2023
Contemporary In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the MENATA (Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Asia) Chapter of the PROGRESS-CTO Registry
Gorgulu S, Kostantinis S, ElGuindy A, Abi Rafeh N, Simsek B, Rempakos A, Karacsonyi J, Kalay N, Samir A, Jaoudeh F, Maalouf A, Soylu K, Yildirim U, Tigen M, Cincin A, Kalyanasundaram A, Aygul N, Altunkeser B, El Sayed A, Sadek Y, Shelton C, Jbara K, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Mastrodemos O, Rangan B, Allana S, Sandoval Y, Burke M, Brilakis E, Goktekin O. Contemporary In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the MENATA (Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Asia) Chapter of the PROGRESS-CTO Registry. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2023, 206: 221-229. PMID: 37717475, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary interventionConsecutive CTO percutaneous coronary interventionsHospital major adverse cardiac eventsAir kerma radiation dosePrevious percutaneous coronary interventionMajor adverse cardiac eventsCTO percutaneous coronary interventionCommon target vesselJapanese CTO scoreMedian contrast volumePROGRESS-CTO RegistryAdverse cardiac eventsIn-Hospital OutcomesAcceptable complication rateProcedural success ratePrevalence of diabetesRight coronary arteryIncidence of perforationPROGRESS CTO scoresAntegrade wire escalationAngiographic characteristicsCardiac eventsExperienced centers
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 plugUse of the DyeVert System in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Tajti P, Xenogiannis I, Hall A, Burke MN, Chavez I, Garcia S, Gössl M, Mooney M, Poulose A, Sorajja P, Wang Y, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Morley P, Rangan BV, Ungi I, Brilakis ES. Use of the DyeVert System in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2019, 31: 253-259. PMID: 31478890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCTO-PCIContrast volumeCoronary interventionCommon target vesselMedian contrast volumeContrast-induced nephropathyAdditional larger studiesPrimary clinical endpointRight coronary arteryHospital major complicationsLarger contrast volumeAmount of contrastMost patientsCardiac catheterizationMajor complicationsProcedural complicationsCircumflex arterySingle centerCoronary arteryMean ageClinical endpointsProcedural outcomesPatients