2022
Outcomes and challenges of the provisional stenting technique: Insights from the PROGRESS‐BIFURCATION registry
Simsek B, Kostantinis S, Karacsonyi J, Allana S, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Burke M, Garcia S, Wang Y, Chavez I, Gössl M, Sorajja P, Mooney M, Poulose A, Sandoval Y, Traverse J, Rangan B, Brilakis E. Outcomes and challenges of the provisional stenting technique: Insights from the PROGRESS‐BIFURCATION registry. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 100: 749-755. PMID: 36121014, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30401.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClinical Trials as TopicCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansPercutaneous Coronary InterventionProspective StudiesRegistriesStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionTwo-stent strategyProvisional stentingProcedural successTechnical successHospital major adverse cardiovascular eventsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsAdverse cardiovascular eventsLower technical successProspective global registrySimilar procedural successProvisional stenting techniqueAngiographic characteristicsCardiovascular eventsCoronary interventionDiameter stenosisGlobal RegistryDistal lesionsProcedural outcomesSB involvementSB lesion lengthBifurcation lesionsSide branch diameterStenting techniquesStentingChallenges and outcomes of the double kissing crush stenting technique: Insights from the PROGRESS‐BIFURCATION registry
Simsek B, Kostantinis S, Karacsonyi J, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Assali M, Burke M, Garcia S, Wang Y, Chavez I, Goessl M, Sorajja P, Mooney M, Poulose A, Traverse J, Rangan B, Brilakis E. Challenges and outcomes of the double kissing crush stenting technique: Insights from the PROGRESS‐BIFURCATION registry. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2022, 99: 1038-1044. PMID: 35195331, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30135.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansPercutaneous Coronary InterventionProspective StudiesRegistriesStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionDK crushBifurcation lesionsCoronary interventionDouble kissingHospital major adverse cardiovascular eventsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsBifurcation percutaneous coronary interventionProspective global registryAdverse cardiovascular eventsDouble kissing crushSide branchesAngiographic characteristicsCardiovascular eventsNew guidewireArtery lesionsComplication rateProcedural successExcellent outcomesGlobal RegistryTechnical successProcedural outcomesCrush techniqueLesionsBifurcation stentingPractice Patterns in the Interventional Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: A Global Survey.
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Azzalini L, Bergmark B, Chatzizisis Y, Hall A, Wollmuth J, Croce K, Jneid H, Rangan B, Burke M, Brilakis E. Practice Patterns in the Interventional Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: A Global Survey. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2022, 34: e43-e48. PMID: 34982725, PMCID: PMC8919669, DOI: 10.25270/jic/21.00077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansPercutaneous Coronary InterventionStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionLM lesionsBifurcation lesionsProvisional stentingNon-LM bifurcation lesionsBifurcation percutaneous coronary interventionIntravascular imagingCoronary bifurcation lesionsDouble kissing crushDK crush techniqueAnnual PCI volumesProximal optimization techniqueBailout stentingRadial access useCoronary interventionPCI volumeInterventional treatmentPractice patternsCoronary physiologyCrush techniqueAccess useLesionsStudy aimProvisional strategyStenting
2021
Saphenous Vein Graft Failure
Xenogiannis I, Zenati M, Bhatt DL, Rao SV, Rodés-Cabau J, Goldman S, Shunk KA, Mavromatis K, Banerjee S, Alaswad K, Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Alexopoulos D, Burke MN, Bapat VN, Brilakis ES. Saphenous Vein Graft Failure. Circulation 2021, 144: 728-745. PMID: 34460327, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.052163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsClinical Decision-MakingCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseDisease ManagementHumansPerioperative CareSaphenous VeinTreatment FailureTreatment OutcomeConceptsCoronary artery bypass graft surgerySVG percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionSaphenous vein graftsLong-term outcomesSVG failureRedo coronary artery bypass graft surgeryCoronary artery disease risk factorsPump coronary artery bypass graft surgeryRecent acute coronary syndromeSimilar long-term outcomesArtery bypass graft surgerySaphenous vein graft failureNative coronary circulationOff-pump techniqueBypass graft surgeryDual antiplatelet therapyAcute coronary syndromeHigh perioperative mortalityDisease risk factorsNative coronary arteriesEmbolic protection devicesVein graft failureBare metal stentsIntraoperative graft flow measurementsCharacteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing complex bifurcation versus nonbifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Garberich R, Stanberry L, Mueller DL, Kostantinis ST, Simsek B, Rangan BV, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing complex bifurcation versus nonbifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention. Coronary Artery Disease 2021, 33: 242-244. PMID: 34074912, DOI: 10.1097/mca.0000000000001063.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Outcomes of subintimal plaque modification in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention
Xenogiannis I, Choi JW, Alaswad K, Khatri JJ, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Jaffer FA, Uretsky B, Krestyaninov O, Khelimskii D, Patel M, Mahmud E, Potluri S, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Jaber W, Samady H, Jefferson BK, Patel T, Megaly MS, Hall AB, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Rangan BV, Abdullah S, Garcia S, Banerjee S, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Outcomes of subintimal plaque modification in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 96: 1029-1035. PMID: 31797507, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubintimal plaque modificationPercutaneous coronary interventionCTO percutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCTO PCI attemptsCoronary interventionPCI attemptsPlaque modificationProcedural successHospital major adverse cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryAir kerma radiation doseHigher J-CTO scoreMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPrior percutaneous coronary interventionArtery bypass graft surgeryPROGRESS-CTO RegistryTarget CTO lesionsAdverse cardiovascular eventsBypass graft surgeryCardiovascular risk factorsJ-CTO scoreProximal cap ambiguityDistal true lumenHypertension diabetes