equipment

Original Contribution

Equipment Entrapment/Loss During Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

02/23/2024

Michaella Alexandrou, MD¹; Athanasios Rempakos, MD¹; Deniz Mutlu, MD¹; Ahmed Al Ogaili, MD¹; James W. Choi, MD²; Paul Poommipanit, MD³; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD⁴; Mir Babar Basir, DO⁴; Rhian Davies, DO, MS⁵; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD⁶; Raj H. Chandwaney, MD⁷; Lorenzo Azzalini, MD, PhD, MSc⁸; Nazif Aygul, MD⁹; Phil Dattilo, MD¹⁰; Brian K. Jefferson, MD¹¹; Sevket Gorgulu, MD¹²; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD¹³; Oleg Krestyaninov MD¹⁴; Jarrod Frizzell, MD¹⁵; Basem Elbarouni, MD¹⁶; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH¹; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA¹; M. Nicholas Burke, MD¹; Yader Sandoval, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Michaella Alexandrou, MD1; Athanasios...

The authors analyzed the baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics and outcomes of equipment loss/entrapment at 43 US and non-US centers between 2017 and 2023.

The authors analyzed the...

02/23/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

02/01/2023

Spyridon Kostantinis, MD¹; Bahadir Simsek, MD¹; Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD¹; Athanasios Rempakos, MD¹; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD²; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD³; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD⁴; Paul Poommipanit, MD⁵; Rhian E. Davies, DO⁶; Stephane Rinfret, MD⁷; William Nicholson, MD⁷; Wissam Jaber, MD⁷; James W. Choi, MD⁸; Mitul P. Patel, MD⁹; Michael Koutouzis, MD¹⁰;
Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD¹⁰; Sevket Gorgulu, MD¹¹; Taral N. Patel, MD¹²; Brian K. Jefferson, MD¹²; Jimmy L. Kerrigan, MD¹³; Basem Elbarouni, MD¹⁴; Nidal Abi Rafeh, MD¹⁵; Omer Goktekin, MD¹⁶; Ahmed M. ElGuindy, MD¹⁷; Salman Allana, MD¹; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA¹; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH¹; Yader Sandoval, MD¹; M. Nicholas Burke, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Spyridon Kostantinis, MD1; Bahadir S...

Guidewires and microcatheters are critical to the success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined equipment utilization in 11,202 CTO-PCIs performed in 10,952 patients at 42 United States (US)...

Guidewires and microcatheters...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology