Kirk Gavlick, MD

Case Report

Snare Retrieval of the Distal Tip of a Fractured Rotational Atherectomy Guidewire: Roping the Steer by Its Horns

08/01/2008

Fractured coronary guidewire is a relatively uncommon complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Numerous methods have been described for retrieval of these retained fragments from the coronary circulation. These methods have...

Fractured coronary guidewire is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Angiographic Step-Up and Step-Down: A Surrogate for Optimal Stent Expansion by Intravascular Ultrasound

08/01/2008

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Thomas A. Haldis , DO;

Bradley Fenster , MD;

Kirk Gavlick , MD;

Karan D. Singh , MD;

Elias A. Iliadis , MD;

Optimal angiographic success after coronary artery stenting, defined as <20% residual stenosis by quantitative coronary analysis (QCA), is frequently obtained with high-pressure inflations.1 This angiographic endpoint has been associated...

Optimal angiographic success...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology