Stefanos Giannopoulos, MD

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) of the lower extremities is frequently due to atherosclerotic lesions of the femoropopliteal artery, which may result in disabling claudication and rest pain with or without tissue loss. More than 50% of the...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD)...

08/01/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Review

Intravascular Lithotripsy for Optimal Angioplasty of Infrapopliteal Calcified Lesions

01/28/2022

Stefanos Giannopoulos , MD;

Ehrin J. Armstrong , MD, MSc, FACC;

Infrapopliteal arterial disease results from 2 major etiologies: medial calcification and intimal atheromatous plaque. Lesion calcification constitutes one of the most widely encountered risk factors for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty...

Infrapopliteal arterial disease...

01/28/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Giannopoulos Drug-Eluting Stent Figure 1

Original Contribution

Concomitant Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty With Bail-Out Use of Eluvia Drug-Eluting Stent: Is There Any Downside to a Double Dose of Paclitaxel?

06/01/2022

Eric A. Secemsky , MD, MSc, RPVI, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI;

Ehrin J. Armstrong , MD, MSc, FACC;

Stefanos Giannopoulos , MD;

The application of 2 distinct and simultaneously applied drug-delivery platforms for the treatment of peripheral artery disease has not been studied. This study investigated the outcomes of femoropopliteal disease treated with drug-coated...

The application of 2 distinct...

06/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Procedural and 3-Year Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions Performed in Office-Based Labs: LIBERTY 360 Sub-Analysis

05/01/2021

George Pliagas , MD, FACS, FRCSC;

Stefanos Giannopoulos , MD;

Ehrin J. Armstrong , MD, MSc, FACC;

Few data are available on the safety of interventions for peripheral arterial disease performed in the office-based laboratory (OBL) setting. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the short- and late-term outcomes of patients treated...

Few data are available on the...

05/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology