Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD

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

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

07/06/2023

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

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;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

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

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

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;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

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

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

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;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Yashasvi Chugh , MD;

Rupinder Buttar , MD;

Tak W. Kwan , MD, FACC;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance have been associated with better long-term outcomes, but adoption remains limited. There are limited data on the impact of IVUS on chronic total...

Percutaneous coronary...

04/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Activated Clotting Time and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

12/05/2023

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ufuk Yildirim , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Rodrigo Bagur , MD, PhD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Niranjan Reddy , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Elias V. Haddad , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Michaella Alexandrou , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

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

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

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

Original Contribution

Practice Patterns in the Interventional Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: A Global Survey

01/03/2022

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Kevin J. Croce , MD, PhD;

Yiannis S. Chatzizisis , MD, PhD;

Hani Jneid , MD;

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

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Brian A. Bergmark , MD;

Jason Wollmuth , MD;

Allison Hall , MD;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

The study aim was to assess current procedural strategies and perceptions for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involving bifurcations.

The study aim was to assess...

01/03/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

04/15/2017

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Mario Goessl , MD, PhD;

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

Paul Sorajja , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Hani Jneid , MD;

Pratik Kalsaria , MS;

Aya J. Alame , BA;

José Roberto Martínez-Parachini , MD;

Erica Resendes , BS, MS, MPH;

Nikolaos Kakouros , MBBS, PhD, MRCP, MD(Res);

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

This study compares the ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease (VHD).

This study compares the ACC/AHA...

04/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Procedural and In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From a Prospective Multicenter International Registry

09/01/2021

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

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

Pouyan Arman , MD;

Ankur Gupta , MD, DM, PhD;

Paul B. Poomipanit , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

We assessed the clinical and procedural characteristics, technical success, procedural success, and in-hospital outcomes of 2314 patients who underwent CTO-PCI at 20 experienced centers between 2012 and 2017, classified according to whether...

We assessed the clinical and...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology