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

Invasive Thoughts

08/30/2012

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

I frequently visit various cardiac catheterization laboratories both in the US and abroad and watch live cases at various interventional meetings. I find such experiences invaluable for “opening the mind” to new, different, and often better...

I frequently visit various...

08/30/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Current Perspectives and Practices on Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

10/15/2017

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Rohan V. Menon , BS , MD;

Siddharth M. Patel , MD, BS;

Minh N. Vo , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

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

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Erica Resendes , BS, MS, MPH;

Stephen G. Ellis , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Mauro Carlino , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

We sought to examine contemporary perspectives and practices on chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. An online questionnaire was created and distributed to cardiologists within the United States and internationally.

We sought to examine...

10/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Frequency, Treatment, and Consequences of Device Loss and Entrapment in Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

04/26/2012

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

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

Jose Miguel Iturbe , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Arif Mahmood , MD;

Aristotelis C. Papayannis , MD;

Abdul-Rahman Abdel-Karim , MD;

Abstract: Background. Device loss and entrapment are infrequent but potentially grave complications of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). There are limited contemporary data on the frequency, treatment, and consequences of these...

Abstract: Background. Device...

04/26/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Association of Annual Operator Volume With the Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

08/05/2022

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

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

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Khalid O. Tammam , MD, PhD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

There are limited data on the association of operator volume with the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We analyzed the association between operator volume and procedural outcomes of 7035...

There are limited data on the...

08/05/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Challenges Associated With Use of the GuideLiner Catheter in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

07/02/2012

Tesfaldet T. Michael , MD, MPH;

Aristotelis C. Papayannis , MD;

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

Abstract: The GuideLiner catheter is an easy-to-use guide catheter extension that can facilitate vessel engagement and equipment delivery. We present two cases that illustrate two potential challenges associated with use of the GuideLiner...

Abstract: The GuideLiner...

07/02/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of Iodixanol and Ioxaglate for Coronary Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

09/15/2015

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Anna P. Kotsia , MD, PhD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Georgios E. Christakopoulos , MD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

The impact of contrast type on coronary imaging using optical coherence tomography (OCT) has received limited study. We compared OCT imaging obtained using the non-ionic, iso-osmolar iodixanol with the ionic, low-osmolar ioxaglate.

The impact of contrast type on...

09/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Management of Guidewire Entrapment With Laser Atherectomy

04/25/2017

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

José Roberto Martínez-Parachini , MD;

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

A 62-year-old man was referred for percutaneous coronary intervention of a severe circumflex lesion. The guidewire became entangled in the previously implanted left anterior descending artery stent. Caution should be used when wiring through...

A 62-year-old man was referred...

04/25/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Modes of Failure of Guide Catheter Extensions: Insights From the MAUDE Database

01/12/2024

Houman Khalili , MD;

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

Michael Luna , MD;

Anand Desai , MD, MBA;

Sana Shaukat , MD;

Hamza A. Lodhi , MD;

Harris Khan , MD;

Data from the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database between 2012 and 2022 were used to investigate the most common modes of failure and related adverse events with the use of guide catheter extensions.

Data from the Manufacturer and...

01/12/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Contribution

Adverse Events With Intravascular Lithotripsy After Peripheral and Off-Label Coronary Use: A Report From the FDA MAUDE Database

12/01/2021

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Yashasvi Chugh , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Mehdi H. Shishehbor , DO, MPH, PhD;

Kevin J. Croce , MD, PhD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Bilal Murad , MD;

Currently only the peripheral intravascular lithotripsy device is approved for use in the United States. We queried the United States FDA MAUDE database from January 1, 2016 to December 14, 2020 for all reports of adverse events and modes of...

Currently only the peripheral...

12/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Embolic Protection during Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions

08/17/2009

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

ABSTRACT: Stenting of saphenous vein graft (SVG) lesions is associated with a high risk of periprocedural myocardial infarction, due primarily to distal embolization. Although embolic protection devices are the only clinical trial-proven...

ABSTRACT: Stenting of saphenous...

08/17/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology