Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc

Subadventitial Advancement of a Mother-and-Child Catheter to Allow Successful Recanalization of a Complex In-Stent Chronic Total Occlusion: Testing the Resistance of the Adventitia

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

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Jason Wollmuth , MD;

Anastasios Milkas , MD, PhD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

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The authors summarize studies on percutaneous coronary intervention complications, including coronary dissection, no reflow, perforation, and equipment loss/entrapment.

The authors summarize studies on...

11/18/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

11/28/2017

Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Mauro Carlino , MD;

Satoru Mitomo , MD;

Luciano Candilio , MD(Res);

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Herein, we describe a case of successful in-stent right coronary artery CTO-PCI performed with subadventitial crossing, crushing of the occluded stents, and advancement of a mother-and-child catheter to the distal right coronary artery...

Herein, we describe a case of...

11/28/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/10/2023

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

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

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Michael J. Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Laura D. Young , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

We examined the effect of atrial fibrillation on the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined the baseline characteristics and procedural outcomes of 9,166 CTO PCIs performed at 39 US and...

We examined the effect of atrial...

08/10/2023

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;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

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

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Solving Challenging Situations and Complications in Everyday Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Chronic Total Occlusion Techniques

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

Review

03/01/2020

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

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Masahisa Yamane , MD, PhD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Soledad Ojeda , MD, PhD;

Ultra-Low Contrast Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Minimize the Risk for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Severe Chronic Kidney Disease

Manuel Pan , MD, PhD;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

Luiz Fernando Ybarra , MD, PhD, MBA;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Mauro Carlino , MD;

The challenging nature of CTO interventions involves regularly dealing with support-related issues, uncrossable/undilatable lesions, manipulation of equipment in the subadventitial space, and the treatment of complications such as perforation...

The challenging nature of CTO...

03/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

03/14/2019

Davide Maccagni , RT;

Damiano Regazzoli , MD;

Satoru Mitomo , MD;

Barbara Bellini , MD;

Ozan M. Demir , MBBS, MD, MRCP;

Alessandra Laricchia , MD;

Enrico Poletti , MD;

Daisuke Hachinohe , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Sex Differences in the Well-Being of Interventional Cardiologists

We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of an ultra-low contrast volume percutaneous coronary intervention protocol in patients with severe chronic kidney disease.

We aimed to evaluate the...

03/14/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

02/09/2024

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Anastasios Milkas , MD, PhD;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Mohaned Egred , MBChB, MD, BSc(Hons), FRCP, BSc, MRCP;

Mark Linzer , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Hani Jneid , MD;

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

Anna E. Bortnick , MD, PhD, MSc, FAHA, FACC, FSCAI;

The authors conducted an international, anonymous, online survey exploring sex-based differences in the well-being of interventional cardiologists.

The authors conducted an...

02/09/2024

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;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

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;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Thrombosis in an All-Comer Patient Population: Single-Center Experience

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

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

02/01/2015

Body Mass Index and Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Is Overweight the New Normal?

Phillipe L. L'Allier , MD;

Experience with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVSs) outside clinical trials is scarce, and data from “real-world” use are needed. In particular, there are few data on scaffold thrombosis (ST); we report our experience with ST in our...

Experience with bioresorbable...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

03/01/2023

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;