Maier's Question

10/10/22 • 14 min

We hit a string of bad luck but wanted to use this gap in episodes as on opportunity to get questions from our audience before we record their episode.
We also touch on Dr. Kirkpatrick's work trip to Vietnam as an appetizer for his future episode.
Yoni Buber
Laurie Soine
Robb MacLellan
Maz Khorsandi
Eric Krieger
Chris Burke
Chris Longenecker
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Thank you and look forward to more Coffee and Cardiology soon!

Previous Episode

Kearney's Coronaries

In this episode we sit down with Kate Kearney, MD an interventional cardiologist with a specialization in high risk coronary artery treatments. This specialization is a fellowship training pathway at UW Medicine Heart Institute called a CHIP fellowship, in which Dr. Kearney thrived in 2018 and now teaches. She is also focused on SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) as well as the diagnosis and treatment of women's coronary artery disease.
1:34 - Background
3:15 - Choosing Intervention
4:40 - Unique Make-up of Fellowship
6:00 - Specialization within Interventional Cardiology
9:10 - The draw to Chronic Total Occlusions
10:45 - Impact of Work
13:00 - Benefits of academic team culture - shout out Cath Lab team
14:00 - Better every year
16:10 - CHIP * Complex High-Risk Indicated PCI.
17:35 - Collaboration between surgeons and interventionalists
19:25 - Hybrid Coronary Interventions
24:35 - Devices in Circulatory Support + Stenting
30:10 - Coronary and other device evolution
32:40 - STAR (Subintimal tracking and reentry)
37:10 - The MONGO Story - To be discussed in a future episode
37:30 - A growth mindset
40:15 - SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection)
45:32 - Women + Chest Pain
52:28 - Teaching the Mindset
54:50 - Past-Fellow Shout Out
58:50 - Work-Life Balance (Boundaries)
Contact Dr. Kearney - [email protected]
Fellowship Program
22:50 - Dr. Kirkpatrick Grand Rounds - Cardioethics of Heart Procurement after Cardiac Death

Next Episode

Khorsandi's Operations

In this episode we have Maziar "Maz" Khorsandi, MD a cardiothoracic surgeon at the UW Medicine Heart Institute. Dr. Khorsandi is originally from Iran and now an MCS/Transplant surgical specialist. In addition, he helps run our weekly multidisciplinary coronary conference.
0:00 - Iran to the UK
3:40 - Why Cardiac Surgery
6:30 - Transplants in UK vs. USA
9:20 - Evolution in Mechanical Circulatory Support
12:27 - "Don't suffer in Silence"
14:06 - LVAD Operation (Left Ventricle Assist Device)
19:45 - LVAD Patient Care
21:40 - End of Suction Events
29:15 - DCD - Donation after Circulatory Death
33:45 - OCS - Organ Care System
40:00 - Haggis
42:00 - Weekly Multidisciplinary Coronary Conference
44:20 - FAME3 from Cardiac Surgeon
52:10 - Low ejection fraction coronary revascularization
LVAD Operation Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ze7e-u-6rw
DCD Press Release:
https://newsroom.uw.edu/news/patient-receives-regions-1st-dcd-heart-transplant
Haggis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggis
Grand Rounds:
Low ejection fraction coronary revascularization: A surgical perspective
https://youtu.be/tz2l8Fe1e1s
Dr. Maziar Khorsandi Profile - https://www.uwmedicine.org/bios/maziar-khorsandi
Email: [email protected]