Chris Malkin
@chris_malkin4
Interventional cardiologist, husband, dad.
Always wanted to do a big climb in the mountains - this was epic 3 times up the giant of Provence and I was at the end of my powers, what an amazing day thanks to my friends -j m a for keeping me going long after when I wanted to give up

How easy is it to remove large Octacor 32mm #tavi from python sheath? We could not cross the arch but we could not remove it- with cells of valve pushing out of the expandable fold of the python. Surgical assistance and able to complete procedure- any experience or data??


Structural folk are coming this morning to BCIS AHPs in leeds
We hope our @bcis_ahp members are enjoying the BCIS AHP Annual Conference so far. Today is packed with: -Case in a box -Angio Reviews -Hands-On Demos -Interesting talks See below some photos from the hands-on demos 👇 #BCISAHP
Excellent meeting and completely full on Monday. Some great talks and cases well done all
Great couple of days at Transpennine PCI meeting, we enjoyed hosting our colleagues from across the region, with lives cases from @LabsLtht @cardiorespLTHT and fantastic talks from world leading experts. Thanks @MillbrookMed for logistics and huge thanks to all industry partners
#tavr #tavi fracture of an evolut with early failure successfully treated Lovely ct images and planning
Published today @JACCJournals a rare finding of Evolut TAVR frame fracture after post-dilatation, within a prior surgical bioprosthesis. This resulted in early SVD with torrential AR. Successfully treated with TAV in TAV in SAV. Looking forward to present it at #NYValves2025…
Master operators. Go Leeds…
🌍 LIVE from around the world and only at #NYValves2025! Watch 20+ structural heart procedures performed by master operators from leading institutions across the globe. 🫀 This is where innovation comes alive — in real time. 🔗Explore the lineup: nyvalvesconference.com/program-guide?……
Good data- more evidence on the value of invasive data at the time of TAVI
In this large, propensity-matched cohort of TAVI patients, only invasively measured postprocedural aortic gradients—not echocardiography-derived gradients—were independently associated with 30-day, 1- and 2-year mortality. These results suggest that invasive assessment may…
Gran given second chance after 'world's first' operation express.co.uk/news/uk/204383… TAVI in incomplete tricuspid ring case, myval to 34mm with extra skirt. Nice follow up, happy ending
1yr structural fellowship in leeds. Advert NHS jobs closing in a week. Get stuck in to biggest programme in uk with some of the nicest folk you will meet- many not pictured, Baking optional . #tavi #teer

Interventional imaging fellow. 1 year funded from August 2025. Ct MRI tte toe. #echofirst come & help us do #Tavi #teer #Pvl Tmvi ttvi with my gang in leeds. See NHS jobs for details or DM Need GMC / good English teamwork skills and tolerance of my bad language
Organised chaos in leeds structural lab; 10x5 avp3 in a NC sinus PVL- then doppio basilica of left and right leaflets followed by viv #tavr. With Tpw and sentinel. But home next day
LCC basilica & RCC unicorn #tavi for high risk bilateral coronary occlusion in native severe AS. Amazing live case for India valves..chapeau to @phillipfreeman & Aalborg team great result. It was fun to help
Revalve. #tavi is open. First recruited and done in Leeds. Congrats on perfect result @DanBlackman7 for driving the trial as CI. Look forward to data & answers to the new problem of Tavi in Tavi. Or as in this case Tavi in #Tavi in #SAVR !

Treating more patients with life threatening disease both in cath lab & theatre. We ‘blew the whistle’ on our waiting list and (to a certain degree) solved it while maintaining quality and training . Not sure how that can be a bad thing 🤔
This is not something to be proud of
Set up by cardiac anaesthetist. Outcome for nurse same anaesthetic (albeit selected). TAVI fellow 400 cases last year, PCI fellow 1000. Key is treating more patients, AS has a mortality 2-4% per month on a waiting list. So more SAVR, more TAVI, more training=triple win
Can you indulge me? Lowly paediatrician here. What made your team think this was necessary? Is a TAVI a particularly straightforward procedure to sedate for? Are the complications low? Did an anaesthetist suggest they weren’t required?
Tremendous achievement this innovation has probably done more to facilitate patient access and treatment delivery. Well done all - looks like I missed a cake…😒
In September 2022 we tweeted our 1000th nurse-led sedation TAVI case. Today, we did our 2000th. We are hugely proud of our nurse-led programme which continues to go from strength to strength. Congrats to the whole team.
6 easy cases in a day or 2 really difficult ones. Here is how to plan and schedule them
The TAVI complexity score: a novel scoring system which seperates patients into 3 levels of complexity that correlate with procedural duration and complications. Useful for scheduling patients onto appropriate lists @LabsLtht @cardiorespLTHT #TAVI #TAVR openheart.bmj.com/content/12/1/e…
The TAVI complexity score: a novel scoring system which seperates patients into 3 levels of complexity that correlate with procedural duration and complications. Useful for scheduling patients onto appropriate lists @LabsLtht @cardiorespLTHT #TAVI #TAVR openheart.bmj.com/content/12/1/e…
Organised chaos in leeds structural lab; 10x5 avp3 in a NC sinus PVL- then doppio basilica of left and right leaflets followed by viv #tavr. With Tpw and sentinel. But home next day

That looked pretty cool. Great stuff
Highlight of #TCT24 Electrosurgical Mitral Commissurotomy (CLEFT)— live from Emory @AdamGreenbaumMD @BabaliarosArgos @crfheart
More work to do
Among patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis, early TAVR was superior to clinical surveillance in reducing the incidence of death, stroke, or unplanned hospitalization for cardiovascular causes. Full EARLY TAVR trial results: nej.md/4hjJZRc #TCT2024