Raoul Bonan, MD

Commentary

Cutting or not Cutting: More than 10 Years Later the Cutting Balloon is Around and Still Looking for ‚ÄúThe‚Äù Indication! <br />

08/01/2008

Raoul Bonan , MD;

It failed to be approved for the “plain” indication when the Cutting Balloon Global Randomized Trial shows no benefit over the plain balloon in pre-stenting era. In this multicenter, randomized clinical trial, cutting balloon angioplasty...

It failed to be approved for the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Acute Myocardial Infarction: Early Strategies to Optimize Results

06/19/2008

Gregory Braden , MD;

Paul A. Overlie , MD, FACC, FACP;

Fayaz Shawl , MD;

Roxana Mehran , MD;

Norberto Schechtmann , MD;

Ted A. Bass , MD;

Patrick L. Whitlow , MD;

William W. O'Neill , MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Greg Braden: Let’s discuss the issue of MI patients who live in communities where there is quick access to catheterization laboratories, versus those in remote communities who don’t have easy access to cath labs. We live in a modestly rural...

Greg Braden: Let’s discuss the...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

IAGS Proceedings - <br />
Troubling Lesion Subsets: Bifurcation Disease

08/01/2008

Brian O'Murchu , MD;

Howard A. Cohen , MD;

Hal Whitworth ;

Jeffrey Werner , MD;

Michael Cowley , MD;

Alfredo E. Rodriguez , MD, PhD;

James P. Zidar , MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Max Amor , MD;

Tom J. Linnemeier , MD;

Christopher U. Cates , MD;

Moderator: Kirk Garratt Panel Members: Tom Linnemeier, Brian O’Murchu, Jeffrey Werner Tom Linnemeier: The best treatment option today for a true LAD diagonal bifurcation lesion is to place a stent in the LAD and dilate through the...

Moderator: Kirk Garratt Panel...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Cutting and Stenting in a Heavily Calcified Left <br />
Anterior Descending Artery Lesion

08/01/2008

David Meerkin , MBBS, MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Jean-Claude Tardif , MD;

Olivier F. Bertrand , MD, PhD;

The approach to the highly calcified proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) lesion remains controversial. Treatment with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) alone has resulted in lower success rates, higher...

The approach to the highly...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Results of Intracoronary b-Brachytherapy Administered by 60 mm Transfer Device/Radiation Source Train: A Subgroup Analysis from

08/01/2008

Hans-Peter Lorenzen , MD;

Franz Hartmann , MD;

Karl Wegscheider , PhD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Philip Urban , MD;

Heribert Schunkert , MD;

Deepak Jain , MD, DM;

Intracoronary radiation, by virtue of its ability to inhibit intimal hyperplasia and constrictive vascular remodeling, reduces restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Long lesions — longer than the available source length...

Intracoronary radiation, by...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Treatment of Long, Diffuse, In-Stent Restenotic Lesions with Beta Radiation Using Strontium 90 and Sequential Positioning ‚ÄúPullb

08/01/2008

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Michel Joyal , MD;

Tim Fox , PhD;

Ian R. Crocker , MD;

Andre Arsenault , MD;

Diffuse, in-stent restenosis, characterized by lesions greater than 10 mm in length, is associated with revascularization rates ranging from 34% to more than 80% following conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 Lesion lengths...

Diffuse, in-stent restenosis,...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Differential Outcome after Intracoronary Radiation Therapy Is Related to a Simple Classification Based on Lesion Length and Refe

08/01/2008

Deepak Jain , MD, DM;

Franz Hartmann , MD;

Karl Wegscheider , PhD;

Philip Urban , MD;

Heribert Schunkert , MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Intracoronary radiation therapy, by virtue of its antiproliferative and favorable remodeling effects, reduces restenosis in both in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo lesions. While several large, randomized and non-randomised trials have...

Intracoronary radiation therapy,...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Safety of Beta Radiation Exposure to the Non-Target Segment:
An Intravascular Ultrasound Dosimetric Analysis

08/01/2008

Hideaki Kaneda , MD, PhD;

Tim Fox , PhD;

Ian R. Crocker , MD;

Yasuhiro Honda , MD;

Yoshihiro Morino , MD;

Paul G. Yock , MD;

Peter J. Fitzgerald , MD, PhD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Alexandra J. Lansky , MD;

Although catheter-based brachytherapy has been demonstrated to effectively treat in-stent restenosis, a technique-dependent issue known as “geographic miss” has evolved as a potential limitation contributing to long-term treatment failures....

Although catheter-based...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Coronary Angiography Using 4 or 6 French Diagnostic Catheters: A Prospective, Randomized Study

08/01/2008

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Thierry Lefèvre , MD;

Yves Louvard , MD;

Marie-Claude Morice , MD, FESC, FACC;

Pierre Dumas , MD;

Christophe Loubeyre , MD;

Gaëtan Karrillon , MD;

Jean-François Piéchaud , MD;

Since its introduction by M. Sones in 1962,1 the technique of coronary catheterization has been evolving, allowing for progressive improvements in catheter quality in terms of design as well as external and internal diameter. The progressive...

Since its introduction by M....

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Beta Radiation in Lesions > 15 mm: A START Subgroup

08/01/2008

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Jeffrey P. Pompa , MD;

Alexandra J. Lansky , MD;

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

Warren K. Laskey , MD;

While stents have reduced the risk of restenosis,1–3 they induce neointimal hyperplasia,4 and rates of in-stent restenosis following intervention may be as high as 60%,5 particularly in long lesions.6 Studies of gamma-radiation therapy...

While stents have reduced the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology