Volume 35 - Issue 12 - December, 2023

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Original Contribution

Effect of Sevoflurane on Serum CK-MB Levels After Percutaneous Coronary Stent Placement: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

12/14/2023

Sergio Navarro Braga , MD, PhD;

Ronaldo Rossi Júnior , MD, PhD;

Caetano Nigro , MD, PhD;

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

Jose de Ribamar Costa Jr., MD, PhD;

Fausto Feres , MD, PhD;

In the present study, the authors sought to investigate the role of sevoflurane in reduction of creatine kinase-myocardial band mass release after percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

In the present study, the...

12/14/2023

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Takayasu's Arteritis Presenting as Acute STEMI

12/05/2023

Maria Antonia Mesa-Maya , MD;

Laura Duque-Gonzalez , MD;

Sergio Franco-Sierra , MD;

An 18-year-old man with past medical history of secondary arterial hypertension diagnosed at age 15 presented with an abdominal magnetic resonance imaging that exhibited left renal artery stenosis.

An 18-year-old man with past...

12/05/2023

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Clinical Images

A Rare Complication: Hydrophilic Coating of Puncture Guide Wire Found Floating in the Pulmonary Artery

12/05/2023

Jie Zeng , MD;

Cong Lu , MD;

Hui Huang , MD;

Qian Wang , MD;

Long Zhou , MD;

A 62-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation was admitted to Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, and radiofrequency ablation therapy was planned. After femoral venous puncture, X-ray fluoroscopy showed a slim-line shaped wire that was...

A 62-year-old woman with atrial...

12/05/2023

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Figure 2. Computed tomography showing fistula

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Coronary Steal Syndrome Caused by a Large Saphenous Venous Graft Aneurysm With a Fistula Communicating to the Right Atrium Managed by Transcatheter Closure

12/05/2023

Lina Ya'Quob , MD;

Richard K. Cheng , MD, MS;

Marc Simon , MD;

Harsh Argawal , MD;

A 71-year-old man with history of coronary artery disease status post coronary artery bypass grafting in 1999 presented with decompensated heart failure.

A 71-year-old man with history...

12/05/2023

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Retrograde Stent Target Technique for Left Main Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularization

12/05/2023

Jonathan Davis , MD;

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

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

A 72-year-old woman presented with progressive angina and anterior ischemia on a nuclear stress test.

A 72-year-old woman presented...

12/05/2023

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Endovascular Rehabilitation of Acutely Thrombosed Fontan Conduit in a Patient With Multiorgan Failure

12/05/2023

Pradyumna Agasthi , MBBS, MD;

Jason H. Anderson , MD;

Haraldur Bjarnason , MD;

A 32-year-old man with history of hypoplastic left heart syndrome status post-Fontan palliation had previously undergone Fontan conduit and left pulmonary artery stenting to relieve conduit obstruction.

A 32-year-old man with history...

12/05/2023

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Original Contribution

The Allegra Transcatheter Heart Valve: Long-term Clinical and Echocardiographic Outcomes

12/05/2023

Florim Cuculi , MD;

Stefan Toggweiler , MD;

Mathias Wolfrum , MD;

Federico Moccetti , MD;

Nina Conrad , MS;

Lucca Loretz , MD;

Matthias Bossard , MD;

Adrian Attiger-Toller , MD;

The authors report procedural data and mid-term echocardiographic and clinical data from a prospective single center registry.

The authors report procedural...

12/05/2023

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Original Contribution

Activated Clotting Time and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

12/05/2023

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ufuk Yildirim , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Rodrigo Bagur , MD, PhD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Niranjan Reddy , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Elias V. Haddad , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

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

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jarrod D. Frizzell , MD;

The authors evaluated the association between activated clotting time and in-hospital clinical outcomes in a large international multicenter chronic total occlusion-percutaneous coronary intervention registry.

The authors evaluated the...

12/05/2023

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Three-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography to Decide on Reverse Wire Technique in Bifurcation Interventions

11/28/2023

Mitsuhiro Kunimoto , MD;

Hiroshi Tamura , MD;

Kikuo Isoda , MD;

Seiji Koga , MD;

Mitsuhiro Takeuchi , MD;

A 79-year-old male with effort angina was admitted to receive optical coherence tomography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention for restenosis of an everolimus-eluting stent implanted to the left anterior descending artery 8 years ago.

A 79-year-old male with effort...

11/28/2023

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Original Contribution

Lesion Complexity and Procedural Outcomes Associated With Ostial Chronic Total Occlusions: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

07/13/2023

Yader Sandoval , MD;

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

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

We examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of 8,788 CTO PCIs performed at 35 US and non-US centers between 2012 and 2022. In-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) included death, myocardial...

We examined the clinical and...

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Outcomes of a Transapical Edge-To-Edge Repair System in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

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