CardiovascularLIVE.com to Host Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York's Live Coronary Intervention Series.

America's top hospital posts educational teaching series on cardiovascular treatment site

MALVERN, Pa. -- CardiovascularLIVE.com, dedicated to advancing education in the field of cardiology, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York to host its live coronary intervention series. CardiovascularLIVE.com offers video presentations, interventional procedure videos and discussion forums for clinicians in the field of interventional cardiology.

"New Advancements and Treatment Options occur at a rapid pace in the cardiovascular marketplace," says Jeff Martin, Vice President of the Cardiovascular Division for HMP Communications. "CardiovascularLIVE.com was established solely to provide immediate access to these advancements through instructional videos. The addition of the Mount Sinai coronary intervention series will offer our viewers outstanding instruction conducted by the top doctors in their field."

Mount Sinai's live coronary intervention series launched in July and was viewed in more than 90 cardiac catheterization labs in eight countries. It featured an 85-year-old male with multivessel disease who was treated with rotational atherectomy, followed by the placement of a drug-eluting stent in the left ventricle.

"CardiovascularLIVE.com is a destination for interventional cardiologists, interventional cardiology fellows, cardiovascular technologists, cath lab nurses and industry professionals," says Samin Sharma, MD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories. "This educational partnership provides an exceptional distribution channel, advancing our goal of showcasing new interventional cardiology techniques and treatments that can provide significant options for care."

August's program showcased a 50-year-old male with trifurcating lesions in the left anterior descending coronary artery, a condition that restricts blood flow through the heart. Patients are typically treated surgically and require a long and painful recovery period. Sharma's team used a cutting balloon on all three lesions and then placed two sirolimus-eluting stents using a "simultaneous kissing stent" technique. This interventional technique does not require general anesthesia, and eliminates the long and difficult recovery period of surgery. Patients are typically able to leave the hospital the next day.

Mount Sinai's live coronary intervention series streams live video on the third Tuesday of every month, from 8am to 9am (EST). The live seminars highlight in-depth procedural techniques for managing complex coronary cases, and are streamed online in real-time, with viewers participating in an online didactic discussion. The live video will be archived and available at CardiovascularLIVE.com. Additional topics include multivessel disease with severe left ventricular dysfunction, unprotected left main lesions, bifurcation lesions, chronic total occlusions, and calcified lesions. The next live installment will air Tuesday, September 15th at 8am (EST).

CardiovascularLIVE.com is dedicated to showcasing advancements and therapeutic approaches for the management of cardiovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) via interactive case presentations, interviews with thought leaders, webcasts, podcasts, and community forums. It is a vital resource for referring clinician groups as they seek knowledge of options in the management of PVD, such as carotid artery stenting and below-the-knee endovascular therapy.

CardiovascularLIVE's video archive includes:

* AngioJet Thrombectomy: The Removal of Thrombus in a STEMI Patient;

* Peripheral Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) for the Diagnosis of Peripheral Vascular Disease;

* Progressive Symptomatic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy;

* The Future of Cardiovascular Imaging;

* The Evolution of Cardiac CTA.

CardiovascularLIVE.com is part of HMP Communications' cardiovascular portfolio. HMP Communications also publishes information about important trends, techniques and treatments through its journals: Vascular Disease Management (VDM), Cath Lab Digest (CLD), EP Lab Digest (EPLD) and The Journal of Invasive Cardiology (JIC) -- and websites: vascularmanagement.com, cathlabdigest.com, eplabdigest.com and invasivecardiology.com.

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Mount Sinai Medical Center is among the nation's top hospitals, named to America's Best Hospitals list in U.S. News & World Report for the past three years. It was one of the first hospitals in the region to offer carotid stenting for stroke prevention. In addition to research and technology, Mount Sinai offers patients access to a multi-disciplined team of physicians devoted to treating a variety of conditions, including epilepsy, Parkinson's, brain tumors, stroke, hearing problems and memory loss. The Wien Center, a key resource in Mount Sinai's spectrum of geriatric care, is regarded as one of the foremost treatment and research facilities of its kind.