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List of works by Lorenzo Azzalini

A "Jail Escape Technique" (JET) for distal side branch wiring during provisional stenting: Feasibility and first-in-man study.

scientific article published in November 2017

A "minimalistic hybrid algorithm" in coronary chronic total occlusion revascularization: Procedural and clinical outcomes

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

A comparison of the fully repositionable and retrievable Boston Lotus and direct flow medical valves for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis: A single center experience

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

A disease-specific comorbidity index for predicting mortality in patients admitted to hospital with a cardiac condition

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A novel maneuver to facilitate retrograde wire externalization during retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Algorithmic solutions to common problems encountered during chronic total occlusion angioplasty: The algorithms within the algorithm

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Analysis of a Low Dose Protocol to Reduce Patient Radiation Exposure During Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.

scientific article

Antegrade fenestration and re-entry: A new controlled subintimal technique for chronic total occlusion recanalization.

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

Antioxidant supplements for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or steatohepatitis

scientific article (publication date: 24 January 2007)

Bile acids for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and/or steatohepatitis

scientific article (published 2007-01-24)

Bioresorbable Scaffolds: A Complex Journey to the "Promised Land".

scientific article published in December 2017

Bioresorbable scaffolds: reflections after a setback - losing a battle does not mean losing the war!

scientific article published in September 2017

Cardiovascular disease burden among human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Cigarette smoking exacerbates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese rats.

scientific article published in May 2010

Clinical Significance of Intravascular Ultrasound-Detected Vascular Injury Following Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization With Intraplaque Versus Subintimal Tracking Techniques

scientific article published in August 2017

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion Versus Non-Occlusive Coronary Artery Disease

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: From Pathophysiology to Preventive Strategies.

scientific article published on 23 May 2015

Contrast-induced nephropathy: An update

scientific article

Conventional vascular access site approach versus fully trans-wrist approach for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: a multicenter registry

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Coronary Sinus Reducer Implantation for the Treatment of Chronic Refractory Angina: A Single-Center Experience.

scientific article published in April 2018

Cost consequence analysis of use of a balloon expandable vascular access system and standard vascular sheath for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

scientific article published on 07 September 2018

Current Risk of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury After Coronary Angiography and Intervention: A Reappraisal of the Literature

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

Definite stent thrombosis after drug-eluting stent implantation in coronary bifurcation lesions: A meta-analysis of 3,107 patients from 14 randomized trials

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Different behaviors of bioresorbable vascular scaffold in different types of calcified lesion: Insights from intravascular imaging

scientific article published on 02 January 2018

Direct stenting versus pre-dilation in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on April 2015

Does Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Improve Survival

scientific article published on 01 June 2016

Early Canadian Multicenter Experience With WATCHMAN for Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure.

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Effect of radial-to-femoral access crossover on adverse outcomes in primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

scientific article published on 29 July 2014

Effects of Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

scientific article published on 20 March 2019

Efficacy of a balloon-expandable vascular access system in transfemoral TAVI patients.

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Epidemiology, Management Strategies, and Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion

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Excimer laser coronary atherectomy for uncrossable coronary lesions. A multicenter registry

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Feasibility and safety of an early discharge strategy after low-risk acute myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: the EDAMI pilot trial.

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Feasibility of C-arm computed tomography for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

First report of the use of long-tapered sirolimus-eluting coronary stent for the treatment of chronic total occlusions with the hybrid algorithm.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

High-risk left main percutaneous coronary intervention supported by pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion

scientific article published on 10 December 2016

Iatrogenic subclavian artery and aortic dissection with mesenteric ischemia following subclavian artery angioplasty: Endovascular management.

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Impact of Incomplete Revascularization on Long-Term Outcomes Following Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

scientific article published on 23 February 2018

Impact of crossing strategy on midterm outcomes following percutaneous revascularisation of coronary chronic total occlusions.

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Impact of left ventricular function on clinical outcomes of functional mitral regurgitation patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair.

scientific article

Impact of post-procedural hyperglycemia on acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

scientific article published on 10 July 2016

In-stent Anchoring Facilitating Side-branch Balloon Delivery for Final Kissing: A Prospective, Single-center Registry Study

scientific article published on January 2016

Incidence of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in a large cohort of all-comers undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Comparison of five contrast media

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Intracoronary snaring of the retrograde guidewire: How to overcome extreme takeoff angles in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Intravascular Lithotripsy and Microaxial Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device for Complex and High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Ipsilateral vs. contralateral vs. no collateral (antegrade only) chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: What is the right choice for your practice?

scientific article published in March 2017

Laser atherectomy for balloon failure in chronic total occlusion. When the going gets tough.

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Letter by Azzalini and Ly regarding article, "The learning curve for transradial percutaneous coronary intervention among operators in the United States: a study from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry".

scientific article published in February 2015

Letter by Azzalini and Stone Regarding Article, "Stent-Only Versus Adjunctive Balloon Angioplasty Approach for Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From DIVA Trial"

scientific article published on 13 April 2020

Long-Term Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Complex Non-Occlusive Coronary Artery Disease

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion in Patients Who Have Undergone Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Those Who Have Not.

scientific article published on 26 December 2017

Long-term follow-up of covered stent implantation for various coronary artery diseases

scientific article published on 17 February 2019

Long-term outcomes of rotational atherectomy for the percutaneous treatment of chronic total occlusions

scientific article published on 28 December 2016

Microcatheter knuckle technique: A novel technique for negotiating the subintimal space during chronic total occlusion recanalization

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Mid-term outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention with subadventitial vs. intraplaque crossing: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published in February 2018

Minimizing the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy and hemodynamic collapse during chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Multicenter experience with the antegrade fenestration and reentry technique for chronic total occlusion recanalization

scientific article published on 22 April 2020

Myths to Debunk to Improve Management, Referral, and Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusion of an Epicardial Coronary Artery

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Noise reduction technology reduces radiation dose in chronic total occlusions percutaneous coronary intervention: a propensity score-matched analysis.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

On Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury, Risk Prediction, and the Future of Predictive Model Development

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

One-year outcomes of patients undergoing complex percutaneous coronary intervention with three contemporary drug-eluting stents

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Optimal implantation is the way to prevent scaffold thrombosis: a hypothesis to be tested

scientific article published on 02 June 2017

Ostial Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalization: Hostile as It Looks?

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

Outcomes of Impella-supported high-risk nonemergent percutaneous coronary intervention in a large single-center registry

scientific article published on 25 April 2020

Outcomes of a novel thin-strut bioresorbable-polymer sirolimus-eluting stent in patients with chronic total occlusions: A multicenter registry

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Outcomes of the amphilimus-eluting polymer-free stent for chronic total occlusion treatment: a multicentre experience

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Outcomes of the retrograde approach through epicardial versus non-epicardial collaterals in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 14 March 2017

Percutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions: Rationale, indications, techniques, and the cardiac surgeon's point of view

scientific article published on 5 January 2017

Procedural and Long-Term Outcomes of Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Drug-Eluting Stents in Chronic Total Occlusions: The BONITO Registry (Bioresorbable Scaffolds Versus Drug-Eluting Stents in Chronic Total Occlusions).

scientific article published in October 2016

Procedural and Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for In-Stent Chronic Total Occlusion.

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Procedural and follow-up insights from optical coherence tomography-guided management of intracoronary stent loss and crushing.

scientific article published in January 2017

Procedural and longer-term outcomes of wire- versus device-based antegrade dissection and re-entry techniques for the percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions.

scientific article published on 16 November 2016

Prognostic impact of the residual SYNTAX score on in-hospital outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on February 2016

Recanalization of Chronic Total Occlusions in Patients With vs Without Chronic Kidney Disease: The Impact of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Reply to Dan et al.-Follow-up of Successful Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: To Cath or Not to Cath?

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

Reply: A Remedy to the Paradoxical Increase of Femoral Access Complications: A Full Switch to the Radial Route for Cardiac Catheterization

scientific article published on 01 March 2016

Reply: Strong Bias Toward Performing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusion Despite Lack of Important Benefit at a Very High Cost and Risk to the Patient

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Through Ipsilateral Collateral Channels: A Multicenter Registry.

scientific article published in August 2017

Right atrial mass in a patient with breast cancer: percutaneous transcatheter biopsy under intracardiac echocardiography guidance.

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Risk of cardiac and sudden death with and without revascularisation of a coronary chronic total occlusion

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Risk of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing complex percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 14 April 2019

Rotational atherectomy in the subadventitial space to allow safe and successful chronic total occlusion recanalization: Pushing the limit further

scientific article published on 18 April 2017

Self-apposing stent fracture in the context of myocardial bridging leading to in-stent chronic total occlusion: When the muscle trumps the metal

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

State of the art: evolving concepts in the treatment of heavily calcified and undilatable coronary stenoses - from debulking to plaque modification, a 40-year-long journey

scientific article published on August 2017

Stent loss during chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Optical coherence tomography-guided stent 'crushing and trapping'.

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

Subadventitial stenting around occluded stents: A bailout technique to recanalize in-stent chronic total occlusions

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

Subadventitial techniques for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: The concept of "vessel architecture".

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Subintimal Crush of an Occluded Stent to Recanalize a Chronic Total Occlusion Due to In-Stent Restenosis: Insights From a Multimodality Imaging Approach.

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T-Stenting With Small Protrusion: The Default Strategy for Bailout Provisional Stenting?

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The Benefits Conferred by Radial Access for Cardiac Catheterization Are Offset by a Paradoxical Increase in the Rate of Vascular Access Site Complications With Femoral Access: The Campeau Radial Paradox

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

The Clinical Significance and Management Implications of Chronic Total Occlusion Associated With Surgical Coronary Artery Revascularization

scientific article published on 04 March 2016

The aortic valve calcium nodule score (AVCNS) independently predicts paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

scientific article published on 11 January 2014

The use of radial access decreases the risk of vascular access-site-related complications at a patient level but is associated with an increased risk at a population level: the radial paradox

scientific article published on 01 August 2014

The wise radialist's guide to optimal transfemoral access: Selection, performance, and troubleshooting

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Ultra-low contrast computed tomographic angiography (CTA) with 20-mL total dose for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) planning

scientific article published in January 2014

Ultra-low contrast percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with severe chronic kidney disease.

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Update in the Percutaneous Management of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Use of a parallel stiff wire to facilitate percutaneous Impella RP ventricular assist device positioning

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Very late bioresorbable vascular scaffold thrombosis: a new clinical entity.

scientific article published on 19 May 2015

You have been reclassified! Challenges in creating and applying noninvasive risk models for coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 09 April 2015

Zero-Contrast Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Guided by Dextran-Based Optical Coherence Tomography

scientific article published on 22 November 2017