Nicholas J. Ruggiero, II, MD

Case Report

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again: A Stepwise Approach to the Non-Dilatable Lesion

01/08/2016

Antony G. Kaliyadan , MD;

Henry Siu , MD;

David L. Fischman , MD;

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD;

Brandon M. Madsen , BS ;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

We describe a case using an escalating, stepwise approach to a non-dilatable lesion, which ultimately was successfully dilated after the use of an excimer laser catheter.

We describe a case using an...

01/08/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

‚ÄúVery‚Äù Very Late Stent Thrombosis: Acute Myocardial Infarction From Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis More Than 5 Years After Implantation

09/08/2014

David L. Fischman , MD;

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

Paul Walinsky , MD;

Babu Jasti , MD;

J. David Ogilby , MD;

Antony G. Kaliyadan , MD;

Henry Siu , MD;

A serious long-term complication of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation is the occurrence of very late stent thrombosis beyond 1 year after implantation. We identified a series of patients who presented with acute myocardial infarction due...

A serious long-term complication...

09/08/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

The Spontaneous Coronary Slow-Flow Phenomenon: Reversal by Intracoronary Nicardipine

12/15/2018

Mackenzie Morris , MD;

Melissa McCarey , MPH;

David L. Fischman , MD;

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

Hetal H. Mehta , MD;

Paul Walinsky , MD;

John Finley , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Given its angiographic resemblance to no-reflow during percutaneous coronary intervention, a condition associated with microvascular spasm responsive to calcium-channel blockers, we hypothesized that spontaneous coronary slow-flow may...

Given its angiographic...

12/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Importance of Adjunct Delivery Techniques to Optimize Deployment Success of Distal Protection Filters During Vein Graft Intervention

12/15/2016

Antony G. Kaliyadan , MD;

David L. Fischman , MD;

Nicholas J. Ruggiero II, MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

Harnish Chawla , MD;

Michael P. Gannon , MD;