Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD

The Use of a Wire Control Catheter to Treat Complex Pulmonary Artery or Vein Anatomy

07/02/2012

ABSTRACT: The difficult performance of certain percutaneous interventions in the field of congenital heart disease is well known. Crossing pulmonary arteries in patients who have previously undergone surgical repair or stenotic pulmonary...

ABSTRACT: The difficult...

07/02/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Percutaneous Treatment of Ductal Origin of the Distal Pulmonary Artery in Low-Weight Newborns

08/01/2008

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Raffaele Calabró , MD;

Ductal origin of the distal pulmonary artery1 is characterized by a patent ductus arteriosus in continuity with the proximal end of a pulmonary artery (either left or right, or both) with no continuity to the main pulmonary artery (PA)....

Ductal origin of the distal...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Transcatheter Closure of Congenital and Acquired Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects Using the Amplatzer¬Æ Device

08/01/2008

Massimo Chessa , MD, PhD;

Roberta Margherita Bini , MD;

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Qi-Ling Cao , MD;

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Surgical closure of congenital or acquired [post-myocardial infarction (MI)] muscular ventricular septal defects (MVSD) is still associated with significant mortality and long-term morbidity.1,2 Different surgical approaches have been...

Surgical closure of congenital...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Use of Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty in a Hybrid Setting: A New Application of the Hybrid Approach

01/28/2009

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Giuseppe Pome , MD;

ABSTRACT: The hybrid approach to the therapy of congenital heart disease consists of the combination of surgical and interventional techniques in order to improve safety and to achieve better results. Here we report on a new application of...

ABSTRACT: The hybrid approach to...

01/28/2009

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Use of Radiofrequency Energy and Covered Stents in Patients
with an Occluded Superior Vena Cava and Requiring Endocardial
Pace

08/01/2008

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Ezio Aimé , MD;

Obstructions of the caval veins may develop in various clinical settings in subjects with tumoral lesions, after surgery on the caval veins — as in the Mustard/Senning operation, after radiation therapy, or due to central lines, dialysis...

Obstructions of the caval veins...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Use of Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty in a Hybrid Setting: A New Application of the Hybrid Approach

12/08/2008

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Giuseppe Pome , MD;

Author Affiliations: From the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico San Donato IRCCS, San Donato Milanese, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted January 2, 2008,...

Author Affiliations: From the...

12/08/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

In-Stent Restenosis and Aneurysm Development After Bare Stent Implantation: Rescue by e-PTFE-Covered Cheatham-Platinum Stent

12/22/2010

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Davide Marini , MD;

ABSTRACT: We report on three cases of primary endovascular bare stenting for native aortic coarctation complicated by aortic aneurysm or in-stent stenosis because of neointimal proliferation that were successfully treated by covered stent....

ABSTRACT: We report on three...

12/22/2010

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Initial Experience with the New Amplatzer¬Æ Duct Occluder II

08/17/2009

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Massimo Chessa , MD, PhD;

Jaspal Dua , MBBS, DCH, MRCPCh, MD;

Luciane Piazza , MD;

Diana Negura , MD;

Angelo Micheletti , MD;

Claudio Bussadori , MD;

ABSTRACT: Background. Different devices are used for trans-catheter occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), each with its own limitations and complications. We report our initial single-center experience with the new Amplatzer® Duct...

ABSTRACT: Background. Different...

08/17/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Tips and Techniques

Initial Experience with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug IV in Congenital Heart Disease: Coronary Artery Fistula and Aortopulmonary Collateral Artery Embolization

03/01/2011

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

Simon MacDonald , BMBCh, DPhil, MRCP;

ABSTRACT: Background. A number of percutaneous devices are available to embolize anomalous vessels in congenital heart disease. We report our initial single-center experience with the new Amplatzer Vascular Plug IV (AVP IV) in congenital...

ABSTRACT: Background. A number...

03/01/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rapid Communication

Preliminary Experiences Closing Secundum Atrial Septal Defect Using the Modified Cardia Intrasept‚Ñ¢ Device

08/01/2008

Massimo Chessa , MD, PhD;

Gianfranco Butera , MD, PhD;

Mario Carminati , MD;

The secundum type atrial septal defect is the fourth most common congenital heart defect, with an incidence of 3.78 per 10,000 live births,1 corresponding to 5.9% of the diagnosed congenital heart disease in children.2 Over the past decade,...

The secundum type atrial...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology