2021
Safety and efficacy of dedicated guidewire, microcatheter, and guide catheter extension technologies for chronic total coronary occlusion revascularization: Primary results of the Teleflex Chronic Total Occlusion Study
Kandzari DE, Alaswad K, Jaffer FA, Brilakis E, Croce K, Kearney K, Spaedy A, Yeh R, Thompson C, Nicholson W, Wyman RM, Riley R, Lansky A, Buller C, Karmpaliotis D. Safety and efficacy of dedicated guidewire, microcatheter, and guide catheter extension technologies for chronic total coronary occlusion revascularization: Primary results of the Teleflex Chronic Total Occlusion Study. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 99: 263-270. PMID: 34582080, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionGuidewire recanalizationProcedural successCatheter extensionChronic total coronary occlusion revascularizationChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous revascularizationFavorable procedural successGuide catheter extensionHigher lesion complexityHospital cardiac deathProspective registration studyTotal Occlusion StudyTarget lesion revascularizationPrevalence of diabetesPrior myocardial infarctionSingle-arm studyTIMI grade 2Femoral arterial accessJ-CTO scorePrevious bypass surgeryNon-CTO PCIHospital MACELesion revascularizationCTO revascularizationHemodynamic instability
2012
Use of a Novel Crossing and Re-Entry System in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions That Have Failed Standard Crossing Techniques Results of the FAST-CTOs (Facilitated Antegrade Steering Technique in Chronic Total Occlusions) Trial
Whitlow PL, Burke MN, Lombardi WL, Wyman RM, Moses JW, Brilakis ES, Heuser RR, Rihal CS, Lansky AJ, Thompson CA, Investigators F. Use of a Novel Crossing and Re-Entry System in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions That Have Failed Standard Crossing Techniques Results of the FAST-CTOs (Facilitated Antegrade Steering Technique in Chronic Total Occlusions) Trial. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2012, 5: 393-401. PMID: 22516395, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.01.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCathetersChronic DiseaseCoronary AngiographyCoronary OcclusionDrug-Eluting StentsEquipment DesignFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesProsthesis DesignRetreatmentTime FactorsTreatment FailureUnited StatesConceptsCoronary chronic total occlusionsElevation myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusionCrossing catheterTotal occlusionMyocardial infarctionMajor adverse cardiac event ratesST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionAdverse cardiac event ratesSuccessful percutaneous coronary interventionSegment elevation myocardial infarctionCardiac event ratePrimary efficacy endpointRe-entry catheterSingle-arm trialCTO-PCI successMean lesion lengthDistal true lumenCardiac reinterventionEfficacy endpointCoronary interventionEmergency surgeryHemodynamic instabilityPCI success
2011
Initial experience with a dedicated coronary re‐entry device for revascularization of chronic total occlusions
Whitlow PL, Lombardi WL, Araya M, Wyman R, Torres H, Dauvergne C, Tsuchikane E, Lansky A, Thompson CA. Initial experience with a dedicated coronary re‐entry device for revascularization of chronic total occlusions. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2011, 80: 807-813. PMID: 22121076, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic total coronary occlusionsDistal true lumenRe-entry deviceTrue lumenAntegrade guidewireWire entrapmentTIMI 3 flowTotal coronary occlusionChronic total occlusionGuidewire penetrationConsecutive CTO lesionsPrimary endpointProspective registryClinical improvementSuccessful recanalizationCoronary perforationMajor complicationsCTO lesionsCoronary occlusionCTO interventionTotal occlusionLesion characteristicsSubintimal spaceRetrograde techniqueInitial experienceRationale and design of the INFUSE-AMI study: A 2 × 2 factorial, randomized, multicenter, single-blind evaluation of intracoronary abciximab infusion and aspiration thrombectomy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Gibson CM, Maehara A, Lansky AJ, Wohrle J, Stuckey T, Dave R, Cox D, Grines C, Dudek D, Steg G, Parise H, Wolff SD, Cristea E, Stone GW. Rationale and design of the INFUSE-AMI study: A 2 × 2 factorial, randomized, multicenter, single-blind evaluation of intracoronary abciximab infusion and aspiration thrombectomy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2011, 161: 478-486.e7. PMID: 21392601, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.10.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbciximabAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryAntibodies, MonoclonalAntithrombinsCoronary OcclusionCoronary ThrombosisEndpoint DeterminationHirudinsHumansImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsInfusions, Intra-ArterialMagnetic Resonance Imaging, CineMyocardial InfarctionPatient SelectionPeptide FragmentsPlatelet Aggregation InhibitorsRecombinant ProteinsResearch DesignThrombectomyConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-elevation myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIAnterior ST-elevation myocardial infarctionExport aspiration catheterPercutaneous coronary interventionLocal infusionThrombus aspirationInfarct sizeINFUSE-AMIEnd pointCoronary interventionAspiration catheterMyocardial infarctionInfusion catheterAnterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionSingle-blind randomized studyCardiac magnetic resonance imagingMyocardial infarction 0Mid-left anteriorPrimary end pointSafety end pointSecondary end pointsST-segment resolution
2009
Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of the Retrograde Versus Antegrade Approach to Percutaneous Intervention for Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions
Tsujita K, Maehara A, Mintz GS, Kubo T, Doi H, Lansky AJ, Stone GW, Moses JW, Leon MB, Ochiai M. Intravascular Ultrasound Comparison of the Retrograde Versus Antegrade Approach to Percutaneous Intervention for Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2009, 2: 846-854. PMID: 19778773, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.06.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetrograde approachRetro groupAntegrade approachMyocardial Infarction flow grade 3Chronic total occlusion techniqueChronic total coronary occlusionsIntravascular Ultrasound ComparisonTotal coronary occlusionMinimum stent areaAngiographic extravasationRCA CTOsIntravascular ultrasound imagingCoronary perforationCTO lengthCTO lesionsCoronary occlusionCTO interventionGuidewire crossingPercutaneous interventionUltrasound comparisonCTO segmentGrade 3Stent areaOcclusion techniqueIntravascular ultrasound