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Kyle Cooper
@KyleCooperMD
Associate Director of IR and IR/DR Residency Program Director, Loma Linda University (#irad), cat 1 cyclist, husband and father of two. My tweets are my own.
Loma Linda, CA
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Jun 14, 2020
    Every time I am fixing a pseudoaneurysm or AVF caused by someone gaining femoral access without ultrasound, a little piece inside of me dies. It’s like me riding no handed on my bike through a crowd: sure, I probably could pull it off, but it’s 2020, bikes come w/ handlebars now.
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    May 24, 2022
    Excited to announce that I have been selected as the new IR/DR Residency Program Director @LLUMedSchool. @IRDocFuji, you will be missed. Hoping to bring some more @MiamiVasc flavor to the program! Thank you to those that helped foster my career along my journey. @SIRRFS #irad
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    May 18, 2024
    When the ECMO team on standby in the room GASP with the first clot haul, vitals return to normal 5 min later, and the CT surgeon says “looks like you don’t need me anymore” you know you’re doing something right. This right heart was on the brink of failure. Another life saved!
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Nov 28, 2022
    Hot take: there are no uncrossable venous occlusions. Don’t condemn patients to a lifetime of femoral tunneled catheters or debilitating face and arm swelling without referring first to centers with appropriate equipment and experience to get these vessels open. #irad @LLUHealth
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Jun 14, 2020
    Replying to @KyleCooperMD
    Common retort: need to know how to do this in emergency situations like codes! Disagree. Like a glidescope, an ultrasound unit is a must-locate piece of equipment for a code and you are going to get the a line or CVC in much more efficiently with US, especially with BP of 0.
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Jun 20, 2020
    This is bloody brilliant. Thanks for sharing, awareness is obviously still needed since I’ve never seen or heard about this and I treat fistulas nearly every day.
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Dec 27, 2018
    New book for aspiring IRs, particularly aimed at the #MedStudent crowd, focusing on clinical care and the “why” of IR. Easily digestible in a four week rotation. @SIRRFS @SIR_ECS #irad #clinical #whitecoat amazon.com/Pocketbook-Cli…
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Jan 24, 2024
    Jim Benenati was the model of what an IR program director should strive for. He held us to a high standard, he pushed us constantly, he expected the impossible so we became our best selves and delivered amazing care. I am proud to count myself one of his former fellows. Congrats!
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Jun 10, 2020
    Congratulations to my best friend and bro for life Shantanu Warhadpande for matching at his number one choice for Independent IR Residency - @MCW_VIR! I expect great things from you buddy. Congrats on nabbing this guy @paragpatel_IR 🎉
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Aug 10, 2019
    Third @InariMedical #ClotTriever case in the last 3 wks. This thing is a game changer. 40ish yo F with worsening severe symptoms after a week of AC - pop access, 4 passes with the device from IVC to knee, PTA and 14mm VICI to tx classic MTS. No ICU stay, no tPA!
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Oct 6, 2022
    Yesterday began my 2(ish) year journey to get my mouth back to normal. Braces to straighten the teeth out, orthognathic surgery in 8-12 months to re-break and rotate left mandible back into place, then bone grafts (prob 2-3 of those), then implants. Sigh. One day at a time.
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Jun 14, 2020
    Replying to @KyleCooperMD
    Even worse when the pseudoaneurysm was caused by trying to gain femoral VEIN access without ultrasound - the equivalent of putting on a blindfold and having your friend stand next to a dartboard and yell in your direction so you know approximately where the bullseye is.
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Apr 28, 2018
    Publication of sharp recan and #StentGraft reconstruction of surgically resected IVC - hardest but most rewarding case of my career thus far. rdcu.be/MON0 @VIRkhaja @CHICKVIR @medravi @Jordan_Fenlon @SIRspecialists @SIRRFS @SIR_ECS @CVIR_Journal #IRad #NoCavaNoProblem
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    Kyle Cooper
    @KyleCooperMD
    Mar 25, 2018
    Finally, after 14 years, you losers on Grey’s Anatomy mentioned the name of my specialty (you know, the specialty that ACTUALLY does all those sweet image guided procedures you misappropriate to surgery???). Oh well, better late than never!! #InterventionalRadiology #IRAD @SIRRFS
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