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Volume 16 - Issue 6 - June, 2004

The Changing Pattern of Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the New Device Era
08/01/2008
Igor F. Palacios, MD; Christian F. Witzke, MD; Francisco Martin-Herrero, MD; Sarah C. Clarke, MD; Eugene Pomerantzev, MD
ABSTRACT: We report the incidence, management and clinical outcome of coronary perforations in 39 of 12,658 patients (0.3%) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary perforation occurred more frequently with debulking...
ABSTRACT: We report the incidence, management and clinical outcome of coronary perforations in 39 of 12,658 patients (0.3%) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary perforation occurred more frequently with debulking...
ABSTRACT: We report the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Coronary Perforations: Old Screenplay, New Actors!
08/01/2008
Antonio Colombo, MD; Goran Stankovic, MD
Coronary perforation remains one of the most serious complications in the catheterization laboratory, with multiple studies demonstrating very poor outcomes, particularly in relationship to myocardial infarction and death. Angiographic...
Coronary perforation remains one of the most serious complications in the catheterization laboratory, with multiple studies demonstrating very poor outcomes, particularly in relationship to myocardial infarction and death. Angiographic...
Coronary perforation remains one...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Reduction of Subacute Stent Thrombosis (SAT) Using
Heparin-Coated Stents in a Large-Scale, “Real World” Registry
08/01/2008
Bhooma R. Aravamuthan, BS; Susan Baskerville, RN; Susan Smith, RN, MSN; Vijaya Gupta, MS, PhD; Michael A. Lauer, MD; Vishal Gupta, MD, MPH; Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI
ABSTRACT: Purpose. This study was designed to compare the rates of subacute stent thrombosis (SAT) among patients receiving heparin-coated stents to patients receiving bare-metal stents in real world, contemporary coronary interventions....
ABSTRACT: Purpose. This study was designed to compare the rates of subacute stent thrombosis (SAT) among patients receiving heparin-coated stents to patients receiving bare-metal stents in real world, contemporary coronary interventions....
ABSTRACT: Purpose. This study...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Outcomes Following IVUS-Guided Stent Deployment in a Community Hospital
08/01/2008
Scott Miller, MD; Robert Touchon, MD; Brett A. Faulknier, DO; Mike Broce, BA
ABSTRACT: Objectives. A discrepancy exists in the medical literature as to what effect intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent deployment has on target vessel revascularization (TVR) at 6 months. The major endpoints of this study are the...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. A discrepancy exists in the medical literature as to what effect intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent deployment has on target vessel revascularization (TVR) at 6 months. The major endpoints of this study are the...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. A...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
IVUS-Guided Stenting Where is the Harm?
08/01/2008
Steven L. Goldberg, MD
The study by Faulknier and colleagues evaluates the clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on stent deployment, using bare-metal stents.1 These investigators retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of 50 stent cases where...
The study by Faulknier and colleagues evaluates the clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on stent deployment, using bare-metal stents.1 These investigators retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of 50 stent cases where...
The study by Faulknier and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Utility of Routine Functional Testing After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Results from the ROSETTA Registry
08/01/2008
Steven P. Sedlis, MD; David Schechter, MD; Thao Huynh, MD; jeffrey Lefkovits, MD; Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD; Evelyne Goudreau, MD; Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH; Robert Duerr, MD; Michael Del Core, MD; David L. Brown, MD, FACC, FACP, DO; Philippe Garzon, BSc; David Brieger, MD, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; Mark Smilovitch, MD; Ubeydullah Deligonul, MD; Koon-Hou Mak, MBBS
ABSTRACT: Background. There is little consensus regarding the use of functional testing after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Some physicians employ a routine functional testing strategy, and others employ a...
ABSTRACT: Background. There is little consensus regarding the use of functional testing after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Some physicians employ a routine functional testing strategy, and others employ a...
ABSTRACT: Background. There is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Successful Multi-vessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
with Bivalirudin In A Patient With Severe Hemophilia A:
A Case Rep
08/01/2008
Umesh K. Arora, MD; Meeney Dhir, MD; Guillermo Cintron, MD; Joel A. Strom, MD
ABSTRACT: We describe a 64-year-old male with severe hemophilia A (factor VIII-dependent), acute myocardial infarction (MI) and congestive heart failure (CHF) who underwent successful multi-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The...
ABSTRACT: We describe a 64-year-old male with severe hemophilia A (factor VIII-dependent), acute myocardial infarction (MI) and congestive heart failure (CHF) who underwent successful multi-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The...
ABSTRACT: We describe a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
To Stress or Not to Stress? That is the Question
08/01/2008
Oscar Marroquin, MD; Howard A. Cohen, MD
Approximately one million percutaneous coronary interventions are performed annually in the United States.1 There are conflicting opinions and no good consensus as to whether or not patients should undergo routine stress testing post PCI.2...
Approximately one million percutaneous coronary interventions are performed annually in the United States.1 There are conflicting opinions and no good consensus as to whether or not patients should undergo routine stress testing post PCI.2...
Approximately one million...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
Jun-04
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers, This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, case reports with brief literature reviews, and articles from the journal’s special sections “Electrophysiology Corner,”...
Dear Readers, This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, case reports with brief literature reviews, and articles from the journal’s special sections “Electrophysiology Corner,”...
Dear Readers, This issue of The...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Is a 300 mg Clopidogrel Loading Dose Sufficient to Inhibit
Platelet Function Early After Coronary Stenting? A Platelet
Functio
08/01/2008
Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD, FESC; Camino Bañuelos, MD; Esther Bernardo, BSc; Rosana Hernandez-Antolin, MD, PhD; Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, MD, PhD; Celia Ramirez, BSc; Carlos Macaya, MD, PhD; Javier Escaned, MD, PhD; Manel Sabaté, MD, PhD; Raúl Moreno-Gómez, MD, PhD; Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, PhD
ABSTRACT: Background. Clopidogrel combined to aspirin reduces the early risk of stent thrombosis and a clopidogrel pre-treatment strategy is associated with a better outcome. However, in clinical practice such pre-treatment strategy is not...
ABSTRACT: Background. Clopidogrel combined to aspirin reduces the early risk of stent thrombosis and a clopidogrel pre-treatment strategy is associated with a better outcome. However, in clinical practice such pre-treatment strategy is not...
ABSTRACT: Background....
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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