Gautam Kumar, MD, FSCAI

Commentary

Stenting of Saphenous Vein Grafts ‚Äî A Treacherous Road to Travel

05/26/2011

Following the first successful clinical aorto-coronary saphenous vein graft (SVG) implantation by DeBakey and Garrett in 1964,1 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) rapidly became the most frequent surgical procedure in the United States in...

Following the first successful...

05/26/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Stent Entrapment in a Guide Extension Catheter During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a Complex Lesion

10/04/2020

Rajesh Sachdeva , MD;

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

A 72-year-old man presented to the emergency room for chest discomfort consistent with unstable angina. He had a past medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and mild aortic stenosis.

A 72-year-old man presented to...

10/04/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Chocolate CHIP* Intervention: An Orbital Experience

03/03/2016

Rupak Desai , MBBS;

Orlando Marrero , RCIS, MBA;

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

[A] cardiac catheterization reveal[ed] an angiographically significant, highly calcified proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis (90%), intermediate left main (LM) disease (40-50%), and complete occlusion of the...

[A] cardiac catheterization...

03/03/2016

Cath Lab Digest

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Case Report

Twisted Turns to Traverse — Our Approach to Upper Extremity Tortuosity

04/04/2021

Rajesh Sachdeva , MD;

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

Knowledge of vessel tortuosities and vigilance during the procedure, along with use of the right tools, can make the procedure seamless and successful.

Knowledge of vessel tortuosities...

04/04/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Laocoön’s Revenge: A Novel Non-Drug Eluting Two-Stent Strategy for Complex Bifurcation Intervention — Talking With the Operator

11/05/2018

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

This was a very complex case where we had to deal with both a bifurcation and a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a patient at high bleeding risk.

This was a very complex case...

11/05/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Right Atrial Thrombus in Transit

12/28/2020

Rajesh Sachdeva , MD;

Dandan Chen , MD, PhD;

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

An 84-year-old woman was brought to the emergency room with lightheadedness and shortness of breath that had started 3 days earlier. She had a past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and coronary artery disease.

An 84-year-old woman was brought...

12/28/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Laocoön’s Revenge: A Novel Non-Drug Eluting Two-Stent Strategy for Complex Bifurcation Intervention

11/05/2018

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

Frank E. Corrigan III, MD;

We present this case of complex PCI of a subacute/chronic total circumflex occlusion at a Medina 1,1,1 bifurcation using a novel “Laocoön strategy” — a two-stent technique utilizing non-DES systems (Tryton bifurcation stent, Tryton Medical,...

We present this case of complex...

11/05/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Chocolate CHIP* Intervention: An Orbital Experience

03/03/2016

Orlando Marrero , RCIS, MBA;

Gautam Kumar , MD, FSCAI;

Rupak Desai , MBBS;

[A] cardiac catheterization...

03/03/2016

Cath Lab Digest