Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, FESC, FACC

Original Research

Propaedeutical Endovascular Interventions in High-Risk Candidates for Coronary Surgery

09/05/2008

High-risk patients with PVD may benefit from endovascular treatment prior to coronary surgery. We sought to identify, in high-risk patients, the most frequent clinical settings requiring propaedeutical endovascular treatment before coronary...

High-risk patients with PVD may...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management

Can Posterior Fossa Lesions Be A Place For Preventive Patent Foramen Ovale Transcatheter Closure?

08/01/2008

Mario Zanchetta , MD;

Eustaquio Onorato , MD;

Luigi Pedon , MD;

Marco Zennaro , MD;

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

Pietro Maiolino , MD;

Case 1. A 40-year-old woman presented for elective posterior fossa craniectomy. She had a past history of headache, dizziness, diplopia, and transient ischaemic attacks. A diagnosis of Chiari type I malformation was made with magnetic...

Case 1. A 40-year-old woman...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Global Endovascular or Surgical Treatment: A Challenging Case of Combined Coronary Artery, Abdominal Aorta and Iliac Arteries

08/01/2008

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

Alberto Zamboni , MD;

Giorgio Rigatelli , MD, FESC;

The presence of coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is revealed in 1–4% of coronary angiography1 but the association with aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA) is only anecdotal.2–3 Atherosclerosis (50% of cases)1 and more rarely, Marfan disease,4...

The presence of coronary artery...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Catheter Closure of Perforated Secundum Atrial Septal Defect Under Intracardiac Echocardiographic Guidance Using a Single Amplat

08/01/2008

Eustaquio Onorato , MD;

Luigi Pedon , MD;

Marco Zennaro , MD;

Antonio Carrozza , MD;

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

Mario Zanchetta , MD;

Transcatheter closure of single secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) or patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a well-accepted alternative to surgical repair in selected patients,1 and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been demonstrated to be...

Transcatheter closure of single...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Intracardiac Echocardiography and Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound to Guide Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale

08/01/2008

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

Mario Zanchetta , MD;

Eustaquio Onorato , MD;

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is increasingly recognized as a mediator of Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is increasingly recognized as a mediator of paradoxical embolism,1,2 refractory hypoxemia3,4 and platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome.5–7 Many...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Continuing Education

Intracardiac Echocardiography in Cardiovascular Catheter-Based Interventions: Different Devices for Different Purposes

08/01/2008

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

The use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is gaining wide acceptance as one of the most powerful imaging devices in the interventional catheterization laboratory and its usefulness in different clinical settings is well known. Today,...

The use of intracardiac...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

Global Management of Concomitant Peripheral Vascular and Coronary Artery Diseases: The Role of the Invasive Cardiologist

09/05/2008

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

An early and accurate diagnosis of peripheral atherosclerosis (renal, abdominal and aortoiliac localizations) is of paramount importance for global management and prognosis due to its major additional mortality impact in patients with known...

An early and accurate diagnosis...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management