Michael P. Savage, MD, CVT

Cardiovascular Technology Student Passes a Big Test

06/19/2008

Michael Savage is a first-year student in the Cardiovascular Technology Program at Grossmont College in El Cajon, California. On October 17, 2003, one day after his 54th birthday, he was at home alone studying for an exam. The exam was to...

Michael Savage is a first-year...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Cardiovascular Technology Student Passes a Big Test

06/19/2008

Rick Kirby , RCIS, RCS, MA;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

Michael Savage is a first-year...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

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

Education & Social Media

The Launch of Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions

10/07/2018

David L. Fischman , MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

“Tweetbook: Cardiovascular Interventions” gives us an opportunity to offer up cases for discussion on Twitter that are both peer-reviewed and accompanied by references.

“Tweetbook: Cardiovascular...

10/07/2018

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;

Paul Walinsky , MD;

This study assessed the impact of adjunct delivery techniques on the deployment success of distal protection filters in saphenous vein grafts.

This study assessed the impact...

12/15/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Cocaine-Induced Microvascular Dysfunction and its Reversal by Administration of Intracoronary Calcium-Channel Blocker

10/01/2016

David L. Fischman , MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

Bhalaghuru Chokkalingam Mani , MD;

A 47-year-old male smoker with recent cocaine use presented with 6 hours of chest pain unrelieved by sublingual and intravenous nitroglycerin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case demonstrating the efficacy of an intracoronary...

A 47-year-old male smoker with...

10/01/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Series

Radiation for Refractory Restenosis via the Radial Route: Compatibility of Coronary Brachytherapy With Transradial Access

05/29/2018

Goutham Ravipati , BS;

Marguerite Davis , BS, RT;

Robert B. Den , MD;

David L. Fischman , MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

In this report, we describe two patients with a history of numerous procedures for recurrent DES restenosis, in whom coronary brachytherapy with the Beta-Cath system was successfully used through a transradial approach.

In this report, we describe two...

05/29/2018

Cath Lab Digest

The Original Coronary “Full Metal Jacket”: A 30-Year Journey

07/01/2020

David L. Fischman , MD;

Michael P. Savage , MD, CVT;

Sheldon Goldberg , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

John Lawrence , MD;

This report provides a 30-year follow-up on a noteworthy case first described in 1989 by Fischman et al in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. The original article provided the first known report of extensive intracoronary stenting, deployed...

This report provides a 30-year...

07/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology