microcatheter

Author Interview

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry: An Interview With Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD

04/04/2024

Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD

Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD ...

Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt catches up with Dr. Emmanouil S. Brilakis about his Editor’s 2023 Top 10 article, “Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.”

Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt catches up...

04/04/2024

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Figure 2. Potential applications of the Micro Rx microcatheter

Original Contribution

A Novel Device for Additional Guide Wire Support to Cross Tortuous Anatomy and Tight Lesions - The Micro Rx Rapid Exchange Microcatheter

10/24/2023

Gregor Leibundgut, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD²; Roberto Garbo, MD³

Gregor Leibundgut, MD1; Emmanouil S. ...

The authors present the first in vivo experience with a new type of rapid exchange microcatheter (Micro Rx, Interventional Medical Device Solutions), describe bench testing of combinations of guidewires and microcatheters, and suggest...

The authors present the first in...

10/24/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

02/01/2023

Spyridon Kostantinis, MD¹; Bahadir Simsek, MD¹; Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD¹; Athanasios Rempakos, MD¹; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD²; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD³; Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD⁴; Paul Poommipanit, MD⁵; Rhian E. Davies, DO⁶; Stephane Rinfret, MD⁷; William Nicholson, MD⁷; Wissam Jaber, MD⁷; James W. Choi, MD⁸; Mitul P. Patel, MD⁹; Michael Koutouzis, MD¹⁰;
Ioannis Tsiafoutis, MD¹⁰; Sevket Gorgulu, MD¹¹; Taral N. Patel, MD¹²; Brian K. Jefferson, MD¹²; Jimmy L. Kerrigan, MD¹³; Basem Elbarouni, MD¹⁴; Nidal Abi Rafeh, MD¹⁵; Omer Goktekin, MD¹⁶; Ahmed M. ElGuindy, MD¹⁷; Salman Allana, MD¹; Olga C. Mastrodemos, BA¹; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH¹; Yader Sandoval, MD¹; M. Nicholas Burke, MD¹; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD¹

Spyridon Kostantinis, MD1; Bahadir S...

Guidewires and microcatheters are critical to the success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined equipment utilization in 11,202 CTO-PCIs performed in 10,952 patients at 42 United States (US)...

Guidewires and microcatheters...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Challenging Aorto-Coronary Occlusion: Which Solution?

12/27/2018

Giovanni Lorenzoni, MD; Pierluigi Merella, MD; Gavino Casu, MD

Giovanni Lorenzoni, MD; Pierluigi Me...

Aorto-coronary occlusion is a particularly difficult lesion to treat, especially in an emergent setting. To our knowledge, this is the first description of the use of a microcatheter not to support the guidewire, but to open an aorto-coronary...

Aorto-coronary occlusion is a...

12/27/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Efficacy and Safety of Novel NovaCross Microcatheter for Chronic Total Occlusions: First-in-Human Study

02/29/2016

Simon Walsh, MD¹; Dariusz Dudek, MD²; Leszek Bryniarski, MD, PhD²; Abid Assali, MD³; Haim Danenberg, MD⁴; Chaim Lotan, MD⁴; Colm Hanratty, MD¹; Piotr Wilko≈Çek, MD, PhD²; Ran Kornowski, MD³

Simon Walsh, MD1; Dariusz Dudek, MD2...

The aim of this first-in-human (FIH) study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the novel NovaCross microcatheter system in eligible consecutive patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO).

The aim of this first-in-human...

02/29/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology