Hector Tamez, MD

Review of 4436 CTO-PCIs performed in 4340 patients between 2012 and 2018 at 25 sites produced 20 LMCA cases; we examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of each case.

Review of 4436 CTO-PCIs...

06/28/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Follow-up Outcomes After Chronic Total Occlusion PCI in Patients With and Without Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

07/31/2020

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

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

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Assaad Maalouf , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Fadi Abou Jaoudeh , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Alpesh Shah , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Fotios Gkargkoulas , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Long-term outcomes of patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have received limited study.

Long-term outcomes of patients...

07/31/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rapid Communication

Novel Method for Exchange of Impella Circulatory Assist Catheter: The "Trojan Horse" Technique

05/15/2017

Colin T. Phillips , MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Thomas M. Tu , MD;

Duane S. Pinto , MD, MPH;

We describe a single-access “Trojan Horse” technique that minimizes bleeding while maintaining arterial access for rapid exchange of the Impella percutaneous ventricular assist device.

We describe a single-access...

05/15/2017

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