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Volume 15 - Issue 11 - November, 2003

Review
08/01/2008
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI; Jose G. Diez, MD; Edward T.A. Fry, MD; James J. Ferguson, III, MD; James P. Zidar, MD; Glenn N. Levine, MD; James E. Tcheng, MD; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI; Gideon Bosker, MD; Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Part II of III - Continued TABLE 3 KEY (continued) 2) Unfractionated heparin(UFH) can be used as an alternative to enoxaparin. If UFH is used in the setting of PCI, activated clotting time (ACT) should be followed to achieve an appropriate...
Part II of III - Continued TABLE 3 KEY (continued) 2) Unfractionated heparin(UFH) can be used as an alternative to enoxaparin. If UFH is used in the setting of PCI, activated clotting time (ACT) should be followed to achieve an appropriate...
Part II of III -...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Kyung-Jong Yoo, MD; Jung-Sun Kim, MD; Donghoon Choi, MD, PhD
The vast majority of symptomatic lesions of the aortic arch involve the subclavian artery.1 Since Bachman and Kim first reported a case of successful subclavian artery angioplasty in 1980,2 percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has...
The vast majority of symptomatic lesions of the aortic arch involve the subclavian artery.1 Since Bachman and Kim first reported a case of successful subclavian artery angioplasty in 1980,2 percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has...
The vast majority of symptomatic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
James J. Ferguson, III, MD; James P. Zidar, MD; Glenn N. Levine, MD; James E. Tcheng, MD; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI; Gideon Bosker, MD; Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI; Jose G. Diez, MD; Edward T.A. Fry, MD
A total of 5,225 patients were enrolled in the PARAGON B trial. Among these patients, the type of heparin used was known in 5,200 (99.5%). The median duration of therapy was 72.8 hours for UFH and 79.7 hours for LMWH. LMWH was used in about...
A total of 5,225 patients were enrolled in the PARAGON B trial. Among these patients, the type of heparin used was known in 5,200 (99.5%). The median duration of therapy was 72.8 hours for UFH and 79.7 hours for LMWH. LMWH was used in about...
A total of 5,225 patients were...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jeffrey M. Schussler, MD; Sabrina D. Phillips, MD; Azam Anwar, MD
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common condition with an incidence as high as 25% in the general population.1 In some studies, young patients who present with neurological events show a higher prevalence of PFO and an association with a...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common condition with an incidence as high as 25% in the general population.1 In some studies, young patients who present with neurological events show a higher prevalence of PFO and an association with a...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Yoshio Kobayashi, MD; Makoto Hirose, MD
Intracoronary stents reduce restenosis compared with conventional balloon angioplasty.1,2 However, in-stent restenosis remains an important clinical problem.3,4 Recently, randomized trials have demonstrated that intracoronary vascular...
Intracoronary stents reduce restenosis compared with conventional balloon angioplasty.1,2 However, in-stent restenosis remains an important clinical problem.3,4 Recently, randomized trials have demonstrated that intracoronary vascular...
Intracoronary stents reduce...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the annual Transcatheter Therapeutics meeting, includes original research articles, case reports, reviews, articles from the Journal special sections...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the annual Transcatheter Therapeutics meeting, includes original research articles, case reports, reviews, articles from the Journal special sections...
Dear Readers, This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI
The coronary microcirculation is critically important in the maintenance of myocardial nutritive blood flow. Even in situations where measures of epicardial blood flow appear normal, abnormalities in microcirculatory integrity secondary to...
The coronary microcirculation is critically important in the maintenance of myocardial nutritive blood flow. Even in situations where measures of epicardial blood flow appear normal, abnormalities in microcirculatory integrity secondary to...
The coronary microcirculation is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Saleem Sharieff, MD, MBBS, FCPS; Khan Shah-e-Zaman, MBBS, FRCP, MRCP; Azhar Masood A. Faruqui, MBBS, FRCPC, FAHA
PVS, usually due to dome-shaped valve apparatus, resulting from commissural fusion, comprises approximately 10% of all congenital heart diseases1–3 including 10–15% dysplastic valves,4–6 which are due to markedly thickened immobile cusps with...
PVS, usually due to dome-shaped valve apparatus, resulting from commissural fusion, comprises approximately 10% of all congenital heart diseases1–3 including 10–15% dysplastic valves,4–6 which are due to markedly thickened immobile cusps with...
PVS, usually due to dome-shaped...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD; Muzaffer Degertekin, MD; Pieter C. Smits, MD, PhD; Kengo Tanabe, MD; Willem J. van der Giessen, MD, PhD; Ron T. van Domburg, PhD; Chi-Hang Lee, MD, MBBS, MRCP
Percutaneous myocardial revascularization (PMR) has emerged as a less invasive alternative to the transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), which requires thoracotomy. Initial results of PMR are encouraging with a significant proportion of...
Percutaneous myocardial revascularization (PMR) has emerged as a less invasive alternative to the transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), which requires thoracotomy. Initial results of PMR are encouraging with a significant proportion of...
Percutaneous myocardial...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Steven Adams, PhD; Judy Ober, BS; Joyce Bigley, BS, CCP; Fred J. Clubb, DVM, PhD; O.H. Frazier, MD; Paolo Angelini, MD; P. Clay Haas, DO; Chiara Bucciarelli Ducci, MS
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is characterized by a progressive, irreversible loss of myocardium that results from sustained critical ischemia. Treatment involves recanalizing the occluded culprit coronary artery to restore blood flow,...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is characterized by a progressive, irreversible loss of myocardium that results from sustained critical ischemia. Treatment involves recanalizing the occluded culprit coronary artery to restore blood flow,...
Acute myocardial infarction...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology