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Volume 18 - Issue 4 - April, 2006

Case Report
08/01/2008
Ripen K. Gupta, MD; Rakesh Sapra, MD; Upendra Kaul, MD
Drug-eluting stents have ushered in a new era in interventional cardiology with the availability of sirolimus-eluting Cypher™ (Cordis Corp., Miami, Florida) and paclitaxel-eluting Taxus® (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) stents...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered in a new era in interventional cardiology with the availability of sirolimus-eluting Cypher™ (Cordis Corp., Miami, Florida) and paclitaxel-eluting Taxus® (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) stents...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Michael S. Lee, MD, DPM, FACFAS, FACC, FSCAI; Raj R. Makkar, MD; Aamer H. Jamali, MD
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As an increasing number of complex PCI procedures are undertaken with aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As an increasing number of complex PCI procedures are undertaken with aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet...
Coronary perforation is a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, MD, DM; Anil Grover, MD; Ajay Jagannath Swamy, MD
The use of a second 0.014 inch coronary guidewire, along with the one being used to advance balloons or stents inside the coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), sometimes helps to address complex lesions — a method...
The use of a second 0.014 inch coronary guidewire, along with the one being used to advance balloons or stents inside the coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), sometimes helps to address complex lesions — a method...
The use of a second 0.014 inch...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Alberto Genovesi Ebert, MD; Ugo Limbruno, MD, PhD; Michele Galli, MD
Recently, a number of clinical studies demonstrated that distal embolization occurs routinely during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) — not only on saphenous vein grafts, but also on native coronary arteries.1–9 During primary PCI,...
Recently, a number of clinical studies demonstrated that distal embolization occurs routinely during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) — not only on saphenous vein grafts, but also on native coronary arteries.1–9 During primary PCI,...
Recently, a number of clinical...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Leonardo Varotto, MD; Alessandro Fontanelli, MD, FESC; Luigi La Vecchia, MD, FESC
Accelerated allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients occurs commonly five or more years after transplantation and limits patient survival.1,2 Unlike native atherosclerosis, this peculiar vasculopathy has a diffuse pattern of...
Accelerated allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients occurs commonly five or more years after transplantation and limits patient survival.1,2 Unlike native atherosclerosis, this peculiar vasculopathy has a diffuse pattern of...
Accelerated allograft...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Micha F. Dorsch, MD; Peter H. Seidelin, MD; Daniel J. Blackman, MD
Percutaneous coronary intervention has revolutionized the management of coronary artery disease since its inception in 1977. Initial problems with acute vessel closure were largely solved with the advent of stenting.1 Recurrent stenosis...
Percutaneous coronary intervention has revolutionized the management of coronary artery disease since its inception in 1977. Initial problems with acute vessel closure were largely solved with the advent of stenting.1 Recurrent stenosis...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial
08/01/2008
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, includes original research articles, commentary and features from our special journal sections. In addition, I encourage you to visit the website edition to read the...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, includes original research articles, commentary and features from our special journal sections. In addition, I encourage you to visit the website edition to read the...
Dear Readers, This issue of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Tejas M. Patel, MD, DM; Sanjay C. Shah, MD, DM; John T. Coppola, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Cezar S. Staniloae, MD; Sudhesh Srivastava, MD; Kintur Sanghvi, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Tak W. Kwan, MD, FACC
With aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy being used in interventional cardiology, transradial interventions are becoming more popular due to lower bleeding complication rates.1,2 A common situation encountered in transradial...
With aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy being used in interventional cardiology, transradial interventions are becoming more popular due to lower bleeding complication rates.1,2 A common situation encountered in transradial...
With aggressive anticoagulation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD
Radial artery spasm is frequently associated with transradial coronary access. Incidence varies around 10% and is caused by many factors. Spasm rarely leads to serious complications such as eversion atherectomy,1 but is commonly associated...
Radial artery spasm is frequently associated with transradial coronary access. Incidence varies around 10% and is caused by many factors. Spasm rarely leads to serious complications such as eversion atherectomy,1 but is commonly associated...
Radial artery spasm is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Manish A. Parikh, MD; Srihari S. Naidu, MD; Shing-Chiu Wong, MD; Mun K. Hong, MD; Eric Chou, MD; Robert M. Minutello, MD; Geoffrey Bergman, MD, MBBS
Dual antiplatelet therapy of aspirin and a thienopyridine has been established as the standard of care in patients undergoing coronary stent implantation.1–4 Those patients who require chronic anticoagulation for prosthetic cardiac valves,...
Dual antiplatelet therapy of aspirin and a thienopyridine has been established as the standard of care in patients undergoing coronary stent implantation.1–4 Those patients who require chronic anticoagulation for prosthetic cardiac valves,...
Dual antiplatelet therapy of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Marc J. Schweiger, MD; Ehsan Ansari, MD; Gregory R. Giugliano, MD; James Mathew, MD; Ashequl Islam, MD; John Morrison, MD; James R. Cook, MD
Coronary stent implantation decreases restenosis rates when compared with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA),1,2 and the use of these endoluminal scaffolds has increased dramatically since their introduction.3 The most...
Coronary stent implantation decreases restenosis rates when compared with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA),1,2 and the use of these endoluminal scaffolds has increased dramatically since their introduction.3 The most...
Coronary stent implantation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Roberto Lipsztein, MD; Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD; Paul S. Teirstein, MD, FACC; Martin B. Leon, MD; Alexandra J. Lansky, MD; Manuela Negoita, MD; Huan Giap, MD; Ray Lin, MD; Stephen Balter, PhD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Shirish Jani, PhD; Matthew J. Price, MD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Stephen Steuterman, MS; Michael B. Collins, MD; Jack Dalton, MD
Intracoronary radiation therapy (ICRT) for in-stent restenosis within bare metal stents substantially reduces the risk of recurrence.1–3 However, target vessel failure remains a significant clinical problem for some patients. A higher...
Intracoronary radiation therapy (ICRT) for in-stent restenosis within bare metal stents substantially reduces the risk of recurrence.1–3 However, target vessel failure remains a significant clinical problem for some patients. A higher...
Intracoronary radiation therapy...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
John Macdonald, MD, MRCP; Manivannan Srinivasan, MBBS, MRCP; Ranjit S. More, FRCP, MD
Case Example. A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of dull, retrosternal chest pain that had lasted for 2 hours at rest. Over the previous 2 months, he had experienced exertional chest pain episodes that were increasing...
Case Example. A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of dull, retrosternal chest pain that had lasted for 2 hours at rest. Over the previous 2 months, he had experienced exertional chest pain episodes that were increasing...
Case Example. A 56-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Joseph R. Carver, MD; Bonnie Ky, MD; Margaret Kasner, MD
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is one of the more common inherited bleeding disorders, with an incidence of up to 1% in the general population.1–3 Along the clinical spectrum are patients without any bleeding manifestations who are incidentally...
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is one of the more common inherited bleeding disorders, with an incidence of up to 1% in the general population.1–3 Along the clinical spectrum are patients without any bleeding manifestations who are incidentally...
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Edward J. Yoon, MD; Bruce N. Brent, MD; Ernest Haeusslein, MD
Case Report. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department complaining of acute onset of precordial pain radiating to the left arm and neck. He denied any recent symptoms of exertional or nonexertional chest pain. The patient had...
Case Report. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department complaining of acute onset of precordial pain radiating to the left arm and neck. He denied any recent symptoms of exertional or nonexertional chest pain. The patient had...
Case Report. A 60-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC; Mostafa Dastani, MD; Vahid Jorat, MD
An 84-year-old man underwent percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for repeated attacks of ischemic strokes with unknown origin. The transesophageal echocardiogram performed prior to the intervention showed a small fibrous...
An 84-year-old man underwent percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for repeated attacks of ischemic strokes with unknown origin. The transesophageal echocardiogram performed prior to the intervention showed a small fibrous...
An 84-year-old man underwent...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Eduardo Ferreira, MD; Luiz Fernando Tanajura, MD, PhD; Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid, MD, PhD; Marinella Centemero, MD, PhD; Gary S. Mintz, MD; Amanda G.R.M. Sousa, MD, PhD; J. Eduardo Sousa, MD, PhD; Fausto Feres, MD, PhD; Andrea S. Abizaid, MD, PhD; Rodolfo Staico, MD, PhD; Luiz Alberto Piva e Mattos, MD, PhD; Vinicius D. Vaz, MD; Aurea Chaves, MD, PhD
Diabetes mellitus is associated with more aggressive coronary artery disease with almost 4 times the mortality rate and worse outcomes (including restenosis) after percutaneous coronary intervention.1–3 Stent implantation has become the...
Diabetes mellitus is associated with more aggressive coronary artery disease with almost 4 times the mortality rate and worse outcomes (including restenosis) after percutaneous coronary intervention.1–3 Stent implantation has become the...
Diabetes mellitus is associated...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Dominique Fourchy, MD; Ellis Lader, MD; Felix J. Rogers, DO; Rashid Chaudhry, MD; Karen Okrainec, MSc; Thao Huynh, MD; Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD; Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH; Robert Duerr, MD; Michael Del Core, MD; Karen Wou; Hiep Nguyen, MD
More than 500,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures are performed each year in North America.1 Although CABG is a durable procedure, the development of graft closure can occur within the first year following CABG leading to...
More than 500,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures are performed each year in North America.1 Although CABG is a durable procedure, the development of graft closure can occur within the first year following CABG leading to...
More than 500,000 coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Michael S. Lauer, MD; Stephen G. Ellis, MD
In the current issue of the Journal, Eisenberg and colleagues present their interesting findings from the ROutine versus Selected Exercise Treadmill Test after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (ROSETTA-CABG) Registry.1 The purpose of this study...
In the current issue of the Journal, Eisenberg and colleagues present their interesting findings from the ROutine versus Selected Exercise Treadmill Test after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (ROSETTA-CABG) Registry.1 The purpose of this study...
In the current issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology