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We sought to examine contemporary perspectives and practices on chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. An online questionnaire was created and distributed to cardiologists within the United States and internationally.

We sought to examine...

10/15/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Impact of Proximal Cap Ambiguity on Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From a Multicenter US Registry

10/01/2016

Michael R. Wyman , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

J. Aaron Grantham , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

David E. Kandzari , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Sanjog Kalra , MD;

Aris Karatasakis , MD;

Pratik Kalsaria , MS;

Barbara Anna Danek , MD;

Craig A. Thompson , MD, MMSc;

Judit Karacsonyi , MD, PhD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

William L. Lombardi , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

John N. Bahadorani , MD;

We sought to determine the impact of proximal cap ambiguity on procedural techniques and outcomes for coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

We sought to determine the...

10/01/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Frequency, Indications, and Outcomes of Guide Catheter Extension Use in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

10/01/2015

Thao Duong , MD;

Ryan G. Master , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Georgios E. Christakopoulos , MD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Michael Luna , MD;

The frequency and outcomes of guide catheter extension use during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has received limited study. The authors retrospectively examine 1539 consecutive PCIs performed between May 2010 and November 2013 to...

The frequency and outcomes of...

10/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Prevalence and Treatment of "Balloon-Uncrossable" Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions

02/01/2015

Rohan V. Menon , BS , MD;

Siddharth M. Patel , MD, BS;

Nagendra R. Pokala , BS;

Vijay Raja , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Jerrold M. Grodin , MD;

Anna P. Kotsia , MD, PhD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Tesfaldet T. Michael , MD, MPH;

Daniel P. Sherbet , MD;

Jeffrey L. Hastings , MD, MS;

Vishal G. Patel , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Shuaib A. Abdullah , MD;

We retrospectively examined 373 consecutive CTO-PCIs performed at our institution between 2005 and 2013 to determine the frequency and treatment of balloon-uncrossable CTOs. Balloon-uncrossable CTOs are encountered in 6.4% of contemporary...

We retrospectively examined 373...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology