John P. Sweeney, MD

Tips and Techniques

The Crooked Buddy Technique: Use of a Wiggle Wire‚Ñ¢ Alongside an Extra Support Wire to Improve Device Deliverability

08/06/2010

ABSTRACT: The buddy wire is a useful technique for difficult-to-cross lesions that are typically identified by poor guide support, vessel tortuosity, calcification and/or prior stent placement. We present 5 cases of percutaneous coronary...

ABSTRACT: The buddy wire is a...

08/06/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Does Resting Cardiac Power Index Affect Survival Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement?

03/20/2020

Pradyumna Agasthi , MBBS, MD;

Panwen Wang , PhD;

John P. Sweeney , MD;

Farouk Mookadam , MB, BCh, MBBCh, MD, FRCPC, FACC;

Floyd David Fortuin , MD;

Mackram F. Eleid , MD;

Nithin R. Venepally , MD, MBBS;

Peter M. Pollak , MD;

David R. Holmes Jr., MD;

Abstract: Objective. Cardiac power index (CPI) is an integrative hemodynamic measure of cardiac pumping capability and is the product of the simultaneously measured mean arterial pressure and the cardiac output. We assessed the association...

Abstract: Objective. Cardiac...

03/20/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology