Chao-Wei Hwang

What do you do if your stent or balloon catheter shaft is too short to reach the lesion? (eg. during LAD PCI via long tortuous LIMA) Find out. youtu.be/d5YfrOIwNVs

A little leak. Case presentation at youtu.be/xTNQq8FJ7XY

What do you do if your wire gets stuck or fractures? youtube.com/watch?v=TXIipp…

Countdown of the Top 5 most popular videos on 6-in-the-A in 2021! youtu.be/Lof2iEzYoTs

Pericardiocentesis in severe pulmonary hypertension - is it really that risky? youtu.be/hGlcLlPHueY

Remarkable case of PCI during prolonged VF arrest (127 minutes) at a community hospital, with patient making a complete recovery. youtu.be/RzPSOTAKaMU

What do you do if your balloon does not deflate? This is an extremely rare PCI complication, but with potentially disastrous consequences. youtube.com/watch?v=LW0Gql…

This video is a rather unusual case of an anterior STEMI that eventually required trifurcation stenting of an unprotected left main trifurcation and use of the "trissing" technique. youtube.com/watch?v=k4NgEx…

For an interventional cardiologist, coiling is a skill that's like an insurance policy: Good to have, but hope never to use it. In this video, I review a case of coronary perforation in which coiling turned out to be very handy. youtube.com/watch?v=da2J6p…

When is a STEMI not a STEMI? When both the LAD and RCA are both acutely occluded. This video reviews an unusual case of simultaneous acute LAD and RCA occlusions. youtube.com/watch?v=DL1msU…

Balloon-assisted microdissection (BAM), a.k.a. Grenadoplasty, is an under-utilized technique that can get you through difficult calcified lesions when atherectomy or IVL is not available. Here I discuss a case where it was useful during a STEMI. youtube.com/watch?v=JVUGh1…

Myocardial bridges are fairly common, and sometimes angina from myocardial bridges can be hard to treat. Beta blockers are the mainstay. But if angina persists, what next? Can you stent a bridge? youtube.com/watch?v=1quvpw…

You don't always need contrast to do PCI! youtube.com/watch?v=fu2uKi…

Announcing my YouTube channel 6-in-the-A, youtube.com/c/6intheA where I post regular videos on interventional cardiology and coronary artery disease.