Mohamed Omer, MD

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

Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Utilization for Stent Optimization on 1-Year Outcomes After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

09/30/2020

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

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Fotios Gkargkoulas , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

Larissa Stanberry , PhD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Ross F. Garberich , MS, MBA, MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

The impact of intravascular ultrasound utilization for stent optimization on the long-term outcomes in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention has received limited study.

The impact of intravascular...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Impact of Novel X-Ray Systems and X-Ray System Optimization on Patient Radiation Dose Administered During Cardiac Catheterization

05/09/2020

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Yale Wang , MD;

Kenneth Baran , MD;

Ivan Chavez , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

Anil Poulose , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Michael R. Mooney , MD;

Nicholas Burke , MD;

Paul Sorajja , MD;

Jay H. Traverse , MD;

Mario Gössl , MD, PhD;

Larissa Stanberry , PhD;

Ross F. Garberich , MS, MBA, MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

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

We analyzed patient radiation dose in 1786 cardiac catheterization procedures (diagnostic coronary angiography and/or PCI) performed at a single tertiary-care center before and after x-ray system optimization.

We analyzed patient radiation...

05/09/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

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

09/01/2021

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

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