Increasing evidence supports improved patient outcomes in
#peripheral
arterial and deep venous intervention with use of
#IVUS
. More education, awareness, and advocacy are needed to help shape the future of lower extremity revascularization. Read more ➡️
SCAI welcomes Dr.
@SVRaoMD
as 2022-23 President! Dr. Rao is Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, the Section Chief of Cardiology at the Durham VA Medical Center, and Editor-in-Chief of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. Welcome aboard,
@SCAI_Prez
!
Following the recent document release on Renal Denervation Treatment for Use in Hypertension Patients, we are hosting a webinar on 9/30 on RDN's potential to improve public health outcomes and address the epidemic of uncontrolled hypertension. Register:
SCAI’s WIN CHIP Fellowship provides an opportunity for
#InterventionalCardiology
fellows and practicing physicians to pursue an additional year of advanced training focusing on
#CHIP
and percutaneous MCS in the cath lab. Apply now for the 2023-2024 term:
Shape the future of cardiovascular care—submit your groundbreaking research to
#SCAI2024
Scientific Sessions. 📊 Accepted presenters get free registration and may be published in
@MyJSCAI
. Don't miss out—submit by Jan 10, 2024 ➡️
#CallForScience
It’s time for a board of our own!
@ACCinTouch
@SCAI
@HFSA
&
@HRSonline
are uniting to request a new, independent medical board for CV medicine that would move away from
#MOC
and pursue a new competency approach to continuous certification. Learn more ➡️ .
Fellows and programs have spoken! SCAI has reached its commitment goal from
#InterventionalCardiology
programs to join the Match for 2025. Thank you to all who supported the
#SCAIFellowshipMatch
and helped pave the way for increased fairness and
#diversity
for the profession.
#SCAICardioQuiz
67 y/o female presents with chest pain and underwent cardiac cath. What do you see in this angiography and IVUS image in addition to ostial LCX stenosis? How would you treat this?
A novel technique for coronary bifurcation intervention: Double rewire crush technique and its clinical outcomes after 2 years of follow‐up
@CCIJournal
#CCIJournal
Did you miss our
#SCAISHOCK
conference last week? Visit our resource center to read our Expert Consensus Statement and download the bedside checklist for
#CardiogenicShock
➡️
Congratulations to the 2022 MSCAI recipients! These individuals have demonstrated excellence over the course of their careers and commitment to the highest levels of clinical care, innovation, publication and teaching.
#SCAI2022
Join us in congratulating 12 new early-career interventional cardiologists to participate in the 2022-24 Emerging Leadership Mentorship (
@scaielm
) Program!
This distinct honor of MSCAI is bestowed upon Fellows of the Society who are recognized by their peers as having demonstrated excellence in the specialty over a career. Tonight we honor our newest 10 MSCAI at the
#SCAI2024
induction ceremony.
SCAI would like to thank its immediate Past-President (2016-17), Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield, for all of his time and service to the organization!
#SCAI2018
@krosenfieldMD
It’s that time of year where we transition to a new president! Welcome and hear from
@DrCindyGrines
as she takes the reigns as the 2020-2021 SCAI President.
#SCAI2020
We had an amazing time last week at
#SCAI2019
. We'd like to give a special thank you to Program Chair,
@SVRaoMD
for all his hard work to make this year so successful.
SCAI's WIN CHIP fellowship offers an additional year of advanced training to women who are
#InterventionalCardiology
fellows or practicing ICs. This year, we are thrilled to present this special fellowship to Njambe Mathenge, MD! ➡️
#SCAI2023
We’ve had a fantastic planning meeting with our
#SCAI2019
Program Committee and staff. With some of the best and brightest in our field all in one room, we know next year’s meeting will be one for the record books! Who’s joining us in Vegas?
Celebrating our second class of SCAI's 30 in Their 30s recipients, an annual award that recognizes the accomplishments of early-career interventional cardiologists who have the qualities required to be one of the field's future leaders.
#SCAI2024
Celebrating for the first time, our 30 in Their 30s awards recognize early-career interventionalists who epitomize the qualities expected of future leaders in IC. A very special congratulations to our first recipients of these awards! 🎉
#SCAI2023
We have seen incredible enthusiasm from leading IC fellowship programs to support the
#SCAIFellowshipMatch
. If you don’t see your program here, please help with internal discussions. We need 44 more programs to sign up by November 30! ➡️
Vascular access and closure are critical to the success of interventional cardiac procedures.
@SCAI
excited to share the first vascular access online book for interventionalist lead by
@duanepinto
and
@ARS_MD2004
-
We’d like to give a huge shoutout to everyone who participated, moderated, or joined
#SCAI2020
in any way. We know the circumstances were unique this year, but we appreciate everyone who made the event possible this year!
Dr. Roxana Mehran talks about the history of interventional cardiology and the role women and minorities will play in the future of the field.
#SCAI2018
A new SCAI Expert Consensus Statement on Management of In-Stent Restenosis and Stent Thrombosis was released today at
#SCAI2023
including practical algorithmic approaches to ISR and ST. View document ➡️
@DrDamluji
Efficacy and safety of intracoronary epinephrine versus conventional treatments alone in STEMI patients with refractory coronary no‐reflow during primary PCI: The RESTORE observational study
#DYK
female cardiologists are less likely to choose
#InterventionalCardiology
due to concerns about radiation exposure? The
#SCAIWIN
#RadiationSafety
Campaign aims to address this by offering accurate info and supporting women in the field. Learn more ➡️
Check out our July
#QI
tip on
#bifurcation
lesions. This latest tip describes five principles you can implement in you practice to reduce complication rates.
➡️ Read tip:
@FaisalLatifMD
This year’s Hildner Lecture at
#SCAI2023
has been awarded to Adam Greenbaum, MD, FSCAI! Be sure to add this session to your schedule to learn more about the latest innovations in
#StructuralHeartDisease
.
➡️
@AdamGreenbaumMD
We are excited the announce the launch of a brand new webinar series dedicated to bifurcation. Each month, SCAI will host a virtual event dedicated to bifurcation case presentations and discussing procedural approaches and techniques. Learn more ➡️
Register now for interventional cardiology’s leading conference,
#SCAI2023
:
✅ Learn about the latest scientific updates, innovations, and techniques
✅ Get your hands on new devices
✅ Participate in live cases
✅ Build your network
Register now ➡️
🎥 How can IVUS improve patient outcomes? Watch the highlights from the NEW multidisciplinary expert opinion on
#IVUS
in
#PAD
and deep venous interventions by SCAI/AVF/AVLS/SIR/SVM/SVS ➡️
Adam Greenbaum, MD, has dedicated his career to advancing medicine through clinical research. At
#SCAI2023
he’s presenting the Hildner Lecture discussing "Innovation in Structural Heart Disease – The Promise of Transcatheter Electrosurgery".
#SCAI2020
Virtual is happening May 14-16! Stay tuned for more information and we look forward to sharing a mixture of live and recorded sessions with the interventional cardiology community.
Special thanks to all who joined us for
#SCAI2022
! It was a pleasure to bring together the interventional cardiology community from around the world to share updates in the field and reconnect in person.
Radiation exposure risks in the
#CathLab
are a top concern for
#InterventionalCardiologists
. A new TV special, airing on
@PBS
, shines a light on the dangers. Learn more about the documentary with this
@TCTMD
article:
Thanks to the success of our fundraising team, we are able to offer free registration to all
#SCAISHOCK
registrants. We'll see you in October for a comprehensive review of the definition, diagnosis, & management of shock across the spectrum of care.
Don't forget to register for free for
#SCAI2020
! The virtual conference will feature 38 broadcasts with faculty present answering questions in real time. More info and the entire program can be found here:
Calling all
#InterventionalCardiology
Fellows! Applications are now being accepted for SCAI Fellows Courses, a must-attend for interventional trainees to develop the key abilities needed to become independent-practicing physicians. Apply now:
#SCAIFellows
Coming Soon—Emerging Leader Mentorship (ELM) applications will open next month on September 1. This is a competitive leadership program, and we expect a high volume of applications. Mark your calendar to get your application in early ➡️
SCAI is pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for
#JSCAI
our new journal launching in Jan 22. As an open access publication, JSCAI will distribute your work online, free w/o barriers. Learn more: We look forward to your submissions!
In order to implement an
#InterventionalCardiology
Match for 2025, SCAI must gain commitment from 75% of interventional cardiology training programs by November 30, 2022. Ask your program director to sign on to the
#SCAIFellowsMatch
➡️
Thank you to all the incredible attendees, speakers, and sponsors who made
#SCAISHOCK
2023 a resounding success! Your dedication to advancing cardiovascular care is inspiring. We can't wait to see you again at future events. Stay tuned for more exciting updates from SCAI!
Welcome to our live
#SCAICardioQuiz
case discussion. We'll be discussing 2 cases: No-Reflow Phenomenon and a 77-year-old male with NSTEMI. Follow this thread for the next hour to join in on the cases!
Congratulations to our 2023 Early Career Research Grant Winners: Nadia Sutton, MD, MPH, FSCAI and Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, FSCAI. We look forward to learning the results of their research next year! 🎉
#SCAI2023
Thank you to all who joined us in celebrating an amazing
#SCAI2022
conference at the Annual Celebration this evening with newly inducted SCAI President, Sunil V. Rao, MD, FSCAI!
@SVRaoMD
@SCAI_Prez
We are pleased to announce that our journal
@myJSCAI
has been approved for indexing in PubMed Central, a database of biomedical literature maintained by
@NLM_NIH
, part of
@NIH
. Learn more ➡️
@NCBI
SCAI is studying the various models of Cath Lab
#STEMI
Call Team composition and expectations. If you are a Cath Lab Director or take call at a US hospital that performs after-hours emergency
#PCI
, please take our survey today!
➡️
Congratulations to our 2024 Early Career Research Grant Winners, Dr. Ashwin Nathan, Dr. Umair Ahmad, and Dr. Yader Sandoval. We look forward to learning the results of their research next year!
#SCAI2024
Join leading SCAI faculty for the SCAI Fellows Course: Virtual Structural Heart Disease Catheter Based Therapies In 2020 taking place October 29 as part of the 17th Annual Cardiac Conference of King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital.
@mirvatalasnag
First look at the 2022-24 ELM Class! The group of next generation leaders in interventional cardiology will receive two years of intensive training and individualized mentoring from SCAI leaders from across the globe.
#SCAI2022
#SCAISHOCK
is a month away! Register for free to attend the premier course on cardiogenic shock Oct 7-8. Experts on shock will share case-based presentations, novel treatment algorithms, and a contemporary review of the latest clinical science.