stent

Original Contribution

Comparative Effectiveness Study of Drug-Eluting and Bare-Metal Peripheral Artery Stents in Endovascular Femoropopliteal Artery Revascularization

09/30/2018

Osvaldo S. Gigliotti , MD;

Haekyung Jeon-Slaughter , PhD;

Shirling Tsai , MD;

Omar Jawaid , MD;

Ehrin J. Armstrong , MD, MSc, FACC;

Hua Lu , MD;

Nicolas W. Shammas , MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM;

Tayo Addo , MD;

Houman Khalili , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Mazen S. Abu-Fadel , MD;

This study compared clinically driven target-lesion revascularization, target-vessel revascularization, and target-limb revascularization outcomes at 1 year between drug-eluting stent and bare-metal stent treatments in a real-world setting.

This study compared clinically...

09/30/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Excimer Laser With and Without Contrast for the Management of Under-Expanded Stents

10/23/2017

Murugupathy Veerasamy , MD;

Amr S. Gamal , MD;

Avais Jabbar , MD;

Javed M. Ahmed , MBBS, FRCP, MD;

Mohaned Egred , MBChB, MD, BSc(Hons), FRCP, BSc, MRCP;

Under-expanded and under-deployed stents carry a high risk of restenosis and thrombosis, with inherent serious clinical complications. We performed a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on all under-expanded, under-deployed...

Under-expanded and...

10/23/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Research

Bolstering Skin Grafts With a Surgical Scrub Brush: A Cost-effective Solution

07/06/2017

Jared M. Davis , MD;

Thomas J. Lee , MD;

Bradon J. Wilhelmi , MD, FACS;

Mitchell J. Buller , MD, MEng;

Bolstering Skin Grafts With a Surgical Scrub Brush: A Cost-effective Solution Mitchell Buller, MEng, Thomas J. Lee, MD, Jared Davis, MD, and Bradon J. Wilhelmi, MD, FACS Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,...

Bolstering Skin Grafts...

07/06/2017

ePlasty

Original Contribution

Abdominal Infrarenal Aortic Stenosis Approached Through a Full Transradial Approach: A Case Series

06/27/2017

Carlo Trani , MD;

Francesco Burzotta , MD, PhD;

Cristina Aurigemma , MD, PhD;

Massimo Gustapane , MD;

Italo Porto , MD, PhD;

Six consecutive patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic stenosis underwent unilateral or bilateral transradial approach for stenting of the aortic lesion using either a “bare-on-the-wire” or a ”support-catheter” technique, according to...

Six consecutive patients with...

06/27/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Review

Should We Routinely Stent the Femoropopliteal Artery? An Interventionalist`s Perspective

11/01/2015

Nicolas W. Shammas , MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

An overview of the pros and cons of primary stenting of femoropopliteal (FP) arteries vs alternative approaches including provisional stenting following POBA, atherectomy and/or drug-coated balloons.

An overview of the pros and cons...

11/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Superficial Femoral Artery Intervention by Single Transpedal Arterial Access

11/01/2015

Yili Huang , DO, MD;

Hugo Rosero , DO;

Michael Liou , MD;

Nicholas S. Amoroso , MD;

Ravi Diwan , MD;

Justin A. Ratcliffe , MD;

Moinakhtar Lala , MD;

Tak W. Kwan , MD, FACC;

Olivier F. Bertrand , MD, PhD;

John T. Coppola , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Sooraj Shah , MD;

There are limited reports of transpedal artery access for peripheral artery interventions, but none to date describing routine primary transpedal artery approach for SFA stenting. We report on 4 patients who underwent successful endovascular...

There are limited reports of...

11/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Stabilization of Coronary Stents Using the Floating-Wire Technique

10/29/2015

Yue Li , MD;

Jingyi Xue , MD;

Shuang Li , MM;

Li Sheng , MD;

Danghui Sun , MM, MD;

Weimin Li , MM;

Yongtai Gong , MD;

Excessive movement of coronary stents within the artery can make accurate stent placement difficult. This study assessed the use of the floating-wire technique to reduce stent motion to improve placement accuracy.

Excessive movement of coronary...

10/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology