Chronic Total Occlusion

We assessed the clinical and procedural characteristics, technical success, procedural success, and in-hospital outcomes of 2314 patients who underwent CTO-PCI at 20 experienced centers between 2012 and 2017, classified according to whether...

We assessed the clinical and...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Impact of Intravascular Ultrasound Utilization for Stent Optimization on 1-Year Outcomes After Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

09/30/2020

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Fotios Gkargkoulas , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

Larissa Stanberry , PhD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Ross F. Garberich , MS, MBA, MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Brian K. Jefferson , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

The impact of intravascular ultrasound utilization for stent optimization on the long-term outcomes in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention has received limited study.

The impact of intravascular...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Q-Waves Associated With Postinfarct Chronic Total Occlusion Arteries Predict Non-Viable Myocardium Even in the Presence of Collaterals

07/31/2020

Muhammad M. Shaikh , MD;

Muhammed Athar Sadiq , MD, PhD;

Sunil K. Nadar , MD;

The aim of our study was to look at the viability of myocardium in patients with CTOs in both infarct-related and non-infarct related occluded vessels with grade 3 collaterals.

The aim of our study was to look...

07/31/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Electrocautery-Facilitated Crossing (ECFC) of Chronic Total Occlusions

01/19/2020

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Saroj Neupane , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Abstract: Background. The use of electrocautery (EC)-facilitated re-entry in an aorto-ostial chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the right coronary artery (RCA) was first described in 2016. Since then, it has been utilized sporadically, but...

Abstract: Background. The use of...

01/19/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Evaluation of Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization: A Physiologic Assessment Perspective by Dynamic Exercise Tests

11/23/2019

Serafim Nanas , MD, PhD;

Antonio Colombo , MD;

Georgios Tzanis , MD;

Francesco Giannini , MD;

CTO recanalization and its effects on LV function and patient outcomes has intrigued the interventional community over the last several years. Now that there is plenty of knowledge and experience on “how to treat” the lesion, another...

CTO recanalization and its...

11/23/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

The Deep-Wire Crossing Technique: A Novel Method for Treating Balloon-Uncrossable Lesions

11/23/2019

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Aram Badoyan , MD;

Inability to cross the lesion with a balloon is the second-most common cause of technical failure, with the most common cause being the inability to cross with the wire. We propose a new, effective method for treating balloon-uncrossable...

Inability to cross the lesion...

11/23/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

A Need For Long-Term Results of LMCA-CTO-PCI

10/29/2019

A letter to the editor regarding the importance of longer-term follow-up on left main chronic total occlusion interventions.

A letter to the editor regarding...

10/29/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letter from the Editor

Left Main Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Case Series

06/28/2019

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Fotios Gkargkoulas , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Allison Hall , MD;

Jaikirshan J. Khatri , MD;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Assaad Maalouf , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Fadi Abou Jaoudeh , MD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Bilal A. Malik , MD, FACC;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Mary E. Greene , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Juan Russo , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Emad Hakemi , MD;

Peter Tajti , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Review of 4436 CTO-PCIs performed in 4340 patients between 2012 and 2018 at 25 sites produced 20 LMCA cases; we examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of each case.

Review of 4436 CTO-PCIs...

06/28/2019

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