Volume 17 - Issue 7 - July, 2005
08/01/2008
Patrick Hall, MD; Robert Safian, MD; Ajay Virmani, MD; Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM; John J. Young, MD; David E. Allie, MD; John R. Laird, MD, FACC, FACP
Predictors of complications in peripheral percutaneous interventions (PPI) with bivalirudin as a base anticoagulant have not yet been defined. The Angiomax Peripheral Procedure Registry of Vascular Events (APPROVE)1 offers a unique...
Predictors of complications in peripheral percutaneous interventions (PPI) with bivalirudin as a base anticoagulant have not yet been defined. The Angiomax Peripheral Procedure Registry of Vascular Events (APPROVE)1 offers a unique...
Predictors of complications in...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
James E. Tcheng, MD; Michael M. Kitt, MD; David J. Cohen, MD, MPH, MSc; Robert J. Chisholm, MD, FRCPC; Henry K. Lui, MD; Robert L. Feldman, MD; Robert Green, MD; Anne S. Hellkamp, PhD; Warren J. Cantor, MD; J. Conor O'Shea, MD; Mina Madan, MD, MPH
Potent inhibition of platelet aggregation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using intravenous antagonists of the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor results in a significant and sustained reduction in the occurrence of...
Potent inhibition of platelet aggregation during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using intravenous antagonists of the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor results in a significant and sustained reduction in the occurrence of...
Potent inhibition of platelet...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
José Javier Zueco, MD; Jose de la Torre Hernandez, MD, PhD; Fermin Sainz Laso, MD; Cristina Ruisanchez, MD; Alvaro Figueroa, MD, PhD; Thierry Colman, MD
Coronary calcification is an important process of atherosclerosis and represents advanced coronary disease.1,2 The presence and extent of coronary calcification is an important determinant of the outcome of percutaneous intervention...
Coronary calcification is an important process of atherosclerosis and represents advanced coronary disease.1,2 The presence and extent of coronary calcification is an important determinant of the outcome of percutaneous intervention...
Coronary calcification is an...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Vascular Disease
08/01/2008
Jeffrey M. Friedel, MD; Ramzi Khalil, MD; David Lasorda, MD, DO
Iatrogenic renal artery perforation is a rare, but well-described complication of percutaneous renal artery intervention.1–3 Treatment has traditionally involved surgical intervention including renal artery reconstruction, bypass grafting,...
Iatrogenic renal artery perforation is a rare, but well-described complication of percutaneous renal artery intervention.1–3 Treatment has traditionally involved surgical intervention including renal artery reconstruction, bypass grafting,...
Iatrogenic renal artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Shigenori Ito, MD; Takahiko Suzuki, MD; Makoto Itoh, MD
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) represents a promising new technology1–2 for imaging the vascular microstructure at a level of 10–20 mm,3–6 which has not yet been achieved with the use of other imaging modalities.7–9 It may permit the...
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) represents a promising new technology1–2 for imaging the vascular microstructure at a level of 10–20 mm,3–6 which has not yet been achieved with the use of other imaging modalities.7–9 It may permit the...
Optical coherence tomography...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Stefano Rigattieri, MD, PhD; Martial Hamon, MD, FESC; Gilles Grollier, MD
The transradial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions represents an effective and safe alternative to the traditional transfemoral approach, allowing earlier ambulation and discharge, greater comfort for the patient, and less...
The transradial approach for percutaneous coronary interventions represents an effective and safe alternative to the traditional transfemoral approach, allowing earlier ambulation and discharge, greater comfort for the patient, and less...
The transradial approach for...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Walter C. Coats, DO, BS; Joel Gorfinkel, MD
Increasing evidence supports the use of bivalirudin as an adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention to minimize bleeding complications.1,2 We describe a patient who developed an acute myocardial infarction one hour following total knee...
Increasing evidence supports the use of bivalirudin as an adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention to minimize bleeding complications.1,2 We describe a patient who developed an acute myocardial infarction one hour following total knee...
Increasing evidence supports the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Woong Chol Kang, MD; Tae Hoon Ahn, MD; Seung-Hwan Han, MD; Eak Kyun Shin, MD; Kyung Rim Choi, MD
Since the use of combined antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and thienopyridines, the incidence of stent thrombosis is uncommon. Moreover, late stent thrombosis (> 30 days after stent implantation) is extremely rare with bare metal stents...
Since the use of combined antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and thienopyridines, the incidence of stent thrombosis is uncommon. Moreover, late stent thrombosis (> 30 days after stent implantation) is extremely rare with bare metal stents...
Since the use of combined...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Paulo M. Andrade, MD; Alvaro Pacheco, MD; Alysson Faidiga, MD; Stefan Negrao, MD; Enio E. Guarios, MD, PhD; Ronaldo R.L. Bueno, MD, PhD; Deborah Nercolini, MD; José C. Tarastchuk, MD
The prevailing cause of mitral stenosis (MS) is a progressive reaction to an injury caused by one of the major manifestations of rheumatic fever (RF): rheumatic carditis. The mitral is the valve most commonly prone to suffer a rheumatic...
The prevailing cause of mitral stenosis (MS) is a progressive reaction to an injury caused by one of the major manifestations of rheumatic fever (RF): rheumatic carditis. The mitral is the valve most commonly prone to suffer a rheumatic...
The prevailing cause of mitral...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Antonio Colombo, MD; Worawut Tassanawiwat, MD; Ioannis Iakovou, MD
Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is infrequently associated with ectasia and aneurysms due to extreme positive remodelling.1 Coronary artery aneurysms have been excluded with coil embolization, autologous saphenous vein-covered stent...
Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is infrequently associated with ectasia and aneurysms due to extreme positive remodelling.1 Coronary artery aneurysms have been excluded with coil embolization, autologous saphenous vein-covered stent...
Atherosclerotic coronary artery...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
