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Volume 37 - Issue 2 - February, 2025

Featured Article

Original Contribution
09/30/2024
Michaella Alexandrou, MD; Athanasios Rempakos, MD; Deniz Mutlu, MD; Dimitrios Strepkos, MD; Pedro E.P. Carvalho, MD; Ahmed Al-Ogaili, MD; Anastasios Milkas, MD; Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD; Mir Babar Basir, DO; Rhian Davies, DO, MS; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD; William Nicholson, MD; Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc; Sevket Gorgulu, MD; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD; Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA; M. Nicholas Burke, MD; Yader Sandoval, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
The authors compared the predictions for successful antegrade wiring of chronic total occlusion lesions made by interventional cardiologists with those from a machine learning model.
The authors compared the predictions for successful antegrade wiring of chronic total occlusion lesions made by interventional cardiologists with those from a machine learning model.
The authors compared the...
09/30/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Brief Communication
08/20/2024
Robert S. Zhang, MD; Muhammad Haisum Maqsood, MD, MS; Eugene Yuriditsky, MD; Peter Zhang, MD; Lindsay Elbaum, MD; Allison A. Greco, MD; Vikramjit Mukherjee, MD; Radu Postelnicu, MD; Carlos L. Alviar, MD; Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA
This study aims to assess the efficacy of catheter-based thrombectomy compared to other treatment modalities in patients with clot-in-transit.
This study aims to assess the efficacy of catheter-based thrombectomy compared to other treatment modalities in patients with clot-in-transit.
This study aims to assess the...
08/20/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Clinical Images
10/08/2024
Hussein Sliman, MD; Amnon Eitan, MD; Ofer Galili, MD; Keren Zissman, MD; Ronen Jaffe, MD
The authors describe 2 patients with arterial stenosis that was resistant to balloon dilation who were treated with rotational atherectomy.
The authors describe 2 patients with arterial stenosis that was resistant to balloon dilation who were treated with rotational atherectomy.
The authors describe 2 patients...
10/08/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
09/12/2024
Dimitrios Karelas, MD, MSc; Nikolaos Platogiannis, MD, MSc; George J. Papanikolaou, MD; John Papanikolaou, MD, PhD
A 76-year-old woman was scheduled for pacemaker implantation due to sick sinus syndrome. The skin was prepared with the usual povidone-iodine solution. During the procedure, she experienced intense burning and discomfort on the left upper...
A 76-year-old woman was scheduled for pacemaker implantation due to sick sinus syndrome. The skin was prepared with the usual povidone-iodine solution. During the procedure, she experienced intense burning and discomfort on the left upper...
A 76-year-old woman was...
09/12/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/29/2024
Craig Basman, MD; Karla Rodriguez-Barragan, MD; Jessica Willert, MD; Sung-Han Yoon, MD; Ryan Kaple, MD
This case demonstrates an issue retrieving a MitraClip into the steerable guide catheter and presents a novel solution to facilitate an exit strategy.
This case demonstrates an issue retrieving a MitraClip into the steerable guide catheter and presents a novel solution to facilitate an exit strategy.
This case demonstrates an issue...
08/29/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Brief Communication
08/26/2024
Kevin J. John, MD; Haval Chweich, MD; Carey Kimmelstiel, MD; Charles D. Resor, MD; Navin Kumar Kapur, MD
The authors share their institutional experience with the Perclose post-closure technique for vascular access closure after Impella removal.
The authors share their institutional experience with the Perclose post-closure technique for vascular access closure after Impella removal.
The authors share their...
08/26/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/21/2024
Konstantin M. Heinroth, MD; Daniel Hoyer, MD; Dirk Mahnkopf, MD; Florian Höpfner, MD; Lisette Rothenbächer, PhD; Daniel Sedding, MD
The authors describe the application of radiofrequency energy via coronary guidewires in a porcine animal model for selective occlusion of coronary side branches that mimics the established principle of transcoronary ablation of septal...
The authors describe the application of radiofrequency energy via coronary guidewires in a porcine animal model for selective occlusion of coronary side branches that mimics the established principle of transcoronary ablation of septal...
The authors describe the...
08/21/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/15/2024
Sotirios C. Kotoulas, MD; Dimitrios Iliopoulos, MD; Paschalis Latsios, MD; Aikaterini Peteinaki, MD; Efthymia Koutsogiannaki, MD; Andreas S. Triantafyllis, MD, PhD
A 50-year-old man with family history of coronary artery disease underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention due to an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed an occluded left circumflex artery.
A 50-year-old man with family history of coronary artery disease underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention due to an inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed an occluded left circumflex artery.
A 50-year-old man with family...
08/15/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Brief Communication
08/14/2024
Pedro E.P. Carvalho, MD; Athanasios Rempakos, MD; Deniz Mutlu, MD; Michaella Alexandrou, MD; Dimitrios Strepkos, MD; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA; Ahmed Al-Ogaili, MD; M. Nicholas Burke, MD; Yader Sandoval, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
The authors evaluated the JR-CTO score’s performance in patients treated at 44 centers between 2013 and 2024 as part of the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of CTO Intervention (PROGRESS-CTO).
The authors evaluated the JR-CTO score’s performance in patients treated at 44 centers between 2013 and 2024 as part of the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of CTO Intervention (PROGRESS-CTO).
The authors evaluated the JR-CTO...
08/14/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/09/2024
Suraj Kumar, MD, DM; Rajiv Kumar, MS, MCh; Tejinder Singh Malhi, MD, DM; Bhupinder Singh, DM, MD
A 64-year-old woman who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention to the proximal left anterior descending artery 2 months prior presented to the emergency room with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Transthoracic...
A 64-year-old woman who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention to the proximal left anterior descending artery 2 months prior presented to the emergency room with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Transthoracic...
A 64-year-old woman who...
08/09/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology