Ricardo Castillo, MD

The Power of Collateral Circulation: A Case of Asymptomatic Chronic Total Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery

08/30/2012

ABSTRACT: Total occlusion of the left main coronary artery predominantly presents with recurrent angina or myocardial infarction. Long-term survival and myocardial function depends on the well-developed right to left collaterals. We report a...

ABSTRACT: Total occlusion of the...

08/30/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Infection: A Perilous Complication of a Closure Device

07/28/2015

Fatemeh Malekpour , MD;

Ricardo Castillo , MD;

The use of vascular closure devices has grown, and it has been associated with complications.The authors present a case of a patient with suture-based VCD-related infection following diagnostic coronary angiography and discuss treatment...

The use of vascular closure...

07/28/2015

Vascular Disease Management