Publications

Preliminary work

1. Double-Kiss-Crush Bifurcation Stenting: Step-by-Step Troubleshooting.

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2. Outcomes With Drug-Coated Balloons for Treating the Side Branch of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions.

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3. DK-Crush Should Become Preferred Strategy for Treating Unprotected LM Bifurcation Lesions: No Pain, No Gain.

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4. The "Double Stingray Technique" for Recanalizing Chronic Total Occlusions With Bifurcation at the Distal Cap.

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5. Use of the Retrograde Approach for Preserving the Distal Bifurcation After Antegrade Crossing of a Right Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion.

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6. Comparison of Lipid Deposition at Coronary Bifurcations Versus at Nonbifurcation Portions of Coronary Arteries as Determined by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

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7. Two-Year Outcomes After Utilization of the TAXUS Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Bifurcations and Multivessel Stenting in the ARRIVE Registries

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8. Treatment of Coronary Bifurcations: Might Less Be More?

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9. Application of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions

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10. Characteristics and In-hospital Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Complex Bifurcation versus Non-bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Presentations

1. Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Bifurcation Lesions: First Results from the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Bifurcation Lesion Interventions (PROGRESS-BIFURCATION).

Nikolakopoulos I, Karacsonyi J, Vemmou E, Rangan BV, Guddeti R, Garcia S, Tsioufis K, Siasos G, Tousoulis D, Goessl M, Chavez I, Mooney M, Traverse J, Wang Y, Poulose A, Sorajja P, Burke MN, Brilakis ES.

American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, May 2021 (online meeting)

 

2. Development of a Risk Score to Predict Procedural Success in Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Rangan BV, Guddeti R, Garcia S, Tsioufis K, Siasos G, Tousoulis D, Goessl M, Chavez I, Mooney M, Traverse J, Wang Y, Poulose A, Sorajja P, Burke MN, Brilakis ES.

American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, May 2021 (online meeting)