Dissection

Kazuhiro Dan, MD, PhD and colleagues compared separately the fate of residual dissection and luminal area/dimension by OCT in the target vessel between pPCI and staged PCI, including 1-year clinical outcomes.

Kazuhiro Dan, MD, PhD and...

12/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Optical Coherence Tomography in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Spontaneous Popliteal Artery Dissection: A Case Report

08/19/2020

Astrid Serauto , MD;

Oscar R. Rosales , MD;

The authors report a case of a traumatic, non-aneurysmal dissection of the left popliteal artery in a 76-year-old woman who presented with progressive left lower-extremity claudication and nighttime left foot resting pain.

The authors report a case of a...

08/19/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Right Atrial, Right Ventricular, Superior Vena Cava Dissection Caused by Swan-Ganz Catheter Placement

04/24/2019

Nicholas Suraci , MD;

Pedro Garcia , MD;

Christos G. Mihos , DO, MD;

Gerald Rosen , MD;

Orlando Santana , MD;

This case involves Swan-Ganz catheter placement in a patient who developed cardiogenic shock, possibly due to the catheter dissecting the intimal lining of the superior vena cava and endocardium.

This case involves Swan-Ganz...

04/24/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Dissection Re-entry Technique: How is it Really Looking?

03/27/2019

Konstantina Katsanou , MD;

Athanasios Antonakopoulos , MD, MSc;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Dimitrios Protogeros , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Theodoros Zografos , MD, PhD;

Dissection re-entry is a widely used technique in many chronic total occlusion centers. This account of a failed re-entry attempt provides in vivo photographic evidence of how the vessel looked after such an attempt. Operators are advised to...

Dissection re-entry is a widely...

03/27/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Emergent Distal Vessel Re-Entry Technique for Iatrogenic Coronary Artery Dissection

02/01/2019

Vincent Varghese , DO;

Nicholas Lerovante , DO;

Kintur Sanghvi , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

We present a case of acute inferior wall myocardial infarction with complicating right coronary artery dissection, leading to complete vessel occlusion.

We present a case of acute...

02/01/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Are We Appropriately Treating Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease? The Need for Precision Imaging With Intravascular Ultrasound

12/13/2018

Waheeb John Shammas , BS, MBA, RA, BA;

Qais Radaideh , MD, MS;

Nicolas W. Shammas , MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM;

Gail A. Shammas , BSN, BS , RN, BSc;

Ehrin J. Armstrong , MD, MSc, FACC;

In a case of severe stenosis of the tibioperoneal trunk treated under angiographic and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, angiography underestimated true vessel size and was unable to identify the presence of dissections vs IVUS.

In a case of severe stenosis of...

12/13/2018

Vascular Disease Management

Clinical Images

Interatrial Septal Dissection Complicating a MitraClip Procedure

10/26/2018

Saqib Ali Gowani , MD;

Brett Hiendlmayr , MD;

Jennifer Jantz , MD;

Francis J. Kiernan , MD;

Raymond G. McKay , MD;

Amged Abdelaziz , MD;

We report the first case of interatrial dissection and hematoma in association with the MitraClip procedure.

We report the first case of...

10/26/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Novel Balloon Angioplasty Technique for Common Femoral Artery Dissection

08/28/2018

Ali A. Youssef , MD;

Sayed M. Abdou , MD;

This case demonstrates the steps of sealing a flow limiting, iatrogenic CFA dissection during primary percutaneous coronary intervention, including a novel balloon angioplasty technique.

This case demonstrates the steps...

08/28/2018

Vascular Disease Management

Recanalization of Total Occlusion of the Superficial Femoral Artery and Profunda Femoris Using the Transcollateral Approach

03/30/2017

Nicolas W. Shammas , MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM;

Bassel Bou Dargham , MD, BS;

Rayan Jo Rachwan , MD;

Ghassan E. Daher , MD;

Jon Robken , MD;

We report 1 case and review the literature on transcollateral retrograde crossing of the SFA from the profunda femoris. The procedural steps and devices (wires and crossing catheters) utilized by various operators are outlined.

We report 1 case and review the...

03/30/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Successful Nonoperative Management of Isolated Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection

10/29/2015

Jennifer Chang ;

Sharon S. Stanley , MD;

Shailesh Garg , MBBS;

Mihai Rosca , MD;

Spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric is rare, but may require a combination of treatments. The authors report a case of abdominal pain secondary to superior mesenteric artery dissection treated with observation and...

Spontaneous dissection of the...

10/29/2015

Vascular Disease Management