Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM

Cath Lab Management

Same-Day Discharge or Overnight Stay After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Comparison of Net Adverse Cardiovascular Events

08/06/2014

Francisco O. Nascimento , MD;

Alexandre Benjo , MD;

Ildefonso Mas Jr., MD;

Carlos Podesta , MD;

Todd B. Heimowitz , DO;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Andres M. Pineda , MD;

Nirat Beohar , MD;

Data of same-day discharge and overnight-stay patients undergoing elective PCI in a high-volume center were compared. We specifically evaluated the incidence of net adverse cardiovascular events (NACE; ie, death, myocardial infarction,...

Data of same-day discharge and...

08/06/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

09/01/2021

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

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

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al. compared the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics of 120 CTO-PCIs performed via dRA access with 2625 CTO-PCIs performed via proximal radial access (pRA) in a large, multicenter registry.

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al....

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Retrograde CTO-PCI of Native Coronary Arteries Via Left Internal Mammary Artery Grafts: Insights From a Multicenter U.S. Registry

11/15/2017

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Raja Hatem , MD;

Peter Tajti , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

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

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

We compared the clinical and procedural characteristics and outcomes of retrograde CTO-PCI through LIMA grafts vs other conduits in a contemporary multicenter CTO registry.

We compared the clinical and...

11/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

You Went Ulnar When Radial was Not Suitable. Now How Do You Close the Punctures?

10/06/2017

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Neal S. Kleiman , MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

Barry Borlaug , MD;

Having advocated the use of the ulnar artery when the radial artery is not suitable1, we did exactly what we talked about and placed an ulnar sheath using ultrasound guidance after encountering a radial loop on the left arm in a patient...

Having advocated the use of the...

10/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

What is the Annual Volume Requirement for a PCI Operator?

12/05/2017

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

Zoltan G. Turi , MD;

Ted Feldman , MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Frederic S. Resnic , MD, MSc;

Jeffrey J. Popma , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Richard G. Bach , MD;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Gregory J. Dehmer , MD;

Larry S. Dean , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Many of the editor’s pages come from issues raised by practicing interventionalists. Recently, a query came to our colleague, Dr. Zoltan Turi, from a chief of cardiology.

Many of the editor’s pages come...

12/05/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

First-in-Human Study of the Saranas Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System for the Detection of Endovascular Procedure-Related Bleeding Events

07/01/2020

Colin M. Barker , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Tamim M. Nazif , MD;

Joggy K. George , MD;

Charles T. Klodell , MD;

Amir Kaki , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

James P. Slater , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Mehdi Razavi , MD;

Manesh R. Patel , MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Kenneth Bueche , MS;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Zaffer A. Syed , MS;

Bart E. Muhs , MD, PhD;

Philippe Généreux , MD;

Abstract: Objectives. To evaluate the safety and accuracy of the Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System (EBBMS; Saranas) for the detection of access-site related bleeds in humans undergoing endovascular procedures. Background. Bleeding...

Abstract: Objectives. To...

07/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Editor's Corner

Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

03/15/2020

Herbert D. Aronow , MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

James M. McCabe , MD, FACC;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Gurpreet S. Sandhu , MD, PhD;

Kirk N. Garrett ;

One of my colleagues asked this critical question, “How are cath labs around the USA and the globe managing [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] STEMI and other cardiac emergencies in patients with suspected COVID-19 that would normally have...

One of my colleagues asked this...

03/15/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Conversations in Cardiology: Should We Use Micropuncture Technique for Pericardiocentesis?

09/07/2015

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Fred Resnick ;

Andrew Doorey ;

Andrew D. Michaels , MD, MAS;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Navin Kumar Kapur , MD;

Zoltan G. Turi , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Augusto D. Pichard , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Dr. Andrew Michaels asks whether his practice of moving to micropuncture needle technique for pericardiocentesis is also being employed across the nation.

Dr. Andrew Michaels asks whether...

09/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Do Contrast Media Reactions Still Happen? Will Your Lab Know What to Do?

10/06/2021

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

John S. Marshall ;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Thomas Bashore ;

John W. Hirshfeld Jr.;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

Adnan K. Chhatriwalla , MD;

A middle-aged man underwent a routine cath for coronary artery disease that showed non-obstructive mild coronary narrowings.

A middle-aged man underwent a...

10/06/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Urologic Complications in Patients Receiving Indwelling Urinary Catheters During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

07/01/2020

Alex Kantor , BS ;

Deniz Akkoc , BS ;

Shmuel Chen , MD, PhD;

Russel Brandwein , PA-C;

Kathryn Fidlow , BSN;

Ming Liao , MS;

Martin B. Leon , MD;

Omar Khalique , MD;

Susheel K. Kodali , MD;

Rebecca T. Hahn , MD;

Torsten P. Vahl , MD;

Isaac George , MD;

Tamim M. Nazif , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Joshua A. Lampert , MD;

Matthew T. Finn , MD, MS;

The minimalist approach to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) focuses on avoiding extraneous invasive measures. Data describing the clinical impact of routine indwelling urinary catheter in TAVR patients are limited. We sought to...

The minimalist approach to...

07/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology