Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Bharathi Upadhya , MD;

David C. Sane , MD;

Efthymios N. Deliargyris , MD;

PCI with and without Abciximab after Upstream Eptifibatide Use: Outcomes in High-Risk Patients

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used in patients with high-risk baseline characteristics.1–4 A prior stroke may identify patients who are at higher risk for post-PCI complications. However, no comparative data exist...

Percutaneous coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

08/01/2008

Talal T. Baki , MD;

William C. Little , MD;

Vascular Complications in Women after Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 1998‚Äì2005

David C. Sane , MD;

Mark A. Grabarczyk , MD;

Jason E. Goodin , BA;

Sidney Statonk , MD;

Several clinical trials have demonstrated that platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition reduces the ischemic complications of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).1–4 Comparative data between agents, however, are very...

Several clinical trials have...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Renato M. Santos , MD;

Talal T. Baki , MD;

Frederic R. Kahl , MD;

William C. Little , MD;

Propensity Score Analysis of Vascular Complications after
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization and Percutaneous Coronary Interven

Women have been shown historically to have a greater risk of complications than men following invasive procedures.1–5 The increased incidence of complications in women appears to occur independently of other factors known to influence the...

Women have been shown...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Talal T. Baki , MD;

Frederic R. Kahl , MD;

William C. Little , MD;

Automated Contrast Injection in Contemporary Practice during Cardiac Catheterization and PCI: Effects on Contrast-Induced Nephr

Renato M. Santos , MD;

Cardiac catheterization and PCI are usually performed by percutaneous access using the femoral artery. Following completion of the procedure, hemostasis is traditionally performed by manual compression, followed by 6 hours of bed rest....

Cardiac catheterization and PCI...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Jason Call , MD;

Renato M. Santos , MD;

Talal T. Baki , MD;

Frederic R. Kahl , MD;

William C. Little , MD;

Culprit Vessel PCI versus Traditional Cath and PCI for STEMI

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a common problem after cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality.1–3 The etiology of CIN has not been clearly...

Contrast-induced nephropathy...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Stacy H. Graham , MD;

William C. Little , MD;

Renato M. Santos , MD;

Target Lesion Revascularization after Bare-Metal or Drug-Eluting Stents: Clinical Presentations and Outcomes

Achieving rapid reperfusion in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEM) has been established as an effective and life-saving treatment for these patients. The mortality benefit of primary percutaneous coronary intervention...

Achieving rapid reperfusion in...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

06/02/2010

Renato M. Santos , MD;

Kevin R. Hayes , MD;

To PRAMI or not to PRAMI: Should we do PCI of the Non-Infarct-Related Artery in STEMI Patients?

William C. Little , MD;

ABSTRACT: Objective. We sought to examine the clinical presentations and subsequent clinical outcomes of patients undergoing target lesion revascularization (TLR) after either bare-metal stent (BMS) or drug-eluting stent (DES) placement....

ABSTRACT: Objective. We...

06/02/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

01/07/2014

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Highlights of the Scottsdale Interventional Forum 2014, How-to Symposiums: Advances in Chronic Total Occlusion Therapy

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Habib Samady , MD;

Justin E. Davies , MBBS, MRCP, PhD;

Peter Ver Lee , MD;

John Bittl , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

My cardiology fellow said we should now stent the RCA since we were already here and the patient was quite stable. I demurred and said we will be back in a couple weeks unless the patient develops angina. The RCA could be treated after...

My cardiology fellow said we...

01/07/2014

Cath Lab Digest

02/01/2015