Publications by authors named "Evandro Martins Filho"
Background: Major advances have been seen in techniques and devices for performing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) for chronic total occlusions (CTOs), but there are limited real-world practice data from developing countries.
Objectives: To report clinical and angiographic characteristics, procedural aspects, and clinical outcomes of CTO PCI performed at dedicated centers in Brazil.
Methods: Included patients underwent CTO PCI at centers participating in the LATAM CTO Registry, a Latin American multicenter registry dedicated to prospective collection of these data.
Outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Insights from the LATAM CTO registry.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
February 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with and without prior coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
- Data was collected from a Latin American registry involving 1,662 patients between 2008 and 2020, comparing those with prior CABG (15.1%) to those without (84.9%).
- Findings indicated that prior-CABG patients were older, had more health issues, and faced more challenges during procedures, though the overall risk of serious complications during hospitalization was similar between both groups.
Article Synopsis
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for bifurcation lesions is complex and has higher risks, such as repeat procedures and stent thrombosis.
- Most cases use a single-stent method, but true bifurcation lesions often need a two-stent approach with various techniques available.
- The crush technique, which has improved over the years, shows strong and lasting results for both left main and non-left main bifurcations, and this text reviews its development from its initial introduction to now.
Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of antegrade fenestration and reentry (AFR) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalization in a multicenter registry.
Background: Adoption of antegrade dissection/reentry (ADR) for CTO recanalization has been limited, and novel ADR techniques are needed.
Methods: AFR involves the balloon-induced creation of multiple fenestrations between the false and true lumen.