2021
Learning and innovation among interventional cardiologists: Insights from an international survey
Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Xenogiannis I, Karacsonyi J, Rangan BV, Garcia S, Burke MN, Jneid H, Croce KJ, Bergmark BA, Brilakis ES. Learning and innovation among interventional cardiologists: Insights from an international survey. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 99: 11-16. PMID: 33565681, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterventional cardiologistsCoronary interventionRadial accessNoncomplex percutaneous coronary interventionsTranscatheter aortic valve replacementAortic valve replacementPercutaneous coronary interventionMost respondentsDaily clinical practiceValve replacementCoronary angiographyFemoral accessSTEMI casesUltrasound guidanceClosure deviceCoronary guidewireCommon reasonClinical practiceShort courseCardiologistsInterventionStructural interventionsMonthsAdditional benefitDay practice
2020
Systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes with drug-coated balloons vs. stenting in acute myocardial infarction
Megaly M, Buda KG, Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Saad M, Rinfret S, Abbott JD, Aronow HD, Garcia S, Pershad A, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes with drug-coated balloons vs. stenting in acute myocardial infarction. Cardiovascular Intervention And Therapeutics 2020, 36: 481-489. PMID: 33037991, DOI: 10.1007/s12928-020-00713-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-coated balloonsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionAMI patientsOutcomes of DCBMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsAdverse cardiovascular eventsLate lumen lossShort-term outcomesLesion revascularizationCardiovascular eventsCause mortalityAngiographic outcomesCardiac deathLumen lossSimilar riskClinical utilityPatientsSystematic reviewLarger studyInfarctionStatistical differenceOutcomesMonthsBalloonCombined use of intravascular lithotripsy and brachytherapy: A new approach for the treatment of recurrent coronary in‐stent restenosis
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Brilakis ES. Combined use of intravascular lithotripsy and brachytherapy: A new approach for the treatment of recurrent coronary in‐stent restenosis. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2020, 97: 1402-1406. PMID: 33031640, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravascular lithotripsyMultiple treatment modalitiesTreatment modalitiesStent restenosisCoronary intravascular lithotripsyFrench guide cathetersIntravascular ultrasound resultsISR casesRadial accessGuide catheterUltrasound resultsPatientsRestenosisTreatmentBrachytherapyLithotripsyModalitiesAnginaCombined useAngiographicCatheterMonths