Farshad Forouzandeh, MD, PhD

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Coronary Artery Straightening Causing Acute Severe Mitral Regurgitation

01/29/2018

A 79-year-old woman had an atretic LIMA to LAD but without significant LAD stenosis, patent SVG to OM1, patent SVG to RCA, and severe tandem lesions in a very tortuous LCX for which she underwent PCI. Placement of a BMW coronary guidewire...

A 79-year-old woman had an...

01/29/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Young Athlete With Complex Aneurysmal Coronary Stenosis

11/28/2017

Eric P. Stahl , MD;

Brent P. Little , MD;

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis that occurs predominantly in infants and children younger than 5 years old. If undiagnosed and untreated, the risk of developing coronary artery aneurysms increases to about 20%. In patients who present...

Kawasaki disease is an acute...

11/28/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Catheter-Induced Coronary Spasm: Serious But Preventable

11/28/2017

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Alexander V. Smolensky , MD;

While catheter-induced spasm is considered to be rare, it needs to be ruled out (especially in cases of LM stenosis) to avoid unnecessary revascularization. We present a patient where the underlying tendency for coronary spasm was so high,...

While catheter-induced spasm is...

11/28/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

Impact of Coronary Collaterals on the Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

11/09/2023

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Deniz Mutlu , MD, PhD;

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Ahmed Al-Ogaili , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

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

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

This study aims to evaluate the impact that the presence of interventional collaterals has on the outcomes of CTO PCI.

This study aims to evaluate the...

11/09/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Procedural and In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From a Prospective Multicenter International Registry

09/01/2021

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

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

Pouyan Arman , MD;

Ankur Gupta , MD, DM, PhD;

Paul B. Poomipanit , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

We assessed the clinical and procedural characteristics, technical success, procedural success, and in-hospital outcomes of 2314 patients who underwent CTO-PCI at 20 experienced centers between 2012 and 2017, classified according to whether...

We assessed the clinical and...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology