Italo Porto, MD, PhD

Original Contribution

Clinical and Biomechanical Behavior of a Platinum-Chromium Stent Platform in a Large All-Comer Single-Center Population: Insights From the Novara-PROMETEUS Registry

07/08/2014

Rossella Fattori , MD;

Rosario Parisi , MD;

Giovanni Luigi De Maria , MD, PhD;

Imad Sheiban , MD;

Leonardo Bolognese , MD;

Pierfrancesco Agostoni , MD, PhD;

Alessandro Lupi , MD;

Andrea Rognoni , MD;

Gioel Gabrio Secco , MD;

Maurizio Lazzero , MD;

Angelo Sante Bongo , MD;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Longitudinal deformation has been described as a new complication affecting new-generation thin-strut coronary stents. Benchmark tests have suggested that the platinum-chromium (PtCr) Element coronary stent platform (Boston Scientific) might...

Longitudinal deformation has...

07/08/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Use of a Sirolimus-eluting Stent to Treat Failure of a Nonpolymer Release Paclitaxel-eluting Stent Implanted for In-stent Resten

08/01/2008

Adrian P. Banning , MD, PhD, MBBS;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Since we have entered the new “drug-eluting stent era,” managing drug-eluting stent (DES) failure has become a real issue for the interventionalists. So far, no approach has been recommended: intracoronary brachytherapy (IBT) might be...

Since we have entered the new...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Procedural Impact of a Kissing-Balloon Predilation (Pre-Kissing) Technique in Patients With Complex Bifurcations Undergoing Drug-Eluting Stenting

03/28/2019

Giampaolo Niccoli , MD, PhD;

Carlo Trani , MD;

Lorenzo Genuardi , MD;

Francesco Burzotta , MD, PhD;

Antonio Maria Leone , MD, PhD;

Cristina Aurigemma , MD, PhD;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Filippo Crea , MD;

This study was designed to help assess the impact of lesion predilation with kissing inflation using under-sized balloons (pre-kissing) on the procedural outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on complex bifurcation lesions...

This study was designed to help...

03/28/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Diffuse Saphenous Vein Graft Spasm

08/01/2008

Vaishali Ashar , MBBS;

Giampaolo Niccoli , MD, PhD;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Case Report. A 53-year-old man presented with a history of angina at rest, a small troponin rise and ischaemic inferior ECG changes. He had undergone aortocoronary bypass operation for triple vessel disease 3 years before this admission. The...

Case Report. A 53-year-old man...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Abdominal Infrarenal Aortic Stenosis Approached Through a Full Transradial Approach: A Case Series

06/27/2017

Carlo Trani , MD;

Francesco Burzotta , MD, PhD;

Cristina Aurigemma , MD, PhD;

Massimo Gustapane , MD;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Six consecutive patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic stenosis underwent unilateral or bilateral transradial approach for stenting of the aortic lesion using either a “bare-on-the-wire” or a ”support-catheter” technique, according to...

Six consecutive patients with...

06/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Spontaneous Coronary Dissection with Drug-Eluting Stents

08/01/2008

Adrian P. Banning , MD, PhD, MBBS;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of coronary ischemia. Its prognosis is uncertain and the optimal treatment is not fully defined. We report a case of spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending...

ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Hard Events AfteR Orsiro Sirolimus-Eluting Stent (HEROES) in STEMI: A Multicenter Registry

12/01/2020

Vincenzo De Marzo , MD;

Marco Caruso , MD;

Domenico D'Amario , MD, PhD;

Gianmarco Annibali , MD;

Vincenzo Manganiello , MD;

Rocco Vergallo , MD, PhD;

Michael Donahue , MD;

Pio Cialdella , MD;

Alfonso Ielasi , MD;

Leonardo Misuraca , MD;

Bernardo Cortese , MD;

Luca Altamura , MD;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Claudio Larosa , MD;

Rosario Parisi , MD;

Marco Canepa , MD, PhD;

Our objective was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Orsiro sirolimus-eluting stent (Biotronik) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI. Specific drug-eluting stent platforms might influence...

Our objective was to evaluate...

12/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology