Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr., MD

Commentary

The Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion: You Can Get There from Here

08/01/2008

Treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTO) produces more difficulties, angst and trepidation than any other lesion subset in interventional cardiology. Many of the difficulties stem from: difficulty engaging the occlusion, chronicity of the...

Treatment of chronic total...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Soluble Mediators of Microvascular Dysfunction ‚Äî Identifying the Invisible Culprits?

08/01/2008

Pedro Martinezclark , MD;

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

Percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein grafts is associated with approximately 20% risk of major adverse cardiovascular events secondary to decreased antegrade flow or “no-reflow” during the procedure.1 The mechanism of this phenomenon...

Percutaneous intervention of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Preventing Subacute Stent Thrombosis ‚Äî Is There a Role for Heparin-Coated Stents?

08/01/2008

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

With the first implants of stents in coronary arteries, the promise of predictable, stable, catheter-based revascularization became a reality. However, as with many new therapies, the treatment can give rise to new disorders. In the earliest...

With the first implants of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Aortocoronary Dissection with Acute Left Main Artery Occlusion: Successful Treatment with Emergent Stenting

08/01/2008

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

Joanna J. Wykrzykowska , MD, PhD;

Roger J. Laham , MD;

Case Report. A 65-year-old female with a past history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, distant tobacco use and coronary artery disease (CAD) presented to an outside hospital with chest pain. Upon arrival to the emergency department, she...

Case Report. A 65-year-old...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Robotic-Assisted PCI – A New Approach to the Transcatheter Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

10/01/2012

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD, Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts   "While operating the robotic-assisted system, the interventional cardiologist can elect to wear a protective...

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD,...

10/01/2012

Cath Lab Digest

Percutaneous Revascularization of Surgically <br />
Corrected Coarctation with Graft Restenosis

08/01/2008

Lawrence A. Garcia , MD, FACC, FAHA;

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

Case Description. This patient is a 54-year-old woman with a history of coarctation of the aorta who underwent surgical repair 34 years ago, with placement of a Dacron graft (1 cm in diameter) from the ascending to descending aorta....

Case Description. This patient...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Treatment of Stent-Jailed Side Branch Stenoses with Rotational Atherectomy

08/01/2008

Michael Gibson , MD, MS;

Roger J. Laham , MD;

Robert T. Sperling , MD;

Kalon K.L. Ho , MD, MSc;

David James , MD;

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

Percutaneous intervention of coronary ostial stenoses carries a lower procedural success rate and a higher likelihood of acute complication and need for repeat revascularization. Technical challenges related to the treatment of ostial side...

Percutaneous intervention of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Robotic-Assisted PCI – A New Approach to the Transcatheter Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

11/06/2012

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD;

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD, Steward St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and Tufts University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"While operating the robotic-assisted system, the interventional cardiologist can elect to wear a protective apron...

Joseph P. Carrozza Jr., MD,...

11/06/2012

Cath Lab Digest