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

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

External Validation of the JR-CTO Score in Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention: From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

08/14/2024

Pedro E.P. Carvalho , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Dimitrios Strepkos , MD;

;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Ahmed Al-Ogaili , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

;

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

Original Contribution

Peripheral Artery Disease in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

08/09/2024

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

;

Ahmed Al-Ogaili , MD;

Pedro E.P. Carvalho , MD;

Dimitrios Strepkos , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Laura D. Young , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

James D. Flaherty , MD;

Daniel R. Schimmel , MD, MS;

Keith H. Benzuly , MD;

Mahmut Uluganyan , MD;

Ramazan Ozdemir , MD;

Yousif Ahmad , MRCP, PhD, FSCAI, FACC, BMBS;

;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

;

The authors examined a multicenter registry of CTO PCI to explore the prevalence of peripheral artery disease and its effects on techniques used during the procedure and in-hospital outcomes.

The authors examined a...

08/09/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Percutaneous Retrieval of a Fractured Guide Catheter Using Contralateral Snaring

07/31/2012

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Tesfaldet T. Michael , MD, MPH;

ABSTRACT: Guide catheter kinking and fracture is an uncommon complication of percutaneous coronary intervention and may require emergency surgical intervention if percutaneous retrieval fails. We present a case of guide catheter kinking and...

ABSTRACT: Guide catheter kinking...

07/31/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Tips and Techniques

Applications of the Distal Anchoring Technique in Coronary and Peripheral Interventions

10/04/2011

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Arif Mahmood , MD;

The balloon anchoring technique was initially described by Fujita in 2003 as inflation of a balloon in the side branch of a target coronary vessel to facilitate equipment delivery to a target lesion.1 Two variations of this technique (coaxial...

The balloon anchoring technique...

10/04/2011

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

Clinical, Angiographic, and Procedural Predictors of Periprocedural Complications During Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

03/06/2014

Kimberly M. Brayton , MD, JD;

Tesfaldet T. Michael , MD, MPH;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Daisha J. Cipher , PhD, MD;

Vishal G. Patel , MD;

Owen Mogabgab , MD;

Eric Fuh , MD;

Avantika Banerjee , MD, BS , MS;

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

Abstract: Objectives. To identify clinical, angiographic, and procedural factors associated with increased risk of periprocedural complications during chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Background....

Abstract: Objectives. To...

03/06/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Contrast Utilization During Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From a Contemporary Multicenter Registry

07/01/2016

William L. Lombardi , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

John N. Bahadorani , MD;

Matthew T. Finn , MD, MS;

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

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

J. Aaron Grantham , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Phillip Green , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Craig A. Thompson , MD, MMSc;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Georgios E. Christakopoulos , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

This study examines the association of clinical, angiographic, and procedural variables with contrast volume administered during 1330 CTO-PCIs performed at 12 experienced United States centers.

This study examines the...

07/01/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Use of Bivalirudin for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

04/01/2023

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Louis Verreault-Julien , MD, MPH;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

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

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

The authors compare clinical outcomes – including major adverse cardiac events and vascular complications – of CTO-PCIs performed using bivalirudin vs unfractionated heparin.

The authors compare clinical...

04/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Two ‚ÄúBuddies‚Äù May Be Better than One: Use of Two Buddy Wires to Expand an Underexpanded Left Main Coronary Stent

09/06/2009

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Jason B. Lindsey , MD;

ABSTRACT: Stent underexpansion is a catastrophic complication of stent implantation that can usually be treated with high-pressure balloon dilatation. We report a case of emergency, unprotected distal left main coronary artery stenting, in...

ABSTRACT: Stent underexpansion...

09/06/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Clinical Outcomes and Cost Comparisons of Stent and Non-Stent Interventions in Infrainguinal Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the Excellence in Peripheral Artery Disease (XLPAD) Registry

12/28/2018

Scott Kinlay , MD;

Mujtaba M. Ali , MD, RPVI;

Bala Ramanan , MD, MBBS;

Shirling Tsai , MD;

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Tayo Addo , MD;

Mazen S. Abu-Fadel , MD;

Christopher T. Bajzer , MD;

Ian M. Cawich , MD;

Houman Khalili , MD;

Michael Luna , MD;

Khusrow Niazi , MD;

Anand Prasad , MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI;

Ehrin J. Armstrong , MD, MSc, FACC;

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

Osvaldo S. Gigliotti , MD;

Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter , PhD;

Bassel Bou Dargham , MD, BS;

Preeti Kamath , BDS, MHA;

Mazin I. Foteh , MD;

We present data on 2162 patients from the ongoing United States multicenter XLPAD registry between 2006-2016 to compare stent vs non-stent treatment outcomes and associated costs in FP interventions.

We present data on 2162 patients...

12/28/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology