Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP

Case Report

Successful Crossing of an Angulated Lesion Using a New Deflectable-Tip Guidewire (Steer-IT‚Ñ¢)

08/01/2008

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Access to severely angulated coronary vessels and branches can represent a challenge, even for experienced interventionalists, and despite the use of modern highly steerable guidewires. Percutaneous treatment of such lesions also confers a...

Access to severely angulated...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

10/13/2022

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Anastasios Milkas , MD, PhD;

Byeong-Keuk Kim , MD, PhD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Kevin J. Croce , MD, PhD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Amirali Masoumi , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Margaret B. McEntegart , MD, PhD, BSc(Hons), MBChB;

Andrea Gagnor , MD;

Seung-Whan Lee , MD, PhD;

Georgios Sianos , MD, PhD;

Scott A. Harding , MD, RT(R)(CV);

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Yangsoo Jang , MD, PhD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Hsien-Li Kao , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Roberto Garbo , MD;

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Khalid O. Tammam , MD, PhD;

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Masahisa Yamane , MD, PhD;

Eugene B. Wu , MD, DM;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Paul Knaapen , MD, PhD;

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve patient symptoms, but it remains controversial whether it impacts subsequent clinical outcomes.

Chronic total occlusion (CTO)...

10/13/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Distal Embolization During Directional Coronary Atherectomy

08/01/2008

Carlo Briguori , MD, PhD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) with eventual stent implantation seems to be the ideal strategy to treat ostial lesions and lesion with a large plaque burden.1–3 However, non-Q wave myocardial infarction emerged as a major drawback of...

Directional coronary atherectomy...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Performance of Thin-Strut Stents in Non-Left Main Bifurcation Coronary Lesions: A RAIN Subanalysis

11/01/2021

Wojciech Wanha , MD;

Enrico Cerrato , MD;

Zenon Huczek , MD, PhD;

Mario Iannaccone , MD;

Ivan Nunez-Gil , MD;

Mauro Pennacchi , PhD, MD;

Fabrizio D'Ascenzo , MD;

Davide Capodanno , MD;

Andrea Rognoni , MD;

Daniela Trabattoni , MD;

Ovidio De Filippo , MD;

Imad Sheiban , MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Filippo Angelini , MD;

Bernardo Cortese , MD;

Filippo Figini , MD;

Giuseppe Venuti , MD;

Luca Franchin , MD;

Francesco Romeo , MD;

Gaetano Maria De Ferrari , MD;

Yoichi Imori , MD;

Giorgio Quadri , MD;

Ferdinando Varbella , MD;

Grzegorz A. Smolka , MD;

Saverio Muscoli , MD;

Satoru Mitomo , MD;

Wojciech Wojakowski , MD, PhD;

Giorgio Marengo , MD;

Nicola Ryan , MD, MBBCh;

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Cristina Rolfo , MD;

Andrea Montabone , MD;

Javier Escaned , MD, PhD;

Gerard Helft , MD;

Giacomo Boccuzzi , MD;

Radoslaw Parma , MD;

Alessio Mattesini , MD;

This study assesses the safety and efficacy of thin-strut stents in non-left main (non-LM) bifurcation coronary lesions.

This study assesses the safety...

11/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Full Metal Atrium

06/04/2013

Rodrigo Estévez-Loureiro , MD, PhD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Olaf Franzen , MD;

Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair and left atrial appendage closure to diminish the embolic risk in a 79-year-old patient were performed with the aid of transesophageal echocardiography.

Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral...

06/04/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

No-Reflow Complicating Chronic Total Occlusion Coronary Revascularization

01/31/2020

Luca Testa , MD, PhD;

Gianni Dall'Ara , MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Carlo Tumscitz , MD;

Simone Grotti , MD;

Alessio Mattesini , MD;

Fabio Tarantino , MD;

Mario Bollati , MD;

Jacopo A. Oreglia , MD;

Gabriele Luigi Gasparini , MD;

Our objectives were to assess the incidence of no-reflow in patients undergoing CTO-PCI, to analyze possible causes and differential diagnoses, and to identify useful management approaches. We reviewed no-reflow complications in this...

Our objectives were to assess...

01/31/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Gender Differences in Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions

10/01/2012

George D. Dangas , MD, PhD;

Jose P.S. Henriques , MD, PhD;

Roxana Mehran , MD;

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Seung-Whan Lee , MD, PhD;

Seung-Jung Park , MD, PhD;

Mauro Carlino , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Martin B. Leon , MD;

Bimmer E. Classen , MD, PhD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Cosmo Godino , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Kotaro Obunai , MD;

Vaso Chantziara , MD;

Irini Apostolidou , MD;

Abstract: Introduction. Little is known about gender differences among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO). Methods. A total of 1791 patients with 1852 CTOs underwent PCI at 3 centers...

Abstract: Introduction. Little...

10/01/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Predictors of Stent Strut Malapposition in Calcified Vessels Using Frequency-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

08/28/2013

Alistair C. Lindsay , MD, PhD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Manuel Paulo , MD;

Kadriye Kilickesmez , MD;

Rodrigo Tejeiro , MD;

Eduardo Alegria-Barrero , MD, PhD;

Pak Hei Chan , MD;

Nicolas Foin , PhD;

Dimitris Syrseloudis , MD;

Malapposition of stent struts to the arterial wall and suboptimal stent expansion have been linked with poor outcomes following PCI. This study used optical coherence tomography (OCT) to investigate stent strut malapposition in relation to...

Malapposition of stent struts to...

08/28/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Sex-Based Analysis From the RAIN-CARDIOGROUP VII Study (VeRy Thin Stents for Patients With Left MAIn or BifurcatioN in Real Life) on Left Main Stenting

09/01/2020

Andrea Montabone , MD;

Grzegorz A. Smolka , MD;

Gerard Helft , MD;

Wojciech Wojakowski , MD, PhD;

Diego Gallo , PhD;

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Carlo Alberto Biole , MD;

Javier Escaned , MD, PhD;

Radoslaw Parma , MD;

Giacomo Boccuzzi , MD;

Leonardo De Luca , MD;

Thomas F. Lascher , MD;

Alessio Mattesini , MD;

Wojciech Wanha , MD;

Enrico Cerrato , MD;

Zenon Huczek , MD, PhD;

Sebastiano Gili , MD;

Daniela Trabattoni , MD;

Ivan Nunez-Gil , MD;

Mario Iannaccone , MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Umberto Morbiducci , MD;

Claudio Moretti , MD;

Maurizio D'Amico , MD;

Fabrizio D'Ascenzo , MD;

Filippo Figini , MD;

Davide Capodanno , MD;

Pierluigi Omedè , MD;

Andrea Rognoni , MD;

Giovanni Teruzzi , MD;

Giorgio Quadri , MD;

Imad Sheiban , MD;

Christian Templin , MD;

Satoru Mitomo , MD;

Giuseppe Venuti , MD;

Nicola Ryan , MD, MBBCh;

There is a lack of data on clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention with ultrathin stents on unprotected left main coronary artery comparing women and men. In our study, all patients treated with unprotected left main...

There is a lack of data on...

09/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

First Optical Coherence Tomography Follow-up of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated by Drug-Eluting Balloons

03/31/2015

Daniel Todaro , MD;

Antonino Stipo , MD;

Edoardo Pucci , MD;

Achille Gaspardone , MD;

Nicolas Foin , PhD;

Justin E. Davies , MBBS, MRCP, PhD;

Gregory A. Sgueglia , PhD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Percutaneous bifurcation intervention with provisional bare-metal stent (BMS) implantation followed by drug-eluting balloon (DEB) treatment represents a valuable opportunity in patients not compliant with long-duration dual-antiplatelet...

Percutaneous bifurcation...

03/31/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology