Thorsten Reffelmann, MD

Case Report

Unintentional Extraction of a Coronary Stent Deployed 4 Months Earlier during Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty for In-Stent Restenosi

08/01/2008

Thorsten Reffelmann , MD;

Astrid Hummel , MD;

Stephan B. Felix , MD;

Coronary stents dislodged or embolized prior to complete expansion in the target vessel may be retrieved with special devices such as snares, baskets and embolization protection devices.1,2 Rare cases of partially expanded or fractured stents...

Coronary stents dislodged or...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Novel Flow-Based Parameter of Collateral Function Assessed by Intracoronary Thermodilution

05/21/2014

Thorsten Reffelmann , MD;

Stephan B. Felix , MD;

Markus Lindner ;

Klaus Empen , MD;

Currently, many methods for quantitation of coronary collateral function are based on intracoronary pressure measurements distal of an occluded balloon, which do not fully account for the dynamic nature of collateral flow. Therefore, a...

Currently, many methods for...

05/21/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology