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Theodoropoulos Figure
Clinical Videos
02/29/2024

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, MD, MSc, PhD; Konstantinos Tsakiridis, MD; Polychronis Vazakidis, MD; George Kassimis, MD, PhD; Antonios Ziakas, MD, PhD

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, MD, M...
Video Supplement to "Tough Balloon With a Vulnerable Shaft: An Unexpected Device Failure" (Clinical Image).
Video Supplement to "Tough Balloon With a Vulnerable Shaft: An Unexpected Device Failure" (Clinical Image).
Video Supplement to "Tough...
02/29/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
02/29/2024

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, MD, MSc, PhD; Konstantinos Tsakiridis, MD; Polychronis Vazakidis, MD; George Kassimis, MD, PhD; Antonios Ziakas, MD, PhD

Konstantinos C. Theodoropoulos, MD, M...
A 73-year-old man, with a previous long drug-eluting stent from the mid-portion of the left main stem artery to proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), underwent elective coronary angiogram due to worsening anginal symptoms and an...
A 73-year-old man, with a previous long drug-eluting stent from the mid-portion of the left main stem artery to proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD), underwent elective coronary angiogram due to worsening anginal symptoms and an...
A 73-year-old man, with a...
02/29/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Suggested Technique
11/04/2018
Balloon shaft fracture can potentially have serious consequences, such as embolization, urgent surgery, or even death.
Balloon shaft fracture can potentially have serious consequences, such as embolization, urgent surgery, or even death.
Balloon shaft fracture can...
11/04/2018
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
01/08/2016
We describe a case using an escalating, stepwise approach to a non-dilatable lesion, which ultimately was successfully dilated after the use of an excimer laser catheter.
We describe a case using an escalating, stepwise approach to a non-dilatable lesion, which ultimately was successfully dilated after the use of an excimer laser catheter.
We describe a case using an...
01/08/2016
Cath Lab Digest
Case Report
10/05/2015
We report a case of a ruptured angioplasty balloon that was entrapped in the posterior descending artery of the right coronary artery and retained in situ after multiple failed attempts at percutaneous retrieval.   
We report a case of a ruptured angioplasty balloon that was entrapped in the posterior descending artery of the right coronary artery and retained in situ after multiple failed attempts at percutaneous retrieval.   
We report a case of a ruptured...
10/05/2015
Cath Lab Digest