🚨Hot off the press! 🔍 ISR remains a challenge in PCI, especially in small vessels (<3 mm) ⁉️Does vessel size affect outcomes after vascular brachytherapy for ISR? 📉Similar 1y MACE & TLR rates across vessel sizes Alpesh Shah M.D. CRMjournal

Intravascular brachytherapy versus drug-coated balloons for in-stent r... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… A very unique paper comparing outcomes in ISR with DCB or IVB across the Atlantic!

Absolutely wonderful time at #cviinnovations in Austin. Recommend every fellow and early career interventional cardiologist attend in future. Thank you Emmanouil Brilakis and Subhash Banerjee

Dr. Payal Kohli crushed it at #CVI2025 with her talk on LDL lowering: how & when in 2025. 🔥 Timely, practical, and full of pearls for real-world lipid management. #CardioTwitter #CVI2025 #LDLgoals Dr. Payal Kohli, MD CV Innovations Emmanouil Brilakis Mehdi Shishehbor, DO Paul

We’re both honored and excited to announce that Houston Methodist Hospital has been named The Best Hospital in Texas for 14 years in a row by @USNews. We’re proud to be a top-ranked hospital in the country, and nationally ranked in 10 specialties.

Each year, @USNews publishes a list of the top ranked hospitals in the U.S. This year, we’re both honored and excited that Houston Methodist Hospital is ranked No. 14 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery in the nation.

Looking forward to quarterly houston IC fellowship case competition series on Wednesday August 6th. A very unique fellow centric program. Focus on ISR! Thank you to our amazing faculty from all 6 wonderful fellowships Salman Arain BostonSci Cardiology registration link on the flyer

Congratulations to all. Great job Samarth Thakkar largest ever patient database with coronary thrombectomy. It is significant to note the lack of higher stroke rates in thrombectomy group.

The #CVBootCamp25 Mentorship Lunch was a success! First-year fellows had the chance to connect with cardiology experts, gaining key advice on training, career direction, and subspecialties. Big thanks to our mentors: WilliamZoghbi Chittur Sivaram Dipan J. Shah, MD Shaden Khalaf, M.D.

New manuscript alert‼️ 💡Does cutting/scoring balloon prep improve outcomes vs. plain balloon before IVBT for ISR? 📊No difference in 1y outcomes ⚠️Outcomes appear to be influenced by lesion-specific factors. 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S27… MyJSCAI Alpesh Shah M.D. Andrew Farach, MD

Stent Fracture and Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Interventi... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Alpesh Shah M.D.

Despite increasing adoption of tMCS devices in AMI-CS, high in-hospital mortality rates show the need for optimized patient selection & timing of support initiation tMCS for AMI-CS - S Erdem, DA Patel, KA Zeid Joe Aoun #DeBakeyCVJournal doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj… Nadeen N. Faza, M.D.

Yet another trial in STEMI with multivessel disease: in OPTION-STEMI, immediate complete revascularization was not shown to be non-inferior to staged complete revascularization during the index admission, looking at death, non-fatal MI, or unplanned revascularization at 1 year.

IVUS reduces mortality & major CV events by assessing plaque morphology, vessel sizing & stent placement. IVUS Imaging-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Evidence & Implications - Safi U. Khan, MD, MS Neal Kleiman @alpeshshahMD #DeBakeyCVJournal doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj… Nadeen N. Faza, M.D.

Excited to host Houston intravascular imaging course focusing on precision PCI techniques and IVUS integration for optimizing outcomes. Available for all levels of learners committed to PCI excellence

Congratulations to authors. A must read!

Amazing job Chloe Kharsa . Accurate and granular data from Houston Methodist CV a single center experience over 5 years. Thank you to the entire team of post docs, fellows and Co authors in putting together a Herculean effort.

This #SEE IVUS technique is a game changer for precise, fast and detailed method to optimize IVUS guided PCI using eagle eye Philips IVUS. Everyone will feel more empowered to perform IVUS consistently.

Congratulations Chloe Kharsa . No need to worry about overlap margins or double dwell in brachytherapy IVBT for treatment of coronary ISR during PCI. Excellent paper from houston Methodist registry. Houston Methodist CV Andrew Farach, MD

Dialysis remains an Achilles heel in CAD PCI world. Outcomes remain challenging whether a patient is young or old. Great work by Taha Hatab