Fermin O. Tio, MD

Effects of Focused Force Angioplasty: Pre-clinical Experience and Clinical Confirmation

08/01/2008

David Meerkin , MBBS, MD;

Seung H. Lee , MD;

Fermin O. Tio , MD;

Eberhard Grube , MD;

Shing-Chiu Wong , MD;

Mun K. Hong , MD;

Conventional balloon angioplasty aims to reduce or eliminate coronary arterial stenoses. This is achieved by a combination of plaque compression and fracture, creation of intimal flaps and localized medial dissection, as well as stretching...

Conventional balloon angioplasty...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rapid Communication

A New Percutaneous Porcine Coronary Model of Chronic Total Occlusion

08/01/2008

Fermin O. Tio , MD;

Shing-Chiu Wong , MD;

Mun K. Hong , MD;

Dong Joo Oh , MD;

Woohyuk Song , MD;

Jaeung Lee , MD;

Hyunjoong Kim , MD;

Jinho Shin , MD;

Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are present in up to 40% of patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease and represent at least 10% of the target for coronary angioplasty attempts.1 However, despite improvements in...

Chronic total occlusions (CTO)...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology