Volume 18 - Issue 11 - November, 2006
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Lawrence W. Gimple, MD; Christopher M. Kramer, MD; Joshua J. Fischer, MD; Kurt G. Barringhaus, MD; Habib Samady, MD; Michael Ragosta, MD; Eric R. Powers, MD; Alan J. Sarembock, MD; Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, MD
Myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) is an invasive index of the physiologic significance of a coronary stenosis. FFR is simply measured as the mean intracoronary pressure distal to a lesion divided by the mean aortic pressure during...
Myocardial fractional flow reserve (FFR) is an invasive index of the physiologic significance of a coronary stenosis. FFR is simply measured as the mean intracoronary pressure distal to a lesion divided by the mean aortic pressure during...
Myocardial fractional flow...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Richard Callihan, MD; Tarek A. Helmy, MD
The concept of fractional flow reserve (FFR) was introduced by Pijls et al in his publication in 1993.1 This concept uses pressure measurement as a surrogate for flow, in a state where resistance is minimal and constant, a state of maximal...
The concept of fractional flow reserve (FFR) was introduced by Pijls et al in his publication in 1993.1 This concept uses pressure measurement as a surrogate for flow, in a state where resistance is minimal and constant, a state of maximal...
The concept of fractional flow...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Kent R. Nilsson, Jr., MD, FACC, MA, FHRS; Shayar M. Gharacholou, MD; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD; Michael H. Sketch, Jr., MD
Case Presentation. A 55-year-old African-American male with a past medical history notable for coronary artery disease, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus complicated by end-organ damage, hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to our...
Case Presentation. A 55-year-old African-American male with a past medical history notable for coronary artery disease, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus complicated by end-organ damage, hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to our...
Case Presentation. A 55-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD; Joseph C. Hannan, MD, FACC; O. Christopher Raffel, MD
An 82-year-old female with exertional dyspnea and a positive stress test underwent elective coronary angiography which revealed lesions in the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary artery (RCA). Staged percutaneous...
An 82-year-old female with exertional dyspnea and a positive stress test underwent elective coronary angiography which revealed lesions in the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary artery (RCA). Staged percutaneous...
An 82-year-old female with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Ajay K. Jain, MD, MBBS, MRCP; Elliot J. Smith, MD; Martin T. Rothman, FRCP, FACC, FESC
The epicardial coronary venous system has become the subject of renewed interest in recent years. There appear to be three main domains in which a thorough understanding of the venous system may lead to potentially useful clinical...
The epicardial coronary venous system has become the subject of renewed interest in recent years. There appear to be three main domains in which a thorough understanding of the venous system may lead to potentially useful clinical...
The epicardial coronary venous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Tak W. Kwan, MD, FACC; Shaoliang Chen, MD; Junjie Zhang, MD; Fei Yei, MD; Zhongsheng Zhu, MD; Song Lin, MD; Zhizhong Liu, MD; Nailiang Tian, MD; Baoxian Duan, MD
Myocardial infarction is the leading cause of congestive heart failure (CHF) and death in developed western countries and in China as well. The current pharmacotherapy for CHF includes neurohormonal inhibition with beta-blockers and...
Myocardial infarction is the leading cause of congestive heart failure (CHF) and death in developed western countries and in China as well. The current pharmacotherapy for CHF includes neurohormonal inhibition with beta-blockers and...
Myocardial infarction is the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
Recrossing a deployed stent with a guidewire is sometimes required when a distal lesion is recognized after wire withdrawal, or when a second “buddy wire” is required to facilitate distal advancement of another device. A popular technique is...
Recrossing a deployed stent with a guidewire is sometimes required when a distal lesion is recognized after wire withdrawal, or when a second “buddy wire” is required to facilitate distal advancement of another device. A popular technique is...
Recrossing a deployed stent with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
Wing-hing Chow, MBBS, FRCP; Hee-Hwa Ho, MD; Man-Hong Jim, MD
Percutaneous saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention has a high incidence of distal embolization, usually in the range of 15–20%.1,2 The release of friable atherothrombotic materials causes the no-reflow phenomenon and myonecrosis, which are...
Percutaneous saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention has a high incidence of distal embolization, usually in the range of 15–20%.1,2 The release of friable atherothrombotic materials causes the no-reflow phenomenon and myonecrosis, which are...
Percutaneous saphenous vein...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This November 2006 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the 2006 American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions held in Chicago, Illinois, includes original research articles,...
Dear Readers,
This November 2006 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the 2006 American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions held in Chicago, Illinois, includes original research articles,...
Dear Readers,
This November...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Bruce E. Lewis, MD; Lowell H. Steen, MD; Ferdinand Leya, MD; Ravi K. Ramana, DO; Dominique Joyal, MD; Robert S. Dieter, MD, RVT; Dinesh Arab, MD
Over the past decade there have been tremendous advancements in the technique and procedural success rates in the field of interventional cardiology. Many of these advancements have addressed percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) on...
Over the past decade there have been tremendous advancements in the technique and procedural success rates in the field of interventional cardiology. Many of these advancements have addressed percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) on...
Over the past decade there have...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
