Flavio Airoldi, MD

Case Report

Acute Myocardial Infarction Following the Use of Antimigraine Therapy

08/01/2008

Case Report. This is the case of a 50-year-old woman who presented to hospital with an anterior myocardial infarction. She was treated with thrombolysis, with front loaded r-tPA, within 2 hours of onset of symptoms. She had previously been...

Case Report. This is the case of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Coronary Trifurcation Lesions

08/01/2008

Iassen Michev , MD;

Giueseppe Massimo Sangiorgi , MD, PhD;

Altin Palloshi , MD;

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Shinichi Furuichi , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Matteo Montorfano , MD;

Mauro Carlino , MD;

Cosmo Godino , MD;

Lesions at coronary divisions, either bifurcation or trifurcation, represent a challenging area in interventional cardiology. Indeed, it has been shown that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in this anatomical setting using bare-metal...

Lesions at coronary divisions,...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Reply to Letter to the Editor

08/01/2008

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Shinichi Furuichi , MD;

We thank Dr. Shammas for the interest he has shown our manuscript. We are pleased to see that operators from highly qualified centers share our interest about this complex and rare procedure.1,2 Unfortunately, along with the enthusiasm for...

We thank Dr. Shammas for the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

A Randomized Comparison of Direct Stenting Versus Stenting with Predilatation in Native Coronary Artery Disease: Results from th

08/01/2008

Angela Ferrari , PhD;

Bernhard Reimers , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Carlo Briguori , MD, PhD;

Antonio L. Bartorelli , MD;

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Giorgio Gimelli , MD;

Francesco Bedogni , MD, PhD;

Arian Frasheri , MD;

Luigi Inglese , MD;

Nino Rubino , MD;

In the last decade, coronary stenting has evolved from a bailout procedure following balloon angioplasty into an elective strategy for the treatment of all lesions located in vessels with an angiographic reference diameter larger than 3.0...

In the last decade, coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Crosser Catheter used Primarily to Treat Proximal LAD Chronic Total Occlusion

06/19/2008

Laura Minarsch , CCRP, CVT, RT, RT(R);

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Through angiography, a 20 mm chronic total occlusion (CTO) was noted in the proximal to mid left anterior descending (LAD), with retrograde filling from the right coronary artery (RCA) (Figure 1). The patient was hypertensive, had...

Through angiography, a 20 mm...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Mid-RCA Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalized with CROSSER Catheter as First Therapy

06/19/2008

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Laura Minarsch , CCRP, CVT, RT, RT(R);

Angiography revealed a single vessel chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the right coronary artery (RCA) with collateral circulation feeding the distal vessel. Failed attempts utilizing standard guidewires to open the RCA were made the following...

Angiography revealed a single...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Commentary

Passive Coating: The Dream Does not Come True

08/01/2008

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Stainless steel and small amounts of nickel, chromium molybdenum and other contaminants tends to produce a foreign body reaction when implanted in human coronary arteries. The goal of “passive coatings” is to make the stent as neutral as...

Stainless steel and small...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Crosser Catheter used Primarily to Treat Proximal LAD Chronic Total Occlusion

06/19/2008

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Alaide Chieffo , MD;

Laura Minarsch , CCRP, CVT, RT, RT(R);

Flavio Airoldi , MD;

Through angiography, a 20 mm...

06/19/2008