Rodolfo Staico, MD, PhD

Ricardo A. Costa , MD, PhD;

Long-Term Follow Up of Diabetic Patients Treated with Sirolimus-Eluting Stents. An Angiographic and Three-Dimensional Intravascu

Antonio de Castro-Filho , MD;

Edgar Stroppa Lamas , MD;

Rafael A. Meneguz-Moreno , MD, PhD;

Dimytri Siqueira , MD, PhD;

Sergio Navarro Braga , MD, PhD;

The present study examined the association between Multicenter CTO Registry in Japan (J-CTO) score in predicting failure of percutaneous coronary intervention correlating with the estimated duration of chronic total occlusion.

The present study examined the...

05/31/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

08/01/2008

Eduardo Ferreira , MD;

Luiz Fernando Tanajura , MD, PhD;

Marinella Centemero , MD, PhD;

Gary S. Mintz , MD;

J. Eduardo Sousa , MD, PhD;

Andrea S. Abizaid , MD, PhD;

Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of the Novel AngioSculpt¬Æ
Scoring Balloon Catheter for the Treatment of Complex Coronary
L

Vinicius D. Vaz , MD;

Aurea Chaves , MD, PhD;

Diabetes mellitus is associated with more aggressive coronary artery disease with almost 4 times the mortality rate and worse outcomes (including restenosis) after percutaneous coronary intervention.1–3 Stent implantation has become the...

Diabetes mellitus is associated...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Eberhard Grube , MD;

Jose de Ribamar Costa Jr., MD, PhD;

Ricardo A. Costa , MD, PhD;

J. Eduardo Sousa , MD, PhD;

Alberto Fonseca , MD;

Andrea S. Abizaid , MD, PhD;

A Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison
between the New Zotarolimus-Eluting Stent (ZoMaxx‚Ñ¢) and
the Non-Drug-E

Despite the recent advent of drug-eluting stents (DES), preparation of complex lesions (e.g., ostial, diffuse, fibrocalcified lesions and in-stent restenosis) before stent implantation remains an essential component of percutaneous coronary...

Despite the recent advent of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

Jose de Ribamar Costa Jr., MD, PhD;

Andrea S. Abizaid , MD, PhD;

Adjunctive Therapy: Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasound Findings of the Late Catch-Up Phenomenon after Intracoronary Beta-

Leandro I. Lasave , MD;

Pedro Beraldo , MD;

Luiz Fernando Tanajura , MD, PhD;

Eduardo M. R. Sousa , MD, PhD;

Although stenting has improved clinical outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), bare-metal stents are associated with a considerable risk of restenosis.1,2 The main cause of in-stent restenosis is excessive...

Although stenting has improved...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

08/01/2008

J. Eduardo Sousa , MD, PhD;

Luiz Fernando Tanajura , MD, PhD;

Mariano Albertal , MD, PhD;

Marinella Centemero , MD, PhD;

Juan Munoz , MD;

Mirtes Kuwabara , MSc;

Vinicius D. Vaz , MD;

Randomized Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy vs Triple-Antiplatelet Therapy to Reduce Neointimal Tissue Proliferation in Diabetic Patients

Aurea Chaves , MD, PhD;

Galo Maldonado , MD;

Eduardo Ferreira , MD;

Feasibility and short- and mid-term safety of catheter-based intravascular brachytherapy (IVBT) has been demonstrated in several clinical trials.1–4 Moreover, randomized studies using IVBT (beta or gamma) have reported a significant reduction...

Feasibility and short- and...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

02/28/2017

J. Armando Mangione , MD;

Ricardo A. Costa , MD, PhD;