Laser atherectomy

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Management of Guidewire Entrapment With Laser Atherectomy

04/25/2017

Judit Karacsonyi, MD^1,2; Jose R. Martinez-Parachini, MD¹; Barbara A. Danek, MD¹; Aris Karatasakis, MD¹; Imre Ungi, MD²; Subhash Banerjee, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD^1,3

Judit Karacsonyi, MD1,2; Jose R. Mar...

A 62-year-old man was referred for percutaneous coronary intervention of a severe circumflex lesion. The guidewire became entangled in the previously implanted left anterior descending artery stent. Caution should be used when wiring through...

A 62-year-old man was referred...

04/25/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again: A Stepwise Approach to the Non-Dilatable Lesion

01/08/2016

Antony G. Kaliyadan, MD, Henry Siu, MD, David L. Fischman, MD, Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD, Brandon M. Madsen, BS, and Michael P. Savage, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Antony G. Kaliyadan, MD, Henry Siu, M...

We describe a case using an escalating, stepwise approach to a non-dilatable lesion, which ultimately was successfully dilated after the use of an excimer laser catheter.

We describe a case using an...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Calcium Corner

EXCITE ISR: Laser Atherectomy for the Treatment of Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis

11/05/2014

Cath Lab Digest talks with Eric J. Dippel, MD, Genesis Heart Institute, Davenport, Iowa, and lead investigator for the EXCITE ISR trial.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Eric J. Di...

Data from the prospective, randomized Excimer Laser Atherectomy versus Balloon Angioplasty for Treatment of Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis (EXCITE ISR) trial was presented on September 16th as a late-breaking clinical trial at the 2014...

Data from the prospective,...

11/05/2014

Cath Lab Digest