2023
Trends and impact of intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography on percutaneous coronary intervention for myocardial infarction
Park D, Vemmou E, An S, Nikolakopoulos I, Regan C, Cambi B, Frampton J, Vij A, Brilakis E, Nanna M. Trends and impact of intravascular ultrasound and optical coherence tomography on percutaneous coronary intervention for myocardial infarction. IJC Heart & Vasculature 2023, 45: 101186. PMID: 36852085, PMCID: PMC9957744, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2023.101186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary interventionImaging-guided percutaneous coronary interventionPercutaneous coronary interventionOptical coherence tomographyMyocardial infarctionIntravascular ultrasoundCoronary interventionIntravascular imagingIVUS-guided percutaneous coronary interventionCoherence tomographyNumber of PCIsNational Inpatient SampleMultivariable logistic regressionCochran-Armitage trend testIVUS useHospital mortalityClinical outcomesOCT guidanceInpatient SampleImproved outcomesLower oddsLower mortalityLogistic regressionContinuous outcomesOutcomes
2022
Practice 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 ResearchConceptsPercutaneous 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