Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD

Konstantina Katsanou , MD;

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

Theodoros Zografos , MD, PhD;

The compartment syndrome is a severe complication of transradial approach and can be prevented by prompt treatment of forearm hematoma; otherwise, fasciotomies are urgent.

The compartment syndrome is a...

09/25/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

09/01/2021

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

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

Pouyan Arman , MD;

Ankur Gupta , MD, DM, PhD;

Paul B. Poomipanit , MD;

Hand Hematoma After Cardiac Catheterization Via Distal Radial Artery

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

Radial Images

01/31/2019

Andreas Tassopoulos , MD;

Michael J. Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Eleftherios Kontopodis , MD;

In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Efstathios Lazaris , MD;

This is the first reported case of severe hand hematoma after cardiac catheterization through the distal radial artery, with the hematoma extending distally to the sheath insertion site.

This is the first reported case...

01/31/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

09/15/2018

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Peter Tajti , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

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

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Elizabeth Holper , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

We evaluated the prevalence of CKD and its impact on CTO-PCI outcomes in 1979 patients who underwent 2040 procedures between 2012 and 2017 at 18 centers.

We evaluated the prevalence of...

09/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

09/01/2021

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Impact of Successful Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions on Subsequent Clinical Outcomes

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Habib Samady , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

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

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al. compared the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics of 120 CTO-PCIs performed via dRA access with 2625 CTO-PCIs performed via proximal radial access (pRA) in a large, multicenter registry.

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al....

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

11/01/2020

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Nicholas Burke , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Hand Hematoma After Cardiac Catheterization Via Distal Radial Artery

The impact of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO-PCI) on angina and subsequent incidence of major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) remains controversial. We compared patient-reported angina change and the...

The impact of chronic total...

11/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

06/19/2018

Andreas Tassopoulos , MD;

Eleftherios Kontopodis , MD;