Volume 17 - Issue 5 - May, 2005
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports and case reports with brief reviews, as well as articles from the journal’s special sections Adjunctive Therapy and...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports and case reports with brief reviews, as well as articles from the journal’s special sections Adjunctive Therapy and...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Bilal Murad, MD
Thrombectomy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) makes intuitive sense with positive results from small studies demonstrating benefit. However, the AngioJet (AJC) catheter (Possis Medical, Minneapolis Minnesota) has come under recent...
Thrombectomy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) makes intuitive sense with positive results from small studies demonstrating benefit. However, the AngioJet (AJC) catheter (Possis Medical, Minneapolis Minnesota) has come under recent...
Thrombectomy in acute myocardial...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Eustaquio Onorato, MD; Luigi Pedon, MD; Marco Zennaro, MD; Antonio Carrozza, MD; Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, FESC, FACC; Mario Zanchetta, MD
Transcatheter closure of single secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) or patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a well-accepted alternative to surgical repair in selected patients,1 and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been demonstrated to be...
Transcatheter closure of single secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) or patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a well-accepted alternative to surgical repair in selected patients,1 and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been demonstrated to be...
Transcatheter closure of single...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Paul B. Poomipanit, MD; Mark Lensky, MD; Jonathan M. Tobis, MD
A 43-year-old Chinese woman with eosinophilia and a swollen neck was found to have extensive aneurysmal dilatation of both carotid arteries. Although there were no anginal symptoms, cardiac investigation revealed an abnormal radionuclide...
A 43-year-old Chinese woman with eosinophilia and a swollen neck was found to have extensive aneurysmal dilatation of both carotid arteries. Although there were no anginal symptoms, cardiac investigation revealed an abnormal radionuclide...
A 43-year-old Chinese woman with...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Adrian P. Banning, MD, PhD, MBBS; Italo Porto, MD, PhD
Since we have entered the new “drug-eluting stent era,” managing drug-eluting stent (DES) failure has become a real issue for the interventionalists. So far, no approach has been recommended: intracoronary brachytherapy (IBT) might be...
Since we have entered the new “drug-eluting stent era,” managing drug-eluting stent (DES) failure has become a real issue for the interventionalists. So far, no approach has been recommended: intracoronary brachytherapy (IBT) might be...
Since we have entered the new...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC
Patients with chronic kidney disease have a high prevalence of heart failure. According to the United States Renal Data System, nearly 40% of incident dialysis patients had a clinical diagnosis of heart failure.1 Furthermore, deterioration in...
Patients with chronic kidney disease have a high prevalence of heart failure. According to the United States Renal Data System, nearly 40% of incident dialysis patients had a clinical diagnosis of heart failure.1 Furthermore, deterioration in...
Patients with chronic kidney...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Angela Hoye, MB, MRCP, MD, MBChB; Pedro A. Lemos, MD; Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD
The major limitation of percutaneous therapy (PCI) for the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is the inability to cross with a wire. We report successful recanalization of a CTO situated at the ostium of the left anterior descending...
The major limitation of percutaneous therapy (PCI) for the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is the inability to cross with a wire. We report successful recanalization of a CTO situated at the ostium of the left anterior descending...
The major limitation of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Atila Iyisoy, MD; Hurkan Kursaklioglu, MD; Turgay Celik, MD
Although stent thrombosis is currently a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), it can cause devastating clinical results such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and death.1 The peak incidence of stent thrombosis...
Although stent thrombosis is currently a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), it can cause devastating clinical results such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and death.1 The peak incidence of stent thrombosis...
Although stent thrombosis is...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Devinder Bhatia, MD; Shamir Mehta, MD, MSc(Epi), FRCPC, FACC; Roger Mills, MD; Sary F. Aranki, MD; John Byrne, MD; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI
The process of platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of coronary thrombosis after atherosclerotic plaque rupture, and pharmacological inhibition of platelet function forms the cornerstone of...
The process of platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of coronary thrombosis after atherosclerotic plaque rupture, and pharmacological inhibition of platelet function forms the cornerstone of...
The process of platelet...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Teaching Collection
08/01/2008
Patrick L. Whitlow, MD; William W. O'Neill, MD; Fayaz Shawl, MD; Raoul Bonan, MD; Gregory Braden, MD; Paul A. Overlie, MD, FACC, FACP; Norberto Schechtmann, MD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Ted A. Bass, MD
Greg Braden: Let’s discuss the issue of MI patients who live in communities where there is quick access to catheterization laboratories, versus those in remote communities who don’t have easy access to cath labs. We live in a modestly rural...
Greg Braden: Let’s discuss the issue of MI patients who live in communities where there is quick access to catheterization laboratories, versus those in remote communities who don’t have easy access to cath labs. We live in a modestly rural...
Greg Braden: Let’s discuss the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Mouaz Al-Mallah, MD; Khaled Dajani, MD; Michael Hudson, MD; Hrishikesh Iyengar, MD; Noel Gutierrez, MD; W. Douglas Weaver, MD; Sanjaya Khanal, MD
The current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend coronary angiography and revascularization for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) and high-risk clinical...
The current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommend coronary angiography and revascularization for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) and high-risk clinical...
The current American College of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Deepak Jain, MD, DM; Franz Hartmann, MD; Karl Wegscheider, PhD; Philip Urban, MD; Heribert Schunkert, MD; Raoul Bonan, MD
Intracoronary radiation therapy, by virtue of its antiproliferative and favorable remodeling effects, reduces restenosis in both in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo lesions. While several large, randomized and non-randomised trials have...
Intracoronary radiation therapy, by virtue of its antiproliferative and favorable remodeling effects, reduces restenosis in both in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo lesions. While several large, randomized and non-randomised trials have...
Intracoronary radiation therapy,...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Bharathi Upadhya, MD; David C. Sane, MD; Efthymios N. Deliargyris, MD; Robert J. Applegate, MD; Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, PhD
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used in patients with high-risk baseline characteristics.1–4 A prior stroke may identify patients who are at higher risk for post-PCI complications. However, no comparative data exist...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used in patients with high-risk baseline characteristics.1–4 A prior stroke may identify patients who are at higher risk for post-PCI complications. However, no comparative data exist...
Percutaneous coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Gregory Valania, MD; James R. Wilentz, MD; Joseph Aragon, MD; Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI; Aslam Khan, MD; Raj R. Makkar, MD; Howard Levitt, MD; Varinder Singh, MD; Amit Kamra, MD; Salvatore Rametta, MD
Unfractionated heparin is the primary anticoagulant administered prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to prevent the generation of thrombin at the site of balloon-induced arterial injury and to reduce the thrombogenicity of the...
Unfractionated heparin is the primary anticoagulant administered prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to prevent the generation of thrombin at the site of balloon-induced arterial injury and to reduce the thrombogenicity of the...
Unfractionated heparin is the...
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