Ashish Pershad, MD

Clinical Images

Double Trouble: Transapical Transcatheter Replacement of the Aortic and Mitral Valves in a Single Operation

05/24/2018

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Mohamad Lazkani , MD;

George A. Gellert , MD, MPH, MPA;

Joshua Waggoner , MD;

Kenith Fang , MD;

Michael Morris , MD;

This case represents the first reported simultaneous transcatheter aortic and mitral valve replacements for native aortic and mitral stenosis performed via the transapical approach.

This case represents the first...

05/24/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Management of Distal Coronary Perforations

08/01/2008

Ashish Pershad , MD;

David Biglari , DO;

Alon Yarkoni , MD, FACC;

Coronary artery perforation (CAP) is an uncommon, yet potentially devastating, complication of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).1 Early reports of this catastrophic complication date back to the early 1980s.2 In a recent review of...

Coronary artery perforation...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Entrapped Coronary Arteries in Constrictive Pericarditis

08/01/2021

Sarah M. Baker , MSN, APRN;

Timothy E. Paterick , MD, JD;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Richard R. Heuser , MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI;

Nachiket J. Patel , MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI;

Pericardial constriction can be present without pericardial calcium and often without pericardial thickening. This epicardial coronary artery motion abnormality due to entrapment in a thickened, fibrotic pericardium, is characteristic of...

Pericardial constriction can be...

08/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Pulseless Right Groin‚Ä¶ Bounding Distal Pulses

07/29/2011

Claudia Dima , MD;

Amit Srivastava , MD, FACC, FABVM;

Ashish Pershad , MD;

Unusual anatomic variants are rare and can sometimes mimic atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease. In the case described, physical examination revealed a pulseless right groin yet palpable dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial pulses....

Unusual anatomic variants are...

07/29/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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