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 ResearchConceptsCoronary 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 measurements
2020
Successful Rotational Atherectomy of an Undilatable Ostial Saphenous Vein Graft Lesion.
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Xenogiannis I, Brilakis ES. Successful Rotational Atherectomy of an Undilatable Ostial Saphenous Vein Graft Lesion. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2020, 32: e219. PMID: 32737270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention via Saphenous Vein Graft
Xenogiannis I, Gkargkoulas F, Karmpaliotis D, Krestyaninov O, Khelimskii D, Jaffer FA, Khatri JJ, Kandzari DE, Wyman RM, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Toma C, Yeh RW, Tamez H, Choi JW, Jaber W, Samady H, Sheikh AM, Potluri S, Patel M, Mahmud E, Elbaruni B, Love MP, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Jefferson BK, Patel T, Uretsky B, Moses JW, Lembo NJ, Parikh M, Kirtane AJ, Ali ZA, Hall AB, Megaly MS, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Rangan BV, Morley PW, Dargham B, Abdullah S, Garcia S, Banerjee S, Burke MN, Brilakis ES, Alaswad K. Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention via Saphenous Vein Graft. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2020, 13: 517-526. PMID: 32081243, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.10.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCTO percutaneous coronary interventionRetrograde CTO percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionSaphenous vein graftsChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionSVG groupRetrograde crossingCoronary interventionVein graftsCollateral vesselsRetrograde chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionHospital major adverse cardiac eventsHospital major adverse eventsMajor adverse cardiac eventsPrior percutaneous coronary interventionAdverse cardiac eventsMajor adverse eventsJ-CTO scorePrior myocardial infarctionPROGRESS CTO scoresHigh rateCardiac eventsAdverse eventsSevere calcificationProcedural success
2019
Chronic total occlusion recanalization for myocardial infarction
Xenogiannis I, Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Brilakis ES. Chronic total occlusion recanalization for myocardial infarction. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 95: 1133-1135. PMID: 31696624, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28590.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSaphenous vein graftsRight coronary arteryCoronary arteryMyocardial infarctionNon-ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarctionRight coronary artery chronic total occlusionCoronary artery chronic total occlusionPrior coronary artery bypass surgerySegment elevation acute myocardial infarctionArtery chronic total occlusionProximal right coronary arteryCoronary artery bypass surgeryElevation acute myocardial infarctionChronic total occlusion recanalizationArtery bypass surgeryAcute vessel closureChronic total occlusionAmplatzer vascular plugAcute myocardial infarctionSVG anastomosisComplete revascularizationCulprit lesionBypass surgeryDistal anastomosisVascular plug