Tift Mann, MD

Transitioning from Heparin to Bivalirudin in Patients undergoing Ad Hoc Transradial Interventional Procedures: A Pilot Study

08/01/2008

Kiran Venkatesh , BS;

Tift Mann , MD;

The benefits of transradial access for percutaneous coronary intervention have been clearly documented in the past several years.1–10 However, postprocedure radial artery occlusion is a potential complication, and adequate anticoagulation is...

The benefits of transradial...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Late Coronary Stent Infection: A Unique Complication afterDrug-Eluting Stent Implantation

08/01/2008

Tift Mann , MD;

Elizabeth Gonda , BA;

Allyson Edmundson , BS , RN;

Coronary stent infection is a rare but previously reported complication of coronary artery stenting procedures (CAS).1–13 In the few cases reported in the literature, patients have presented within days to weeks of stent implantation with...

Coronary stent infection is a...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Transradial Management of Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft Disease Using Rheolytic Thrombectomy and Coronary Stenting

08/01/2008

Tift Mann , MD;

Jaffar Ali Raza , MD;

C.H. Whitlock , RCIS;

Michael Arrowood , PA-C;

Key words: bypass graft, distal protection, intervention With the large number of patients who have had coronary bypass surgery in the past 20 years, management of recurrent ischemia in patients with venous bypass graft disease is a major...

Key words: bypass graft, distal...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Isolated Disease of the Ostium Left Anterior Descending or
Circumflex Artery: Management Using a Left Main Stenting
Technique.

08/01/2008

Tift Mann , MD;

Roberto J. Cubeddu , MD;

Elizabeth K. Saylors , MS;

Frances O. Wood , MD, FACC;

Treatment of isolated coronary stenoses involving the ostium of the left anterior descending (LAD) or circumflex (LCX) artery is challenging for the interventionalist. Although focal stenting is often attempted, it may result in incomplete...

Treatment of isolated coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology