2022
External validation of the PROGRESS-CTO complication risk scores: Individual patient data pooled analysis of 3 registries
Simsek B, Tajti P, Carlino M, Ojeda S, Pan M, Rinfret S, Vemmou E, Kostantinis S, Nikolakopoulos I, Karacsonyi J, Dens J, Agostoni P, Alaswad K, Megaly M, Avran A, Choi J, Jaffer F, Doshi D, Karmpaliotis D, Khatri J, Knaapen P, La Manna A, Spratt J, Tanabe M, Walsh S, Mastrodemos O, Allana S, Rempakos A, Rangan B, Goktekin O, Gorgulu S, Poommipanit P, Kearney K, Lombardi W, Grantham J, Mashayekhi K, Brilakis E, Azzalini L. External validation of the PROGRESS-CTO complication risk scores: Individual patient data pooled analysis of 3 registries. International Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 375: 14-20. PMID: 36565956, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.12.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPercutaneous coronary interventionCTO percutaneous coronary interventionComplication risk scoreIndividual patient dataComplication scoreRisk scorePrior coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionArtery bypass graft surgeryObserved complication rateAdverse cardiovascular eventsBypass graft surgeryPatient dataJ-CTO scoreRisk of complicationsGood discriminative performanceBlunt stumpMACE rateMACE scoresCardiovascular eventsGraft surgeryCoronary interventionComplication ratePrimary vs Secondary Retrograde Approach in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.
Kostantinis S, Alaswad K, Karmpaliotis D, Jaffer F, Jaber W, Nicholson W, Rinfret S, Khatri J, Poommipanit P, Karacsonyi J, Simsek B, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Riley R, Sheikh A, Patel M, Gorgulu S, ElGuindy A, Goktekin O, Abi Rafeh N, Rangan B, Garcia S, Burke M, Brilakis E. Primary vs Secondary Retrograde Approach in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2022, 34: e672-e677. PMID: 35969839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary chronic total occlusionsRetrograde approachRetrograde CTO-PCICoronary interventionCTO-PCIHospital major adverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionMajor adverse cardiac eventsMajor adverse event rateArtery bypass graft surgeryCTO percutaneous coronary interventionAdverse cardiac eventsBypass graft surgeryAdverse event ratesProcedural success rateVentricular ejection fractionChronic total occlusionPROGRESS CTO scoresAngiographic characteristicsGraft surgeryCardiac eventsEjection fractionProcedural success
2021
Comparison of Outcomes of Patients with vs without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Presenting with ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction
Karacsonyi J, Schmidt CW, Okeson BK, Garcia S, Henry TD, Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Sharkey S, Aguirre FV, Tannenbaum M, Burke M, Goessl M, Sorajja P, Traverse J, Wang YL, Brilakis ES. Comparison of Outcomes of Patients with vs without Previous Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Presenting with ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2021, 154: 33-40. PMID: 34243937, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.05.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevious coronary bypass graft surgeryST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionCoronary bypass graft surgeryElevation acute myocardial infarctionPrevious CABG patientsAcute myocardial infarctionCABG patientsBaseline characteristicsMyocardial infarctionMajor cardiac adverse eventsBypass graft surgeryCardiac adverse eventsOutcomes of patientsSaphenous vein graftsKaplan-Meier methodLong-term outcomesLog-rank testComparison of outcomesSTEMI registryGraft surgerySTEMI patientsAdverse eventsMost patientsPrimary outcomeTerm outcomesIn-Stent CTO Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Individual Patient Data Pooled Analysis of 4 Multicenter Registries
Vemmou E, Quadros AS, Dens JA, Rafeh NA, Agostoni P, Alaswad K, Avran A, Belli KC, Carlino M, Choi JW, El-Guindy A, Jaffer FA, Karmpaliotis D, Khatri JJ, Khelimskii D, Knaapen P, La Manna A, Krestyaninov O, Lamelas P, Ojeda S, Padilla L, Pan M, Piccaro de Oliveira P, Rinfret S, Spratt JC, Tanabe M, Walsh S, Nikolakopoulos I, Karacsonyi J, Rangan BV, Brilakis ES, Azzalini L. In-Stent CTO Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Individual Patient Data Pooled Analysis of 4 Multicenter Registries. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 14: 1308-1319. PMID: 34052151, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsDe novo chronic total occlusionsChronic total occlusionPercutaneous coronary interventionHospital major adverse cardiovascular eventsCTO percutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial infarctionLong-term major adverse cardiovascular eventsStent restenosis chronic total occlusionsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryOutcomes of PCIMean J-CTO scoreArtery bypass graft surgeryAdverse cardiovascular eventsBypass graft surgeryDe novo groupJ-CTO scorePatient-level dataCause deathPercutaneous CoronaryAngiographic characteristicsCardiovascular eventsGraft surgeryMulticenter registryVessel revascularizationOUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND HISTORY OF PRIOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: UPDATE FROM THE MIDWEST STEMI CONSORTIUM
Karacsonyi J, Okeson B, Schmidt C, Garcia S, Henry T, Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Rangan B, Goessl M, Sorajja P, Chavez I, Mooney M, Poulose A, Traverse J, Wang Y, Baran K, Bradley S, Garberich R, Ungi I, Burke M, Brilakis E. OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND HISTORY OF PRIOR CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: UPDATE FROM THE MIDWEST STEMI CONSORTIUM. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2021, 77: 1062. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)02421-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians and nonagenarians
Vemmou E, Alaswad K, Patel M, Mahmud E, Choi JW, Jaffer FA, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Karmpaliotis D, Krestyaninov O, Khelimskii D, Nikolakopoulos I, Karacsonyi J, Xenogiannis I, Garcia S, Burke MN, Rafeh N, ElGuindy A, Goktekin O, Abdo A, Rangan BV, Abdullah S, Brilakis ES. Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians and nonagenarians. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2021, 69: 1560-1569. PMID: 33591578, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCTO percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary interventionYounger patientsProcedural successHospital major adverse cardiovascular eventsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsMean J-CTO scoreArtery bypass graft surgeryCoronary lesion complexityAdverse cardiovascular eventsBypass graft surgeryJ-CTO scoreRisk of complicationsHospital MACEMore comorbiditiesCardiovascular eventsGraft surgeryHospital outcomesSevere calcificationAtrial fibrillationLesion complexityHigh incidence
2019
Left Main Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Case Series.
Xenogiannis I, Karmpaliotis D, Alaswad K, Basir MB, Yeh RW, Tamez H, Patel M, Mahmud E, Choi JW, Burke MN, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Khatri JJ, Sheikh AM, Malik BA, Greene ME, Abi Rafeh N, Maalouf A, Abou Jaoudeh F, Moses JW, Lembo NJ, Parikh M, Kirtane AJ, Ali ZA, Gkargkoulas F, Russo J, Hakemi E, Tajti P, Hall AB, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Rangan BV, Abdullah S, Banerjee S, Brilakis ES. Left Main Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Case Series. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2019, 31: e220-e225. PMID: 31257217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionPrior coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionArtery bypass graft surgeryBypass graft surgeryGraft surgeryCoronary interventionProcedural outcomesAir kerma radiation doseMean J-CTO scoreMedian contrast volumePeriprocedural myocardial infarctionProcedural success rateJ-CTO scoreMedian procedure timePROGRESS CTO scoresBetter procedural outcomesAntegrade wire escalationAngiographic characteristicsComplication scoreMost patientsPatient ageCase seriesContrast volumeChallenges associated with treatment of left internal mammary artery graft thrombosis
Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Brilakis ES. Challenges associated with treatment of left internal mammary artery graft thrombosis. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 95: e17-e20. PMID: 31037839, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute occlusionCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryLeft internal mammary artery graftInternal mammary artery graftArtery bypass graft surgeryMammary artery graftsBypass graft surgeryTIMI 3 flowCoronary artery bypassLife-threatening complicationsArtery bypassArtery graftGraft surgeryLIMA graftGraft thrombosisDistal anastomosisLeft anteriorAspiration thrombectomyStent implantationPostprocedural courseThrombectomySurgeryGraftOcclusionComplications