Kwan S. Lee, MD, again authored a daily “Off Script” blog and participated in panel discussions at TCT2018 in San Diego, a global conference on transcatheter cardiovascular therapeutics.
At TCT2018, Dr. Lee participated in panel discussions on the topics of “Cath Lab of the Future: Telemedicine and Robotics” and “Procedural Considerations in the OBL (Office-Based Lab).” He also joined co-authors—J.R. Exequiel T. Pineda, MD, PhD; Sharanyah Srinivasan, MBBS; Alane Blythe Dy, MScPH; Stefan Koester; Rishi Bhargava, MD, and Karl Kern, MD—in presentation of a poster, “Effect of Allura Xpef FD10 ECO X-ray Image Processing on Radiation Reduction during Cardiac Cath” (click image at left to enlarge).
Dr. Lee is an associate professor of medicine, associate director, UA Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program and associate chief of the UA Division of Cardiology, a member of the UA Sarver Heart Center and director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiology Clinic at Banner – University Medical Center South. He also is president-elect of the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
Dr. Lee began writing the “Off Script” daily blogposts on interventional cardiology issues at TCT2017 in Denver. He continued that this year. See the following:
- Sept. 21, 2018: “Off Script: Welcome to the 30th TCT 2018 in Sunny San Diego” | For the first time, TCT attendees are being treated to sunny San Diego, home of Comic Con, Balboa Park, and the La Jolla coves…
- Sept. 22, 2018: “Off Script: Sharing, Caring, and Daring to Dream” | A flash debate and clinical equipoise spark some contemplation of the challenges of shared decision making…
- Sept. 23, 2018: “Off Script: A Monumental, First-World Victory vs an Enduring First-World Failure” | It’s a historic day for interventional cardiology, but the fruits of innovation remain out of reach for much of the world. Not in every domain, however…
- Sept. 24, 2018: “Off Script: Opacity, Transparency, and Magic Buttons in the Cath Lab” | We are so focused on ‘seeing’ in procedures, we sometimes fail to fully understand the implications of delivering ionizing radiation on this scale…
- Oct. 11, 2018: “Off Script: Phantom Hearts and the Elusive Nature of Angina” | On the final day of TCT 2018, two late-breaking trials shed a light on difficult angina subsets…
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), hosted by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, is the world’s largest educational meeting specializing 
in interventional cardiovascular medicine. For 30 years, TCT has been at the center of cutting-edge educational content, showcasing the latest advances in current therapies and clinical research. 
In other news, Dr. Lee was an invited speaker on "Contemporary Management of Cardiac Arrest in the Cath Lab" on behalf of an SCAI (Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions) delegation to a Vietnam National Heart Association national meeting and Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology in Beijing China, both in mid-October 2018.
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