Adam T. Stys, MD, FACC

Zoltan Varga , MD, PhD;

How to Wire a Complex Coronary Trifurcation: A Novel Guidewire Contrast Surfing Technique

Chirag K. Desai , MD;

Jacob M. Haiar ;

Despite advanced methods for modification of resistant coronary lesions, dilatation of highly calcified coronary artery segments remains a challenge. Traditional methods used in these situations include inflation with noncompliant balloons,...

Despite advanced methods for...

04/04/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Case & Technique

04/03/2018

Filip Oleszak ;

Maheedhar Gedela , MD;

Jeffrey Wilson , MD;

Challenging Anatomy: Sneak Attack, Triple Telescopic System Guide Extension, and Balloon Anchoring Solve the Problem

Unfavorable coronary anatomy, especially involving bifurcations, can preclude guidewire passage even when there is flow distal to the stenosis.1

Unfavorable coronary anatomy,...

04/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Suggested Technique

02/03/2022

Zoltan Varga , MD, PhD;

Jeffrey Wilson , MD;

Apple Core: A Novel Technique for Accessing Calcified and Fibrotic Common Femoral Arteries

In the last two decades, interventional cardiology has seen an unprecedented boom in development of more and more advanced endovascular equipment, broadening the horizon of possibilities for percutaneous treatment of complex coronary lesions.

In the last two decades,...

02/03/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Suggested Technique

11/05/2019

Transseptal Access Using Balloon-Assisted Tracking Technique

Philip Carson , MD;

We found this technique useful for gaining access in fibrotic and calcified arteries. It does not require any extra equipment aside from the needle already on the table.

We found this technique useful...

11/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

11/22/2022

Ninad Nadkarni , MD;

Fouad Khalil , MBBCh;

Anomalous Left Circumflex Artery Originating from Right Coronary Artery (RCA) with Wire Knuckle Push of RCA: A Novel Technique for PCI

An 80-year-old female with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease presented with worsening dyspnea and fatigue for 6 months despite being on optimal guideline-directed medical...

An 80-year-old female with a...

11/22/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

12/28/2017

A New Technique for Coronary Guide Catheter Exchange Over Coronary Guidewire Using GuideLiner Catheter

Shenjing Li , MD;

Prince Sethi , MD;

Here, we present a case of acute coronary syndrome with a severely diseased anomalous LCX, successfully managed with a novel PCI technique.

Here, we present a case of acute...

12/28/2017

Cath Lab Digest

05/20/2014

Guidewire Hydroglide Technique ‘Booster’

Muhammad Ali Khan , MD;

Guide catheter exchange over coronary guidewire can be challenging, yet is necessary in certain clinical scenarios. We present a technique of guide catheter exchange over a coronary guidewire with GuideLiner support.

Guide catheter exchange over...

05/20/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

New Techniques

07/07/2014

Marian S. Petrasko , MD, PhD;

Muhammad Ali Khan , MD;

Novel Extreme Triple Telescopic Support for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

OTW systems can be retrieved without the use of guide wire extension by utilizing the “hydroglide” technique.

OTW systems can be retrieved...

07/07/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

03/06/2017

Muhammad Ali Khan , MD;

Reduction in Contrast Nephropathy From Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Ultra-Low Contrast Delivery Using an Automated Contrast Injector System

We present a novel technique of extreme PCI support, as depicted in our case series, which allowed completion of PCI otherwise not possible by using conventional means. We describe a triple telescopic system, involving a smaller in a larger...

We present a novel technique of...

03/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

07/15/2016

Shenjing Li , MD;

Shawn C. Kelly , MD;

Paul A. Thompson , PhD;