IVUS

Clinical Images

Alpha-Loop Snaring Technique: Facilitated Snaring Technique for Fully-Deployed and Deformed Coronary Stent Protruding Into the Aorta

09/01/2022

Michael Chiang, MBBS¹; Ka Chun Alan Chan, MBBS¹; Chi Yuen Eric Wong, MBBS¹; Kang Yin Michael Lee, MBBS¹

Michael Chiang, MBBS1; Ka Chun Alan C...

A 59-year-old female was admitted for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and Killip class 3 heart failure. Echocardiogram showed left ventricular ejection fraction of 30%. Coronary angiogram showed moderate to severe stenosis over the...

A 59-year-old female was...

09/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Chugh Percutaneous Coronary Interventions TN

Original Contribution

Outcomes of Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Versus Angiography-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Chronic Total Occlusions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

04/01/2022

Yashasvi Chugh, MD¹; Rupinder Buttar, MD²; Tak Kwan, MD³; Evangelia Vemmou, MD¹; Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD¹; Ilia Nikolakopoulos, MD¹; Santiago Garcia, MD¹; Mario Goessl, MD, PhD¹; Yale Wang, MD¹; Ivan Chavez, MD¹; Anil Poulose, MD¹; M. Nicholas Burke, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Yashasvi Chugh, MD1; Rupinder Buttar...

Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance have been associated with better long-term outcomes, but adoption remains limited. There are limited data on the impact of IVUS on chronic total...

Percutaneous coronary...

04/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Intravascular Ultrasound for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease

04/01/2021

Samantha A. Kops, MD¹; Danielle Strah, MD¹; Kwan S. Lee, MD²; Michael D. Seckeler, MD, MSc³

Samantha A. Kops, MD1; Danielle Stra...

The goal of this study was to determine the utility of intravascular ultrasound for patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary vein stenosis.

The goal of this study was to...

04/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Location of Dissections Post Balloon Angioplasty in Patients With Femoropopliteal Arterial Disease as Seen on Intravascular Ultrasound

06/28/2019

Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS¹; W. John Shammas, BS¹; James T. Torey, PA²; Andrew N. Shammas, BS, OMS¹

Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS1; W. John...

We reviewed images from our intravascular ultrasound core lab to define the various locations of dissections in femoropopliteal arteries post balloon angioplasty in relation to plaque morphology.

We reviewed images from our...

06/28/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Are We Appropriately Treating Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease? The Need for Precision Imaging With Intravascular Ultrasound

12/13/2018

Nicolas W. Shammas, MD; W. John Shammas, BS; Ehrin J. Armstrong, MD; Qais Radaideh, MD; Gail A. Shammas, BS, RN

Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Davenport, Iowa

Nicolas W. Shammas, MD; W. John Shamm...

In a case of severe stenosis of the tibioperoneal trunk treated under angiographic and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance, angiography underestimated true vessel size and was unable to identify the presence of dissections vs IVUS.

In a case of severe stenosis of...

12/13/2018

Vascular Disease Management

Original Contribution

Infrainguinal CTO Recanalization Assessed by Intravascular Ultrasound: Results of the CENTRAL Study

10/15/2016

James Torey, PA-C¹; Anwar Zaitoun, MD¹; Thomas Lalonde, MD¹; John Runyon, MD²; Jihad Mustapha, MD³; Thomas Davis, MD¹

James Torey, PA-C1; Anwar Zaitoun, M...

CENTRAL was a prospective, multicenter, 100 patient study designed to evaluate the ability of a recanalization catheter system to cross chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of the superficial femoral artery while staying within the central vessel...

CENTRAL was a prospective,...

10/15/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology