Konstantinos Aznaouridis, MD, PhD

A Modified Technique to Safely Close the Arterial Puncture Site After TAVI

01/02/2013

Christodoulos Stefanadis , MD;

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Vrachatis , MD;

Manolis Vavuranakis , MD, PhD;

Maria G. Kariori , MD;

Konstantinos Kalogerasa , MD;

Carmen Moldovan , MD;

Abstract: Background. We describe a vascular closure technique, convenient in practice, that permits effective femoral artery closure after CoreValve (Medtronic) implantation during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Vascular...

Abstract: Background. We...

01/02/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

TAVI in the Case of Preexisting Mitral Prosthesis: Tips & Tricks and Literature Review

10/27/2014

Christodoulos Stefanadis , MD;

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Manolis Vavuranakis , MD, PhD;

Maria G. Kariori , MD;

Konstantinos Kalogerasa , MD;

Carmen Moldovan , MD;

Maria Lavda , MD;

Limited data exist on transcatheter aortic valve implantation in the setting of a preexisting mitral prosthesis. We report two cases of transfemoral TAVI with a self-expanding bioprosthesis in patients who had previously undergone mitral...

Limited data exist on...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Unstable Angina Induced by Drug-Eluting Stent Fracture

01/03/2022

Stergios Soulaidopoulos , MD, PhD;

Dimitris Karlis , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Tsioufis , MD, PhD;

This case demonstrates that intravascular ultrasound imaging is extremely useful to confirm the diagnosis and identify the possible mechanism of the stent fracture, as well as to assess the final result after subsequent angioplasty.

This case demonstrates that...

01/03/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Rotatripsy: A Hybrid “Drill and Disrupt” Approach for Treating Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions

05/30/2020

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Maria Bonou , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Tousoulis , MD, PhD;

Constantina Masoura , MD, PhD;

Chris Kapelios , MD, PhD;

John Barbetseas , MD, PhD;

J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(6):E175. Key words: coronary calcification, intravascular lithotripsy, rotablation, rotational atherectomy, Shockwave

J INVASIVE CARDIOL...

05/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Successful Stent Delivery Through a Slaloming Coronary Path

01/28/2019

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Maria Bonou , MD, PhD;

Konstantina Masoura , MD, PhD;

Sophia Vaina , MD, PhD;

Charalambos Vlachopoulos , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Tousoulis , MD, PhD;

We present a 66-year-old man with refractory angina who was admitted for PCI through a tortuous saphenous vein graft sequentially anastomosed with a diagonal and a first marginal branch.

We present a 66-year-old man...

01/28/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Spiral Pseudodissection of a Tortuous Internal Mammary Artery Graft

04/26/2018

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Maria Bonou , MD, PhD;

Charalambos Vlachopoulos , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Tousoulis , MD, PhD;

Images and videos help describe a high-risk coronary intervention of an elongated and extremely tortuous LIMA graft to the LAD. LIMA had a complete 360° loop at the mid segment, followed by severe tortuosity and a subtotal occlusion at the...

Images and videos help describe...

04/26/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Unstable Angina Induced by Fracture of a Recently Implanted Drug-Eluting Stent

01/03/2022

Stergios Soulaidopoulos , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Dimitris Karlis , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Tsioufis , MD, PhD;

IVUS is extremely useful to confirm the diagnosis and identify the possible mechanism of the stent fracture, as well as to assess the final result after subsequent angioplasty.

IVUS is extremely useful to...

01/03/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Intravascular Lithotripsy as Bail-Out in an Acute Coronary Syndrome Patient With Severe Underexpansion of a Previously Implanted Stent

09/01/2022

Eleftherios Tsiamis , MD;

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Kyriakos Dimitriadis , MD, PhD;

Konstantinos Tsioufis , MD, PhD;

A 67-year-old male presented with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Angiography showed severe restenosis within the previously (before 2 years) implanted 2 stents (3 x 24 mm) in the right coronary artery (RCA). Severe...

A 67-year-old male presented...

09/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology