Omer Goktekin, MD

James W. Choi , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Elias V. Haddad , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Racial Disparities in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jarrod D. Frizzell , MD;

The authors evaluated the association between activated clotting time and in-hospital clinical outcomes in a large international multicenter chronic total occlusion-percutaneous coronary intervention registry.

The authors evaluated the...

12/05/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Figure 1. Final successful crossing strategy

Original Contribution

02/21/2024

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Jarrod D. Frizzell , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Bilal Murad , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Deniz Mutlu , MD, PhD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Stewart M. Benton Jr., MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Outcomes of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

The authors compared contemporary techniques and outcomes of retrograde CTO PCI between racial groups in a large multicenter registry.

The authors compared...

02/21/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

12/15/2022

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

The prevalence and outcomes of patients who presented with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and underwent chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have received limited study. We examined the clinical...

The prevalence and outcomes of...

12/15/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

02/01/2023

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Use of Bivalirudin for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Guidewires and microcatheters are critical to the success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined equipment utilization in 11,202 CTO-PCIs performed in 10,952 patients at 42 United States (US)...

Guidewires and microcatheters...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

04/01/2023

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Louis Verreault-Julien , MD, MPH;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Peripheral Artery Disease in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

The authors compare clinical outcomes – including major adverse cardiac events and vascular complications – of CTO-PCIs performed using bivalirudin vs unfractionated heparin.

The authors compare clinical...

04/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/09/2024

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

;

Ahmed Al-Ogaili , MD;

Pedro E.P. Carvalho , MD;

Dimitrios Strepkos , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Laura D. Young , MD;

;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

James D. Flaherty , MD;

Daniel R. Schimmel , MD, MS;

Keith H. Benzuly , MD;

Mahmut Uluganyan , MD;

Ramazan Ozdemir , MD;

Yousif Ahmad , MRCP, PhD, FSCAI, FACC, BMBS;

;