2021
Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.
Nikolakopoulos I, Patel T, Jefferson B, Sheikh A, Jaber W, Samady H, Khatri J, Yeh R, Tamez H, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Jaffer F, Doing A, Dattilo P, Uretsky B, Toma C, Elbarouni B, Alaswad K, Choi J, Lembo N, Parikh M, Kirtane A, Ali Z, Omer M, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Karacsonyi J, Rangan B, Abdullah S, Banerjee S, Garcia S, Burke M, Brilakis E, Karmpaliotis D. Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2021, 33: e717-e722. PMID: 34433693.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistal radial accessChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionRadial accessCoronary interventionPRA groupProcedural successCTO-PCIAir kerma radiation doseAdverse cardiac eventsPROGRESS-CTO RegistryJ-CTO scoreRisk of complicationsSimilar procedural successPROGRESS CTO scoresDRA accessMulticenter registryCardiac eventsFemoral accessTechnical successConcomitant useProcedural characteristicsDRA groupRadiation doseComplications
2020
The Impact of Novel X-Ray Systems and X-Ray System Optimization on Patient Radiation Dose Administered During Cardiac Catheterization.
Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Xenogiannis I, Megaly M, Omer MA, Stanberry L, Garberich R, Rangan BV, Baran KW, Gössl M, Sorajja P, Chavez I, Mooney M, Traverse J, Wang Y, Garcia S, Poulose A, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. The Impact of Novel X-Ray Systems and X-Ray System Optimization on Patient Radiation Dose Administered During Cardiac Catheterization. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2020, 32: 218-221. PMID: 32385193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient radiation dosePCI groupAngiography groupOverall groupRadiation doseSingle tertiary care centerTertiary care centerRadiation dose administeredAir kerma doseCardiac catheterization proceduresDAP doseCardiac catheterizationDose administeredDiagnostic angiographyCatheterization proceduresDoseProduct doseSignificant changesGroupLimited studiesExposureCatheterizationAdministeredPatientsAngiography