Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD

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

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

Balloon shaft fracture can be challenging to treat in the setting of retrograde CTO-PCI with guidewire externalization; withdrawal of the guide catheter may allow successful removal of the balloon shaft fragment.

Balloon shaft fracture can be...

07/30/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

10/13/2022

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Anastasios Milkas , MD, PhD;

Byeong-Keuk Kim , MD, PhD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , 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;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Hsien-Li Kao , MD;

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

Roberto Garbo , MD;

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

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

Original Contribution

08/10/2023

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

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

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Michael J. Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Laura D. Young , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Intravascular Imaging Use in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of Chronic Total Occlusions

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

We examined the effect of atrial fibrillation on the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined the baseline characteristics and procedural outcomes of 9,166 CTO PCIs performed at 39 US and...

We examined the effect of atrial...

08/10/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

05/01/2023

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

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

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

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions Improves Peak Oxygen Uptake During Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

In this brief communication, the authors analyzed 8983 chronic total occlusions percutaneous coronary interventions to determine the association between intravascular ultrasound utilization and procedural outcomes.

In this brief communication, the...

05/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

02/28/2017

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Saphenous Vein Graft Occlusion Following Native Vessel Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Fransisco Garcia-Morales , MD;

Jeffrey L. Hastings , MD, MS;

Fury Hendrix ;

Houman Khalili , MD;

Suwetha Amsavelu , BS;

The current study assessed for changes in peak oxygen uptake during cardiopulmonary exercise testing after CTO-PCI.

The current study assessed for...

02/28/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

11/23/2022

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Luiz Fernando Ybarra , MD, PhD, MBA;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

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

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Impact of Target Vessel on the Procedural Techniques and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Whether saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) should be occluded after successful chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the corresponding native vessel remains controversial.

Whether saphenous vein grafts...

11/23/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

09/13/2023

Salman S. Allana , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Karim M. Al-Azizi , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

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

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Srinivasa Potluri , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Jarrod D. Frizzell , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Assessment of the ERCTO Score for Predicting Success in Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

There is limited information on the impact of the target vessel on the procedural techniques and outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We analyzed the baseline clinical and angiographic...

There is limited information on...

09/13/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

04/14/2023

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Arun Kalyanasundaram , MD, MPH;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

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

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;