Case 6 - PCI with mechanical support for low-EF and intracoronary imaging

Bryan R. Kindya, MD, is an Interventional Cardiologist at Emory Healthcare and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. He studied biomedical engineering at Duke University and received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. He went on to complete his internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship, interventional cardiology fellowship, and complex and high-risk interventional procedure (CHIP) fellowship at Emory as well before staying on as faculty. Bryan’s clinical focuses include complex coronary artery disease including chronic total occlusions, left main intervention, calcium modification, bifurcation disease, and mechanical circulatory support. He also has an interest in pulmonary embolism management and is a member of the Emory University Pulmonary Embolism Response Team, engaging in endovascular interventions for high-risk pulmonary disease. He is also involved in several cath lab quality projects, working to improve both cath lab efficiency as well as patient outcomes.

Jai Khatri is a cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Dr. James (Jamie) McCabe graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College and received his medical degree from Yale University. He completed 10 years of post-medical school training including internal medicine training and general cardiology fellowship at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and interventional cardiology fellowship as well as an advanced interventional fellowship in structural and peripheral treatments at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Interventional Cardiology. Dr. McCabe is currently the Section Chief of Interventional Cardiology and Medical Director of the Cardiac Cath Labs at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He is a nationally recognized clinician educator and investigator in transcatheter therapies for valvular heart disease and coronary artery intervention.

Dr. Kevin J. Croce is an interventional cardiologist and the director of the Chronic Total Occlusion Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). He is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS) who also directs the BWH Translational Discovery Laboratory which is a centralized research facility that uses state-of-the-art technology to perform preclinical testing of promising therapies and medical devices. Dr. Croce received his medical and Ph.D. degrees from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency, a cardiology fellowship and an interventional cardiology fellowship at BWH. Dr. Croce is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology. His clinical interests include advanced treatments for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), and optimization of antithrombotic and antiplatelet pharmacotherapy. The author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Croce’s research focuses on understanding the molecular pathobiology of atherothrombotic (CAD) and on identifying new targets for CAD treatment. His research has received support from the National Institutes of Health.

Leah Raj, MD, earned her medical degree at the Emory University School of Medicine. She then completed her internal medicine residency at Emory University Hospital, followed by a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the University of Southern California. Dr. Raj returned to Emory University Hospital to complete an interventional cardiology and complex high-risk interventional procedures (CHIP) fellowship. Dr. Raj’s interests include coronary artery disease, complex PCI, chronic total occlusions, mechanical circulatory support and pulmonary embolism management. Dr. Raj is also passionate about medical education and promoting women in intervention. Currently, she is a complex coronary and CTO operator at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

Nicholas J. Lembo, MD, is an interventional cardiologist affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC. Dr. Lembo completed his internship and residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, a cardiology fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas and an interventional cardiology fellowship at the Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Pratik Sandesara is an interventional cardiologist at Emory University Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. His clinical focus is on complex and high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention including chronic total occlusion revascularization.

Tanveer Rab is an interventional cardiologist at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.