Pedro Villablanca MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI

Just published: The WOLVERINE Technique: Wire Landmark-Guided Orientation Controlled Leaflet-Resection to Prevent Left-Ventricular Outflow-Tract Obstruction Using Endoscopic-Scissors in TMVR Procedures sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Master Pedro @PedroMDMSc @GKFram @BillONeillMD

Just published: Retrograde Balloon-Induced Anterior Mitral Leaflet Laceration: The ROBIN Technique sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @PedroMDMSc @AhmadJabri8 @GKFram @g_giustinoMD @engelpedro @TiberioFrisoli

Just published: Barlow’s Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Mitral Annular Calcification: Intracardiac Echocardiography-Guided | JACC: Case Reports jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… @PedroMDMSc @GKFram @engelpedro @TiberioFrisoli BrianO’Neill @HenryFordHealth

Finishing last week of my SHD Fellowship at the @HenryFordHealth case of ViMAC and SUPERMAN leaflet modification, with masters @PedroMDMSc and BrianO’NEILL , using 12mm L6 shockwave at calcified leaflet, no LVOT obstruction post valve deployment !!! Appreciate @PedroMDMSc

Just published in JACC:Case Report Limited-Access Zero-Contrast BASILICA Transcatheter Aortic Valve Repla... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Last week together with two exceptional SHD fellows at @HenryFordHealth one born and race here Hussayn Alrayes and @LaiLeoDr super star adopted from Hong Kong!!! Kentucky and Hong Kong will have two rock stars that can treat all corners of advance complex SHD and MCS!!💔

PBMV with 28mm Trudil, then 30mm ZMed, conscious sedation, ice guided, heat gun the long dryseal, no bleeding from sheath compared to the Mullin Master Pedro @PedroMDMSc

LAVA #ECMO, incorporating LA drainage into #ECLS circuit to reduce LV preload, mitigate pulmonary congestion + maintain systemic perfusion: 🫀 role in complex hemodynamic profiles ie related to valvular heart disease or VSD 🫀 biv failure 🫀 LV Thrombus ⚖️ comparison vs VA ECMO,…

Closing the week! Elderly non-surgical candidate presenting with posterior AMI, cardiogenic shock, and severe mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture. PCI + TEER in one go! @amrabbasmd @rohitvyas90 @IvanHansonMD @BrianRenard1 @PedroMDMSc @g_giustinoMD

🔎 Case Spotlight: A 57-year-old with severe TR, prior AVR, and AF underwent successful TTVR with the EVOQUE system, followed by transcatheter PVL closure 1 year later. 🔗 ow.ly/wBgj50VNOcw @g_giustinoMD @engelpedro @BillONeillMD @fangjonathanx @AhmadJabri8 @PedroMDMSc

7/7 🔭 What’s next? Prospective randomized trials needed 🧑‍🔬 to refine patient selection and procedural techniques. LAVA-ECMO is a game changer 🌟, offering critical support for complex valvular cardiogenic shock patients awaiting definitive therapy! jcvaonline.com/article/S1053-……

Just published, utilization of Amulet device for prior failed left atrial appendage occlusion in @JACCJournals Full article: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l3Ie6uPJvyJ… @TiberioFrisoli @jameschilee @LaiLeoDr @PedroMDMSc @engelpedro

Proud to be involved in a live case @scai2025 @HenryFordHealth Successful Transcaval ViV Evolut Fx + 26mm, single attempt deployment, closure with type 1 Learnt from masters @PedroMDMSc @TiberioFrisoli @jameschilee Brian O’Neill @engelpedro @HFHCardioFellow

A wonderful scientific meeting and a great Fellows Summit faculty at #SCAI2025 Lots of educational lectures and pictures filled with sweet memories.

At #SCAI2025, structural live case starting now from Henry Ford Hospital. Transcaval TAVR-in-TAVR. @SCAI @HFHCardioFellow @PedroMDMSc @TiberioFrisoli

When Transcaval Gods give u b2b access with 1st attempt cross and you get a less than type 1 closure at the end for both! @AdamGreenbaumMD @CathElectroSurg @GuiAttizzaniMD @GilbertTangMD @GaneshMuthappan @SEH_MD @DrAmirKaki @RajTayalMD @PedroMDMSc @Medtronic @Almanfi_Cardio

Valvular Cardiogenic Shock (VCS) is associated with high mortality, is excluded from RCTs and specific valvular lesions contraindicate or attenuate the effects of conventional MCS. Published in @MyJSCAI @SCAI largest experience to date of LAVA-ECMO in VCS.. take a look!

🔥LAVA-ECMO = next-level support. Transcatheter mitral and aortic valve-in-valve done in one go for a crashing CS patient. Unreal case: jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… @fangjonathanx @g_giustinoMD @DeeDeeWangMD #ShockCare #JACCCaseReports #ECMO #CardiogenicShock

First-in-human percutaneous transseptal Retrieveal of Embolized TRanscatheter valve In the lEft VEntricle (RETRIEVE) Now in press in JACC CVI Thank you to the patient/family and the Morristown team for the trust and support in me for this great save. @PhilGenereuxMD

Our recent JACC -intervention article. Thanks to my friend @fangjonathanx Fish and CHIP: Concurrent Percutaneous Left Ventricular Thrombus Retri... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…