Paul Poommipanit, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Saphenous Vein Graft Occlusion Following Native Vessel Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

We examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of 8,788 CTO PCIs performed at 35 US and non-US centers between 2012 and 2022. In-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) included death, myocardial...

We examined the clinical and...

07/13/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

11/23/2022

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Luiz Fernando Ybarra , MD, PhD, MBA;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

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

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Activated Clotting Time and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Whether saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) should be occluded after successful chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the corresponding native vessel remains controversial.

Whether saphenous vein grafts...

11/23/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

12/05/2023

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ufuk Yildirim , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Rodrigo Bagur , MD, PhD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Niranjan Reddy , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Elias V. Haddad , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

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

Salman S. Allana , MD;

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

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jarrod D. Frizzell , MD;

The authors evaluated the association between activated clotting time and in-hospital clinical outcomes in a large international multicenter chronic total occlusion-percutaneous coronary intervention registry.

The authors evaluated the...

12/05/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

11/09/2023

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

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;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Bilal Murad , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Deniz Mutlu , MD, PhD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

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;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

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

Peripheral Artery Disease in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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

08/09/2024

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Ahmed Al-Ogaili , MD;

Pedro E.P. Carvalho , MD;

Dimitrios Strepkos , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

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Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

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Philip Dattilo , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

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Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Laura D. Young , MD;

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Omer Goktekin , MD;

James D. Flaherty , MD;

Daniel R. Schimmel , MD, MS;

Keith H. Benzuly , MD;

Mahmut Uluganyan , MD;

Ramazan Ozdemir , MD;

Yousif Ahmad , MRCP, PhD, FSCAI, FACC, BMBS;

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