Mark S Patterson

..The problem was elegantly resolved by taking advantage of the improved performance of the current generation of wires and balloons to achieve a rapid first-rate clinical outcome...

..The effectiveness of the aspiration system in the distal section of an obtuse marginal artery indicates that such dedicated aspiration systems may prove useful in the standard treatment of air embolism...

..Each of these problems was addressed in a tailored percutaneous intervention by deploying ostial and distal stents to revascularize the Cx, followed by coils to block the distal section of the graft...

..The objective of this study is to compare magnetic guidewire navigation in percutaneous coronary intervention (MPCI) to conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (CPCI) for the elective treatment of a single discrete stenosis...

..20-0.79). Conclusion This comparison indicates the feasibility and non-inferiority of magnetic navigation in performing primary PCI and suggests the possibility of reductions in contrast media use and fluoroscopy time compared with CPCI...

..We present three different situations during primary PCI in SVGs where a thrombosuction catheter was utilized to visualize the problem and then apply therapeutic maneuvers that proved crucial in achieving a successful result...

..The detailed virtual model enabled easy magnetic navigation of a wire for device placement in cardiac resynchronization therapy...

..These images can be post-processed and the information used to facilitate steering of wires in difficult anatomy. This report illustrates two of these reconstruction software packages in a challenging saphenous vein graft case...

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..To develop a clinical prediction rule based on 3D reconstruction of coronary arteries that would prospectively identify lesions that are difficult to cross and could benefit from magnetic navigation...

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..Comparison of magnetic guidewire navigation in percutaneous coronary intervention (magnetic PCI) across distal and/or complex lesions versus conventional navigation (conventional PCI)...

..It can therefore represent the primary access site in the vast majority of STEMI patients...

..PESs were associated with lower VLLL than BMSs, and the observed rate of binary restenosis was not significantly different between the 2 stent groups...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of the PASSION (Paclitaxel-Eluting Versus Conventional Stent in Myocardial Infarction with ST-Segment Elevation) trial...

..Conclusions: In this post-hoc analysis of the PASSION trial, TA in adjunct to PPCI did not affect rates of major adverse cardiac events at 2 years follow-up, as compared with conventional PPCI. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc...

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..We aimed to report the angiographic characteristics of the bifurcation lesions, as well as the procedural and clinical outcomes of the MPCI patients...

..Correction, although challenging, remains possible before wire fracture occurs. Although there is no intrinsic problem with the technology, attention to this problem by the operator will reduce its occurrence and therefore its sequelae...

..A case is discussed, where the ECG changes caused by the Brugada syndrome and those caused by ischemia, aggravated by myocardial bridging, intertwine...

..We aim to provide an up-to-date analysis of what is currently possible with this technology and an insight into what the future holds, particularly with respect to chronic occluded arteries and cell transplantation...

..To directly compare the magnetic navigation system (MNS) guidewires with conventional guidewires in branching tortuous phantoms with operators of varying MNS and percutaneous coronary intervention experience...

..The objective of this study is to describe the results of a large patient series using this system, to compare the results with a historical control group, and to detail the MNS learning curve...

..In this report, we describe the first reported, planned procedure to use a magnetic navigation system to steer a wire through the crushed stent to use "kissing" balloons that had previously failed with conventional wires...