Khaldoon Alaswad, MD

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

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Retrograde CTO-PCI of Native Coronary Arteries Via Left Internal Mammary Artery Grafts: Insights From a Multicenter U.S. Registry

The retrograde strategy is a common approach used in complex chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The ERCTO Retrograde score is a tool that aims to predict the likelihood of technical success for retrograde...

The retrograde strategy is a...

04/14/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

11/15/2017

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Raja Hatem , MD;

Peter Tajti , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

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

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Electrocautery-Facilitated Crossing (ECFC) of Chronic Total Occlusions

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

We compared the clinical and procedural characteristics and outcomes of retrograde CTO-PCI through LIMA grafts vs other conduits in a contemporary multicenter CTO registry.

We compared the clinical and...

11/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

01/19/2020

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Saroj Neupane , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Abstract: Background. The use of electrocautery (EC)-facilitated re-entry in an aorto-ostial chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the right coronary artery (RCA) was first described in 2016. Since then, it has been utilized sporadically, but...

Abstract: Background. The use of...

01/19/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

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

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;

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;

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;

In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

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

09/15/2018

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

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

Catalin Toma , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Peter Tajti , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

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

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Elizabeth Holper , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Imre Ungi , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

We evaluated the prevalence of CKD and its impact on CTO-PCI outcomes in 1979 patients who underwent 2040 procedures between 2012 and 2017 at 18 centers.

We evaluated the prevalence of...

09/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

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;

James W. Choi , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Elias V. Haddad , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Kathleen E. Kearney , MD;