Publications by authors named "I A Izgi"
Background: The prevalence of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) in coronary angiography (CAG) has risen with ageing populations, along with the expansion of CTO percutaneous coronary interventions (CTO-PCI). However, CTO-PCI encounters challenges such as undersized stents, dissection risks, and limited access to intravascular imaging (IVI), particularly in regions with limited health budgets. This study introduces the 'GIVE IT TIME TO SOBER UP - GITSU strategy', a two-session CTO-PCI approach where Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI-3) antegrade flow is achieved without stent placement in the first session.
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- - The study investigates how collateral vessels, which develop from arterioles due to arterial issues, may provide a natural bypass to improve walking performance in patients with peripheral arterial disease after treatments like balloon angioplasty.
- - It analyzed medical data from 824 patients undergoing endovascular treatments for femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion, ultimately focusing on 410 limbs and looking at the relationship between collateral vessels and vessel dissection severity.
- - Results indicate that severe dissections were more common with specific lesion types, longer occlusions, and certain characteristics of collateral vessels, suggesting that these factors could help predict complications following treatment.
Background: Rotational atherectomy (RA) may cause bradyarrhythmias and transitory atrioventricular block when performed in the right coronary artery (RCA) or a dominant circumflex (CX) coronary artery. However, there are no studies of a solution that can prevent coronary flow deterioration and bradycardia complications that may occur during RA. We aimed to create an alternative rota-flush solution to minimize the risk of bradycardia and complete atrioventricular block (AVB) that can occur during RA.
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