Chris Kotanidis

@cpkotanidis.bsky.social

Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology at Oxford | Former Editorial Fellow at New England Journal of Medicine | PostDoc at Harvard Med | DPhil University of Oxford | MD Aristoteleio

I want to thank my co-authors Hélène Eltchaninoff, Elaine Tseng & Vinod Thourani, who argue pros and cons for this interesting vignette in our latest #NEJM Clinical Decisions. Read the full discussion below and cast your vote. @nejm.org @ai.nejm.org

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For a woman with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis, would you support treatment with transcatheter aortic-valve replacement or surgical aortic-valve replacement? Read the case vignette, options, and vote: nej.md/4pnJeJP #MedSky #MedEd

What is it like to be an NEJM editorial fellow for a year? This year’s fellows discuss what they have learned, how their experience will help their career, and what surprised them. Apply for the 2026–27 NEJM editorial fellowship by August 1. Learn more: nej.md/3cCQajB #MedSky #MedEd

A 73-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain. She had undergone multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention 2.5 years earlier. Angiography revealed a large thrombus in an LAD artery stent (shown in videos). Read the full case details: nej.md/4jC2aSa #MedSky #CardioSky

Aspiration Thrombectomy for Coronary Stent Thrombosis 

Panel A: Coronary angiography revealing a large thrombus in the LAD artery stent. 
Panel B: The thrombus that was removed with the use of an aspiration catheter. 
Panel C: The stent that was dilated with a balloon at high pressure, which resulted in improved flow.

Presented at #ACC25: In the PROTECT-TAVI trial, the routine use of cerebral embolic protection during TAVI did not reduce the incidence of stroke within 72 hours or before discharge from the hospital (if discharge occurred sooner). Full trial results: nej.md/41RONXi @accintouch.bsky.social

Routine Cerebral Embolic Protection during Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation | NEJM

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence t...

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In a new editorial, NEJM Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, comments on the effects of the raft of executive orders from the current administration on scientific research and public health. Read the full editorial: nej.md/4gXeRFW #MedSky

EDITORIAL 
“What can we do to counter the current chaos? At the least, we can try to maintain order. In our roles as editors, this means continuing to do what we think makes a difference: publishing the highest-quality research, analysis, opinion, and educational content that can improve patient health.” 

“Order out of Chaos” by NEJM Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.