percutaneous coronary intervention

Prolonged dual-antiplatelet therapy in high bleeding risk (HBR) patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention can be challenging. We assessed the clinical safety of bare-metal stent implantation followed by drug-coated balloon...

Prolonged dual-antiplatelet...

03/28/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Ultra-Low Contrast Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Minimize the Risk for Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Severe Chronic Kidney Disease

03/14/2019

Davide Maccagni , RT;

Damiano Regazzoli , MD;

Satoru Mitomo , MD;

Barbara Bellini , MD;

Ozan M. Demir , MBBS, MD, MRCP;

Alessandra Laricchia , MD;

Enrico Poletti , MD;

Daisuke Hachinohe , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of an ultra-low contrast volume percutaneous coronary intervention protocol in patients with severe chronic kidney disease.

We aimed to evaluate the...

03/14/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Efficacy of Low-Dose Compared With Standard-Dose Radiation for Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention (KAR RAD Study)

03/14/2019

Mohamed Teleb , MD;

Subrata Kar , DO;

Aymen Albaghdadi , MD;

Ahmed M.S. Ibrahim , MD;

Debabrata Mukherjee , MD, MS;

We evaluated the efficacy of low-dose radiation (≤7.5 frames/second [f/s]) compared with standard-dose radiation (≥10 f/s) in cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention.

We evaluated the efficacy of...

03/14/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

The Incidence of Non-Cardiac Surgery in Patients Treated With Drug-Eluting Stents According to Age

01/30/2019

Oh-Hyun Lee , MD;

Jung-Sun Kim , MD;

Sung-Jin Hong , MD;

Young-Guk Ko , MD;

Chul-Min Ahn , MD;

Donghoon Choi , MD, PhD;

Yangsoo Jang , MD, PhD;

Myeong-Ki Hong , MD;

Byeong-Keuk Kim , MD, PhD;

We evaluated the incidence and timing of non-cardiac surgery after drug-eluting stent implantation according to patient age.

We evaluated the incidence and...

01/30/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION

In-Hospital Outcomes of Rotational Atherectomy in High-Risk Patients With Severely Calcified Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: A Single-Center Experience

01/14/2019

Rotational atherectomy (RA) is a useful tool for modification of calcified plaque prior to PCI. We report our experience with RA for severely calcified left main coronary artery disease.

Rotational atherectomy (RA) is a...

01/14/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Coronary Artery Tenting After Bypass Grafting: A Key Issue During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a Chronic Total Occlusion

12/27/2018

María T. López-Lluva , MD;

Fernando Lozano Ruíz-Poveda , MD, PhD;

Alfonso Jurado-Román , MD, PhD;

José Abellán-Huerta , MD, PhD;

Ignacio Sánchez-Pérez , MD;

José Ramón Rumoroso , MD;

Bypass grafts may tent the vessel to which they are anastomosed, potentially changing the expected course of the native coronary vessel. This fact must be taken into account during CTO-PCI, and this case emphasizes the importance of careful...

Bypass grafts may tent the...

12/27/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes Comparison of Patients With Left Main Vs Non-Left Main Bifurcation Lesions Treated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents

11/25/2018

Renato Valenti , MD;

Michele Ciabatti , MD;

Angela Migliorini , MD;

Maria Grazia De Gregorio , MD;

David Antoniucci , MD;

Giulia Taborchi , MD;

Sofia Morini , MD;

Roberto Rondine , MD;

Raffaelle Martone , MD;

Ruben Vergara , MD;

We prospectively analyzed all consecutive patients treated at our center for bifurcation lesions from 2011-2015 and compared the angiographic and clinical outcomes of patients with left main bifurcation lesions vs those with non-left main...

We prospectively analyzed all...

11/25/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison Between Traditional and Guide-Catheter Extension Reverse Controlled Antegrade Dissection and Retrograde Tracking: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

11/11/2018

A. J. Conrad Smith , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Elizabeth Holper , MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Peter Tajti , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

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

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Srinivasa Potluri , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

We compared the outcomes of traditional rCART vs guide-catheter extension rCART vs cases in which both techniques were used (combined rCART) in patients with successful retrograde CTO crossing in a contemporary multicenter CTO-PCI registry.

We compared the outcomes of...

11/11/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology