Mathias Aazami

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Is there any differences between native coronary artery stenosis and intra-stent restonosis?

The patients referred to CABG with prior PCI are guessed to be at higher risk of pre-operative risk. the latter may be partially attributed to the functional differences between the native...

22 February 2025 9,763 4 View

Should a safe distance from the ostia be observed in the setting of proximal LAD and LCX stenting?

Proximal stenting to LAD and LCX coronary arteries does induce accelerated ostial sclerotic changes; even in a period of some months post-PCI; thereby jeopardizing LAD and LCX ostia, that can...

18 December 2024 8,926 3 View

Is it the time to switch from "Aorto-coronary" bypass grafting to 'Sino-coronary" grafting?

The Valsalva sinuses are thought to sustain "prompting effect on coronary blood flow" ; a physiologic effect that aorto-coronary grafts are devoid from. Can the observed suboptimal aorto-coronary...

07 October 2024 8,461 0 View

Does the collateral coronary blood flow occur during the systolic or diastolic phase?

Collateral coronary blood flow is a salient innate compensatory mechanism to the acute or chronic myocardial ischemia. The latter is divided into angiographically and non-angiography visible...

11 September 2024 1,959 6 View

What is the appropriate timeframe to undertake CABG in face of a Slow Flow phenomenon on LAD?

In the face of a Slow Flow phenomenon (SF) raised after having resorted on fibrinolytic therapy, the patient may be referred for CABG. The SF does imped the graft flow towards the targeted...

18 May 2024 4,368 0 View

Should the color doppler sonography of aorto-ilio-femoral axes be performed in patients candidate to receive bilateral internal thoracic arteries?

The hypogastric arteries can be the salient arterial collateral arteries in the case of aorto-iliac involvement that can be disrupted by internal thoracic arteries harvesting.

11 January 2024 5,949 0 View

What is your preferable approach to harvest radial artery? Pedicled or skelotonized?

The best approach to harvest radial artery remains a matter of debate. Each method has its own theoretical advantages. I seek to obtain a consensus based on valuable colleagues arguments. Please...

08 February 2023 8,674 0 View

Does a demanded hyper flow adaptation to an internal thoracic artery be a cofactor of accelerated degeneration?

It is known that a hyper flow state, such as a coronary fistula, can be a cause of accelerated atherosclerotic changing in the feeding coronary artery. The internal thoracic artery is known to...

01 January 1970 1,936 2 View