CathMasters

CathMasters (Drs. Amit Goyal, Daniel Ambinder, and Nazli Okumus), with guests Drs. Mina Fares, Fariyal Cheema, and Jeremy Langrish discuss the management of an unprotected distal left main (LM) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) complicated by an Ellis grade III coronary perforation. An 88-year-old man presented with a non–ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), heavily calcified critical distal LM disease (culprit), and a chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the right coronary artery (RC

This episode is part of our comprehensive Decipher the Guidelines Series covering the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. The following question refers to Section 4.4 of the 2025 ACS Guidelines. The question is asked by Thomas Jefferson medical student and CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Grace Qiu, answered first by University of Miami cardiology fellow and member of the CardioNerds Interventional Cardiology Council Dr. Saahil Ju

This episode is part of our comprehensive Decipher the Guidelines Series covering the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. The following question refers to Section 4.3 of the 2025 ACS Guidelines. The question is asked by Thomas Jefferson medical student and CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Grace Qiu, answered first by Cleveland Clinic interventional and structural cardiology fellow and member of the CardioNerds Interventional Cardi

This episode is part of our comprehensive Decipher the Guidelines Series covering the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. The following question refers to Sections 4.3.2 and 4.4 of the 2025 ACS Guidelines. The question is asked by Thomas Jefferson medical student and CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Grace Qiu, answered first by University of Miami cardiology fellow and member of the CardioNerds Interventional Cardiology Council Dr

This episode is part of our comprehensive Decipher the Guidelines Series covering the 2025 ACC/AHA/ACEP/NAEMSP/SCAI Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. The following question refers to Section 3.2 of the 2025 ACS Guidelines. The question is asked by Thomas Jefferson medical student and CardioNerds Academy Intern Dr. Grace Qiu, answered first by Cleveland Clinic interventional and structural cardiology fellow and member of the CardioNerds Interventional Cardi

In this AngioClub-style episode from the CardioNerds CathMasters, Drs. Amit Goyal, Nazli Okumus, Niko Spilias, and Grant Reed discuss transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) stenosis. Through a case of a 71-year-old man with severe aortic stenosis (AS), reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), a recent heart failure hospitalization, and a heavily calcified Sievers type 1 BAV, the panel works through TAVR versus surgical aortic valve replacement (SAV