Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., honoring the soldiers who fought in the country’s wars. Last week was the VIVA 14 meeting, presenting the latest advances and techniques in endovascular repair and therapy of blood vessels.
These two events are actually closely aligned: the development and advances made in vascular surgery, and now endovascular therapies, were pioneered on the battlefield. Continue reading
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Dr. Charles Dotter in LIFE Magazine (1964)
Crazy Charlie. An August 1964 LIFE magazine photo spread on Dr. Charles Dotter reinforced that nickname, given to Dotter by the vascular surgeons who knew him and his work at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland — and who did not like what he was doing. Unblocking arteries in the leg without surgery? From the inside, using catheters? Crazy!
So that was 50 years ago, and to call Dotter a visionary is a vast understatement because this week, radiologists, cardiologists and surgeons have gathered in Las Vegas, not to gamble (although who’s to say…) but to present and hear the latest information, late-breaking trials and reports on vascular interventional therapies at the VIVA 14 meeting and see demonstrations of an array of devices and techniques. Continue reading
November 4 begins the 14th Annual VIVA meeting in Las Vegas. Yes, that’s “Viva, Las Vegas!”
The whole field of endovascular repair and intervention has grown exponentially since the first VIVA meetings. For example, the first endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm was performed by Dr. Juan Parodi in 1990, but it took quite some time to be accepted as a standard of care. Today the endovascular approach is the preferred procedure to repair an AAA and this is because of the advances in medical devices and dedication of physicians to this less invasive non-surgical approach, physicians who will be attending this year’s VIVA meeting. Continue reading
On October 23-25, 2014 the 3rd Advanced International Masterclass on the Transradial Approach will be held in Chicago and, if you already perform or want to start using the wrist approach to diagnostic or interventional procedures, you need to attend. Where else will you be able to spend two-and-a-half days with the most expert and experienced radial practitioners in the world?
I went to the very successful AimRADIAL course in New York City last fall and witnessed something I hadn’t really seen since the early days of angioplasty: a relatively small meeting (i.e. less than 300) attended by the pioneers of the procedure, cardiologists who have the largest experience in the radial approach, talking among themselves and trading their latest findings and techniques with each other, and sharing this information with the newer generation of physicians in attendance.It felt like an actual community! Continue reading
If you’re an interventional cardiologist, Fellow, or in the allied health fields, and you aren’t able to make it to Washington for the five-day-long TCT meeting, you can get a quick dose of the latest and greatest in a single day on Saturday, September 20, in Short Hills, New Jersey.
Titled “Frontiers in Interventional Cardiology,” this symposium is presented by the Morristown Medical Center, part of the Atlantic Health System, and features a stellar international faculty, including Maurice Buchbinder, George Dangas, Eberhard Grube, Raoul Bonan, and Stephen Ellis. A range of contemporary topics are on the agenda, including a transradial talk by pioneer Olivier Bertrand, discussions about catheter-based treatments for mitral and aortic valve disease, and even a brief talk about Google Glass in the cath lab by Morristown Medical Center’s Jordan Safirstein, who also runs the annual MARS radial course at Morristown Medical Center
Course co-directors are Drs. Maurice Buchbinder, Barry Cohen and Robert Kipperman. Time is short so register soon. Admission fees range from free (for Fellows) to $125 for physicians, with several levels in-between. You can register for the course online, or call 1-800-247-9580.
Did I mention that Fellows are free? #TakeAdvantageOfFreeCoursesWhileYouCanFellows
Filed under Meetings & Conferences, Stent, Transradial Approach
The next few months offer some unique training opportunities for the U.S. interventional cardiologist regarding the transradial approach to catheterization, angioplasty and stent implantation via the wrist artery.
In just two weeks the annual meeting of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) begins, and on the first afternoon there will be a two-part symposium devoted to the Transradial Approach. From 1:00pm to 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 28, SCAI will hold a series of presentations and discussions led by pioneers in the transradial approach. Continue reading
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Dr. Jordan Safirstein and his Google Glass
If you are an interventional cardiologist or work in a cath lab where the transradial approach is being utilized, and you live anywhere near New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania, you might want to consider a day trip to Morristown, New Jersey on May 3. This trip won’t cost you anything, because the Mid-Atlantic Radial Symposium (MARS) is free; and yes, there still is such a thing as a free lunch. (For those who want to come in the day before, the Westin Governor Morris is offering a special room rate.)
Oh yes: you’ll also be able to receive 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits. Continue reading
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