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Volume 16 - Issue 8 - August, 2004

Should We Treat Patients with Moderately Severe Stenosis of the Left Main Coronary Artery and Negative FFR Results?
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
Plaque that Makes a Patient Vulnerable
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
Clinical and Angiographic Safety and Efficacy Trial with a New
Coronary Stent: The RESTOR Study of the R Stent
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
Rotastenting for “Complex Lesions”: Benefit Unlikely with Bare Metal Stents
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
Early and Late Clinical Outcomes After Rotational Atherectomy with Stenting Versus Rotational Atherectomy with Balloon Angioplas
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
The Current Status of Stent Placement in Small Coronary Arteries
< 3.0 mm in Diameter
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
Commentary
Contemporary Treatment of Small-Vessel Disease
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
Hybrid Revascularization Using Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Robotically Assisted Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Ar
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
Hybrid Revascularization: Another Step Forward in Coronary Revascularization
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
Current Applications for Nicardipine in Invasive and
Interventional Cardiology
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

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