Ignacio Amat-Santos, MD

The crossover balloon occlusion technique (CBOT) facilitates primary access hemostasis in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement. It is usually performed through the contralateral femoral artery. The aim of...

The crossover balloon occlusion...

07/31/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Catheter Entrapment During Posterior Mitral Leaflet Pushing Maneuver for MitraClip Implantation

05/27/2016

Javier Tobar , MD;

Ignacio Amat-Santos , MD;

Luis H. Varela-Falcón , MD;

Javier Castrodeza , MD;

We report the case of an 84-year-old patient who underwent MitraClip implantation wherein the pushing maneuver was complicated by the clip accidentally gripping the pigtail catheter along with the two leaflets.

We report the case of an...

05/27/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Real-World Multicenter Coronary Lithotripsy Registry: Long-Term Clinical Follow-Up

08/30/2022

Neus Salvatella , MD;

Marcos Garcia-Guimaraes , MD;

Alejandro Negrete , MD;

Cesar Moris , MD, PhD;

Alicia Calvo-Fernandez , MD;

Ignacio Amat-Santos , MD;

Alvaro Aparisi , MD;

Josep Gomez-Lara , MD, PhD;

Monica Fuertes , MD;

Sandra Santos-Martinez , MD;

Mohsen Mohandes , MD;

Joan A. Gomez-Hospital , MD, PhD;

Hector Cubero-Gallego , MD, PhD;

Beatriz Vaquerizo , MD, PhD;

Helena Tizon-Marcos , MD, MSc;

Coronary lithotripsy (CL) works by fracturing the calcified plaque, allowing mean area gain, enhancing vessel compliance, and facilitating stent deployment. This study reports the safety, effectiveness, and durability of the clinical benefit...

Coronary lithotripsy (CL) works...

08/30/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology