Volume 17 - Issue 12 - December, 2005
Case Report
08/01/2008
James C. Blankenship, MD; Kirk Gavlick, MD; Kirk N. Garratt, MD, MSc
Fractured coronary guidewire is a relatively uncommon complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Numerous methods have been described for retrieval of these retained fragments from the coronary circulation. These methods have...
Fractured coronary guidewire is a relatively uncommon complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Numerous methods have been described for retrieval of these retained fragments from the coronary circulation. These methods have...
Fractured coronary guidewire is...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Branislav Schifferdecker, MD; Joseph Benotti, MD
Case Report. A 56-year-old male patient presented one hour after the onset of severe, substernal chest pain at rest. Physical examination revealed moderate distress secondary to chest pain. His blood pressure was 135/80 mmHg, his heart rate...
Case Report. A 56-year-old male patient presented one hour after the onset of severe, substernal chest pain at rest. Physical examination revealed moderate distress secondary to chest pain. His blood pressure was 135/80 mmHg, his heart rate...
Case Report. A 56-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Richard W. Lee, MD; R. Todd Hurst, MD; J. Wells Askew, MD
Case Report. A 67-year-old female was referred to our center due to chest pain. She had no prior history of ischemic heart disease; however, in the last 6 months, she began experiencing exertional chest discomfort. Cardiac risk factors...
Case Report. A 67-year-old female was referred to our center due to chest pain. She had no prior history of ischemic heart disease; however, in the last 6 months, she began experiencing exertional chest discomfort. Cardiac risk factors...
Case Report. A 67-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting research articles, some of which are followed by commentary from members of our advisory board. We have also included selections from the Journal’s...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting research articles, some of which are followed by commentary from members of our advisory board. We have also included selections from the Journal’s...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Paul C. Ho, MD, MSc
Chronic total occlusions (CTO) represent some of the most challenging scenarios for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Predictors of procedural success in PCIs of CTOs include length of occlusion, duration of occlusion, presence of...
Chronic total occlusions (CTO) represent some of the most challenging scenarios for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Predictors of procedural success in PCIs of CTOs include length of occlusion, duration of occlusion, presence of...
Chronic total occlusions (CTO)...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, MD; Takashi Sueda, MD; Mitsunori Okamoto, MD
Cardiogenic shock occurs in 7–10% of patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and it has been one of the major causes of death following AMI.1,2 Intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) has been routinely used for AMI with cardiogenic...
Cardiogenic shock occurs in 7–10% of patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and it has been one of the major causes of death following AMI.1,2 Intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) has been routinely used for AMI with cardiogenic...
Cardiogenic shock occurs in...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Adrian C. Iancu, MD, PhD; Alexandra Lazar, MD
Case Report. A 74-year-old male diagnosed with NSTE acute coronary syndrome (non-Q wave myocardial infarction) in another hospital was transferred to our clinic due to residual angina. In 1996 the patient had a myocardial infarction (MI) and...
Case Report. A 74-year-old male diagnosed with NSTE acute coronary syndrome (non-Q wave myocardial infarction) in another hospital was transferred to our clinic due to residual angina. In 1996 the patient had a myocardial infarction (MI) and...
Case Report. A 74-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
John Burgess, MD, FRCSC; Mouheiddin Traboulsi, MD, FRCPC; Matthew I. Worthley, MBBS, PhD
The Bentall procedure for aortic root and valve replacement with coronary reimplantation was initially described in 1968.1 This procedure is considered the “gold standard” for treatment of combined valve and ascending aortic pathology. The...
The Bentall procedure for aortic root and valve replacement with coronary reimplantation was initially described in 1968.1 This procedure is considered the “gold standard” for treatment of combined valve and ascending aortic pathology. The...
The Bentall procedure for aortic...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Fernando A. Cura, MD; Mariano Albertal, MD, PhD; Lucio T. Padilla, MD; William W. O'Neill, MD; Jorge A. Belardi, MD, PhD; Oscar A. Mendiz, MD; Pablo Perez Balino, MD
Previous studies support the concept that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease.1,2 Inflammation plays an important role not only in the development, but also in the acute complications of atherosclerotic plaques.3 The detection of...
Previous studies support the concept that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease.1,2 Inflammation plays an important role not only in the development, but also in the acute complications of atherosclerotic plaques.3 The detection of...
Previous studies support the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC
It was the guiding catheter that prevented the successful clinical launch of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on March 22, 1976. The patient was afflicted with generalized atherosclerosis. His aorta was completely occluded....
It was the guiding catheter that prevented the successful clinical launch of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on March 22, 1976. The patient was afflicted with generalized atherosclerosis. His aorta was completely occluded....
It was the guiding catheter that...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Maurizio Anselmi, MD; Piero Zardini, MD; Giuliana Menegatti, MD; Corrado Vassanelli, MD; Gionata Molinari, MD; Ilaria Nicoletti, MD; Marialuisa De Benedictis, MD; Clotilde Terraneo, MD; Giorgio Morando, MD; Marco Turri, MD
Percutaneous coronary catheterization and revascularization are commonly performed all over the world. Among various access sites for coronary interventions, most cardiologists favor the femoral approach, while the procedure via the radial...
Percutaneous coronary catheterization and revascularization are commonly performed all over the world. Among various access sites for coronary interventions, most cardiologists favor the femoral approach, while the procedure via the radial...
Percutaneous coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Shahid Aziz, BSc, MD, MRCP, MBChB; David R. Ramsdale, FRCP, MD, BSc, MBChB
Since the first description of transradial coronary stent implantation in 1993,1 there has been a rapid increase in the number of coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures using this approach. The radial artery (RA) technique has...
Since the first description of transradial coronary stent implantation in 1993,1 there has been a rapid increase in the number of coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures using this approach. The radial artery (RA) technique has...
Since the first description of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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James C. Blankenship, MD; Farhan Aslam, MD, BA
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) may be an effective treatment in selected patients with left ventricular dysfunction, but acute and long-term mortality rates are higher than in patients with normal left ventricular...
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) may be an effective treatment in selected patients with left ventricular dysfunction, but acute and long-term mortality rates are higher than in patients with normal left ventricular...
Percutaneous transluminal...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Rebecca L. Torguson, BS, MPH; Rosanna Chan, PhD; Michael Porrazzo, MD; Ron Waksman, MD; Lowell F. Satler, MD; Kenneth M. Kent, MD, PhD; Augusto D. Pichard, MD, FACC, FSCAI; William O. Suddath, MD; William W. Chu, MD, PhD
Intracoronary radiation therapy (IRT) for in-stent restenosis (ISR) in native coronary arteries and saphenous vein grafts (SVG) has substantially reduced the rate of recurrent restenosis compared with conventional percutaneous coronary...
Intracoronary radiation therapy (IRT) for in-stent restenosis (ISR) in native coronary arteries and saphenous vein grafts (SVG) has substantially reduced the rate of recurrent restenosis compared with conventional percutaneous coronary...
Intracoronary radiation therapy...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Prediman K. Shah, MD, FACC; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD
Since the introduction of coronary stenting to interventional cardiology in 1989, improvements in stent implantation techniques and antiplatelet drug therapy have dramatically improved the short-term and long-term outcomes of percutaneous...
Since the introduction of coronary stenting to interventional cardiology in 1989, improvements in stent implantation techniques and antiplatelet drug therapy have dramatically improved the short-term and long-term outcomes of percutaneous...
Since the introduction of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Neil J. Weissman, MD; Daniel H. Steinberg, MD
While the approach to identifying and treating a high-grade, symptomatic and ischemia-producing coronary stenosis is readily apparent, the optimal treatment of lesions without these characteristics is less established. The uncertainty is...
While the approach to identifying and treating a high-grade, symptomatic and ischemia-producing coronary stenosis is readily apparent, the optimal treatment of lesions without these characteristics is less established. The uncertainty is...
While the approach to...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Bernard J. Villegas, MD; David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Denise A. Dowler, BSN, MSN, NP
Background. A number of studies have examined the environmental and genetic basis contributing to the pathogenesis of various disease states. This has been studied in monozygotic twins and recently published. Recent reports have examined...
Background. A number of studies have examined the environmental and genetic basis contributing to the pathogenesis of various disease states. This has been studied in monozygotic twins and recently published. Recent reports have examined...
Background. A number of studies...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC; Yoshihiro Morino, MD; Masakazu Nagaoka, MD; Jae-Young Kim, MD; Teruhisa Tanabe, MD, PhD
Although the backup force of a guiding catheter is important for successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), no theory has been proposed thus far regarding the factors involved in its generation. Thus far, our understanding stems...
Although the backup force of a guiding catheter is important for successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), no theory has been proposed thus far regarding the factors involved in its generation. Thus far, our understanding stems...
Although the backup force of a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
William S. Weintraub, MD, FACC; Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC; Dale R. Tavris, MD, MPH; Syamal Dey, MS, PhD; Beverly Albrecht-Gallauresi, RN, MPH; Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC; Kristi Mitchel, MPH
Reports to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the FDA regarding serious injuries and deaths associated with the use of vascular hemostasis devices1 provided the impetus for this study. These devices are used primarily to...
Reports to the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the FDA regarding serious injuries and deaths associated with the use of vascular hemostasis devices1 provided the impetus for this study. These devices are used primarily to...
Reports to the Center for...
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