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My LDL is in the 40's - on Crestor (rosuvastatin) 20 mg and Zetia 10 mg. My only regret, that I didn't start them sooner. Still, I am the only male member of my family not to have a heart attack in my 50's.

@DrRajeshSriniv1 @RKTvascular @MazinFotehMD @farkomd @t_intheleadcoat @ragsxray @kmadass @vascularis @cfbechara Yes always best to have stent extend slightly into the aorta to reduce early failure rate.

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@EnYawHongMD @vascularsrgn @PShivanesandr @VascularForum @Kuldeep1926 @vsijournalijves @VarenyamVasc Based on that angiogram I suspect chance of erectile dysfunction is already present. Right IIA is out. Left CIA occluded. But any surgery around this area you are correct, need to discuss those risks

@vascularsrgn @farkomd @PShivanesandr @VascularForum @Kuldeep1926 @vsijournalijves @VarenyamVasc I would worry about ED and retrograde ejaculation in this young patient with that exposure. I’m sure you counselled him on that risk! Nice case!

#Aortaed Lucknow diaries 55M, ex-smoker, post-CABG, TASC D. Disabling claudication. Wanted endo. Consensus: open. ➡️ Retroperitoneal aorto-unifemoral bypass. 👉 Open > Endo in fit claudicants. @farkomd @PShivanesandr @VascularForum @Kuldeep1926 @vsijournalijves @VarenyamVasc

“The vessel you start with is often not the vessel you end with after proper lesion prep.” A tip from @nyalborgesmd on why he will almost alway re-IVUS after OPN before choosing the DCB size. Plus a quick conversation on how long to leave the DCB inflated. #CardioTwitter #Coronary

@kmadass I’m still looking and am still confused

@farkomd Had to take a double take on that one

Sometimes Im just bewildered.

This is how you get to be an expert

@farkomd What is that?!?!?

@RKTvascular @cfbechara @t_intheleadcoat @SriniTummala @ragsxray @kmadass @vascularis Anything in the filter?

@cfbechara @farkomd @t_intheleadcoat @SriniTummala @ragsxray @kmadass @vascularis I used a Emboshield Nav 6 Filter 2.4-4.8 mm and Xience Stent 4 x18mm. I made it proud by 1mm at ostium.

How many of you guys has done vertebral artery filter protected stenting and what’s been your experience? @t_intheleadcoat @SriniTummala @farkomd @ragsxray @kmadass @vascularis @cfbechara

@mvborges @Drakhil_cardio @DrRajeshG1 @iamritu @SIRspecialists @BrownCardiology @ACCinTouch @escardio @MSMCardsFellows @CadioArena @Medscape @Cardiology We don’t, but the patient does

@Drakhil_cardio @DrRajeshG1 @iamritu @SIRspecialists @BrownCardiology @ACCinTouch @escardio @MSMCardsFellows @CadioArena @Medscape @Cardiology @farkomd We have a problem!

#Sharing for learning For Fellows: Your Diagnosis and Management Strategy??

@farkomd @t_intheleadcoat @SriniTummala @ragsxray @kmadass @vascularis @cfbechara Very well. Done for dominant LVA w ostial stenosis and recurrent drop attacks and vertigo.

Large splenic artery Aneurysm. Exclusion by deployment of VBX over amplatz wire.

@RKTvascular @t_intheleadcoat @SriniTummala @ragsxray @kmadass @vascularis @cfbechara I’ve not done. I’ve transposed only.