Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions

Black patients are less likely than white patients to get interventional cardiology procedures even when similarly indicated, and action is required to end the practice, according to a speaker.

The SCAI shock classification system may provide mortality risk stratification of patients at risk for or who experienced cardiogenic shock, a speaker reported.

A protocol involving early use of invasive hemodynamics and mechanical circulatory support conferred a survival benefit in patients with acute MI and cardiogenic shock, a speaker reported.