Francisco Martin-Herrero, MD

The Changing Pattern of Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the New Device Era

08/01/2008

ABSTRACT: We report the incidence, management and clinical outcome of coronary perforations in 39 of 12,658 patients (0.3%) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary perforation occurred more frequently with debulking...

ABSTRACT: We report the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Management of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome by Transcatheter Closure of Atrial Communication: Hemodynamic Characteristics, Clin

08/01/2008

Francisco Martin-Herrero , MD;

Gabriel Delgado , MD;

Igor F. Palacios , MD;

Ignacio Inglessis , MD;

Danita Yoerger , MD;

Richard Liberthson , MD;

Fernando Buoanno , MD;

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is defined as dyspnea and arterial desaturation induced by upright posture and relieved by recumbence.1,2 Although the precise underlying mechanism by which an atrial communication accounts for this...

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

The Changing Pattern of Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the New Device Era

06/19/2008

Igor F. Palacios , MD;

Christian F. Witzke , MD;

Francisco Martin-Herrero , MD;

Sarah C. Clarke , MD;

Eugene Pomerantzev , MD;

Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Advanced patient age, female gender and the use of ablative devices seem to be the key factors predisposing to this...

Coronary perforation is a rare...

06/19/2008

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The Changing Pattern of Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the New Device Era

06/19/2008

Christian F. Witzke , MD;

Francisco Martin-Herrero , MD;

Sarah C. Clarke , MD;

Eugene Pomerantzev , MD;

Igor F. Palacios , MD;

Coronary perforation is a rare...