Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Rotablating Dissections in Acute Myocardial Infarction
08/29/2011
ABSTRACT: The concomitant existence of an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and a truly undilatable lesion is not a common occurrence, although STEMI lesions can be calcified and sometimes difficult to fracture.The manufacturer...
ABSTRACT: The concomitant existence of an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and a truly undilatable lesion is not a common occurrence, although STEMI lesions can be calcified and sometimes difficult to fracture.The manufacturer...
ABSTRACT: The concomitant...
08/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Migration of an Embolized Deployed Stent from the Left Main with Subsequent Crushing: A New Use for the IVUS Catheter?
02/03/2010
ABSTRACT: Coronary stent dislodgement and loss carries significant morbidity and risk of infarction and thrombosis if left untreated. There have been multiple previous techniques for stent retrieval or deployment after stent loss including...
ABSTRACT: Coronary stent dislodgement and loss carries significant morbidity and risk of infarction and thrombosis if left untreated. There have been multiple previous techniques for stent retrieval or deployment after stent loss including...
ABSTRACT: Coronary stent...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Retrieval of a Detached Partially Expanded Stent Using the SpideRX and EnSnare Devices — A First Report
08/01/2008
Case Report. A 66-year-old male with previous two-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presented with an acute coronary syndrome. Angiography demonstrated a critical 95% stenosis in the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male with previous two-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presented with an acute coronary syndrome. Angiography demonstrated a critical 95% stenosis in the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Distal Side Branch Entry Technique to Accomplish Recanalizationof a Complex and Heavily Calcified Chronic Total Occlusion
08/01/2008
Percutaneous intervention of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can improve exercise capacity, symptoms and left ventricular function.1 The parallel wire technique is a useful technique in recanalizing CTOs.2 This technique utilizes a second...
Percutaneous intervention of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can improve exercise capacity, symptoms and left ventricular function.1 The parallel wire technique is a useful technique in recanalizing CTOs.2 This technique utilizes a second...
Percutaneous intervention of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
The Undilatable Lesion: A Striking Example of Plaque
Modification for Severe Calcification with Rotational
Atherectomy – Impet
08/01/2008
The undilatable lesion requiring rotational atherectomy is an uncommon occurrence with the current availability of noncompliant balloons and other methods of “focused-force” angioplasty. The use of noncompliant balloons, or a “buddy” cutting...
The undilatable lesion requiring rotational atherectomy is an uncommon occurrence with the current availability of noncompliant balloons and other methods of “focused-force” angioplasty. The use of noncompliant balloons, or a “buddy” cutting...
The undilatable lesion requiring...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Adenosine Conditioning and Pacing in Conjunction with Early
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Use and Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa
Inhibition
08/01/2008
Cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction carries a poor prognosis. Data regarding percutaneous intervention in the very elderly with cardiogenic shock is sparse.1 Age is an independent risk factor for worse outcome with...
Cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction carries a poor prognosis. Data regarding percutaneous intervention in the very elderly with cardiogenic shock is sparse.1 Age is an independent risk factor for worse outcome with...
Cardiogenic shock complicating...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
The Parallel Wire Technique to Deal with Wire-Induced Dissection of a Complex Calcified Lesion
08/01/2008
Case Report. A 75-year-old male presented to our catheterization laboratory with exertional shortness of breath (Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class 2–3) and a positive dipyridamole nuclear scan with ischemia in the infero-lateral territory...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male presented to our catheterization laboratory with exertional shortness of breath (Canadian Cardiovascular Society Class 2–3) and a positive dipyridamole nuclear scan with ischemia in the infero-lateral territory...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Old Technique, New Use: Novel Use of a Buddy Wire to Deploy
a Detached Stent
08/01/2008
Dislodgement of a coronary stent in a coronary artery is a dreaded complication that occurs in a minority of patients. Factors that can increase the chances of stent detachment from the balloon catheter within a coronary artery can include...
Dislodgement of a coronary stent in a coronary artery is a dreaded complication that occurs in a minority of patients. Factors that can increase the chances of stent detachment from the balloon catheter within a coronary artery can include...
Dislodgement of a coronary stent...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Ostial RCA Intervention: Guiding Catheter Challenges and Use of a Buddy Wire to Perform Focused-Force Angioplasty on a Severely
08/01/2008
Case Report. A 67-year-old female presented to our catheterization laboratory with a recent history of unstable angina for 3 weeks. Her cardiac markers were normal. Her past history was significant for diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension...
Case Report. A 67-year-old female presented to our catheterization laboratory with a recent history of unstable angina for 3 weeks. Her cardiac markers were normal. Her past history was significant for diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension...
Case Report. A 67-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Emergent Percutaneous Intervention with a Drug-Eluting Stent
of a Cabrol Graft-to-Left Main Anastomosis during a Non-ST-Elevati
08/01/2008
There are three classic techniques described for reimplantation of coronary arteries after repair of the ascending thoracic aorta.1–4 The original Bentall procedure was described in 1968 and is considered the standard technique .5 The Cabrol...
There are three classic techniques described for reimplantation of coronary arteries after repair of the ascending thoracic aorta.1–4 The original Bentall procedure was described in 1968 and is considered the standard technique .5 The Cabrol...
There are three classic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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