Raed A. Aqel, MD

Case Report

Percutaneous Aortic Valvuloplasty as a Bridge to a High-Risk
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

08/01/2008

According to the newly-updated guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease, surgical aortic valve replacement is still the gold standard for treatment of symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).1...

According to the newly-updated...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

A Novel Method of Clot Extraction Using a FilterWire EX‚Ñ¢ in Acute Myocardial Infarction

08/01/2008

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Gilbert J. Zoghbi , MD, FACC;

Ritesh Gupta , MD, MPH;

J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2007;19:E104-E106 Acute myocardial infarction (MI) usually results from clot formation due to plaque rupture, platelet aggregation, and activation of the coagulation cascade.1,2 Contemporary therapy for acute MI involves...

J INVASIVE CARDIOL...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Brachytherapy for Renal Artery In-Stent Restenosis

08/01/2008

Ritesh Gupta , MD, MPH;

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Gilbert J. Zoghbi , MD, FACC;

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stent placement in the renal artery is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RAS). It has been shown to result in reduction of blood pressure...

Percutaneous transluminal...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Systolic Compression of Bypass Grafts

08/01/2008

Ritesh Gupta , MD, MPH;

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Gilbert J. Zoghbi , MD, FACC;

Myocardial bridging is defined as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary artery segment underlying myocardial tissue.1 On angiography, it is recognized as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary segment resulting in systolic...

Myocardial bridging is defined...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Percutaneous Balloon Pericardiotomy for the Treatment of Infected Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade

08/01/2008

Gilbert J. Zoghbi , MD, FACC;

Deval Mehta , MD;

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Pericardial effusions can result from various clinical entities. Occasionally, pericardial effusion may result in cardiac tamponade requiring immediate drainage. In some patients, especially those with malignant pericardial effusions, the...

Pericardial effusions can result...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Three-Dimensional Balloon Catheter Sizing Identifies Significant<br />
Underdeployed Stents Using Conventional Methods in Renal<br />
Arte

08/01/2008

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Fadi G. Hage , MD;

Gilbert J. Zoghbi , MD, FACC;

Louis Dell'italia , MD;

Percutaneous renal artery stenting is a well-established revascularization modality for the treatment of significant renal artery stenosis (RAS) in selected patients with uncontrolled hypertension, renal insufficiency or heart failure...

Percutaneous renal artery...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

How Much Alcohol Should We Infuse in the Coronary Artery of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients?

01/07/2010

Koteswara Pothineni , MD;

Wael AlJaroudi , MD, MS;

Jaekyeong Heo , MD;

Octavio Pajaro , MD;

David McGiffin , MD;

Ami E. Iskandrian , MD;

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Fadi G. Hage , MD;

Louis Dell'italia , MD;

David Lawson , PA;

Aaron Sweeney , MD;

Sachin Hansalia , MD;

ABSTRACT: Background. Although alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is increasingly used in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) patients who are refractory to medical therapy, the amount of alcohol that is required has not been well studied. This study...

ABSTRACT: Background. Although...

01/07/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Vascular Disease

Coexistent Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis

08/01/2008

Gilbert J. Zoghbi , MD, FACC;

Ritesh Gupta , MD, MPH;

Raed A. Aqel , MD;

Renal artery stenosis is the second most common cause of secondary hypertension. Its prevalence is increasing with advancing age and has been shown to be 28% in high-risk males referred for cardiac catheterization, or 15% in an autopsy series...

Renal artery stenosis is the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology