Marco Frazzetto, Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, Pedro Soares Texeira, Philippe Taieb, Julia Tirelli, Rafey Feroze, Nawaf Alhabdan, Alexander Cove, Yusef Saeed, Anene Ukaigwe, Guilherme Attizzani, Steven J Filby
{"title":"EXPRESS-LAAO protocol with the new WATCHMAN FLX Pro device.","authors":"Marco Frazzetto, Luis Augusto Palma Dallan, Pedro Soares Texeira, Philippe Taieb, Julia Tirelli, Rafey Feroze, Nawaf Alhabdan, Alexander Cove, Yusef Saeed, Anene Ukaigwe, Guilherme Attizzani, Steven J Filby","doi":"10.25270/jic/25.00081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dimitrios Karelas, Konstantinos Giannopoulos, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Savvas Nikolidakis
{"title":"Pocket erosion in a patient with bullous pemphigoid: a dual dermatologic and device-related challenge.","authors":"Dimitrios Karelas, Konstantinos Giannopoulos, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Savvas Nikolidakis","doi":"10.25270/jic/25.00152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Removal of a broken femoral sheath tip with balloon angioplasty trapping.","authors":"Murat Akçay, Esra Temiz Lafcı, Serkan Yuksel","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00361","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00361","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Usama Anwar, Raja Shaikh, Ahmad I Alomari, Horacio M Padua, Kyung R Kim, Mohammad Amarneh, Gulraiz Chaudry
{"title":"Percutaneous removal of pulmonary intravascular foreign bodies in children.","authors":"Usama Anwar, Raja Shaikh, Ahmad I Alomari, Horacio M Padua, Kyung R Kim, Mohammad Amarneh, Gulraiz Chaudry","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00299","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00299","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This retrospective study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous removal of pulmonary intravascular foreign bodies in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This single-center, retrospective study analyzed cases of pulmonary intravascular foreign body removal in children over a 13-year peiod.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were a total of 9 children, with a mean age of 8.6 years. The most common foreign bodies were catheter fragments (n = 7). The success rate of foreign body retrieval was 100%, with only one case of transient arrhythmia as a complication.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Preliminary findings suggest that percutaneous retrieval is a safe and effective method for removing pulmonary intravascular foreign bodies in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143123907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francesco Ciotola, Harald Rittger, Stylianos A Pyxaras
{"title":"Kounis syndrome manifesting with myocardial infarction due to bi-coronary late stent thrombosis following anaphylaxis.","authors":"Francesco Ciotola, Harald Rittger, Stylianos A Pyxaras","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00366","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deniz Mutlu, Dimitrios Strepkos, Pedro E Carvalho, Michaella Alexandrou, Ozgur Selim Ser, Barkin Kultursay, Ali Karagoz, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Mahmut Uluganyan, Korhan Soylu, Ufuk Yildirim, Seda Tanyeri Uzel, Olga Mastrodemos, Bavana V Rangan, Sandeep Jalli, Konstantinos Voudris, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis
{"title":"Double kissing crush versus culotte for bifurcation percutaneous coronary interventions: insights from the PROGRESS-BIFURCATION registry.","authors":"Deniz Mutlu, Dimitrios Strepkos, Pedro E Carvalho, Michaella Alexandrou, Ozgur Selim Ser, Barkin Kultursay, Ali Karagoz, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Mahmut Uluganyan, Korhan Soylu, Ufuk Yildirim, Seda Tanyeri Uzel, Olga Mastrodemos, Bavana V Rangan, Sandeep Jalli, Konstantinos Voudris, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00350","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00350","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Upfront 2-stent techniques are often used in bifurcation percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), but there is controversy about optimal strategy selection.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and long-term outcomes of 232 bifurcation PCIs that were performed using the double kissing (DK) crush or culotte technique in 216 patients between 2014 and 2023 using data from the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Bifurcation Lesion Interventions (NCT05100992). The inverse probability of treatment weighted (IPTW) Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess long-term outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>DK crush was more commonly used (69.0%). Patients in the DK-crush group had similar baseline characteristics to those in the culotte group. Lesions treated with DK crush were more likely to be in the left main coronary artery (42.9% vs 15.5%, P less than .001), had larger proximal (3.50 [3.50-4.00] vs 3.50 [3.21-3.79] mm, P = .027) and distal (3.00 [3.00-3.50] vs 3.00 [2.75-3.25] mm, P = .047) main vessel diameter, and were more likely to have severe calcification (29.8% vs 5.6%, P less than .001). Technical (98.8% vs 97.2%, P = .588), procedural success (96.5% vs 95.1%, P = .698), and in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) (6.1% vs 3.0%, P = .509) were similar in both groups. During a median follow-up of 43 months, 60 (33.9%) patients experienced MACE. On IPTW adjusted Cox analysis, DK crush was associated with lower follow-up MACE (hazard ratio 0.28; 95% CI, 0.13-0.60; P = .001) compared with culotte driven by lower target vessel revascularization (TVR) (14.3% vs 29.3%, P = .029).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Compared with culotte, DK crush is associated with similar periprocedural outcomes but lower TVR and MACE during follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142980355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roberto da Silva, Rodrigo M Joaquim, Thaís R W da Silva, Felipe Borges Oliveira, Pedro B de Andrade, José Ribamar Costa
{"title":"Comparison of fixed dose versus weight-adjusted heparin on the prevention of radial artery occlusion after diagnostic transradial catheterization.","authors":"Roberto da Silva, Rodrigo M Joaquim, Thaís R W da Silva, Felipe Borges Oliveira, Pedro B de Andrade, José Ribamar Costa","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00357","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00357","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Transradial access (TRA) catheterization has demonstrated significant reductions in procedural complications compared with other access routes. However, radial artery occlusion (RAO) remains a concern, and the optimal dose of heparin to mitigate RAO has yet to be determined. This study aims to address this gap by investigating the impact of weight-adjusted heparin doses on the incidence of RAO in patients undergoing diagnostic transradial catheterization.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is a subanalysis of a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial evaluating heparin dosing strategies in 1494 patients undergoing diagnostic transradial catheterization. All participants received a standard fixed dose of 5000 IU of heparin at the start of the procedure, with additional analyses stratifying patients by weight-adjusted heparin doses. RAO was assessed using Doppler ultrasound within 12 hours post-procedure.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients were grouped by weight-adjusted heparin quartiles: less than 58.14 IU/kg (Quartile 1), 58.14 to 65.79 IU/kg (Quartile 2), 65.79 to 74.63 IU/kg (Quartile 3), and greater than 74.63 IU/kg (Quartile 4). The incidence of RAO was similar across groups (2.1%, 2.6%, 2.8%, and 3.0%, respectively; P = .86). Comparisons of extreme dosages (less than 50 IU/kg vs greater than 80 IU/kg) also revealed no significant differences (1.9% vs 2.5%; P = .71). No major bleeding events were reported, and hematoma rates were consistent across groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Heparin doses adjusted by weight did not significantly influence the incidence of RAO when a baseline dose of 5000 IU was maintained. These findings reinforce the safety and efficacy of using 5000 IU heparin during diagnostic TRA procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143123902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}