Luiz Fernando Ybarra, MD, PhD, MBA

Original Contribution

Outcomes Following Antegrade-Only Versus Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the CCTOP Registry

08/19/2024

Louis Verreault-Julien , MD, MPH;

Israth Jahan , BSc;

Nandini Dendukuri , PhD;

;

Samer Mansour , MD;

Alexis Matteau , MD;

Harinda C. Wijeysundera , MD, PhD;

Anthony Fung , MBBS;

;

Jean-Michel Paradis , MD;

Can Manh Nguyen , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention can be performed using an antegrade-only approach or a retrograde approach (RA). Whether an RA carries a higher risk of complications needs further investigation.

Chronic total occlusion...

08/19/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Coronary to Bronchial Artery Fistula: Are We Treating It Right?

10/29/2012

Luiz Fernando Ybarra , MD, PhD, MBA;

Henrique B. Ribeiro , MD;

Whady Hueb , MD, PhD;

ABSTRACT: Fistulas between coronary artery and bronchial artery may be present from birth, with few hemodynamic consequences, and may remain closed due to similarity of the filling pressures at these 2 sites.1 They can also be secondary to...

ABSTRACT: Fistulas between...

10/29/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Saphenous Vein Graft Occlusion Following Native Vessel Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

11/23/2022

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Luiz Fernando Ybarra , MD, PhD, MBA;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Whether saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) should be occluded after successful chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the corresponding native vessel remains controversial.

Whether saphenous vein grafts...

11/23/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Solving Challenging Situations and Complications in Everyday Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Chronic Total Occlusion Techniques

03/01/2020

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Masahisa Yamane , MD, PhD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Soledad Ojeda , MD, PhD;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Manuel Pan , MD, PhD;

Kambis Mashayekhi , MD;

Luiz Fernando Ybarra , MD, PhD, MBA;

Alexandre Avran , MD, PhD;

Mauro Carlino , MD;

The challenging nature of CTO interventions involves regularly dealing with support-related issues, uncrossable/undilatable lesions, manipulation of equipment in the subadventitial space, and the treatment of complications such as perforation...

The challenging nature of CTO...

03/01/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology