Alaska Chapter of the American College of Cardiology

Increased Use of Radial Access For PCI in the US, Lower Complication Rates | NCDR Study
PCI with radial access site is associated with lower rates of in-hospital mortality, major access site bleeding and other major vascular complications vs. femoral access site and has increased in use in the U.S. over the past decade, overtaking femoral access site...
Peripheral Interventions: Drug-Coated Balloon Endovascular Therapy and Transcatheter Arterialization of Deep Veins
Drug-coated ballon (DCB) endovascular therapy was found to be a reasonable treatment for femoropopliteal lesions in patients on hemodialysis, according to research published July 14 in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.
AV after TTVR; Deep Learning in Automating Cardiac IMG; Survival Benefits Post-2018 Heart Transplantation Policy Change
In this weekâ€™s View, Dr. Eagle looks at predictors of high-grade atrioventricular block (AV) after transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR).
Long-Term Obesity May Accelerate Aging in Young Adults
Long-term obesity was associated with markers of accelerated biological aging in adults aged 28-31 years, according to a multiple-events, case-control study published in JAMA Network Open.
Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Artery
Anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries (AAOCA) is a rare congenital heart condition that represents the second leading cause of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes.