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Volume 18 - Issue 1 - January, 2006

Predictive Score for Target Vessel Revascularization after Bare Metal Coronary Stenting
08/01/2008
Alexandre S. Quadros, MD, PhD; Rogério Sarmento-Leite, MD, PhD; Carlos A.M. Gottschall, MD, PhD, FSCAI, FIAGS
Drug-eluting stents (DES) significantly decrease the need for a new target vessel revascularization (TVR) after coronary intervention,1–4 but its widespread use is still limited by cost issues.5,6 DES are currently used in more than 70% of...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) significantly decrease the need for a new target vessel revascularization (TVR) after coronary intervention,1–4 but its widespread use is still limited by cost issues.5,6 DES are currently used in more than 70% of...
Drug-eluting stents (DES)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
What Would You Do if it Were Your Mother?
08/01/2008
Douglas W. Losordo, MD; Frederick G.P. Welt, MD
Nearly two years after the widespread introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) on the U.S. market, it is perhaps time to step back and evaluate the impact of this revolutionary technology on the practice of cardiology. Financial modeling has...
Nearly two years after the widespread introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) on the U.S. market, it is perhaps time to step back and evaluate the impact of this revolutionary technology on the practice of cardiology. Financial modeling has...
Nearly two years after the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Arterial Remodeling Correlates Positively with Serological Evidence of Inflammation in Patients with Chronic Stable
Angina Pect
08/01/2008
Ian T. Meredith, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, MD; H.M. Omar Farouque, MBBS, PhD, MD; James D. Cameron, MBBS, MD, BE(Elec), MEngSci; Stephen G. Worthley, MBBS, PhD, MD, PhDH, MB, BS 
The development and even progression of coronary atherosclerotic lesions may occur without compromising the lumen in the early phases due to outward growth of the vessel wall; a concept known as “positive” or “outward” arterial remodeling.1...
The development and even progression of coronary atherosclerotic lesions may occur without compromising the lumen in the early phases due to outward growth of the vessel wall; a concept known as “positive” or “outward” arterial remodeling.1...
The development and even...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Optimization of Myocardial Perfusion after Primary Coronary Angioplasty following an Acute Myocardial Infarction. Beyond TIMI 3
08/01/2008
Edo Kaluski, MD; Alberto Hendler, MD; Avi Aronovich, MD; Izhak Zyssman, MD; Yosef Gurevich, MD; Alex Blatt, MD; Meir Reicher, MD; Marina Leitman, MD; Istvan Czuriga, MD; Zvi Vered, MD; Ricardo Krakover, MD
Primary angioplasty has become the preferred therapeutic modality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Despite a rapid and sustained restoration of flow through a previously occluded epicardial coronary artery, perfusion at the...
Primary angioplasty has become the preferred therapeutic modality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Despite a rapid and sustained restoration of flow through a previously occluded epicardial coronary artery, perfusion at the...
Primary angioplasty has become...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Myocardial Staining during Left Ventriculography with a Pigtail Catheter
08/01/2008
Cesar Moris, MD, PhD; Maria Martin, MD, PhD; Iñigo Lozano Martinez-Luengas, MD, PhD, FESC
The pigtail is the preferred catheter for left ventriculography. Because of its end-hole, which allows its manipulation with a guidewire, it can be advanced to the left ventricle both by the femoral and brachial approaches. The design of the...
The pigtail is the preferred catheter for left ventriculography. Because of its end-hole, which allows its manipulation with a guidewire, it can be advanced to the left ventricle both by the femoral and brachial approaches. The design of the...
The pigtail is the preferred...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Stenting in Tetrology of Fallot with Restrictive Ventricular Septal Defect
08/01/2008
Anand R. Shenoy, MD, DM; P. Padmakumar, MD, DM; V. Subashchandra, MD, DM, FRCP
Case Report. A 6-month-old child was admitted with cyanosis noted from birth with failure to thrive, cyanotic spells and worsening cyanosis. The child weighed 4.5 kg, had severe systemic desaturation (
Case Report. A 6-month-old child was admitted with cyanosis noted from birth with failure to thrive, cyanotic spells and worsening cyanosis. The child weighed 4.5 kg, had severe systemic desaturation (
Case Report. A 6-month-old child...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Unrecognized Stent Embolization Causing Recurrent Chest Pain
08/01/2008
Paul T. Vaitkus, MD, MBA; Justin P. Levisay, MD
Stent embolization is a relatively rare but serious complication of coronary stenting. Early reports identified hand-crimped and coiled stents as being particularly prone to embolization.1 In addition, certain procedural and lesion...
Stent embolization is a relatively rare but serious complication of coronary stenting. Early reports identified hand-crimped and coiled stents as being particularly prone to embolization.1 In addition, certain procedural and lesion...
Stent embolization is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Transcatheter Closure of Atypical Right-to-Left Shunts after Fontan Surgery
08/01/2008
Mark H. Hoyer, MD
Current treatment strategies for patients with single ventricle physiology are aimed toward Fontan operations. Often, the Fontan completion is performed with an intentional fenestration to allow systemic venous decompression at the expense of...
Current treatment strategies for patients with single ventricle physiology are aimed toward Fontan operations. Often, the Fontan completion is performed with an intentional fenestration to allow systemic venous decompression at the expense of...
Current treatment strategies for...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
One Year Follow-Up of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in a Cardiac
Post-Transplant Patient
08/01/2008
Thomas A. Hennebry, MB, BCh, BAO, MD; Abdul Rashid, MD; Jorge Saucedo, MD
Case Report. A 57-year-old woman underwent orthotopic cardiac transplant in 1997 secondary to nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Her symptoms of heart failure started in 1993 after a week of flu-like illness. A year later, she was diagnosed with...
Case Report. A 57-year-old woman underwent orthotopic cardiac transplant in 1997 secondary to nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Her symptoms of heart failure started in 1993 after a week of flu-like illness. A year later, she was diagnosed with...
Case Report. A 57-year-old woman...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Eptifibatide in Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Results of
the Integrilin Reduces Inflammation in Peripheral Vascular Interv
08/01/2008
Vickie S. Takes, RT(R), CCRC, RN; Jon H. Lemke, PhD, MD; Matthew J. Kapalis, DO, BA, BSc, BS; Jon Robken, MD; H. Lester Kirchner, MD; Theresa Palabrica, MD; Eric J. Dippel, MD; Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM
Balloon injury to the vessel wall triggers a reaction of thrombosis, inflammation and neointimal proliferation. The inflammatory process is mediated by a complex interaction between blood cells (platelets and leukocytes), coagulation factors...
Balloon injury to the vessel wall triggers a reaction of thrombosis, inflammation and neointimal proliferation. The inflammatory process is mediated by a complex interaction between blood cells (platelets and leukocytes), coagulation factors...
Balloon injury to the vessel...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Dr. Annapoorna Kini (left) and her team outside of The Samuel Fineman Cardiac Catheterization Artificial Intelligence Research Lab
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