Chronic Total Occlusion

Brief Communication

Validation of the J-Channel Score for Retrograde Channel Crossing in the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

02/26/2024

Deniz Mutlu, MD¹; Athanasios Rempakos, MD¹; Michaella Alexandrou, MD¹; Ahmed Al-Ogaili, MD¹; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD²; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD³; Sevket Gorgulu, MD⁴; Yader Sandoval, MD¹; M. Nicholas Burke, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Deniz Mutlu, MD1; Athanasios Rempakos...

The authors examined the performance of the J-Channel score in patients who underwent retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention at 31 centers between 2013-2023 as part of the Prospective Global Registry for the...

The authors examined the...

02/26/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

Radiation Dose During Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusion: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

02/23/2024

Deniz Mutlu, MD; Athanasios Rempakos, MD; Michaella Alexandrou, MD; Ahmed Al-Ogaili, MD; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA; Yader Sandoval, MD; M. Nicholas Burke, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD

Deniz Mutlu, MD; Athanasios Rempakos,...

The authors examined the contemporary trends and determinants of radiation dose in the PROGRESS CTO registry.

The authors examined the...

02/23/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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

Outcomes Following Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Revascularization With Drug-Coated Balloons

02/21/2024

Carol O'Hear ;

Yanan Huo ;

Bertha Villa ;

Florim Cuculi , MD;

Kenneth Fromkin , MD;

Mathias Wolfrum , MD;

Stefan Toggweiler , MD;

Shayan Mahapatra , MD;

Federico Moccetti , MD;

Azmi Mohammed , MD, MRCP, FACC;

Mehdi Madanchi , MD;

Amitkumar Mehta ;

Matthias Bossard , MD;

Leslie Popplewell ;

The study aimed to describe the safety and long-term outcomes of patients with coronary chronic total occlusions undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions with the latest generation of drug-coated balloons vs novel drug-eluting stents.

The study aimed to describe the...

02/21/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Update on Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

02/21/2024

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Deniz Mutlu , MD, PhD;

This review summarizes recent publications categorized by outcomes, techniques, complications, and ongoing studies in this rapidly growing area.

This review summarizes recent...

02/21/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Figure. Subintimal position of initial guidewire

Clinical Images

Use of Chronic Total Occlusion Wiring Techniques for Extremely Angulated Side Branch Access

02/13/2024

Tak-Shun Chung , MD, MBBS;

Sui-Fung Wong , MBChB;

Hiu-Cheong Chow , MBBS;

A 75-year-old man was admitted for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed focal severe disease at obtuse marginal artery and severe medina 1,1,1 bifurcation disease involving proximal to middle left...

A 75-year-old man was admitted...

02/13/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Videos

Use of Chronic Total Occlusion Wiring Techniques for Extremely Angulated Side Branch Access

02/13/2024

Tak-Shun Chung , MD, MBBS;

Sui-Fung Wong , MBChB;

Hiu-Cheong Chow , MBBS;

Video Supplement to "Use of Chronic Total Occlusion Wiring Techniques for Extremely Angulated Side Branch Access" (March Clinical Image)

Video Supplement to "Use of...

02/13/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Videos

Extraplaque Blood Withdrawal Stenting: A Miraculous Cure for Subintimal Hematoma

02/09/2024

Eugene B. Wu , MD, DM;

Ken W. K. Chi , MD;

Video Supplement to "Extraplaque Blood Withdrawal Stenting: A Miraculous Cure for Subintimal Hematoma" (February 2024 Clinical Image)

Video Supplement to "Extraplaque...

02/09/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Extraplaque Blood Withdrawal Stenting: A Miraculous Cure for Subintimal Hematoma

02/09/2024

Eugene B. Wu , MD, DM;

Ken W. K. Chi , MD;

The authors report the Extraplaque Blood Withdrawal stenting technique to treat chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention-induced extraplaque hematoma.

The authors report...

02/09/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology