Paul Poommipanit, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Deniz Mutlu , MD, PhD;

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Ahmed Al-Ogaili , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

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

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Racial Disparities in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

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

Figure 1. Final successful crossing strategy

Original Contribution

02/21/2024

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Jarrod D. Frizzell , MD;

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

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Bilal Murad , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Deniz Mutlu , MD, PhD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

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

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Outcomes of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

The authors compared contemporary techniques and outcomes of retrograde CTO PCI between racial groups in a large multicenter registry.

The authors compared...

02/21/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

12/15/2022

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

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

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

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

The prevalence and outcomes of patients who presented with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and underwent chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have received limited study. We examined the clinical...

The prevalence and outcomes of...

12/15/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

02/01/2023

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

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

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

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

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Use of Bivalirudin for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Guidewires and microcatheters are critical to the success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined equipment utilization in 11,202 CTO-PCIs performed in 10,952 patients at 42 United States (US)...

Guidewires and microcatheters...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

04/01/2023

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Louis Verreault-Julien , MD, MPH;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

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

Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE)-Guided Biopsy of a Right Atrial Mass

The authors compare clinical outcomes – including major adverse cardiac events and vascular complications – of CTO-PCIs performed using bivalirudin vs unfractionated heparin.

The authors compare clinical...

04/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

04/29/2011

Frequency and Outcomes of Ad Hoc Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

ABSTRACT: Although performing a biopsy of the right ventricular septum is a routine procedure in many cardiac catheterization laboratories, the ability to direct a bioptome to a mass within the right or left side of the heart is extremely...

ABSTRACT: Although performing a...

04/29/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

07/06/2023

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

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

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

Srinivasa Potluri , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Septal Sobriety: Aborted Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Diffuse Coronary-Cameral Fistulae

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Although discouraged, ad hoc chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is occasionally performed. We examined the clinical, angiographic characteristics, and procedural outcomes of patients who underwent ad hoc...

Although discouraged, ad hoc...

07/06/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

03/03/2016

Primary vs Secondary Retrograde Approach in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

Arun Kumar Nagabandi , MBBS;

Loren Garrison Morgan , MD;

The extravasation of echocontrast into this patient’s ventricles after selective engagement of the septal perforators was indicative of severe, diffuse coronary-cameral fistulae.

The extravasation of...

03/03/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

08/12/2022

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Robert F. Riley , MD, MS;

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

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;