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03/24/2022

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD, FACC, FACP ...

Dr. Walker comments on the article by Dr. Radaideh and colleagues, "Shockwave Intravascular Lithoplasty as the Last Option to Restore Flow in a Nonagenarian With an Acute Coronary Syndrome."

Dr. Walker comments on the...

03/24/2022

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Shockwave Intravascular Lithoplasty as the Last Option to Restore Flow in a Nonagenarian With an Acute Coronary Syndrome

03/24/2022

Qais Radaideh, MD, MS¹; Nagarjuna Gujjula, MD¹; Ann E. Narmi, MD¹; Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS²; Toufik Mahfood Haddad, MD¹

¹Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska; ²Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Davenport, Iowa

Qais Radaideh, MD, MS1; Nagarjuna Guj...

The effectiveness of coronary lithotripsy as a bailout approach.

The effectiveness of coronary...

03/24/2022

Vascular Disease Management

Fellows' Corner

Endovascular Limb Salvage Therapy of Densely Calcified Femoropopliteal Disease Using Excimer Laser Atherectomy

12/03/2021

Sagger Mawri, MD; Andres M. Vargas Estrada, MD; Pradeep Nair, MD; Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Sagger Mawri, MD; Andres M. Vargas Es...

Critical limb threatening ischemia is the manifestation of advanced lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, typically afflicting patients with underlying significant comorbidities.

Critical limb threatening...

12/03/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Brief Communication

Primary Angioplasty of Calcified Coronary Lesions Using Coronary Lithotripsy in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

12/01/2021

Hector Cubero-Gallego, MD, PhD^1,2; Nieves Gonzalo, MD, PhD³; Helena Tizon-Marcos, MD, MSc^1,2; Neus Salvatella, MD¹; Marcos Garcia-Guimaraes, MD¹; Alejandro Negrete, MD²; Angela McInerney, MD³; Raul Millan, MD⁴; Beatriz Vaquerizo, MD, PhD^1,2,5

Hector Cubero-Gallego, MD, PhD1,2; Ni...

This study reports procedural and short-term clinical outcomes from a real-world series with the use of coronary lithotripsy in the context of primary angioplasty in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

This study reports procedural...

12/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Review

Vessel Preparation: What is the Evidence in the BTK Segment?

07/29/2020

Ludovica Ettorre, MD¹; Giorgio Prouse, MD¹; Luca Giovannacci, MD¹; Jos C. van den Berg, MD, PhD²

¹Service of Vascular Surgery, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano Centro Vascolare Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland; ²Service of Interventional Radiology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano Centro Vascolare Ticino, Lugano; Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, Universitätsinstitut für Diagnostische, Interventionelle und Pädiatrische Radiologie, Bern, Switzerland

Ludovica Ettorre, MD1; Giorgio Prouse...

This article discusses the importance of lesion preparation and reviews the technique and the materials to reduce the complications following inflation and deflation of the balloon with special attention to dissection in the BTK district.

This article discusses the...

07/29/2020

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Tack Provisional Stenting for Arterial Dissection Following Balloon Angioplasty

08/19/2019

Gabriel T. Brandner, BS¹; George L. Adams, MD, MBA, MHS, FACC, SCAI²

¹Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; ²UNC Rex Hospital of Raleigh, North Carolina

Gabriel T. Brandner, BS1; George L. A...

Brandner and Adams discuss a case that highlights the use of Tack implants to address two grade D dissections of the mid-right superficial femoral artery (SFA) following balloon angioplasty.

Brandner and Adams discuss a...

08/19/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Snare Technique for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Difficult Anatomy With Calcified Aortic Valve

07/23/2019

Athanasios Kolyviras, MD, PhD¹; Dimitrios Oikonomou, MD²; Georgios Georgiopoulos, MD, PhD³; Vaios Tzifos, MD, PhD¹

Athanasios Kolyviras, MD, PhD1; Dimi...

Crossing the aortic annulus with a prosthetic valve was impossible due to severe calcification. A snare-catheter technique was used to centralize the entire system with the aortic orifice.

Crossing the aortic annulus with...

07/23/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Cutting-Edge Perspectives

No-Stent Strategy for Femoropopliteal Arterial Disease

07/22/2019

Nicolas W. Shammas, MD

Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Davenport, Iowa

Nicolas W. Shammas, MD Midwest Ca...

Nicolas Shammas, MD, talks with Ehrin J. Armstrong, MD, Professor of Cardiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.

Nicolas Shammas, MD, talks with...

07/22/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Quantitative Angiography Should Not Be the Gold Standard in Assessment of Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease

03/27/2019

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascular I...

In this commentary, Dr. Walker discusses the treatment of the infrapopliteal segment of disease.

In this commentary, Dr. Walker...

03/27/2019

Vascular Disease Management

Editor's Corner

Strategies for Successful Treatment of a Calcified Lesion

06/11/2018

Craig Walker, MD

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana

Craig Walker, MD Cardiovascular I...

Dr. Walker comments on the case report by Konstantinos Stavroulakis, MD, et al, where a patient with gangrenous digits of the left foot and stage 4 CKD had a highly calcified critically stenotic popliteal artery.

Dr. Walker comments on the case...

06/11/2018

Vascular Disease Management