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

The aim of our study was to evaluate the safety, feasibility, and cost effectiveness of a 48 mm everolimus-eluting stent (EES) during treatment of very long coronary lesions.

The aim of our study was to...

03/30/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Periprocedural Myocardial Injury and Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion

03/15/2016

Bernard De Bruyne , MD, PhD;

Joseph "Jo" Dens , MD, PhD;

William Wijns , MD, PhD;

Luigi Di Serafino , MD, PhD;

Francesco Borgia , MD, PhD;

Joren Maeremans , MSc;

Stylianos A. Pyxaras , MD;

Guy R. Heyndrickx , MD, PhD;

Emanuele Barbato , MD, PhD;

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

This study examines the prognostic implication of periprocedural myocardial injury (PMI) in chronic total occlusion PCI.

This study examines the...

03/15/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

A Randomized Comparison of Direct Stenting Versus Stenting with Predilatation in Native Coronary Artery Disease: Results from th

08/01/2008

Angela Ferrari , PhD;

Bernhard Reimers , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Carlo Briguori , MD, PhD;

Antonio L. Bartorelli , MD;

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

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

Giorgio Gimelli , MD;

Francesco Bedogni , MD, PhD;

Arian Frasheri , MD;

Luigi Inglese , MD;

Nino Rubino , MD;

In the last decade, coronary stenting has evolved from a bailout procedure following balloon angioplasty into an elective strategy for the treatment of all lesions located in vessels with an angiographic reference diameter larger than 3.0...

In the last decade, coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Radiation Exposure for Percutaneous Interventions of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions in a Multicenter Registry: The Influence of Operator Variability and Technical Set-up

03/01/2021

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

David Hildick-Smith , MD, MBBS, FRCP;

Antonio Serra-Peñaranda , MD;

Nicolas Boudou , MD;

Joerg Reifart , MD;

Andrea Gagnor , MD;

Markus Meyer-Gessner , MD;

Georgios Sianos , MD, PhD;

Joachim H. Buettner , MD;

Luca Grancini , MD;

Alexander Bufe ;

James C. Spratt , MD, FRCP, BSc, MBChB;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

Artis Kalnins , MD;

Leszek Bryniarski , MD, PhD, FESC;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Aigars Lismanis , MD;

Evald Høj Christiansen , MD;

Roberto Garbo , MD;

Karl Isaaz , MD;

Victoria Martin-Yuste , MD, PhD;

Nicolaus Reifart , MD;

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

Radiation exposure is a limiting factor for PCI of chronic CTO lesions. This study was designed to analyze changes in patient radiation dose for CTO-PCI and parameters associated with radiation dose.

Radiation exposure is a limiting...

03/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

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

08/01/2008

Jun Tanigawa , MD;

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

Peter Barlis , MD, MBBS, MPH, FRACP;

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