Volume 18 - Issue 5 - May, 2006
08/01/2008
Kazuyuki Ishii, MD; Hidehiko Hara, MD; Masato Nakamura, MD
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a disease characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and the presence of an outflow tract gradient. Transcoronary ablation of the septal hypertrophy (TASH) by selective transcatheter septal...
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a disease characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and the presence of an outflow tract gradient. Transcoronary ablation of the septal hypertrophy (TASH) by selective transcatheter septal...
Hypertrophic obstructive...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Phil Hemstreet, MD; H. Vernon Anderson, MD
Chronic total occlusions (CTO) represent about 10% of all coronary lesions treated by percutaneous interventions. They traditionally have posed significant problems for patients and operators, with both lower initial success rates and higher...
Chronic total occlusions (CTO) represent about 10% of all coronary lesions treated by percutaneous interventions. They traditionally have posed significant problems for patients and operators, with both lower initial success rates and higher...
Chronic total occlusions (CTO)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Matthew I. Worthley, MBBS, PhD; Ian T. Meredith, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, MD; Stephen G. Worthley, MBBS, PhD, MD, PhDH, MB, BS
Case Presentation. A 25-year-old male presented with an acute anterior myocardial infarction and was referred for immediate primary percutaneous coronary intervention. His cardiovascular risk factors included smoking, hypercholesterolemia,...
Case Presentation. A 25-year-old male presented with an acute anterior myocardial infarction and was referred for immediate primary percutaneous coronary intervention. His cardiovascular risk factors included smoking, hypercholesterolemia,...
Case Presentation. A 25-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
William K. Hau, PhD
Coronary angiography remains the most widely used means of assessing the severity of coronary stenosis. Despite its universal acceptance, coronary angiography is simply luminography, and is inherently limited in determining the physiological...
Coronary angiography remains the most widely used means of assessing the severity of coronary stenosis. Despite its universal acceptance, coronary angiography is simply luminography, and is inherently limited in determining the physiological...
Coronary angiography remains the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
William K. Hau, PhD
Coronary angiography remains the most widely used means of assessing the severity of coronary stenosis. Despite its universal acceptance, coronary angiography is simply luminography, and is inherently limited in determining the physiological...
Coronary angiography remains the most widely used means of assessing the severity of coronary stenosis. Despite its universal acceptance, coronary angiography is simply luminography, and is inherently limited in determining the physiological...
Coronary angiography remains the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Stephen G. Worthley, MBBS, PhD, MD, PhDH, MB, BS ; Matthew I. Worthley, MBBS, PhD; Ian T. Meredith, BSc, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, MD
Case Presentation. A 25-year-old male presented with an acute anterior myocardial infarction and was referred for immediate primary percutaneous coronary intervention. His cardiovascular risk factors included smoking, hypercholesterolemia,...
Case Presentation. A 25-year-old male presented with an acute anterior myocardial infarction and was referred for immediate primary percutaneous coronary intervention. His cardiovascular risk factors included smoking, hypercholesterolemia,...
Case Presentation. A 25-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Bruce McManus, MD; Gordon E. Pate, MB; John G. Webb, MD; G.B. John Mancini, MD; Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD; Mann Chandavimol, MD; Jaap N. Hamburger, MD
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plays a prominent role in the management of acute myocardial infarction (MI). However intracoronary thrombus often contributes to suboptimal angiographic results, morbidity and mortality.1 Approaches...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) plays a prominent role in the management of acute myocardial infarction (MI). However intracoronary thrombus often contributes to suboptimal angiographic results, morbidity and mortality.1 Approaches...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Ulrich Gerckens, MD; Victor Lim, MD; Ralf Mueller, MD; Thomas Schmidt, MD; Lutz Buellesfeld, MD; Eberhard Grube, MD
In-stent restenosis as a result of excessive neointimal proliferation is the main limiting factor to the long-term success of coronary stenting, but the advent of drug-eluting stents has reduced this problem significantly. Paclitaxel is an...
In-stent restenosis as a result of excessive neointimal proliferation is the main limiting factor to the long-term success of coronary stenting, but the advent of drug-eluting stents has reduced this problem significantly. Paclitaxel is an...
In-stent restenosis as a result...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Yasunori Ueda, MD, PhD; Jota Oyabu, MD; Katsuki Okada, MD; Tomokazu Murakawa, MD; Atsushi Hirayama, MD, PhD; Kazuhisa Kodama, MD, PhD
Acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris have been reported pathologically and angioscopically to share the common pathophysiology of plaque disruption with thrombosis. Both are classified as acute coronary syndromes (ACS)....
Acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris have been reported pathologically and angioscopically to share the common pathophysiology of plaque disruption with thrombosis. Both are classified as acute coronary syndromes (ACS)....
Acute myocardial infarction and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Seong-Wook Park, MD, PhD; Seung-Jung Park, MD, PhD; Myeong-Ki Hong, MD; Young-Hak Kim, MD; Jae Sik Jang, MD, PhD; Cheol-Whan Lee, MD, PhD; Bong-Ki Lee; Ki-Hoon Han, MD, PhD; Duk-Woo Park, MD; Jae-Joong Kim, MD, PhD
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions has a lower success rate and is technically demanding despite advances in equipment and operator experience.1–3 Although several studies showed favorable...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions has a lower success rate and is technically demanding despite advances in equipment and operator experience.1–3 Although several studies showed favorable...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI; Curtiss T. Stinis, MD; Fariba Amani, MD; Stephen M. Kubaska, III, MD
Case Presentations
We describe two patients with unstable angina who underwent bilateral common iliac artery stenting immediately before right coronary artery stenting in the same setting in a hybrid procedure followed by review of the...
Case Presentations
We describe two patients with unstable angina who underwent bilateral common iliac artery stenting immediately before right coronary artery stenting in the same setting in a hybrid procedure followed by review of the...
Case Presentations
We describe...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jeffrey Hershey, MD; Loretta Isada, MD; Michael S. Fenster, MD
Approximately 0.3–2% of patients may have anomalous origins of the coronary arteries.1,2 Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) or left anterior descending (LAD) artery from the right sinus has been well described. In persons in...
Approximately 0.3–2% of patients may have anomalous origins of the coronary arteries.1,2 Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) or left anterior descending (LAD) artery from the right sinus has been well described. In persons in...
Approximately 0.3–2% of patients...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
David R. Dobies, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Amanda Cohoon, RT, RCIS
The majority of percutaneous coronary and renal artery interventional failures is due to the inability to deploy stents in patients with tortuous arteries, fibrotic lesions and/or calcified plaque. Approximately 3% of all interventional...
The majority of percutaneous coronary and renal artery interventional failures is due to the inability to deploy stents in patients with tortuous arteries, fibrotic lesions and/or calcified plaque. Approximately 3% of all interventional...
The majority of percutaneous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Woong Chol Kang, MD; Tae Hoon Ahn, MD; Eak Kyun Shin, MD
An isolated, single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.03% to 0.4% and an uncommon finding (0.6% to 1.3%) in patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In this report we describe a rare case of a patient who...
An isolated, single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.03% to 0.4% and an uncommon finding (0.6% to 1.3%) in patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In this report we describe a rare case of a patient who...
An isolated, single coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ritesh Gupta, MD, MPH; Raed A. Aqel, MD; Gilbert J. Zoghbi, MD, FACC
Myocardial bridging is defined as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary artery segment underlying myocardial tissue.1 On angiography, it is recognized as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary segment resulting in systolic...
Myocardial bridging is defined as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary artery segment underlying myocardial tissue.1 On angiography, it is recognized as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary segment resulting in systolic...
Myocardial bridging is defined...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Peiman Jamshidi, MD, FESC; Paul Erne, MD, FESC
Case Report. A 38-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with suspected deep vein thrombosis of the right lower limb without prior immobilization history, and a history of 18 years of 1-pack-a-day smoking as a cardiovascular risk factor....
Case Report. A 38-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with suspected deep vein thrombosis of the right lower limb without prior immobilization history, and a history of 18 years of 1-pack-a-day smoking as a cardiovascular risk factor....
Case Report. A 38-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Continuing Education
08/01/2008
Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH; Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, FESC, FACC
The use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is gaining wide acceptance as one of the most powerful imaging devices in the interventional catheterization laboratory and its usefulness in different clinical settings is well known. Today,...
The use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is gaining wide acceptance as one of the most powerful imaging devices in the interventional catheterization laboratory and its usefulness in different clinical settings is well known. Today,...
The use of intracardiac...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI; Curtiss T. Stinis, MD
Coronary artery bifurcation lesions remain a significant challenge for interventional cardiologists. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involving bifurcation lesions is associated with an increased risk of procedure-related myocardial...
Coronary artery bifurcation lesions remain a significant challenge for interventional cardiologists. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) involving bifurcation lesions is associated with an increased risk of procedure-related myocardial...
Coronary artery bifurcation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Robert D. Hoffman, MD, PhD; Matthew E. Joseph; Jason J. Banks; Mary J. Laughlin, MD; Vincent J. Pompili, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Shyam Bhakta, MD; Nicholas J. Greco, PhD; Marcie R. Finney
Intracoronary mononuclear cell therapy may lead to angiogenesis in chronic myocardial ischemia. A total of four cell therapy trials in patients with myocardial ischemia not amenable to revascularization have been performed.1 Tse et al....
Intracoronary mononuclear cell therapy may lead to angiogenesis in chronic myocardial ischemia. A total of four cell therapy trials in patients with myocardial ischemia not amenable to revascularization have been performed.1 Tse et al....
Intracoronary mononuclear cell...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Jeffrey D. Lorin, MD; Steven P. Sedlis, MD
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the article by Spargias et al.1 entitled Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Anomalous Right Coronary Arteries Arising from the Left Sinus of Valsalva: A Report of Two Cases and Observations on the...
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the article by Spargias et al.1 entitled Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Anomalous Right Coronary Arteries Arising from the Left Sinus of Valsalva: A Report of Two Cases and Observations on the...
Dear Editor,
We read with great...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
