Gerald S. Werner, MD, PhD

Abdelwahed Coronary Artery Tenting Figure 4

Clinical Images

CT-Guided CTO-PCI Overcoming Bypass Surgery-Induced Native Coronary Artery Tenting

06/01/2022

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

David M. Leistner ;

Youssef S. Abdelwahed , MD;

Edna Blum , MD;

Ulf Landmesser , MD;

A 57-year-old male complaining of recurrent chest pain was admitted for recanalization of a chronic total occlussion (CTO) of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. Ten years earlier, the patient underwent a coronary artery bypass graft...

A 57-year-old male complaining...

06/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

10/13/2022

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Anastasios Milkas , MD, PhD;

Byeong-Keuk Kim , MD, PhD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Kevin J. Croce , MD, PhD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Amirali Masoumi , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Margaret B. McEntegart , MD, PhD, BSc(Hons), MBChB;

Andrea Gagnor , MD;

Seung-Whan Lee , MD, PhD;

Georgios Sianos , MD, PhD;

Scott A. Harding , MD, RT(R)(CV);

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Yangsoo Jang , MD, PhD;

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

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Hsien-Li Kao , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Roberto Garbo , MD;

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Khalid O. Tammam , MD, PhD;

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Masahisa Yamane , MD, PhD;

Eugene B. Wu , MD, DM;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Paul Knaapen , MD, PhD;

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can improve patient symptoms, but it remains controversial whether it impacts subsequent clinical outcomes.

Chronic total occlusion (CTO)...

10/13/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Retrograde Recanalization of a Chronic Ostial Occlusion of the Left Anterior Descending Artery: (Full title below)

01/07/2010

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

Luis Nombela-Franco , MD;

Retrograde Recanalization of a Chronic Ostial Occlusion of the Left Anterior Descending Artery: How to Manage Extreme Takeoff Angles pg. E7 - E12 ABSTRACT: Chronic total coronary occlusions (CTO) still remain one of the most technically...

Retrograde Recanalization of a...

01/07/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Developments in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: 2014 State-Of-The-Art Update

06/02/2014

James C. Spratt , MD, FRCP, BSc, MBChB;

Michael Luna , MD;

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

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

A summary of the most important CTO PCI related literature published in 2013.

A summary of the most important...

06/02/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Radiation Exposure for Percutaneous Interventions of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions in a Multicenter Registry: The Influence of Operator Variability and Technical Set-up

03/01/2021

Carlo Di Mario , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP;

David Hildick-Smith , MD, MBBS, FRCP;

Antonio Serra-Peñaranda , MD;

Nicolas Boudou , MD;

Joerg Reifart , MD;

Andrea Gagnor , MD;

Markus Meyer-Gessner , MD;

Georgios Sianos , MD, PhD;

Joachim H. Buettner , MD;

Luca Grancini , MD;

Alexander Bufe ;

James C. Spratt , MD, FRCP, BSc, MBChB;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

Artis Kalnins , MD;

Leszek Bryniarski , MD, PhD, FESC;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Aigars Lismanis , MD;

Evald Høj Christiansen , MD;

Roberto Garbo , MD;

Karl Isaaz , MD;

Victoria Martin-Yuste , MD, PhD;

Nicolaus Reifart , MD;

Alfredo Ruggero Galassi , MD;

Gerald S. Werner , MD, PhD;

Radiation exposure is a limiting factor for PCI of chronic CTO lesions. This study was designed to analyze changes in patient radiation dose for CTO-PCI and parameters associated with radiation dose.

Radiation exposure is a limiting...

03/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology