Karim Ratib
@karimratib
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Interventional Cardiologist, #radialfirst
West Midlands, England
Joined October 2011
@DrAsifQasim @nolanjimradial @mmamas1973 @ShrillaB @ncurzen @BCIS_uk @ajaykirtane @Drroxmehran @SVRaoMD @medshronline @hildicksmithd @HelenRoutledge2 Thank you for all your advice and support… I wouldn’t be doing what I do now if it was for you! Enjoy your new found freedom!
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@Goldcoastcardi1 @ShariqShamimMD @Ravinay Feel and adaptive pressure. You can always cross with valve if nose cone crosses. Just be gentle with degree of forward pressure on device and reduce tension as it starts to advance. Stop inflating if you see valve expanding. This is what happens if you don’t…
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10 #TAVR CT scans before lunch! Hats off to @UHNM_NHS #radiology department 🩻 @mmamas1973 @nolanjimradial @HelenRoutledge2
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@CardiolUpdate @AnastasiaSMihai @hvanspall @iamritu @MihaiTrofenciuc @cpgale3 @JGrapsa @CardioIAN @chadialraies @rahatheart1 @mirvatalasnag @drjohnm @ALEX_MISCHIE @DocSavageTJU @ekgpdx @gcfmd @mmamas1973 @KaulP @djc795 At least we’ll probably be in the right place if it happens…
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@evandrofilhobr @RodrigoBagur @terumoisuk Dedicated sheathless gear can be limited by availability of your favourite shapes. Terumo have 7F slender sheaths but often use standard guides in a sheathless manner. Easiest is 🐈⬛ with 5 or 6F diagnostic in 7 or 8F guide. Tend to use pigtails or MPA - 125cm lengths
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@AhmadAlkhalilMD @nolanjimradial Failure of device with intra-or extra-vascular deployment is rare. May be managed with manual pressure or balloon tamponade. Need for vascular surgery is very rare. We switched overnight to Manta. Have used it for our last 500+ cases.
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@MohanedEgred @SVRaoMD Cordis Adroit 125cm 6F guides. I use MPA1 for radial bail out of large bore femoral problems, but they have other shapes if you need.
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@sarahhudsonuk @Heart_BMJ @DrBModi @BromageDan @DrDavidWarriner @mmamas1973 @DrJHoward @DrYangChen @jdrwilcox @DrChrisMcAloon @Dr_Connolly Good idea... will ask Dr Heatlie if it’s ok...
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RT @ttpquang: Augmented Reality App – learn how to check your pulse on your phone – ‘Know My Beat’ - patients info
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RT @ttpquang: Augmented Reality App – learn about your Afib on your phone – ‘Know My Heart’ - patients info https:…
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@ZeroTLR Interesting that an intra-annular device gives similar haemodynamics to supra-annular device? Maybe it’s just that self expandable valves have better haemodynamics compared to balloon expandable?
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@willsuh76 @RodrigoBagur @mirvatalasnag @Ortega_Paz @sbrugaletta @drptca @cardioPCImom @atunuguntla1 @KimAtianzar @ajaykirtane @GreggWStone Looks like it’s just not that accurate with more implantation of@multiple devices!
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@Billal72073638 @andrewwiper Possibly, but need to wait for larger trials of distal vs prox radial with assessment of endothelial injury (OCT or FMD)
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@MarcVorpahl @rwyeh @jaygirimd @ImmadSadiq MANTA has been used without upfront depth measurements - can use ultrasound to measure or just start deeper.
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@evandrofilhobr @mmamas1973 @ShariqShamimMD @grantham_aaron @aspergian1 @AntoniousAttall @adityadoc1 @djc795 @heartdoc45 @rajivxgulati @FaroucJaffer @AnkurKalraMD Yep, was stuck like that poking out from the PDA. Needed a very big balloon to crush it!!
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@mmamas1973 @ShariqShamimMD @grantham_aaron @aspergian1 @AntoniousAttall @adityadoc1 @djc795 @heartdoc45 @evandrofilhobr @rajivxgulati @FaroucJaffer @AnkurKalraMD Found this in a distal RCA once! If they had imaged at the time, could have been avoided... had to crush out the way....
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@richardbogle @CannanCharles @DVDaniels @joewalshmd @ctoskrat @goodwin That’s what they say, but have got them through 6F guideliner, which is effectively 5F...
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@drandrewsharp Wanted a cutting balloon, but had got rid of them all, in favour of more deliverable scoring balloons. Though if I had used one, I might not have been as confident of getting through. The visual confirmation with septals filling with rupture was very reassuring at the time!
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