Volume 32 - Issue 10 - October, 2020

October 2020 Table of Contents

09/30/2020

Original Contribution Vascular Closure Devices Attenuate Femoral Access Complications of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Pedro Beraldo de Andrade, MD, PhD; José de Ribamar Costa Jr, MD, PhD; Fábio Salerno Rinaldi, MD; Igor...

Original Contribution Vascular...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Vascular Closure Devices Attenuate Femoral Access Complications of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

09/30/2020

Luiz Alberto Piva e Mattos , MD, PhD;

Igor Ribeiro de Castro Bienert , MD, PhD;

Robson Alves Barbosa , RN;

Andre Labrunie , MD, PhD;

Felipe Maia , MD, MSc;

Cleverson Zukowski , MD, PhD;

Marden Andre Tebet , MD, PhD;

Vinicius Esteves , MD, PhD;

Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid , MD, PhD;

Pedro Beraldo de Andrade , MD, PhD;

Amanda G.R.M. Sousa , MD, PhD;

Jose de Ribamar Costa Jr., MD, PhD;

Fabio Salerno Rinaldi , MD;

Our randomized study evaluates severe access-related complications using vascular closure devices for patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by comparing radial access with a compression device and anatomic...

Our randomized study evaluates...

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Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Cardiogenic Shock Management: International Survey of Contemporary Practices

09/30/2020

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Jose P.S. Henriques , MD, PhD;

Stavros G. Drakos , MD, PhD;

Iosif Taleb , MD;

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

Jayant Bagai , MD;

Yiannis S. Chatzizisis , MD, PhD;

Benjamin Sun , MD;

Katarzyna Hryniewicz-Czeneszew , MD;

Peter M. Eckman , MD;

Holger Thiele , MD, PhD;

Mauricio G. Cohen , MD, FACC;

Angie S. Lobo , MD;

Limited data exist on current cardiogenic shock (CS) management strategies. We distributed a 48-question survey on the diagnosis and management of CS. Our survey suggests opportunities for standardization of care.

Limited data exist on current...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Quality of Life Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Nonagenarians

09/30/2020

Haider Al Taii , MD;

Ramez Morcos , MD;

Hamza A. Lodhi , MD;

Adithya Mathews , MD, MBA;

Brijehswar S. Maini , MD, FACC;

Priya Bansal , MD;

Houman Khalili , MD;

Michael Kucharik , BS ;

Sanjay Chandrasekhar , BS;

Andrew Fahmy , BS;

Divyesh Doddapaneni , BS;

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis is an increasingly prevalent treatment in patients who are intermediate or high risk for surgical intervention. This study explores symptomatic relief and quality of life...

Transcatheter aortic valve...

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Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation at Very High Bleeding Risk Without Postimplantation Antithrombotic Therapy

09/30/2020

Philippe Garot , MD;

Antoinette Neylon , MD;

Francesca Sanguineti , MD;

Arthur Darmon , MD;

Etienne L. Couture , MD, MPH;

Bernard Chevalier , MD;

Gauthier Stein , MD;

Bertrand Cormier , MD;

Jerome Horvilleur , MD;

Thierry Lefèvre , MD;

A substantial proportion of patients have high bleeding risk and are contraindicated to antithrombotic therapy. We assess a cohort of very high bleeding risk patients discharged with no antithrombotics after left atrial appendage closure.

A substantial proportion of...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Utilization for Stent Optimization on 1-Year Outcomes After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

09/30/2020

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

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Fotios Gkargkoulas , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

Larissa Stanberry , PhD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Ross F. Garberich , MS, MBA, MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

The impact of intravascular ultrasound utilization for stent optimization on the long-term outcomes in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention has received limited study.

The impact of intravascular...

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Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Comparison in Clinical Outcomes Between Leadless and Conventional Transvenous Pacemaker Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

09/30/2020

Yasuhiro Tanabe , MD, PhD;

Yuki Ishibashi , MD, PhD;

Takumi Higuma , MD, PhD;

Yoshihiro J. Akashi , MD, PhD;

Kazuaki Okuyama , MD;

Shingo Kuwata , MD, PhD;

Kenichi Sasaki , MD;

Masaki Izumo , MD, PhD;

Toshiki Kaihara , MD, PhD;

Tomoo Harada , MD, PhD;

Mika Watanabe , MD;

Masashi Koga , MD;

Ryo Kamijima , MD, PhD;

Makoto Takano , MD;

Atrioventricular block is a common complication of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Although conventional transvenous dual-chamber pacemaker (PM) is ideal for atrioventricular block, leadless PM is less invasive and may be...

Atrioventricular block is a...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Worsening Back and Lower Leg Pain Post Stenting of the Common Iliac Vein: Is There Evidence it is Related to Stent Size?

09/30/2020

Nicolas W. Shammas , MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM;

Sizing of iliac vein stents remains controversial. We present the first Venovo venous stent (BD/Bard) that was explanted because of worsening of back and leg pain post treatment and analyze data from the first 50 consecutive Venovo venous...

Sizing of iliac vein stents...

09/30/2020

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Improvement in Pulmonary Vascular Resistance After Relief of Fontan Circuit Obstruction

09/30/2020

Joshua Yell , BS ;

Preston J. Boyer , MD;

Alyssa Bernardi , DO;

Scott E. Klewer , MD;

Michael D. Seckeler , MD, MSc;

Patients with single-ventricle congenital heart disease undergo staged surgical palliations leading to a final Fontan procedure. After Fontan, cardiac index is primarily determined by pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR); we therefore...

Patients with single-ventricle...

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Robotic Peripheral Vascular Intervention With Drug-Coated Balloons is Feasible and Reduces Operator Radiation Exposure: Results of the Robotic-Assisted Peripheral Intervention for Peripheral Artery Disease (RAPID) Study II

09/30/2020

Florian Schmid , MD;

Peter Kalmar , MD;

Hannes Deutschmann , MD;

Franz Hafner , MD;

Peter Rief , MD;

Chris Cain , RN;

Lawrence Ang , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Marianne Brodmann , MD;

This study was designed to determine the feasibility and safety of robotic peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) with the CorPath System (Corindus Vascular Robotics) for treating femoropopliteal lesions with drug-coated balloon, and to...

This study was designed to...

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