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Looking for your next career opportunity in interventional cardiology? The SCAI Job Bank connects physicians with employers seeking top cardiovascular talent across the U.S.
Explore openings and take the next step in your career ➡️ ow.ly/xR1r50ZOSkf
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The September issue of @MyJSCAI is now available. Explore new research, meta-analyses, and case reports covering cardiogenic shock, structural heart interventions, LAAO, and more. Open access and designed for today's interventional cardiologist.
Explore the issue ➡️ jscai.org/current
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⏰ Final reminder: The public comment period for the 2026 SCAI/HRS Focused Update on Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion closes Monday.
Review the draft guidelines and data supplement and submit your feedback by September 28.
Comment now ➡️ scai.org/publications/clinic…
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📢 New evidence is reshaping the role of left atrial appendage occlusion in stroke prevention for patients with #AtrialFibrillation.
Join us on October 8 at 7 pm ET for “LAAO in 2026: Translating New Evidence Into Practice” to explore CHAMPION-AF, patient selection, referral pathways, and procedural best practices.
Register ➡️ scaipro.scai.org/URL/10-26-L…
#LAAO #Afib #InterventionalCardiology #EPeeps #CardioX #CardioEd
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Advocacy in action. SCAI recently submitted comments on the FY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, advocating for policies that support interventional cardiologists and the patients they serve.
Learn more about our work on your behalf ➡️ ow.ly/7CfK50ZOSik
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This #PADMonth, share the signs of #PAD with your patients: leg pain while walking that goes away with rest, numbness or weakness, skin changes, or slow-healing sores.
Encourage your patients to visit ow.ly/vqhF50ZQkk4 to find trusted resources.
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How do you balance ischemic and bleeding risks when managing high-risk patients in the cath lab?
Join SCAI tomorrow at 7 pm ET to examine IV P2Y12 inhibitor strategies through expert insights and real-world acute MI cases.
Register now ➡️ scaipro.scai.org/URL/26-Prec…
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📢 SCAI and Boston Scientific India EDUCARE present HealConclave: Form & Function on September 25–26. Join experts from India and the U.S. to explore cutting balloon angioplasty, DCB, IVUS-guided lesion preparation, and more.
Register ➡️ scai.org/education-and-event…
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Know an Interventional Cardiology Program Director?
SCAI's new Program Director Town Hall on September 29 at 7 pm ET will cover Match milestones, recruitment best practices, regional networking, and new resources for fellowship programs.
Please share! ➡️ ow.ly/EnWn50ZOTRG
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📢 Left main PCI requires a thoughtful, step-by-step strategy. Join SCAI on October 6 at 6 pm ET for an expert-led webinar covering LM stenting, bifurcation algorithms, and calcium modification considerations.
Register ➡️ scaipro.scai.org/URL/26BC-5-…
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That’s a wrap on #SCAISHOCK 2026! ❤️
Thank you to our faculty, attendees, partners, and multidisciplinary shock community for three days of learning, collaboration, and conversations focused on advancing #CardiogenicShock care.
Safe travels home from St. Louis!
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🌎 #CardiogenicShock care spans borders—and so do the challenges.
#SCAISHOCK closes its scientific programming with challenging shock cases from around the world, highlighting the global footprint of shock care and perspectives from across the international community.
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How can MCS help unload the right heart in PE-associated shock?
Vikas Aggarwal, MBBS, FSCAI, explores the role of mechanical circulatory support in this high-risk setting.
#SCAISHOCK @SripalBangalore @BurkhoffMd @sanjum @VikasAgarwalMD
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When PE progresses to shock, the focus shifts to acute rescue.
Behnam Tehrani, MD, FSCAI, discusses critical management of the patient in shock during the #SCAISHOCK lunch program.
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What should we do for the normotensive patient with PE who is at risk for shock?
Sanjum Sethi, MD, MPH, FSCAI, discusses proactive management strategies aimed at preventing deterioration.
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Can we identify the patient at risk for shock before the collapse?
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FSCAI, focuses on recognizing risk in acute PE before hemodynamic deterioration occurs.
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🍽️ Lunchtime learning at #SCAISHOCK turns to pulmonary embolism.
Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, FSCAI, opens a program on managing shock in patients with PE—from identifying risk before collapse to acute rescue and the role of MCS.
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Surviving #CardiogenicShock is not the end of the care journey.
Iyad Isseh, MD, explores the vulnerable post-shock phase and multidisciplinary approaches to recovery, rehabilitation, transitions of care, and long-term management.
#SCAISHOCK @EDavisNurse @MohitpahujaMD @BilliaFilio @mwkrucoff @Ajar_Kochar @SarasVallabhMD @iyadisseh
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From shock networks to shock registries: how can data move care forward?
Mitchell Krucoff, MD, MSCAI, discusses using registry data, data sharing, and benchmarking to inform quality improvement and clinical decision-making.
#SCAISHOCK @EDavisNurse @MohitpahujaMD @BilliaFilio @mwkrucoff @Ajar_Kochar @SarasVallabhMD @iyadisseh
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It takes a village to build a regional system of #CardiogenicShock care.
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, FSCAI, discusses shock networks, hub-and-spoke coordination, and strategies for collaboration across institutions.
#SCAISHOCK @EDavisNurse @MohitpahujaMD @BilliaFilio @mwkrucoff @Ajar_Kochar @SarasVallabhMD @iyadisseh
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How do we move from individual shock teams to comprehensive regional systems of #CardiogenicShock care?
This #SCAISHOCK session follows the evolution from tiered shock centers to networks, registries, and the survivorship continuum.
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🔀 Two topics, two breakout sessions at #SCAISHOCK:
🔹 Session A: The Shock Coordinator Playbook—from activation and escalation to quality improvement and program growth
🔹 Session B: Temporary MCS management in the ICU, including vascular, bleeding, kidney, infection, and cannula complications
@EDavisNurse @SrihariNaiduMD @SandeepNathanMD @ddbergMD @DrAnkitKPatel @Allison_Dupont @MohitpahujaMD @AdamMay64908870
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How far should calcium modification go in shock PCI?
Perwaiz Meraj, MD, FSCAI, explores the limits and considerations of calcium modification in patients with #CardiogenicShock.
#SCAISHOCK @HaroonFarazMD @SarasVallabhMD @SandeepNathanMD @PerwaizMeraj
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Does intracoronary imaging and physiology matter in shock PCI?
Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS, takes on the question at #SCAISHOCK as the Complex PCI breakfast program continues.
@HaroonFarazMD @SarasVallabhMD @SandeepNathanMD @PerwaizMeraj
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Large-bore access can be essential in shock PCI—but it brings its own challenges.
Sandeep Nathan, MD, FSCAI, discusses access and closure strategies for navigating large-bore safely in #CardiogenicShock.
#SCAISHOCK @HaroonFarazMD @SarasVallabhMD @SandeepNathanMD @PerwaizMeraj
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To support or not to support?
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, FSCAI, tackles MCS decision-making in #CardiogenicShock PCI at #SCAISHOCK.
@HaroonFarazMD @SarasVallabhMD @SandeepNathanMD @PerwaizMeraj
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☀️ It’s the final day of #SCAISHOCK!
Day 3 starts with Complex PCI—Nothing Is Simple in SHOCK! Haroon Faraz, MD, opens the breakfast program focused on the procedural decisions that make PCI in #CardiogenicShock uniquely challenging.
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👐 We’re closing out Day 2 of #SCAISHOCK by getting hands-on with ECMO!
Attendees are rotating through stations covering circuit priming, best practices for large-bore access, and troubleshooting complications including differential hypoxia, LV distension, and airlock.
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🍽️ Who should own ECMO? At #SCAISHOCK, our experts made the case for everyone but themselves.
In a unique debate, each speaker stepped outside their own specialty to argue why another—cardiac surgery, heart failure, critical care, or interventional cardiology—should take the lead.
The discussion ultimately came back to one message: ECMO is for the shock team. The shock team is for the patient.
@Allison_Dupont @nbrozzimd @afzal_aasim @MaxHockstein
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Recognize → Activate → Stabilize → Bridge.
Behnam Tehrani, MD, FSCAI, closes out First Touch, First Call with the conclusion of the case we’ve followed throughout the session.
#SCAISHOCK @rachkataria @SarasVallabhMD @Ajar_Kochar
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How do you safely bridge a patient to advanced #CardiogenicShock care?
Ajar Kochar, MD, FSCAI, takes on the final step in the pathway, focusing on bridging patients from initial care to the next level of support.
#SCAISHOCK @rachkataria @SarasVallabhMD @Ajar_Kochar @rachkataria
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What if a patient with #CardiogenicShock can’t be transferred for several hours?
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc, FSCAI, discusses strategies to stabilize the patient while awaiting advanced shock care.
#SCAISHOCK @rachkataria @SarasVallabhMD @Ajar_Kochar @rachkataria
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📞 Recognize—then activate.
Highlights fro m"Who Do I Call, Who Should Be Transferred and What Information Should I Communication?"presented by from Behnam Tehrani, MD, FSCAI.
#SCAISHOCK @rachkataria @SarasVallabhMD @Ajar_Kochar @rachkataria
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The first step is recognition: Is this #CardiogenicShock?
Rachna Kataria, MD, leads the discussion at #SCAISHOCK on identifying the patient in shock before the case moves through activation, stabilization, and bridging to advanced care.
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Behnam Tehrani, MD, FSCAI, introduces the case we’ll follow throughout the session. This is where the patient journey begins.
Follow along as #SCAISHOCK traces the case from the first recognition of #CardiogenicShock through activation, stabilization, and safe transfer to advanced care.
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For many patients with #CardiogenicShock, the journey starts far from an advanced shock center.
This #SCAISHOCK session follows the first touch and first call through four critical steps: Recognize → Activate → Stabilize → Bridge.
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🔭 What’s next for #CardiogenicShock care?
Ajar Kochar, MD, FSCAI, looks ahead at what’s coming in the field and the evolving approaches shaping the future of shock care.
#SCAISHOCK @DrSethdb @BurkhoffMd @Ajar_Kochar @akkanti
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#CardiogenicShock care is multidisciplinary by nature.
Bindu Akkanti, MD, discusses the Heart Team approach and the role of collaborative decision-making in caring for these complex patients.
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When—and toward what goal—should hemodynamic support be initiated?
Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD, explores the goals and timing of support in #CardiogenicShock at #SCAISHOCK.
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How do we translate evidence into the right approach for the right #CardiogenicShock patient?
This #SCAISHOCK session explores the goals and timing of hemodynamic support, the Heart Team approach, and what’s next for the field.
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🔀 It’s breakout time at #SCAISHOCK!
Attendees can choose between two conversations:
🔹 Contemporary care models for MCS—from large-bore access to escalation and weaning
🔹 The role of shock teams vs. standardized protocols in improving #CardiogenicShock care
@Allison_Dupont @MohitpahujaMD @ddbergMD @EDavisNurse @adityadoc1 @rachkataria @BilliaFilio @rachkataria @adityadoc1
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Where does the evidence for cangrelor in #CardiogenicShock stand in 2026?
Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS, reviews observational data and the current evidence landscape at #SCAISHOCK.
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Questions remain about cangrelor use in #CardiogenicShock.
Perwaiz M. Meraj, MD, FSCAI, takes on the unanswered questions at #SCAISHOCK, exploring where uncertainties remain and what clinicians need to consider.
@HusamSalah @Ajar_Kochar @Babar_Basir @PerwaizMeraj
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From evidence to the treatment algorithm.
Babar Basir, DO, FSCAI, discusses how cangrelor can be incorporated into AMI and #CardiogenicShock treatment algorithms at #SCAISHOCK.
@HusamSalah @Ajar_Kochar @Babar_Basir @PerwaizMeraj
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What can the DAPT-SHOCK-AMI trial tell us about cangrelor in AMI complicated by #CardiogenicShock?
Ajar Kochar, MD, FSCAI, reviews the trial and its implications for defining the role of cangrelor in this high-risk population.
#SCAISHOCK @HusamSalah @Ajar_Kochar @Babar_Basir @PerwaizMeraj
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Severe aortic stenosis + #CardiogenicShock: when is urgent #TAVR the right move?
Sandeep Nathan, MD, FSCAI, works through candidacy, procedural decision-making, and post-procedural considerations in this challenging #SCAISHOCK case.
@nbrozzimd @vicentejmzmd @AdamMay64908870 @SrihariNaiduMD @SandeepNathanMD @ddbergMD
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When post-cardiotomy shock requires escalation, how do you choose and time temporary MCS?
Lucian Durham, MD, PhD, leads a challenging #SCAISHOCK case focused on recognizing deterioration, selecting support, and assessing response.
#CardiogenicShock @nbrozzimd @vicentejmzmd @AdamMay64908870 @SrihariNaiduMD @SandeepNathanMD @ddbergMD
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When #CardiogenicShock gets complicated, what’s the next move?
This #SCAISHOCK session works through challenging cases spanning post-cardiotomy shock, valvular shock requiring urgent #TAVR, and mixed cardiogenic-vasodilatory shock.
@nbrozzimd @vicentejmzmd @AdamMay64908870 @SrihariNaiduMD @SandeepNathanMD @ddbergMD
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Should #CardiogenicShock outcomes be regulated? Now, the counterpoint.
David Baran, MD, FSCAI, examines what could go wrong, including potential unintended consequences for clinical decision-making, innovation, and access to care.
#SCAISHOCK @EDavisNurse @davebaran @nbrozzimd @debdiercks
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Should #CardiogenicShock outcomes be regulated?
The debate begins at #SCAISHOCK. Erin Davis makes the case for standardized outcome reporting and regulatory oversight—and the potential role they could play in accountability and quality improvement.
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