Ashish Pershad, MD

Original Contribution

Immediate- and Short-Term Outcome following Recanalization
of Long Chronic Total Occlusions (> 50 mm) of Native Coronary Arteri

08/01/2008

Akil Loli , MD;

Rex Liu , MD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is present in approximately 30% of diagnostic angiograms. Data suggest that 10-year survival of patients with CTO is improved if the CTO is successfully recanalized.1 Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of a...

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

One-Year Outcomes for Recanalization of Long Superficial Femoral Artery Chronic Total Occlusions with the Viabahn Stent Graft

06/09/2009

Nahel Farraj , DO;

Amit Srivastava , MD, FACC, FABVM;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

ABSTRACT: Objective. The treatment of long superficial femoral artery (SFA) chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains controversial. There are several percutaneous treatment options available for the recanalization of these lesions....

ABSTRACT: Objective. The...

06/09/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

GuideLiner Catheter Facilitated PCI ‚Äì A Novel Device with Multiple Applications

10/26/2011

Nathan Laufer , MD;

Victor Sein , MD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

ABSTRACT: Objective. The GuideLiner catheter (Vascular Solutions, Inc.) is a monorail guiding catheter extension that serves to facilitate stent delivery and is approved for providing extra support and coaxial guide engagement. The objective...

ABSTRACT: Objective. The...

10/26/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Teaching Collection

Subclavian Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Successful Exclusion with a Covered Self-Expanding Stent<br />
CATHETER TECHNIQUES FOR THE TREATME

08/01/2008

Nathan Laufer , MD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Jorge A. Hernandez , MD;

Pseudoaneurysms are encapsulated hematomas that communicate with an artery because of an incomplete seal by the media. Although femoral artery pseudo-aneurysms occurring as a complication of cardiac catheterization are familiar to an...

Pseudoaneurysms are encapsulated...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Directional Atherectomy With the SilverHawk Plaque Excision
Device in the Treatment of a Proximal Subclavian-Vertebral
Artery

08/01/2008

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Jon Stevenson , MD;

Subclavian artery stenoses can, in patients who have undergone previous left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to left anterior descending (LAD) bypass grafting, lead to coronary-subclavian steal syndrome (CSSS).1 This occurs when a proximal...

Subclavian artery stenoses can,...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The AngiographiC Evaluation of the Everolimus-Eluting Stent in Chronic Total Occlusion (ACE-CTO) Study

09/02/2015

Calin Maniu , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Jeffrey L. Hastings , MD, MS;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Dharam J. Kumbhani , MD, SM;

Michael Luna , MD;

Tayo Addo , MD;

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Anna P. Kotsia , MD, PhD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Rachita Navara , MD;

Tesfaldet T. Michael , MD, MPH;

Daniel P. Sherbet , MD;

Donald Haagen , RCIS, MD;

There are limited data on outcomes after implantation of second-generation drug-eluting stents in coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs). This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of angiographic restenosis and clinical outcomes after...

There are limited data on...

09/02/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Pronto‚Ñ¢ Catheter Thrombectomy in Acute ST-Segment Myocardial Infarction: A Case Series

08/01/2008

David Hoelzinger , MD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Shirish Patel , MD;

The aim in the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction is the early restoration of TIMI 3 blood flow in the infarct related artery.1 Primary angioplasty during an acute myocardial infarction achieves this objective but is associated...

The aim in the treatment of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Highlights of the Scottsdale Interventional Forum 2014, How-to Symposiums: Advances in Chronic Total Occlusion Therapy

02/01/2015

Michael A. Kutcher , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Mohamad Lazkani , MD;

David G. Rizik , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Moneer Eddin , MD;

William L. Lombardi , MD;

The tenth annual Scottsdale Interventional Forum (SIF), which took place in Scottsdale, Arizona from March 5-8, 2014, brought together some of the leading experts in CTO-PCI. Topics discussed included review of the diagnostic coronary...

The tenth annual Scottsdale...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Closure Devices Are Not Benign: Case Closed or Artery Closed?

08/01/2008

Jon Stevenson , MD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

The arterial access required during most invasive vascular procedures provides a common source of complications and morbidity. This problem has been aggravated by recent trends in earlier ambulation. Both suture mediated and collagen...

The arterial access required...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

TEE-Guided Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With Zero Contrast - A Viable Alternative for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

02/01/2015

H. Kenith Fang , MD;

George A. Gellert , MD, MPH, MPA;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Ghassan Frajj , MD;

Sudhakar Virendra Girotra , MD;

Acute kidney injury (AKI) stage II-III has been associated with a higher short-term and long-term mortality after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We present a patient with AKI where fluoroscopic landmarks and TEE imaging were...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) stage...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology