Malcolm R. Bell, MD

Watch/listen (video included in article below) as Dr. Kern and Dr. Arnold H. Seto discuss this article in a 30-minute Clinical Editor's Corner Live presentation that took place on Thurs, January 28th at 1:30pm ET.

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12/28/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Bare Metal Stents – RIP?

10/02/2022

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

William M. Suh , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Jonathan M. Tobis , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Dean J. Kereiakes , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

For at least a decade, we have been in a drug-eluting stent (DES) era. Almost all studies point to superiority of DES over bare metal stents with regard to restenosis, but past controversies included the incidence of thrombosis and short...

For at least a decade, we have...

10/02/2022

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Original Contribution

Acute Coronary Occlusion and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

01/12/2024

Abhiram Prasad , MD, FRCP;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Jacob C. Jentzer , MD;

Gregory W. Barsness , MD;

Ronstan Lobo , MB, BCh, BAO;

Dhruv Sarma , BM, BCh;

Meir Tabi , MD;

The authors aimed to identify clinical features associated with acute coronary occlusion and evaluate the associations between acute coronary occlusion, successful percutaneous coronary intervention, and outcomes in this population.

The authors aimed to identify...

01/12/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Outcomes of Radial Versus Femoral Access in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Prior to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

05/01/2022

Charanjit S. Rihal , MD, MBA, FSCAI;

Abdallah El Sabbagh , MD;

Mohammed A. Al-Hijji , MD;

Mackram F. Eleid , MD;

Mohammed Al-Khouli , MD;

Salman Farhat , MBBS;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Keniel Pierre , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Nahyr S. Lugo-Fagundo , MD;

Rajiv Gulati , MD, PhD;

Michael S. Gharacholou , MD;

Mayra Guerrero , MD;

Peter M. Pollak , MD;

David R. Holmes Jr., MD;

Mandeep Singh Randhawa , MD;

This study included consecutive patients who underwent PCI within 30 days before TAVR at Mayo Clinic. Vascular access was left to the discretion of the operator. Baseline demographics, procedural data, PCI outcomes, and subsequent...

This study included consecutive...

05/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Immediate Ambulation Following Diagnostic Coronary Angiography Procedures Utilizing a Vascular Closure Device (The Closer‚Ñ¢)<br />

08/01/2008

Ryan J. Lennon , MS;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

David R. Holmes Jr., MD;

Christopher H. Crocker , MPAS;

Kevin T. Cragun , MD;

Farris K. Timimi , MD;

Robert J. Houlihan , MD;

Henry H. Ting , MD, MBA;

Achieving arterial hemostasis is a major factor limiting ambulation and hospital discharge among patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterizations. Historically, manual or mechanical compression for 15–30 minutes coupled with an...

Achieving arterial hemostasis is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Conversations in Cardiology: Should You Still Prepare the Femoral Site for Radial Cases?

04/30/2015

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Robert J. Applegate , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

John Hodgson , MD, FSCAI, FACC;

Michael Krucoff ;

Ramon Quesda ;

Fred Resnick ;

Gus Pichard, Washington Heart Center, asks, “Mort, who among the radialists has stopped shaving the groin?

Gus Pichard, Washington Heart...

04/30/2015

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Same-Day Discharge for Elective PCI — Ready for Prime Time

11/27/2018

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Pinak Bipin Shah ;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

James E. Tcheng , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Adhir R. Shroff , MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Molly Szerlip , MD, FACP;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

I asked for words of wisdom from our cath lab expert group regarding their experience with same-day discharge at their center. What are the obstacles to SDD? Who are the champions and why are we not doing it more?

I asked for words of wisdom from...

11/27/2018

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: What Should You Do If Your Guide Wire Breaks? Dealing With Equipment Malfunction

01/13/2015

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Aaron V. Kaplan ;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

A challenging access case required a coronary 0.014-inch wire to deliver a micropuncture sheath into the internal jugular vein (the standard micropuncture wire couldn’t be manipulated into the superior vena cava [SVC]). At some point during...

A challenging access case...

01/13/2015

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: The End of End-hole Left Ventriculography – A Consensus of Operators

11/14/2013

Joseph D. Babb , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Allen Jeremias , MD, MSc;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Frederick G.P. Welt , MD;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Mladen I. Vidovich , MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Christopher J. White , DO, MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Bernard DeBruyne ;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Malcolm R. Bell , MD;

Left ventriculography, once an integral part of every cardiac angiographic procedure, has been reconsidered as often unnecessary in light of high quality echocardiography for left ventricular (LV) functional assessment.

Left ventriculography, once an...

11/14/2013

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