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Volume 16 - Issue 8 - August, 2004

Vascular Disease
08/01/2008
Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM
Of approximately ten million people in the United States that live with peripheral vascular disease, only a small percentage are being treated (25%).1 The presence of peripheral vascular disease is an indicator of a higher mortality risk. A...
Of approximately ten million people in the United States that live with peripheral vascular disease, only a small percentage are being treated (25%).1 The presence of peripheral vascular disease is an indicator of a higher mortality risk. A...
Of approximately ten million...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Vankatta Yalamachili, MD; Massoud A. Leesar, MD, FACC; Nattawut Wongpraparut, MD
An impending consequence of unsuccessful stent deployment is the dislodgement of a stent from its delivery catheter with loss of the stent or embolization. A number of techniques to retrieve stents have been described, including the use of a...
An impending consequence of unsuccessful stent deployment is the dislodgement of a stent from its delivery catheter with loss of the stent or embolization. A number of techniques to retrieve stents have been described, including the use of a...
An impending consequence of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Invas...
This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentary, case reports, and articles from the journal’s special sections Intervention in Peripheral Vascular Disease and Clinical Decision Making. In...
This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentary, case reports, and articles from the journal’s special sections Intervention in Peripheral Vascular Disease and Clinical Decision Making. In...
This issue of The Journal of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Juan H. Alonso-Briales, MD; Birgit Kühlmorgen, MD; Juan José Gómez-Doblas, MD; Jose Manuel García-Pinilla, MD; Raul López-Salguero, MD; Eduardo de Teresa Galván, MD, FESC; Manuel Jiménez-Navarro; José Maria Hernández-García
Since the description of left main coronary artery disease (LMCA),1 its prognostic importance has been shown in different scenarios.2 Observational3 and randomized studies4 have confirmed the benefits of surgical revascularization in these...
Since the description of left main coronary artery disease (LMCA),1 its prognostic importance has been shown in different scenarios.2 Observational3 and randomized studies4 have confirmed the benefits of surgical revascularization in these...
Since the description of left...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Since the inception of coronary angioplasty, small vessel disease has been a particularly challenging subset to treat with percutaneous interventional therapies. Historically small vessel intervention has been complicated by a higher...
Since the inception of coronary angioplasty, small vessel disease has been a particularly challenging subset to treat with percutaneous interventional therapies. Historically small vessel intervention has been complicated by a higher...
Since the inception of coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Daniel Swistel, MD; Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI; Scott J. Belsey, MD; Raj R. Makkar, MD; Claude Simon, MD; Varinder Singh, MD; Joseph DeRose, MD; Salvatore Rametta, MD; Thomas J. Nero, MD; James R. Wilentz, MD
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) has been successfully used to treat isolated lesions of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery by operating on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with excellent...
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) has been successfully used to treat isolated lesions of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery by operating on the beating heart without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with excellent...
Minimally invasive direct...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Kul Aggarwal, MD; Angampally G. Rajeev, MD; Vishal Gupta, MD, MPH; Mohammed Murtaza, MD
Coronary artery bypass grafting of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) using internal mammary artery (LIMA) has been shown to be more effective than interventional treatment with respect to event-free survival and relief of...
Coronary artery bypass grafting of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) using internal mammary artery (LIMA) has been shown to be more effective than interventional treatment with respect to event-free survival and relief of...
Coronary artery bypass grafting...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Alok Maheshwari, MD; Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Invasive coronary procedures, such as rotational atherectomy and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) stenting, are associated with vasoconstriction that sometimes results in increased morbidity or death. The “no-reflow” phenomenon, an adverse...
Invasive coronary procedures, such as rotational atherectomy and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) stenting, are associated with vasoconstriction that sometimes results in increased morbidity or death. The “no-reflow” phenomenon, an adverse...
Invasive coronary procedures,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
John J. Young, MD; Andrew D. Schreiner, BS, MD; Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI; Thomas M. Shimshak, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA), defined as localized coronary dilatation with a diameter >= 1.5 times that of the adjacent normal coronary segment, is observed in 0.2–4.9% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1–6 CAA most often...
Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA), defined as localized coronary dilatation with a diameter >= 1.5 times that of the adjacent normal coronary segment, is observed in 0.2–4.9% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1–6 CAA most often...
Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA),...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
James P. Zidar, MD; Michael H. Sketch, Jr., MD; Abdul R. Halabi, MD
Case study. A 73-year-old female with no previous cardiac history presented with a history of crescendo chest pain over the last six weeks. Her symptoms were relieved by rest and nitroglycerin. Her risk factors included type-2 diabetes...
Case study. A 73-year-old female with no previous cardiac history presented with a history of crescendo chest pain over the last six weeks. Her symptoms were relieved by rest and nitroglycerin. Her risk factors included type-2 diabetes...
Case study. A 73-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Manuel Jiménez-Navarro; José Maria Hernández-García; Juan H. Alonso-Briales, MD; Birgit Kühlmorgen, MD; Juan José Gómez-Doblas, MD; Jose Manuel García-Pinilla, MD; Raul López-Salguero, MD; Eduardo de Teresa Galván, MD, FESC
Since the description of left main coronary artery disease (LMCA),1 its prognostic importance has been shown in different scenarios.2 Observational3 and randomized studies4 have confirmed the benefits of surgical revascularization in these...
Since the description of left main coronary artery disease (LMCA),1 its prognostic importance has been shown in different scenarios.2 Observational3 and randomized studies4 have confirmed the benefits of surgical revascularization in these...
Since the description of left...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Stephen G. Ellis, MD
It has long been recognized that evaluation of the severity of stenoses in the left main is more difficult than at most other sites in the coronary tree, although much of supporting data dates from the time when patients underwent angiography...
It has long been recognized that evaluation of the severity of stenoses in the left main is more difficult than at most other sites in the coronary tree, although much of supporting data dates from the time when patients underwent angiography...
It has long been recognized that...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
David P. Foley, MD, PhD; Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD; Benno J.W.M. Rensing, MD, PhD; Arjan A. van den Bos, MD; Huub M.A. Corbeij, MD; Michael A. Quarles van Ufford, MD; Johannes A.M. te Riele, MD; Paul C.H. Rooset, MD; Peter den Heijer, MD, PhD
Over the last decade, coronary stent implantation has gradually become the choice treatment of choice in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1,2 The enhanced safety of coronary interventions, the lower complication rate, the better...
Over the last decade, coronary stent implantation has gradually become the choice treatment of choice in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1,2 The enhanced safety of coronary interventions, the lower complication rate, the better...
Over the last decade, coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
David R. Ramsdale, FRCP, MD, BSc, MBChB; Nick D. Palmer, MD, MRCP, MBBS, FRCP
In the paper by Lee and colleagues (see pages 406–409), the authors seek to establish whether stenting after coronary rotational atherectomy (RA) for “complex lesions” offers any advantage over rotational atherectomy plus adjunctive PTCA...
In the paper by Lee and colleagues (see pages 406–409), the authors seek to establish whether stenting after coronary rotational atherectomy (RA) for “complex lesions” offers any advantage over rotational atherectomy plus adjunctive PTCA...
In the paper by Lee and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Seung-Jung Park, MD, PhD; Myeong-Ki Hong, MD; Seung-Whan Lee, MD, PhD; Young-Hak Kim, MD; Cheol-Whan Lee, MD, PhD; Jong-Min Song, MD, PhD; Ki-Hoon Han, MD, PhD; Duk-Hyun Kang, MD, PhD; Jae-Kwan Song, MD, PhD; Jae-Joong Kim, MD, PhD; Seong-Wook Park, MD, PhD
Despite the evolution of interventional techniques and operator experience, percutaneous revascularization of complex coronary lesions (i.e., calcified and long lesions) remains challenging because of lower procedural success rates and higher...
Despite the evolution of interventional techniques and operator experience, percutaneous revascularization of complex coronary lesions (i.e., calcified and long lesions) remains challenging because of lower procedural success rates and higher...
Despite the evolution of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Kean-Wah Lau, MBBS, MD; Jui-Sung Hung, MD; Ulrich Sigwart, MD
Stent placement in coronary arteries >= 3.0 mm in diameter has been irrefutably proven to be superior to conventional balloon angioplasty (PTCA) in reducing the risk of restenosis and major adverse cardiac events.1–4 Subsequent...
Stent placement in coronary arteries >= 3.0 mm in diameter has been irrefutably proven to be superior to conventional balloon angioplasty (PTCA) in reducing the risk of restenosis and major adverse cardiac events.1–4 Subsequent...
Stent placement in coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology