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Volume 18 - Issue 6 - June, 2006

Case Report
08/01/2008
David Hoelzinger, MD; Ashish Pershad, MD; Shirish Patel, MD
The aim in the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction is the early restoration of TIMI 3 blood flow in the infarct related artery.1 Primary angioplasty during an acute myocardial infarction achieves this objective but is associated...
The aim in the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction is the early restoration of TIMI 3 blood flow in the infarct related artery.1 Primary angioplasty during an acute myocardial infarction achieves this objective but is associated...
The aim in the treatment of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Ronald J. Krone, MD
In this issue of the Journal, Hays, Lujan, and Chilton describe techniques to accurately measure aortic valve gradient during cardiac catheterization.1 While noninvasive cardiologists may consider this whole discussion a waste of time — “old...
In this issue of the Journal, Hays, Lujan, and Chilton describe techniques to accurately measure aortic valve gradient during cardiac catheterization.1 While noninvasive cardiologists may consider this whole discussion a waste of time — “old...
In this issue of the Journal,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Angel Sánchez-Recalde, MD, PhD; Luis Calvo Orbe, MD; Guillermo Galeote, MD, PhD
Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction is associated with high mortality.1,2 Early recognition and coronary revascularization are crucial to improve its poor prognosis. Successful early reperfusion of the infarct-related...
Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction is associated with high mortality.1,2 Early recognition and coronary revascularization are crucial to improve its poor prognosis. Successful early reperfusion of the infarct-related...
Cardiogenic shock complicating...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers, The first of our feature articles in the June issue is from Pierfrancesco Agostoni and colleagues of the University Verona and AZ Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium and assesses the safety of percutaneous left heart...
Dear Readers, The first of our feature articles in the June issue is from Pierfrancesco Agostoni and colleagues of the University Verona and AZ Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium and assesses the safety of percutaneous left heart...
Dear Readers, The first of our...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Rosana Hernandez-Antolin, MD, PhD; Raúl Moreno-Gómez, MD, PhD; Benigno Quintero-Moran, MD; Sergio Villarreal, MD; Maria-Jose Perez-Vizcayno, MD; Cesar Conde, MD; Paul Vazquez, MD; Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD, FESC; Camino Bañuelos, MD; Antonio Fernandez-Ortiz, MD, PhD; Luis Azcona, MD; Javier Escaned, MD, PhD; Carlos Macaya, MD, PhD
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the best reperfusion strategy in patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI).1 This is mainly because it achieves a very high rate of successful recanalization of the...
Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the best reperfusion strategy in patients with ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI).1 This is mainly because it achieves a very high rate of successful recanalization of the...
Primary percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
William O. Suddath, MD; William W. Chu, MD, PhD; Neil J. Weissman, MD; Ron Waksman, MD; Salah-Eddine Hassani, MD; Zhenyi Xue, MS; Roswitha M. Wolfram, MD; Lowell F. Satler, MD; Pramod K. Kuchulakanti, MD; Kenneth M. Kent, MD, PhD; Natalie Gevorkian, MD; Augusto D. Pichard, MD, FACC, FSCAI
The major cause of mortality in dialysis patients is attributable to cardiovascular diseases.1,2 The higher prevalence of coronary artery disease in this population is thought to be related to a higher risk factor distribution, platelet...
The major cause of mortality in dialysis patients is attributable to cardiovascular diseases.1,2 The higher prevalence of coronary artery disease in this population is thought to be related to a higher risk factor distribution, platelet...
The major cause of mortality in...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Lloyd W. Klein, MD
The elderly patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) poses unique challenges in clinical management. The basic problem is that there are insufficient data from dedicated clinical trials to provide a framework for decision making. Clinical...
The elderly patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) poses unique challenges in clinical management. The basic problem is that there are insufficient data from dedicated clinical trials to provide a framework for decision making. Clinical...
The elderly patient with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Lloyd W. Klein, MD
The elderly patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) poses unique challenges in clinical management. The basic problem is that there are insufficient data from dedicated clinical trials to provide a framework for decision making. Clinical...
The elderly patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) poses unique challenges in clinical management. The basic problem is that there are insufficient data from dedicated clinical trials to provide a framework for decision making. Clinical...
The elderly patient with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Lloyd W. Klein, MD
Continued (Part II of II) Cardiogenic Shock Although several registries suggest that elderly patients who present with cardiogenic shock have a significant improvement in survival with PCI, neither the SHOCK trial nor the Northern New...
Continued (Part II of II) Cardiogenic Shock Although several registries suggest that elderly patients who present with cardiogenic shock have a significant improvement in survival with PCI, neither the SHOCK trial nor the Northern New...
Continued (Part II of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Lloyd W. Klein, MD
Continued (Part II of II) Cardiogenic Shock Although several registries suggest that elderly patients who present with cardiogenic shock have a significant improvement in survival with PCI, neither the SHOCK trial nor the Northern New...
Continued (Part II of II) Cardiogenic Shock Although several registries suggest that elderly patients who present with cardiogenic shock have a significant improvement in survival with PCI, neither the SHOCK trial nor the Northern New...
Continued (Part II of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology