2023
CONTEMPORARY IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION INTERVENTIONS: UPDATE FROM MENATA (MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, TURKEY AND ASIA) CHAPTER OF THE PROGRESS-CTO (PROSPECTIVE GLOBAL REGISTRY FOR THE STUDY OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION INTERVENTION) REGISTRY
Kostantinis S, ElGuindy A, Goktekin O, Simsek B, Karacsonyi J, kalay N, Samir A, Maalouf A, soylu K, Yildirim U, Tigen K, cincin A, Kalyanasundaram A, Aygul N, sayed A, Jbara K, Shelton C, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Allana S, Mastrodemos O, Rempakos A, Rangan B, Brilakis E, Rafeh N. CONTEMPORARY IN-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION INTERVENTIONS: UPDATE FROM MENATA (MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICA, TURKEY AND ASIA) CHAPTER OF THE PROGRESS-CTO (PROSPECTIVE GLOBAL REGISTRY FOR THE STUDY OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION INTERVENTION) REGISTRY. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2023, 81: 937. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(23)01381-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle vs. multiple operators for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: From the PROGRESS‐CTO Registry
Karacsonyi J, Alaswad K, Krestyaninov O, Karmpaliotis D, Kirtane A, Ali Z, McEntegart M, Masoumi A, Poomipanit P, Jaffer F, Khatri J, Choi J, Patel M, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Gorgulu S, Sheikh A, Elbarouni B, Jaber W, ElGuindy A, Yeh R, Kostantinis S, Simsek B, Rangan B, Mastrodemos O, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Ungi I, Rafeh N, Goktekin O, Burke M, Brilakis E, Sandoval Y. Single vs. multiple operators for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: From the PROGRESS‐CTO Registry. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2023, 101: 543-552. PMID: 36695421, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCTO-PCIChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionAir kerma radiation dosePercutaneous coronary intervention outcomesChronic total occlusion interventionLow MACE ratePROGRESS-CTO RegistryProspective global registryProcedural success ratePercutaneous coronary interventionHigh technical successRisk of complicationsMO casesCTO PCI casesMACE rateCoronary interventionMulticenter registryPatient ageMultivariable analysisProcedural successContrast volumeGlobal RegistryTechnical successProcedural outcomesPCI cases
2021
Laser for balloon uncrossable and undilatable chronic total occlusion interventions
Karacsonyi J, Alaswad K, Choi JW, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Poommipanit P, Rafeh NA, ElGuindy A, Ungi I, Egred M, Brilakis ES. Laser for balloon uncrossable and undilatable chronic total occlusion interventions. International Journal Of Cardiology 2021, 336: 33-37. PMID: 34022321, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.05.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionCTO percutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) PCIMajor adverse cardiac eventsSimilar major complication ratesComplex percutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion interventionOutcomes of balloonAdverse cardiac eventsMajor complication rateStent restenotic lesionsLaser useAngiographic characteristicsCardiac eventsComplication rateCoronary interventionPatient ageProcedural successCTO lesionsRestenotic lesionsSimilar incidenceProcedural outcomesUndilatable lesionsLesionsSuccess rate