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 outcomesTHE IMPACT OF ANNUAL OPERATOR VOLUME ON THE OUTCOMES OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION
Karacsonyi J, Tsiafoutis I, Alaswad K, Khatri J, Choi J, Karmpaliotis D, ElGuindy A, Sheikh A, Jaber W, Elbarouni B, Jaffer F, Poomipanit P, Chandwaney R, Krestianinov O, Uretsky B, Patel M, Toma C, Yeh R, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Xenogiannis I, Rangan B, Ungi I, Brilakis E, Koutouzis M. THE IMPACT OF ANNUAL OPERATOR VOLUME ON THE OUTCOMES OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2021, 77: 958. PMID: 35969838, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(21)02317-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionOperator volumeCoronary interventionHigher J-CTO scoreMajor cardiac adverse eventsHigh technical success rateAnnual operator volumeCardiac adverse eventsHigher lesion complexityMajor complication rateJ-CTO scoreTechnical success rateHigh technical successHigh-volume operatorsCTO PCI casesLow-volume operatorsProximal cap ambiguityProximal vessel tortuosityMulticenter registryAdverse eventsComplication ratePatient ageProcedural successMultivariable analysis