Raoul Bonan, MD

Review

Treatment of Bifurcation In-Stent Restenotic Lesions with Beta Radiation Using Strontium 90 and Sequential Positioning ‚ÄúPullback

08/01/2008

Ricardo A. Costa , MD, PhD;

Ian R. Crocker , MD;

Michel Joyal , MD;

Tim Fox , PhD;

Andre Arsenault , MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Francois Harel , MD;

Jean Gregoire , MD;

Treatment of bifurcation lesions has been associated with lower success and higher complications rates. They represent a major interventional challenge. Redistribution of plaque (snowplow effect) often leads to occlusion of the side branch....

Treatment of bifurcation lesions...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

New ‚ÄúAnticoagulation‚Äù

08/01/2008

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Platelet-fibrin thrombus represents the essence of stent thrombosis.1–8 Dual oral antiplatelet therapy (aspirin and thiopyridine) reduces significantly the risk of stent thrombosis after elective or urgent coronary stenting.1–8 Intravenous...

Platelet-fibrin thrombus...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Teaching Collection

International Andreas Gruentzig Society 8th Biennial Meeting: Acute Myocardial Infarction: Early Strategies to Optimize Results

08/01/2008

Patrick L. Whitlow , MD;

William W. O'Neill , MD;

Fayaz Shawl , MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Gregory Braden , MD;

Paul A. Overlie , MD, FACC, FACP;

Norberto Schechtmann , MD;

Roxana Mehran , MD;

Ted A. Bass , 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...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Benefits of Cutting Balloon Before Stenting ‚ÄúCut and Stent‚Äù

08/01/2008

David Meerkin , MBBS, MD;

Raoul Bonan , MD;

Neointimal hyperplasic response following angioplasty (PTCA), and especially stent implantation, is linked to overstretch injury, causing modulation of the vascular cytoskeleton and subsequent production of mediators.1 These result in smooth...

Neointimal hyperplasic response...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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...

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