{"title":"Outcomes of a transapical edge-to-edge repair system in secondary mitral regurgitation.","authors":"Qinchun Jin, Wei Li, Jianing Fan, Dawei Lin, Zilong Wen, Yuan Zhang, Wei Lai, Wenzhi Pan, Daxin Zhou, Junbo Ge","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00234","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00234","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The ValveClamp system (Hanyu Medical Technology) is a novel transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system designed for ease of operation; however, there is a lack of data on its application in secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR). The authors report the mid-term outcomes of TEER using the ValveClamp system in SMR.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study prospectively analyzed consecutive severe SMR patients who underwent transapical ValveClamp implantation at 10 Chinese centers. The enrolled patients were categorized into atrial SMR (aSMR) and ventricular SMR (vSMR) groups. Clinical and echocardiographic outcomes were evaluated at baseline and at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 19 aSMR and 24 vSMR patients were enrolled. Technical success was achieved in 100% of the patients and the overall 30-day device success rate was 88.37%. At 1 year, sustained MR reduction to less than or equal to 1+ was achieved in 76.47% of aSMR cases and 77.27% of vSMR cases, and positive reverse left cardiac remodeling was observed. The estimated overall 1-year survival and HF rehospitalization rates for aSMR and vSMR were 83.33% and 83.59%, respectively (log rank P = .98), and improvement of New York Heart Association functional class and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire score were observed in both groups. In multivariable logistic analysis, a lower leaflet-to-annulus index (LAI) (odds ratio [OR], 0.021; 95% CI, 0.001-0.042; P = .02) and a narrow MR jet type (OR, 12.029; 95% CI, 1.530-94.592-0.990; P = .02) were independently associated with a higher incidence of a residual MR of at least 2+ at 3 months after TEER.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>TEER using the ValveClamp system is a safe and feasible therapeutic option for patients with SMR regardless of MR etiology. A lower LAI and a narrow MR jet type were independent predictors of residual MR at follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143014943","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":"Coronary-pulmonary artery fistula with aneurysm formations.","authors":"Zhenzhen Xiao, Li Zhu","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00345","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916072","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}
Leizhi Ku, Mei Wu, Juan Xia, Yafeng He, Xiaojing Ma
{"title":"A rare congenital pulmonary arteriovenous fistula presenting with recurrent headache and dizziness.","authors":"Leizhi Ku, Mei Wu, Juan Xia, Yafeng He, Xiaojing Ma","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00309","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774060","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}
Zachary Gertz, Brian K Mitchell, Michael C Kontos, Nicholas R Teman, Anthony Norman, Raza Ahmad, Raymond J Strobel, Abdulla A Damluji, Robert A Shor, Alan Spier, Mohammed A Qauder
{"title":"Percutaneous coronary intervention during the shortage of iodinated contrast.","authors":"Zachary Gertz, Brian K Mitchell, Michael C Kontos, Nicholas R Teman, Anthony Norman, Raza Ahmad, Raymond J Strobel, Abdulla A Damluji, Robert A Shor, Alan Spier, Mohammed A Qauder","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00242","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00242","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>A recent coronavirus-related factory shutdown led to a global shortage of iodinated contrast. The authors evaluated how the contrast shortage impacted percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a statewide database incorporating CathPCI registry data from 19 hospitals, the authors evaluated 2 time periods: pre-shortage (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022) and during the shortage (May 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022). They compared procedure volumes, patient and procedure characteristics, and short-term outcomes, including acute kidney injury (AKI). Of primary interest was the difference in contrast volume per PCI and the incidence of AKI between periods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 8980 patients treated pre-shortage and 4046 during the shortage. Procedure volumes per hospital remained similar, as did patient characteristics. Multivessel procedures declined during the shortage (45.3% vs 42.8%, P = .007). There was a significant decline in contrast per procedure (149.9 ± 68.1 mL to 137.5 ± 62.4 mL per case, P less than .0001) that began at the start of the shortage and continued throughout. There were no differences in patient outcomes, including AKI (7.9% vs 7.4%, P = .40), between study periods. When limited to patients at increased risk of AKI, there remained no difference in AKI between the study periods, despite a similar decrease in contrast volume in that cohort. Multivariable analysis showed a strong correlation between baseline risk of AKI and subsequent AKI (P less than .0001), but no impact of procedure characteristics or time period.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The global shortage of iodinated contrast led to a significant decline in contrast use during PCI, with no impact on patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12131180/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rimmy Farrakhan, Puja Parikh, John P Reilly, Maroun Yammine, On Chen
{"title":"Coronary access after ascending aorta repair.","authors":"Rimmy Farrakhan, Puja Parikh, John P Reilly, Maroun Yammine, On Chen","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00348","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00348","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916070","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}
Craig Basman, Ryan Kaple, Sung-Han Yoon, Vladimir Jelnin, Jessica Willert, Perry Wengrofsky, George Stoupakis
{"title":"Transcatheter closure of a complex paravalvular leak associated with a large ventricular pseudoaneurysm.","authors":"Craig Basman, Ryan Kaple, Sung-Han Yoon, Vladimir Jelnin, Jessica Willert, Perry Wengrofsky, George Stoupakis","doi":"10.25270/jic/24.00351","DOIUrl":"10.25270/jic/24.00351","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916080","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}
Cheuk Bong Ho, Calvin Leung, Michael Chi Shing Chiang, Esmond Yan Hang Fong, Shing Fung Chui, Ka Chun Chan, Chi Yuen Wong, Michael Kang Yin Lee
{"title":"Real-time IVUS-guided Minimal CRUSH for bifurcation stenting: the IM-CRUSH technique.","authors":"Cheuk Bong Ho, Calvin Leung, Michael Chi Shing Chiang, Esmond Yan Hang Fong, Shing Fung Chui, Ka Chun Chan, Chi Yuen Wong, Michael Kang Yin Lee","doi":"10.25270/jic/25.00087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00087","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144044974","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}
Sultan Alotaibi, Abdelhakim Allai, Hajo Heyer, Nader Mankerious, Martin Landt, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Volker Geist, Ralph Tölg, Mohamed Samy, Gert Richardt, Karim Elbasha
{"title":"Rotational atherectomy for calcified coronary lesions in severe aortic stenosis before transcatheter aortic valve implantation.","authors":"Sultan Alotaibi, Abdelhakim Allai, Hajo Heyer, Nader Mankerious, Martin Landt, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Volker Geist, Ralph Tölg, Mohamed Samy, Gert Richardt, Karim Elbasha","doi":"10.25270/jic/25.00007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25270/jic/25.00007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Calcified coronary artery disease (CAD) is prevalent in elderly patients with degenerative severe aortic stenosis (AS). Preparation of such calcified CAD using rotational atherectomy (RA) in those patients with severe AS is controversial and may carry a high risk of complications. The authors aimed to compare in-hospital outcomes following RA in patients with severe AS before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) vs patients without AS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors retrieved data from the Prospective Segeberg TAVI Registry from January 2016 to October 2021. All AS patients who underwent RA within 6 months prior to TAVI were included for our analysis and compared with patients without AS. In-hospital MACE, defined as cardiac mortality, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization was evaluated in both groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From a total of 472 patients who underwent RA, 38 (8.1%) patients had severe AS. The group with AS was older than the group without AS (84.4 ± 6.19 vs 75.2 ± 8.31; P less than .001). About one-fourth of the RA procedures in the patients with AS were performed for aorto-ostial lesions (26.3%). Slow flow was reported in 1 (2.6%) patient in AS group, but no perforation or trapped burr was reported. In-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) occurred in 41 (8.7%) patients and was comparable in both groups (7.9% in AS group vs 8.8% in non-AS group; P = .857). Furthermore, the presence of severe AS was not associated with occurrence of more in-hospital MACE following RA (OR 1.12: 95% CI, 0.33-3.81; P = .857). The cumulative rate of all-cause and cardiac mortality was higher in the AS group than in the non-AS group ((44.6% vs 22.2%, P = .002; 31.9% vs 17.2%, P = .017, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>RA for preparing heavily calcified coronary lesions in patients with severe AS showed comparable in-hospital outcomes to patients without severe AS.</p>","PeriodicalId":49261,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Invasive Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143811804","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}