Grigorios Tsigkas, MD, PhD

Bifurcation lesions may be encountered in approximately 15%-20% of PCIs. A 2-stent approach is required in up to 30% of these procedures. We describe a novel technique based on a modification of TAP stenting, suitable for procedures where a...

Bifurcation lesions may be...

11/28/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

A Giant Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Aneurysm

09/01/2021

Petros Zampakis , MD, PhD;

Periklis Davlouros , MD, PhD;

Grigorios Tsigkas , MD, PhD;

Georgis Vasilagkos , MS;

A 78-year-old man with chronic atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, and prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was admitted for coronary angiography due to severe aortic valve stenosis.

A 78-year-old man with chronic...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Tips and Techniques

The StentBoost Imaging Enhancement Technique as Guidance for Optimal Deployment of Adjacent-Sequential Stents

09/29/2011

Dimitrios Alexopoulos , MD, PhD;

Grigorios Tsigkas , MD, PhD;

Athanasios Moulias , MD;

Abstract: Implantation of two or more adjacent-sequential stents is frequently required during coronary interventions, especially when treating long lesions. We present two cases illustrating that plain fluoroscopic imaging may be misleading...

Abstract: Implantation of two or...

09/29/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Coronary Aneurysm and Thrombosis: Farewell to the Current Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds?

10/23/2017

Ioanna Koniari , MD, PhD;

Emmanouil Chourdakis , MD;

Nicholas G. Kounis , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC;

Anastasios Roumeliotis , MD;

George D. Soufras , MD, PhD;

George Hahalis , MD, PhD;

Grigorios Tsigkas , MD, PhD;

The authors suggest that before implanting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, further improvements in technical procedures and technology are warranted.

The authors suggest that before...

10/23/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Subacute Thrombosis and the Kounis Syndrome

11/26/2014

Grigorios Tsigkas , MD, PhD;

Nicholas G. Kounis , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC;

George N. Kounis , MSc, MD;

George D. Soufras , MD, PhD;

A thoughtful commentary on a July 2014 JIC case report by Ruiz-Salmerón, et al, who provide a rebuttal to this letter.

A thoughtful commentary on a...

11/26/2014