Evan Shlofmitz, DO

Original Contribution

Impact of Impaired Renal Function in Patients With Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions Treated With Orbital Atherectomy

01/15/2017

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

We evaluated the clinical outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease who underwent orbital atherectomy for severe coronary artery calcification prior to stent implantation.

We evaluated the clinical...

01/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Outcomes of Patients With a History of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Who Underwent Orbital Atherectomy for Severe Coronary Artery Calcification

09/30/2017

John Hollowed , MD;

Arash Nayeri , MD;

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

We assess the angiographic and clinical outcomes of patients with a history of CABG surgery who underwent orbital atherectomy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions. Despite a higher-risk baseline profile, patients with a...

We assess the angiographic and...

09/30/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of Heparin and Bivalirudin in Patients Undergoing Orbital Atherectomy

10/23/2017

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

John Hollowed , MD;

Jeremy Kong , BS , MD;

Arash Nayeri , MD;

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Orbital atherectomy modifies calcified plaque, thereby facilitating stent delivery and stent expansion. The ideal antithrombotic agent during orbital atherectomy is unknown. We compared the angiographic and clinical outcomes of heparin and...

Orbital atherectomy modifies...

10/23/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Severely Calcified Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Initial Experience With Orbital Atherectomy

03/29/2016

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Barry Kaplan , MD;

We retrospectively report clinical outcomes of 14 patients who underwent PCI with orbital atherectomy for severely calcified ULMCA disease from May 2014 to July 2015.

We retrospectively report...

03/29/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Outcomes After Orbital Atherectomy of Severely Calcified Left Main Lesions: Analysis of the ORBIT II Study

03/15/2016

Sheila Sahni , MD;

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Brad J. Martinsen , PhD;

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

Jeffrey W. Chambers , MD;

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of coronary orbital atherectomy to prepare severely calcified protected LM artery lesions for stent placement.

This study evaluated the safety...

03/15/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Multicenter Registry of Real-World Patients With Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions Undergoing Orbital Atherectomy: 1-Year Outcomes

03/30/2018

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Alec Goldberg , BS, MD;

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

We report the 1-year outcomes of real-world patients with severely calcified coronary arteries who underwent orbital atherectomy.

We report the 1-year outcomes of...

03/30/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Gender-Based Differences in Outcomes After Orbital Atherectomy for the Treatment of De Novo Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions

10/28/2016

Pejman Mansourian , MD;

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Sanjum S. Sethi , MD, MPH;

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

This study evaluated the relationship between gender and angiographic and clinical outcomes in patients with severely calcified lesions who underwent orbital atherectomy.

This study evaluated the...

10/28/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Orbital Atherectomy Via Transradial Access: A Multicenter Propensity-Matched Analysis

07/14/2019

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Perwaiz Meraj , MD, MPH;

Rajiv Jauhar , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Rajkumar Doshi , MD, MPH;

The main objective of this study was to assess the safety and feasibility of orbital atherectomy with transradial access compared with more traditional femoral access.

The main objective of this study...

07/14/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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When to Use IVL: An Exploration of Treatment Algorithms

09/07/2021

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Information from the past five years of intravascular imaging at St. Francis Hospital, thousands of cases, has allowed us to develop algorithms or workflows for approaching stent implantation, which has been particularly helpful when...

Information from the past five...

09/07/2021

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Original Contribution

Impact of the Use of Intravascular Imaging on Patients Who Underwent Orbital Atherectomy

01/29/2018

Evan Shlofmitz , DO;

Pratyaksh K. Srivastava , MD;

Jeremy Kong , BS , MD;

Richard A. Shlofmitz , MD;

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Gentian Lluri , MD, PhD;