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Volume 15 - Issue 11 - November, 2003

08/01/2008
Maximo Rodriguez Alemparte, MD; Carlos Fernandez-Pereira, MD; Alfredo E. Rodriguez, MD, PhD
Case Report. A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to recent onset chest pain with radiation to the left arm, which was precipitated by minimum efforts and relieved by rest. He was evaluated at the coronary care unit and treated...
Case Report. A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to recent onset chest pain with radiation to the left arm, which was precipitated by minimum efforts and relieved by rest. He was evaluated at the coronary care unit and treated...
Case Report. A 63-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
David S. Chang, MD, PhD, MPH, MBA; John Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP; Jason H. Rogers, MD
Spontaneous rupture of a saphenous vein graft with pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare occurrence after coronary bypass grafting. Until now, pseudoaneurysm formation from a native coronary artery at the site of a left internal thoracic to...
Spontaneous rupture of a saphenous vein graft with pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare occurrence after coronary bypass grafting. Until now, pseudoaneurysm formation from a native coronary artery at the site of a left internal thoracic to...
Spontaneous rupture of a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
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; James J. Ferguson, III, MD; James P. Zidar, MD; Glenn N. Levine, MD; James E. Tcheng, MD
Over the past decade, impressive reductions in mortality, reinfarction and length of hospital stay have been reported in large-scale studies of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Despite these advances, substantial challenges remain...
Over the past decade, impressive reductions in mortality, reinfarction and length of hospital stay have been reported in large-scale studies of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Despite these advances, substantial challenges remain...
Over the past decade, impressive...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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
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
Case Report
08/01/2008
Stephen Wai-luen Lee; Linda Lam; Man-Hong Jim, MD
Vascular anastomoses between the coronary arteries and the bronchial arteries were found in 22% of normal subjects and in about 48% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD).1 These vascular anastomoses are congenital in...
Vascular anastomoses between the coronary arteries and the bronchial arteries were found in 22% of normal subjects and in about 48% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD).1 These vascular anastomoses are congenital in...
Vascular anastomoses between the...
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
08/01/2008
Lars Grip, MD, PhD; Jacob Odenstedt, MD; Chrichan Månsson; Sven-Olof Jansson, MD
Catheter-based, left ventricular, electromechanical mapping (EMM) has evolved as a diagnostic tool to characterize ischemic and injured myocardium, and has the potential for direct myocardial interventions.1–15 It is difficult to identify the...
Catheter-based, left ventricular, electromechanical mapping (EMM) has evolved as a diagnostic tool to characterize ischemic and injured myocardium, and has the potential for direct myocardial interventions.1–15 It is difficult to identify the...
Catheter-based, left...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Francis Q. Almeda, MD; Robert C. Hendel, MD; Peter M. Meyer, PhD; James E. Calvin, MD; Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI; Lloyd W. Klein, MD
The optimal approach to the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina (UA) and non-ST segment myocardial infarction (STEMI), continues to evolve. These patients comprise a heterogenous population with varying...
The optimal approach to the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina (UA) and non-ST segment myocardial infarction (STEMI), continues to evolve. These patients comprise a heterogenous population with varying...
The optimal approach to the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Mark Reisman, MD; William A. Gray, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Vascular brachytherapy, the delivery of a single dose of a radioactive isotope directly inside the target area of the coronary artery after balloon angioplasty, is the only clinically proven therapy and is the standard of care for patients...
Vascular brachytherapy, the delivery of a single dose of a radioactive isotope directly inside the target area of the coronary artery after balloon angioplasty, is the only clinically proven therapy and is the standard of care for patients...
Vascular brachytherapy, the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Andre P. Bouhasin, MD; Bernard J. Villegas, MD
Case Report. A 76-year-old female with carotid disease and a previous CVA presented in cardiogenic shock due to an inferior myocardial infarction (MI). Endovascular hypothermia was administered in the emergency room, reducing her body...
Case Report. A 76-year-old female with carotid disease and a previous CVA presented in cardiogenic shock due to an inferior myocardial infarction (MI). Endovascular hypothermia was administered in the emergency room, reducing her body...
Case Report. A 76-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
David Ott, MD; G. Reza Khoshnevis, MD; Paolo Angelini, MD; Jose Antonio Velasco, MD
Coronary anomalies continue to present an arcane puzzle to most cardiologists. We wish to focus on one particularly fascinating type of defect, in which both coronary arteries arise from the same aortic sinus, or an Anomalous Coronary Artery...
Coronary anomalies continue to present an arcane puzzle to most cardiologists. We wish to focus on one particularly fascinating type of defect, in which both coronary arteries arise from the same aortic sinus, or an Anomalous Coronary Artery...
Coronary anomalies continue to...
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
James Orlando; George Stoupakis; Harmit Kalia; Joan Skurnick; Muhamed Saric; Rohit Arora
Although rapid restoration of coronary flow in an infarct related artery is associated with improved survival, it is becoming increasingly evident that myocardial perfusion, and not just epicardial flow, is vital to myocardial salvage and...
Although rapid restoration of coronary flow in an infarct related artery is associated with improved survival, it is becoming increasingly evident that myocardial perfusion, and not just epicardial flow, is vital to myocardial salvage and...
Although rapid restoration of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Bonnie H. Weiner, MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC; Eric Cohen, MD; Alexandra J. Lansky, MD; Antoine M. Adem, MD; Andre P. Bouhasin, MD; Carol Wojciechowski, RN; Neil J. Weissman, MD; Gary S. Mintz, MD; David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Jeffrey P. Pompa, MD; Martin B. Leon, MD
Cutting balloon (CB) technology combines the features of microsurgical incision with balloon dilation to treat atherosclerotic lesions. The CB has a non-compliant dilation balloon with microsurgical blades (atherotomes) attached to the outer...
Cutting balloon (CB) technology combines the features of microsurgical incision with balloon dilation to treat atherosclerotic lesions. The CB has a non-compliant dilation balloon with microsurgical blades (atherotomes) attached to the outer...
Cutting balloon (CB) technology...
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