Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients Aged ≥80 Years: Insights from the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Bifurcation Lesion Interventions Registry

Authors: Ser, Ozgur Selim ^{a, b}, Mutlu, Deniz ^a, Alexandrou, Michaella ^a, Strepkos, Dimitrios ^a, Carvalho, Pedro E.P. ^a, Krestyaninov, Oleg ^b, Khelimskii, Dmitrii ^b, Kultursay, Barkin ^c, Karagoz, Ali ^c, Yildirim, Ufuk ^d, Soylu, Korhan ^d, Uluganyan, Mahmut ^e, Mastrodemos, Olga ^a, Rangan, Bavana V. ^a, Jalli, Sandeep ^a, Voudris, Konstantinos ^a, Burke, M. Nicholas ^a, Sandoval, Yader ^a, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In The American Journal of Cardiology 1 April 2025 240:24-30

Current State of Simulation in Interventional Cardiology Training: Results of a SCAI Survey

Authors: Lee, Kwan S. ^{a, ∗}, Klein, Andrew J. ^b, Bricker, Rory S. ^c, Salavitabar, Arash ^d, Ijioma, Nkechinyere N. ^{e, f}, Indik, Julia H. ^g, Jayasuriya, Sasanka N. ^h, Fortuin, F. David ^a, Damluji, Abdulla A. ⁱ, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^j, Feldman, Dmitriy N. ^k, Henry, Timothy D. ^l, Messenger, John C. ^c

Source: In Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions March 2025 4(3) Part A

Percutaneous coronary intervention of the left main coronary artery bifurcation: Insights from the PROGRESS-BIFURCATION registry

Authors: Carvalho, Pedro E.P. ^a, Strepkos, Dimitrios ^a, Alexandrou, Michaella ^a, Mutlu, Deniz ^a, Rempakos, Athanasios ^a, Jalli, Sandeep ^a, Kultursay, Barkin ^b, Karagoz, Ali ^b, Krestyaninov, Oleg ^c, Khelimskii, Dmitrii ^c, Uluganyan, Mahmut ^d, Soylu, Korhan ^e, Yildirim, Ufuk ^e, Mastrodemos, Olga ^a, Rangan, Bavana V. ^a, Voudris, Konstantinos ^a, Burke, M. Nicholas ^a, Sandoval, Yader ^a, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In International Journal of Cardiology 1 March 2025 422

Angiography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve: Newer Data and Future Directions

Authors: Strepkos, Dimitrios ^a, Sara, Jaskanwal Deep Singh ^a, Carvalho, Pedro E.P. ^a, Alexandrou, Michaella ^a, Mutlu, Deniz ^a, Ser, Ozgur S. ^a, Seto, Arnold H. ^b, Fearon, William F. ^c, Rangan, Bavana V. ^a, Mastrodemos, Olga C. ^a, Jalli, Sandeep ^a, Voudris, Konstantinos ^a, Burke, M. Nicholas ^a, Sandoval, Yader ^a, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In The American Journal of Cardiology 1 March 2025 238:1-8

Characteristics and outcomes of myocardial infarction among burn patients: A nationwide analysis

Authors: Sedhom, Ramy ^{a, ⁎, 1}, Khedr, Mohamed ^b, Beshai, Rafail ^c, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^d, Basir, Mir B. ^e, Alaswad, Khaldoon ^e, Stoletniy, Liset ^a, Abramov, Dmitry ^a, Bharadwaj, Aditya ^a, Megaly, Michael ^f

Source: In Burns February 2025 51(1)

Outcomes of Intracoronary Brachytherapy for In-Stent Restenosis

Authors: Basala, Thomas R. ^{a, b, #}, Khalid, Muhmmad S. ^{a, c, #}, Ser, Ozgur Selim ^a, Megaly, Michael ^d, Glogoza, Matthew ^e, Strepkos, Dimitrios ^a, Rempakos, Athanasios ^a, Alexandrou, Michaella ^a, Mutlu, Deniz ^a, Carvalho, Pedro ^a, Peng, Sydney ^a, Mastrodemos, Olga ^a, Jalli, Sandeep ^a, Karacsonyi, Judit ^a, Sandoval, Yader ^a, Wang, Yale ^a, Sullivan, Patsa ^a, Monyak, David J. ^f, Voudris, Konstantinos ^a, Al-Ogaili, Ahmed ^g, Rangan, Bavana V. ^a, Burke, M. Nicholas ^a, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^{a, ⁎}

Source: In The American Journal of Cardiology 1 June 2025 244:89-98

Intravascular Lithotripsy Versus Rotational Atherectomy in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions: Analysis from the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention Registry

Authors: Carvalho, Pedro E.P., Strepkos, Dimitrios, Alexandrou, Michaella, Mutlu, Deniz, Ser, Ozgur Selim, Choi, James W., Gorgulu, Sevket, Jaffer, Farouc A., Chandwaney, Raj, Alaswad, Khaldoon, Basir, Mir B., Azzalini, Lorenzo, Ozdemir, Ramazan, Uluganyan, Mahmut, Khatri, Jaikirshan, Young, Laura, Poommipanit, Paul, Aygul, Nazif, Davies, Rhian, Krestyaninov, Oleg, Khelimskii, Dmitrii, Goktekin, Omer, Akyel, Ahmet, Tuner, Hasim, Rafeh, Nidal Abi, Elguindy, Ahmed, Rangan, Bavana V., Mastrodemos, Olga C., Voudris, Konstantinos, Burke, M. Nicholas, Sandoval, Yader, Brilakis, Emmanouil S.

Source: In The American Journal of Cardiology 15 January 2025 235:37-43

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention; insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry

Authors: Ser, Ozgur Selim ¹, Mutlu, Deniz ¹, Alexandrou, Michaella ¹, Carvalho, Pedro E.P. ¹, Strepkos, Dimitrios ¹, Choi, James W. ^{2, 21}, Poommipanit, Paul ³, Alaswad, Khaldoon ⁴, Basir, Mir Babar ⁴, Davies, Rhian ⁵, Jaffer, Farouc A. ⁶, Dattilo, Phil ⁷, Doing, Anthony H. ⁷, Azzalini, Lorenzo ⁸, Avgul, Nazif ⁹, Chandwaney, Raj H. ¹⁰, Jefferson, Brian K. ¹¹, Gorgulu, Sevket ¹², Khatri, Jaikirshan J. ¹³, Young, Laura D. ¹³, Krestyaninov, Oleg ¹⁴, Khelimski, Dmitrii ¹⁴, Frizzell, Jarrod ¹⁵, Goktekin, Omer ¹⁶, Flaherty, James D. ¹⁷, Schimmel, Daniel R. ¹⁷, Benzuly, Keith H. ¹⁷, Uluganyan, Mahmut ¹⁸, Ozdemir, Ramazan ¹⁸, Ahmad, Yousif ¹⁹, Kumar, Sant ²⁰, Rangan, Bavana V. ¹, Mastrodemos, Olga C. ¹, Burke, M. Nicholas ¹, Jalli, Sandeep ¹, Voudris, Konstantinos ¹, Sandoval, Yader ¹, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^{1, ∗}

Source: In Hellenic Journal of Cardiology March 2025

Calcified nodules in the coronary arteries: systematic review on incidence and percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes

Alternate Title: Nódulos calcificados en las arterias coronarias: revisión sistemática sobre incidencia y resultados del intervencionismo coronario percutáneo (Spanish; Castilian)

Authors: Fernández-Cordón, Clara ^a, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^b, García-Gómez, Mario ^a, Jain, Akash ^a, Rodríguez, Marcelo ^a, Cortés-Villar, Carlos ^a, Campo-Prieto, Alberto ^a, Serrador, Ana ^{a, c}, Gutiérrez, Hipólito ^a, Blasco-Turrión, Sara ^a, Scorpiglione, Luca ^a, Llamas-Fernández, Luis ^a, San Román, J. Alberto ^{a, c}, Amat Santos, Ignacio Jesús ^{a, c, ⁎}

Source: In Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition) March 2025

Comparative analysis of the DanGer shock trial to randomized cardiogenic shock trials and real-world registries

Authors: Zordok, Magdi ^a, Buda, Kevin G. ^{b, c}, Etiwy, Muhammad ^d, Dani, Sourbha S. ^e, Ganatra, Sarju ^e, Basir, Babar ^f, Alaswad, Khaldoon ^f, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^b, Megaly, Michael ^{g, ⁎}

Source: In Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine January 2025

Complications of percutaneous coronary intervention

Authors: Al-Ogaili, Ahmed ^a, Gill, Gauravpal S. ^b, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^{b, ⁎}

Source: In Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases January-February 2025 88:80-93

Estimating the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in U.S. Veterans Using the SMART Risk Score

Authors: Banerjee, Subhash ^{a, b, c, ∗}, Weideman, Rick A. ^c, Jacob, David A. ^c, DiGregorio, Helene R. ^d, Kelly, Kevin C. ^c, Banerjee, Avantika ^e, Ravishankar, Milan ^b, Strickland, Patrick T. ^b, Abraham, Helayna M. ^b, Minniefield, Nicole E. ^{c, f}, Grimsley, Bradley R. ^{a, b}, Schussler, Jeffrey M. ^{a, b}, Parmar, Rohit J. ^{a, b}, Stoler, Robert C. ^{a, b}, Brilakis, Emmanouil S. ^g, Little, Bertis B. ^{c, h}

Source: In JACC: Advances January 2025 4(1)

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights from the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Bifurcation Lesion Interventions Registry

Authors: Strepkos, Dimitrios, Alexandrou, Michaella, Mutlu, Deniz, Carvalho, Pedro E.P., Krestyaninov, Oleg, Khelimskii, Dmitrii, Kultursay, Barkin, Karagoz, Ali, Yildirim, Ufuk, Soylu, Korhan, Uluganyan, Mahmut, Mastrodemos, Olga, Rangan, Bavana V., Shaukat, Muhammad Hamza Saad, Jalli, Sandeep, Voudris, Konstantinos, Burke, M. Nicholas, Sandoval, Yader, Brilakis, Emmanouil S.

Source: In The American Journal of Cardiology 1 January 2025 234:53-59

Knuckle Guidewires to Create Dissections in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Position Statement

Authors: Rinfret, Stéphane, Henry, Glen A., Khatri, Jaikirshan J., Mashayekhi, Kambis, Alaswad, Khaldoon, Azzalini, Lorenzo, Ybarra, Luiz F., Vijayaraghavan, Ram, Frizzell, Jarrod D., Avran, Alexandre, McEntegart, Margaret B., Lombardi, William L., Grantham, J. Aaron, Brilakis, Emmanouil

Source: In JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 28 October 2024 17(20):2411-2424

Predicting Successful Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing With Primary Antegrade Wiring Using Machine Learning

Authors: Rempakos, Athanasios, Alexandrou, Michaella, Mutlu, Deniz, Kalyanasundaram, Arun, Ybarra, Luiz F., Bagur, Rodrigo, Choi, James W., Poommipanit, Paul, Khatri, Jaikirshan J., Young, Laura, Davies, Rhian, Benton, Stewart, Gorgulu, Sevket, Jaffer, Farouc A., Chandwaney, Raj, Jaber, Wissam, Rinfret, Stephane, Nicholson, William, Azzalini, Lorenzo, Kearney, Kathleen E., Alaswad, Khaldoon, Basir, Mir B., Krestyaninov, Oleg, Khelimskii, Dmitrii, Abi-Rafeh, Nidal, Elguindy, Ahmed, Goktekin, Omer, Aygul, Nazif, Rangan, Bavana V., Mastrodemos, Olga C., Al-Ogaili, Ahmed, Sandoval, Yader, Burke, M. Nicholas, Brilakis, Emmanouil S.

Source: In JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 22 July 2024 17(14):1707-1716

Global Consensus Recommendations on Improving the Safety of Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions

Authors: Rafeh, Nidal Abi, Agostoni, Pierfrancesco, Alaswad, Khaldoon, Araya, Mario, Avran, Alexandre, Ayoub, Mohamed, Azzalini, Lorenzo, Babunashvili, Avtandil M., Bayani, Baktash, Behnes, Michael, Bhindi, Ravinay, Boudou, Nicolas, Boukhris, Marouane, Bozinovic, Nenad Z., Bryniarski, Leszek, Bufe, Alexander, Buller, Christopher E., Burke, M. Nicholas, Buettner, Heinz Joachim, Cardoso, Pedro, Carlino, Mauro, Chan, Chi-Kin, Chen, Jiyan, Christiansen, Evald Hoej, Colombo, Antonio, Croce, Kevin, Damas de los Santos, Felix, de Martini, Tony, Dens, Joseph, di Mario, Carlo, Doshi, Darshan, Dou, Kefei, Egred, Mohaned, Elbarouni, Basem, ElGuindy, Ahmed M., Escaned, Javier, Furkalo, Sergey, Gagnor, Andrea, Galassi, Alfredo R., Garbo, Roberto, L.Gasparini, Gabriele, Ge, Junbo, Ge, Lei, Goel, Pravin Kumar, Goktekin, Omer, Gonzalo, Nieves, Gorgulu, Sevket, Grancini, Luca, Hall, Allison B., Hanratty, Colm, Harb, Stefan, Harding, Scott A., Hatem, Raja, Hellig, Farrel, Henriques, Jose P.S., Hildick-Smith, David, Hill, Jonathan M., Hoye, Angela, Jaber, Wissam, Jaffer, Farouc A., Jang, Yangsoo, Jussila, Risto, Kalnins, Artis, Kalra, Sanjog, Kandzari, David E., Kao, Hsien-Li, Karmpaliotis, Dimitri, Kassem, Hussien Heshmat, Kearney, Kathleen E., Kerrigan, Jimmy, Khatri, Jaikirshan, Khelimskii, Dmitri, Kirtane, Ajay J., Knaapen, Paul, Kornowski, Ran, Krestyaninov, Oleg, Kumar, V. Ganesh, Kumar, Prathap, Lamelas, Pablo Manuel, Lee, Seung-Whan, Lefevre, Thierry, Leibundgut, Gregor, Leung, Raymond, Leung, Sum-Kin, Li, Yu, Li, Yue, Lim, Soo-Teik, Lo, Sidney, Lombardi, William, Maran, Anbukarasi, McEntegart, Margaret, Moses, Jeffrey, Munawar, Muhammad, Nagamatsu, Wataru, Navarro, Andres, Ngo, Hung M., Nicholson, William, Oksnes, Anja, Olivecrona, Goran K., Padilla, Lucio, Patel, Mitul, Pershad, Ashish, Postu, Marin, Pyxaras, Stylianos, Qian, Jie, Quadros, Alexandre, Hanna Quesada, Franklin Leonardo, Råmunddal, Truls, Rao, Vithala Suryaprakasa, Rathore, Sudhir, Reifart, Nicolaus, Riley, Robert F., Rinfret, Stephane, Saghatelyan, Meruzhan, Santiago, Ricardo, Seth, Ashok, Sianos, Georgios, Smith, Elliot, Spaedy, Anthony, Spratt, James, Stone, Gregg W., Strange, Julian W., Tammam, Khalid O., Thompson, Craig A., Toma, Aurel, Tremmel, Jennifer A., Ungi, Imre, Vadalà, Giuseppe, Vo, Minh, Vu, Vu Hoang, Walsh, Simon, Weilenmann, Daniel, Werner, Gerald S., Wojcik, Jaroslaw, Wollmuth, Jason, Wu, Chiung-Jen, Xu, Bo, Yamane, Masahisa, Ybarra, Luiz F., Yeh, Robert W., Zambakides, Chris, Zhang, Qi, Wu, Eugene B., Kalyanasundaram, Arun, Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Mashayekhi, Kambis, Tsuchikane, Etsuo

Source: In Heart, Lung and Circulation July 2024 33(7):915-931

Emergency coronary artery bypass surgery after chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry

Authors: Mutlu, Deniz, Rempakos, Athanasios, Alexandrou, Michaella, Al-Ogaili, Ahmed, Gorgulu, Sevket, Choi, James W., Elbarouni, Basem, Khatri, Jaikirshan J., Jaffer, Farouc, Riley, Robert, Smith, A.J. Conrad, Davies, Rhian, Frizzel, Jarrod, Patel, Mitul, Koutouzis, Michalis, Tsiafoutis, Ioannis, Rangan, Bavana V., Mastrodemos, Olga C., Sandoval, Yader, Burke, M. Nicholas, Brilakis, Emmanouil S.

Source: In International Journal of Cardiology 15 June 2024 405

Techniques to overcome difficult delivery of the Impella CP device through a previously placed transcatheter aortic valve

Authors: Whitbeck, Matthew G., Chambers, Jeffrey W., Brilakis, Emmanouil

Source: In Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine May 2024 62:123-129

Self-Apposing Stents in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions: A Pilot Study

Authors: Elborae, Ahmed, Hassan, Mohamed, Meguid, Mohammed Abdel, Bakry, Karim, Samir, Ahmad, Brilakis, Emmanouil, Kandil, Hossam, ElGuindy, Ahmed

Source: In Heart, Lung and Circulation April 2024 33(4):500-509

Comparative Analysis of Polymer Versus Non-Polymer Jacketed Wires in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Authors: Alexandrou, Michaella, Rempakos, Athanasios, Mutlu, Deniz, Ogaili, Ahmed Al, Choi, James W., Poommipanit, Paul, Alaswad, Khaldoon, Basir, Mir Babar, Davies, Rhian, Benton, Stewart, Jaffer, Farouc A., Chandwaney, Raj H., Kearney, Kathleen E., ElGuindy, Ahmed M., Abi Rafeh, Nidal, Goktekin, Omer, Gorgulu, Sevket, Khatri, Jaikirshan J., Krestyaninov, Oleg, Khelimskii, Dmitrii, Rangan, Bavana V., Mastrodemos, Olga C., Burke, M. Nicholas, Sandoval, Yader, Lombardi, William L., Brilakis, Emmanouil S., Azzalini, Lorenzo

Source: In The American Journal of Cardiology 15 March 2024 215:10-18