Publications by authors named "Brett B Yarusi"
Objective: Severely calcified coronary stenoses remain a significant challenge during contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), often requiring advanced therapies to circumvent suboptimal lesion preparation and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs). Recent reports suggest combined coronary atherectomy and intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) may achieve superior preparation of severely calcified coronary stenoses during PCI. We sought to evaluate the safety and utility of combined orbital atherectomy (OA) and IVL for the modification of coronary artery calcification (CAC) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation in PCI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Coronary intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) is an emerging therapy for the modification of coronary artery calcification (CAC). Data on its use in several clinical and lesion subsets are limited due to their exclusion from preapproval trials.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of patients who were excluded from preapproval trials of coronary IVL and underwent CAC modification with the off-label use of a peripheral IVL system.
An unusual case of Cardiobacterium valvarum causing aortic endograft infection and osteomyelitis.
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob
February 2021
Article Synopsis
- * A 57-year-old man with a history of aortic issues presented with back pain, leading to the discovery of an infected aortic endograft and complications like vertebral osteomyelitis, with C. valvarum identified as the infectious agent.
- * This case emphasizes the need to consider C. valvarum in high-risk patients, as it can cause rare extra-cardiac infections beyond the typical endocarditis, such as infections involving endografts and bones.
Individuals who sustain a concussion may continue to experience problems long after their injury. However, it has been postulated in the literature that the relationship between a concussive injury and persistent complaints attributed to it is mediated largely by the development of symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. We sought to characterize cognitive deficits of adult patients who had persistent symptoms after a concussion and determine whether the original injury retains associations with these deficits after accounting for the developed symptoms that overlap with PTSD and depression.
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