Education Library

Arman Kilic, MD, discusses his experiences with collaboration between interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery, particularly regarding Impella 5.5® with SmartAssist® and ECpella.

Navin Kapur, MD, discusses the latest science underlying reperfusion and unloading and how it led to the STEMI-DTU pilot and pivotal trials.

Kate Kearney, MD, discusses studies and strategies for revascularization in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

A bicarbonate-based purge solution for Impella® may be a viable alternative to heparin-based purge solution in patients who are heparin-intolerant and when heparin is contraindicated.

A heart team approach and hemodynamic assessment led to timely and effective use of Impella 5.5 with SmartAssist for this patient with PCCS.

Zubair Shah, MD, explains how his research revealed improved outcomes in patients with cardiogenic shock receiving right heart catheterization.

Chuck Simonton, MD, discusses the limitations of published papers that use administrative or payer databases as data sources and provides an AMI cardiogenic shock example.

Navin Kapur, MD, discusses clinical evidence to support ‘on-pump’ complex PCI for patients with heart failure.

Ole Helgestad, PhD, discusses an automated variable selection method for predicting 30-day mortality in patients with AMICS receiving acute PCI. 

Cindy Grines, MD, presents data and clinical insights regarding complete revascularization and which patients might benefit from it.

Manreet Kanwar, MD, discusses the topic of heart recovery: How do we define it? How do we achieve it?

Gregg Stone, MD, reviews available data—from PROTECT II through PROTECT IV—for use of mechanical circulatory support during high-risk PCI.

A. Reshad Garan, MD, discusses the importance of determining etiology and predicting risk in patients with acute decompensated heart failure-related cardiogenic shock.

Hady Lichaa, MD, discusses an innovative single-access dry-closure technique with iliac artery angioplasty through the ipsilateral sheath.

Babar Basir, DO, presents the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI) protocol for managing acute myocardial infarction cardiogenic shock (AMICS) at the 2021 HFSA scientific meeting.