Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Beatrice D. Rynders , BS;

Yale Wang , MD;

Elizabeth Page , BA;

Ivan Chavez , MD;

Vennela Avula , BSPH;

Anil Poulose , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Management of Guidewire Entrapment With Laser Atherectomy

Michael R. Mooney , MD;

Paul Sorajja , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Jay H. Traverse , MD;

Mario Gössl , MD, PhD;

Evan Walser-Kuntz , MS;

Larissa Stanberry , PhD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Coronary artery dissection is a feared and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics, and outcomes of coronary dissection at a...

Coronary artery dissection is a...

05/16/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

04/25/2017

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Temporal Trends in Retrograde Crossing of Epicardial Collaterals in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

José Roberto Martínez-Parachini , MD;

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

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

A 62-year-old man was referred for percutaneous coronary intervention of a severe circumflex lesion. The guidewire became entangled in the previously implanted left anterior descending artery stent. Caution should be used when wiring through...

A 62-year-old man was referred...

04/25/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

04/01/2022

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

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

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Lesion Complexity and Procedural Outcomes Associated With Ostial Chronic Total Occlusions: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Amirali Masoumi , MD;

The authors aimed to investigate temporal trends in retrograde crossing of epicardial collaterals, introduction of new guidewires, in-hospital MACE, and success rates.

The authors aimed to investigate...

04/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

07/13/2023

Yader Sandoval , MD;

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

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Frequency and Outcomes of Ad Hoc Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

We examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of 8,788 CTO PCIs performed at 35 US and non-US centers between 2012 and 2022. In-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) included death, myocardial...

We examined the clinical and...

07/13/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

07/06/2023

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

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

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Nazif Aygul , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

The Impact of Proximal Vessel Tortuosity on the Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From a Contemporary Multicenter Registry

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Karim M. Al-Azizi , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC;

Srinivasa Potluri , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Although discouraged, ad hoc chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is occasionally performed. We examined the clinical, angiographic characteristics, and procedural outcomes of patients who underwent ad hoc...

Although discouraged, ad hoc...

07/06/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

05/15/2017

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Outcomes of Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Versus Angiography-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Chronic Total Occlusions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

William L. Lombardi , MD;

Craig A. Thompson , MD, MMSc;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Aya J. Alame , BA;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

José Roberto Martínez-Parachini , MD;

Erica Resendes , BS, MS, MPH;

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

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

We examined the impact of proximal vessel tortuosity on the outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

We examined the impact of...

05/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Chugh Percutaneous Coronary Interventions TN

Original Contribution

04/01/2022

Mario Goessl , MD, PhD;

Yale Wang , MD;

Ivan Chavez , MD;

Anil Poulose , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

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