coronary disease

A Novel Risk Score to Predict One-Year Mortality in Patients Undergoing Complex High-Risk Indicated Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CHIP-PCI)

04/01/2021

Terrence J. Sacchi , MD;

Gregory J. Cunn , MD;

Issa Kutkut , MD;

Pankil H. Desai , MD;

Mouzamjha Faroqui , MD;

Sorin J. Brener , MD;

Le Dung Ha , MD;

Garima Handa , MD;

Adnan Raza , MD;

Our aim was to identify patients undergoing complex, high-risk indicated percutaneous coronary intervention (CHIP-PCI) and compare their outcomes with non-CHIP patients. We created a CHIP score to risk stratify these patients.

Our aim was to identify patients...

04/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Angina Severity, Depression, and Response to Percutaneous Revascularization in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary Arteries

10/15/2015

Farouc A. Jaffer , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Eugene V. Pomerantsev , MD;

Jeffrey T. Bruckel , MD, MPH;

Cashel O'Brien , BA;

Luke Stone , BA;

This study sought to quantify depression rates in patients referred for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO), assess its relationship to baseline angina symptoms, and compare angina improvement after...

This study sought to quantify...

10/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Embolism of a Fully Expanded Right Coronary Ostium Stent to the Right Brachial Artery During Radial-Access Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

03/27/2015

Shabnam Rashid , BSc, MBChB;

Chris Bishwanauth Sawh , MBBS;

Dwayne Gavin Conway , MBChB, MD;

The authors report the case of a 56-year-old male who had embolism of a fully deployed stent from the right coronary ostium to his brachial artery during percutaneous coronary intervention.

The authors report the case of a...

03/27/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Pediatric Patient With Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

10/27/2014

Michael S. Lee , MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI;

Rigved V. Tadwalkar , MD, MS;

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is an immunologically-mediated phenomenon that occurs in up to 50% of patients surviving to 10 years post orthotopic heart transplant. While the pediatric subgroup of OHT recipients has a lower overall...

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

A Rare Case of a Congenital Single Coronary Artery: Right Coronary Artery Originating From the Distal Left Circumflex Artery

11/04/2013

Florian Blaschke , MD;

Elke Zimmermann , MD;

Johannes Greupner , MD;

Dietlind Zohlnhoefer , MD;

Florian Krackhardt , MD;

Wilhelm Haverkamp , MD;

Mattias Roser , MD;

The authors present a case of a 59-year-old female who had retrosternal pain with radiation to the left arm. Imaging confirmed the absence of the right coronary artery and a left circumflex artery supplying the right coronary artery territory.

The authors present a case of a...

11/04/2013

Vascular Disease Management

Original Research

Propaedeutical Endovascular Interventions in High-Risk Candidates for Coronary Surgery

09/05/2008

Gianluca Rigatelli , MD, FESC, FACC;

High-risk patients with PVD may benefit from endovascular treatment prior to coronary surgery. We sought to identify, in high-risk patients, the most frequent clinical settings requiring propaedeutical endovascular treatment before coronary...

High-risk patients with PVD may...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management