The uncommon location and...
06/01/2025
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