Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #tct2018
Most recents (1)
1/In a session at #TCT2018 I saw a case of LAD atherectomy in a patient with open RCA/LCX, normal EF, and no valvular disease. Hemodynamic support was used. The stated rationale was that the patient was a complex patient with comorbidities. #CHIP
This really bothered me.
This really bothered me.
2/To me (& others in the room who spoke up), this use of support spoke to the fact that there has been some misunderstanding of the #CHIP concept in interventional cardiology as originally illustrated in this slide below, which we published in our 2016 @CircAHA manuscript 
3/The CHIP concept (link below) is about recognizing what patients we can potentially help through the appropriate use of PCI, and learning/using the techniques and tools to perform these procedures efficaciously and safely.
ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…
ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…
