equipment

Original Contribution

Equipment Entrapment/Loss During Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

02/23/2024

Michaella Alexandrou, MD¹; Athanasios Rempakos, MD¹; Deniz Mutlu, MD¹; Ahmed Al Ogaili, MD¹; James W. Choi, MD²; Paul Poommipanit, MD³; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD⁴; Mir Babar Basir, DO⁴; Rhian Davies, DO, MS⁵; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD⁶; Raj H. Chandwaney, MD⁷; Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc⁸; Nazif Aygul, MD⁹; Phil Dattilo, MD¹⁰; Brian K. Jefferson, MD¹¹; Sevket Gorgulu, MD¹²; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD¹³; Oleg Krestyaninov MD¹⁴; Jarrod Frizzell, MD¹⁵; Basem Elbarouni, MD¹⁶; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH¹; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA¹; M. Nicholas Burke, MD¹; Yader Sandoval, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Michaella Alexandrou, MD1; Athanasios...

The authors analyzed the baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics and outcomes of equipment loss/entrapment at 43 US and non-US centers between 2017 and 2023.

The authors analyzed the...

02/23/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

02/01/2023

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Guidewires and microcatheters are critical to the success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined equipment utilization in 11,202 CTO-PCIs performed in 10,952 patients at 42 United States (US)...

Guidewires and microcatheters...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology