Interventional Cardiology

I felt that I could have a positive effect on patients’ lives in term of longevity and quality of life and that interventional medicine…

I was very fortunate to be drawn to interventional cardiology during its early stages. The potential to be a pioneer in a…

Sternal wound infections post-cardiothoracic surgeries are associated with increased morbidity and mortality.1,2 More than half are due to…

A 65-year-old female was transferred for an emergency coronary angiogram from a peripheral centre with a diagnosis of acute coronary…

Transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for most patients…

Plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA) paved the way for percutaneous coronary treatment, and represented the beginning…

Calcific lesions, if not adequately pre-dilated, can prevent the successful expansion of a stent during percutaneous coronary intervention…

Ankur Kalra | Medical Director of Clinical Research for Regional Cardiovascular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; Section Head of Cardiovascular Research at Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio, USA