Outcomes of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Recently Recovered From COVID-19 ja.ma/2MpZdKJ via JAMA Cardiology part of JAMA Network

Antero/Retro crossing of AT CTO Bareback trailblazer and V18 retro treasure anterograde Abdullah Al Rifai MD FACC FSCAI RPVI Chadi Alraies, MD FACC FSCAI Dean Ferrera

Add this to ur list of mechanical complications of MI. salah abusin Mohammed Al Amoodi Hussam Suradi Chadi Alraies, MD FACC FSCAI Zaher Fanari MD,FACC Mohamad Alkhouli Mina Iskander MD, MSc Aviral Vij, MD, MSc Anas Alomar, MD FACC FSCAI ABVM Vamsi Kodumuri Mohammed Chamsi Pasha, FACC, FASE Steve Attanasio clifford jay kavinsky Abdullah Al Rifai MD FACC FSCAI RPVI Ibrahim Kassas, MD, FACC, FSCAI Mohamed El Khashab Emad Hakemi MD MS

Hundreds of hardworking Syrians in the US, mostly #HealthcareHeroes on the front lines of the #pandemic, will lose their jobs and livelihoods on 9/27/2021. Ask USCIS to extend their TPS work authorizations. Take action and share! Homeland Security Joe Biden Kamala Harris NPR CNN ABC News

First Right Heart AlphaVac in the world today! Congratulations Dr. Golzar, Dr.Everett, Dr.Thompson and team!

RA thrombus aspirated total perc w new #alphavac #angiodynamics. This was the fourth global case and first RA thrombus case. Keep innovating and we will come! Thanks to Josie Beck for spending ur Friday Advocate Aurora Health #advocatetrinity Abdullah Al Rifai MD FACC FSCAI RPVI Dean Ferrera Tom Levin, MD

Josie Beck Abdullah Al Rifai MD FACC FSCAI RPVI I can’t stop bragging about this tech! Clot in transit in RA. Highly mobile and intermittently traversing TV Josie Beck Abdullah Al Rifai MD FACC FSCAI RPVI @AngiovacAmy

Modified Valsalva maneuver to break SVT strain of 40 mm Hg pressure for 15 seconds with the patient in the semirecumbent position, f/b supine repositioning with 15 seconds of passive leg raise at a 45-degree angle Curtesy: Medical learnings

New online. In this updated meta-analysis, DCBs are compared w/ uncoated balloons in pts with infrapopliteal artery disease. Clinical, angiographic, & wound-healing outcomes are examined Shadi Halabi MD MPH Ehrin Armstrong Jaafer Golzar MD FACC, FSCAI Carmen Heaney Fadi Saab bit.ly/3swtMkP

On day of procedure surprise large LA thrombus (was not found on a Cardiac CT just a week before). Patient very symptomatic and likely the clot won’t go away due to severe stenosis. Took patient off table and consented for combo procedure. Angiovac of LA thrombus and TMVR ViV

#tack up a BTK dissection, can get out of trouble especially after long CTO revasc BTK w residual flow limiting dissection ⁦Intact Vascular, Inc. (A Philips Company)⁩ Abdullah Al Rifai MD FACC FSCAI RPVI⁩ ⁦Chadi Alraies, MD FACC FSCAI⁩ ⁦Dean Ferrera⁩ ⁦Tom Levin, MD⁩ ⁦Jill Jones⁩ ⁦

Structural heart can throw a bunch of different things at you. Multiple challenging cases recently. First one is a unique TMVR VinRing. Flexible complete ring with an area in vivo of only 233 (area in vitro is >500). Debated with multiple people whether case is doable or not.

For Edwards S3U users; I developed this simple calculator to help calculate different scenarios of how much over/under sized with added/minus volume for a particular annulus. This should make calculations faster. Android version below. apps.apple.com/us/app/tavrize…

Lucky to be 1st in Chicago and Midwest to try Penumbra #LightningFlash Thrombectomy system! Symptomatic Extensive Ilio-Fem DVT cleaned in 10 mins and home same day! Truly game changer device. Penumbra Vascular Nathalie Kauffman Jaafer Golzar MD FACC, FSCAI

Amazing how abduction of the arm can help during percAx Impella. Both angiogram of same pt one day apart showing great improvement of the tortuosity Babar Basir Evandro Martins F. MD Saroj Neupane Amir Kaki, MD

Challenging case. Young pt with SLE with recent emergent aortic dissection surgery + mech AVR, presented with partial p2 flail, ant mitral leaflet perforation and class iv CHF. Noncompliant and high redo risk. Clip (xtw) and plug ADOII) with a nice result.

NSTEMI with multiple episodes of VT found to have this nasty LCx lesion with a horrible angle. Tried everything (all kinds of MCs, Angeled ones; all crazy wire shapes, double lumen MCs, blocking balloon,.. etc) and can not get in. Hairpin reverse wiring technique to the rescue!!