percutaneous coronary intervention

Original Contribution

Clinical Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease

07/30/2015

Qing Qin , MD;

Junbo Ge , MD;

Bing Fan , MD;

Lei Ge , MD;

AMI patients with unprotected left main coronary artery as the culprit lesion are a high-risk subgroup with a substantial mortality; PCI has become an option for these patients, but the data are limited. We analyzed the clinical...

AMI patients with unprotected...

07/30/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Patient-Specific Three-Dimensional Aortocoronary Model for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a Totally Occluded Anomalous Right Coronary Artery

06/29/2015

Takeshi Kimura , MD;

Kenji Nakatsuma , MD;

Hirotoshi Watanabe , MD;

Erika Yamamoto , MD;

Syojiro Tatsushima , MD;

Shin Watanabe , MD;

Junichi Tazaki , MD;

Bingyuan Bao , MD;

Toshiaki Toyota , MD;

Hiroki Watanabe , MD;

Masao Imai , MD;

Satoshi Shizuta , MD;

Naritatsu Saito , MD;

We constructed a three-dimensional (3D) aortocoronary model and conducted an in vitro simulation for PCI planning purposes. Our experience suggests that case-specific 3D models are useful for strategic planning of complex PCIs.

We constructed a...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Trends and Outcomes of Radial Approach in Left-Main Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era: A Two-Center Registry

06/29/2015

Antonio Maria Leone , MD, PhD;

Adrian P. Banning , MD, PhD, MBBS;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Giampaolo Niccoli , MD, PhD;

Giovanni Luigi De Maria , MD, PhD;

Niket Patel , MBBS, BSc(Hons);

George Kassimis , MD, PhD;

Giancarlo Pirozzolo , MD;

Carlo Trani , MD;

Ilaria Dato , MD;

Francesco Burzotta , MD, PhD;

Rajesh K. Kharbanda , PhD, MRCP, MD;

Filippo Crea , MD;

An analysis of the immediate and long-term outcomes of transradial (TR) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to unprotected left main stem (ULMS) bifurcation and to assess the main aspects affecting access-site choice in this specific PCI...

An analysis of the immediate and...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Physician, Shield Thyself!

06/29/2015

Srikanth Vallurupalli , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

CTO-PCI operators should plan effective shielding techniques to minimize risk to themselves and their lab personnel and consider use of the Radpad drape when a case is expected to require a relatively high radiation dose.

CTO-PCI operators should plan...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Impact of a Disposable Sterile Radiation Shield on Operator Radiation Exposure During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions

06/29/2015

Deborah Shorrock ;

Jedrek Wosik , MD;

Anna P. Kotsia , MD, PhD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Daisha J. Cipher , PhD, MD;

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

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Daily radiation exposure in the cath lab over many years can adversely impact the health of medical professionals. This study recorded operator radiation exposure at a single institution and compared exposure of operators using the Radpad...

Daily radiation exposure in the...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Conventional Stenting Versus Direct Stenting in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

06/15/2015

Aiman Alak , MD;

Peter Lugomirski , MD;

Natasha Aleksova , MD;

Sanjit S. Jolly , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Direct stenting (DS) is commonly used during percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) to prevent distal embolization. We compare DS with conventional stenting (CS) in patients presenting with AMI in a...

Direct stenting (DS) is commonly...

06/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Compared With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Treatment in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome: Analysis From the ACUITY Trial

06/15/2015

Ke Xu , PhD;

Martial Hamon , MD, FESC;

Yanai Ben-Gal , MD;

E. Magnus Ohman , MD;

Gregg W. Stone , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Roxana Mehran , MD;

Philippe Généreux , MD;

Sorin J. Brener , MD;

A. Michael Lincoff , MD;

George D. Dangas , MD, PhD;

Marco G. Mennuni , MD;

Frederick Feit , MD;

This study compares the outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients with proximal LAD culprit lesions receiving PCI vs CABG, and found that an initial revascularization strategy of PCI compared with CABG yielded similar 1-year death, MI, and...

This study compares the outcomes...

06/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Systematic Review of the BridgePoint System for Crossing Coronary and Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusions

05/29/2015

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Deborah Shorrock ;

Spyros Maragkoydakis , MD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Anna P. Kotsia , MD, PhD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

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

Jedrek Wosik , MD;

The authors performed a systematic review of the literature on the BridgePoint system published between October 2008 and August 2014 and found the system to be associated with high procedural success rates and low complication rates when used...

The authors performed a...

05/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Left Main Bifurcation Angle and Changes Throughout the Cardiac Cycle: Quantitative Implications for Left Main Bifurcation Stenting and Stents

05/15/2015

Ross F. Garberich , MS, MBA, MD;

John R. Lesser , MD;

Chauncy B. Handran , MD;

Michael Gilmore ;

Robert B. Schwartz , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Left main (LM) stenting is an accepted alternative to coronary artery bypass grafting. However, the LM bifurcation has great anatomic variability. The objective of this study was to quantify the LM bifurcation angles and their changes...

Left main (LM) stenting is an...

05/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Impact of Chronic Statin Therapy on Postprocedural Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Non-Emergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

05/15/2015

Shing-Chiu Wong , MD;

Robert M. Minutello , MD;

Geoffrey Bergman , MD, MBBS;

Luke K. Kim , MD;

Rajesh V. Swaminathan , MD;

Jake M. Chanin , MD, MSc;

Muhammad A. Haider , MD;

Michael Tanoue , MD;

Konstantinos Charitakis , MD;

Christopher L. Gade , MD;

Dmitriy N. Feldman , MD;

Harsimran S. Singh , MD;

Following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), elevations in serum creatinine level and declines in glomerular filtration rate are common. Prior studies have demonstrated benefit of chronic statin therapy in the prevention of...

Following percutaneous coronary...

05/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology