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Coronary artery disease

Original Contribution
05/22/2024

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; Ahmed M. ElGuindy, MD10; Brian K. Jefferson, MD11; Sevket Gorgulu, MD12; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD13; Oleg Krestyaninov, MD14; Dmitrii Khelimskii, MD14; Jarrod Frizzell, MD15; Basem Elbarouni, MD16; Omer Goktekin, MD17; Margaret B. McEntegart, MD18; 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 patient and lesion characteristics, techniques, and outcomes in 11 503 CTO-PCI procedures performed in North America and in the combined regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa from 2017 to 2023 as documented in the...
The authors analyzed patient and lesion characteristics, techniques, and outcomes in 11 503 CTO-PCI procedures performed in North America and in the combined regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa from 2017 to 2023 as documented in the...
The authors analyzed patient and...
05/22/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
10/27/2023
Temporal trends in prevalence of significant CAD (history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularizations) in hospitalizations for CLTI were determined using the 2000 to 2018 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database. A multivariable...
Temporal trends in prevalence of significant CAD (history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularizations) in hospitalizations for CLTI were determined using the 2000 to 2018 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database. A multivariable...
Temporal trends in prevalence of...
10/27/2023
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Real-World Experience of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy in an Asian Population: A Retrospective, Observational, Single-Center, All-Comers Registry
Original Research
06/01/2021
To assess the clinical and angiographic outcomes of coronary intravascular lithotripsy use in an all-comers population with moderate-to-severely calcified coronary lesions.
To assess the clinical and angiographic outcomes of coronary intravascular lithotripsy use in an all-comers population with moderate-to-severely calcified coronary lesions.
To assess the clinical and...
06/01/2021
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Acute Treatment and 5-Year Follow-up of Longitudinal Deformation of a Bioresorbable Scaffold
Clinical Images
04/01/2021

Calum S. Creaney, MD;  Colm G. Hanratty, MD;  Martin K. Christensen, MD;  Simon J. Walsh, MD

Calum S. Creaney, MD;  Colm G. Hanrat...
A 46-year-old man with type 1 diabetes underwent PCI for a long segment of the LAD coronary artery disease. The procedure was complicated by entrapment of a knotted Sion Blue guidewire in a branch of the apical LAD.
A 46-year-old man with type 1 diabetes underwent PCI for a long segment of the LAD coronary artery disease. The procedure was complicated by entrapment of a knotted Sion Blue guidewire in a branch of the apical LAD.
A 46-year-old man with type 1...
04/01/2021
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Cardiovascular Risk Stratification for Patients Treated With Drug-Eluting Stents: Development and Validation of the DESIRE Score
Original Contribution
03/01/2020
We developed a risk score to estimate the risk of major adverse cardiac event (MACE) during the in-hospital and long-term follow-up periods after PCI with drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation.
We developed a risk score to estimate the risk of major adverse cardiac event (MACE) during the in-hospital and long-term follow-up periods after PCI with drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation.
We developed a risk score to...
03/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With the Agent Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon:  A Real-World Multicenter Experience
Original Contribution
02/10/2020
The Agent paclitaxel-coated balloon is a new drug-coated balloon (DCB) with few available real-world data. Our study assessed the safety and efficacy of the Agent DCB during PCI in different coronary lesion types in a prospective registry...
The Agent paclitaxel-coated balloon is a new drug-coated balloon (DCB) with few available real-world data. Our study assessed the safety and efficacy of the Agent DCB during PCI in different coronary lesion types in a prospective registry...
The Agent paclitaxel-coated...
02/10/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Contemporary Management From the Multicenter START Registry
Original Contribution
01/13/2020
Abstract: Background. Recent studies suggest that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and targeted temperature management (TTM) improve outcome in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated by out-of-hospital...
Abstract: Background. Recent studies suggest that primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and targeted temperature management (TTM) improve outcome in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) complicated by out-of-hospital...
Abstract: Background. Recent...
01/13/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Long-Term Outcomes of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Original Contribution
01/13/2020
Abstract: Objective. We compared the long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease in a real-world population. Background....
Abstract: Objective. We compared the long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for unprotected left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease in a real-world population. Background....
Abstract: Objective. We compared...
01/13/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
12/29/2019
Optimal timing for percutaneous mitral regurgitation (MR) treatment using MitraClip remains unclear. We evaluated the outcomes after MitraClip in 55 patients with moderate resting MR, progressing to severe exercise-induced MR and compared...
Optimal timing for percutaneous mitral regurgitation (MR) treatment using MitraClip remains unclear. We evaluated the outcomes after MitraClip in 55 patients with moderate resting MR, progressing to severe exercise-induced MR and compared...
Optimal timing for percutaneous...
12/29/2019
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/28/2019
This study was designed to help assess the impact of lesion predilation with kissing inflation using under-sized balloons (pre-kissing) on the procedural outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on complex bifurcation lesions...
This study was designed to help assess the impact of lesion predilation with kissing inflation using under-sized balloons (pre-kissing) on the procedural outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on complex bifurcation lesions...
This study was designed to help...
03/28/2019
Journal of Invasive Cardiology