Volume 18 - Issue 7 - July, 2006
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
To the Editor:
Percutaneous coronary interventions of thrombotic or friable lesions, such as in acute myocardial infarctions, can often result in distal embolization. To circumvent this problem, modern techniques frequently involve...
To the Editor:
Percutaneous coronary interventions of thrombotic or friable lesions, such as in acute myocardial infarctions, can often result in distal embolization. To circumvent this problem, modern techniques frequently involve...
To the Editor:
Percutaneous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Lauren Coyne; Jon H. Lemke, PhD, MD; Eric J. Dippel, MD; Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM; Vickie S. Takes, RT(R), CCRC, RN
Atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an underdiagnosed, undertreated, age-dependent, debilitating condition. Conservative estimates suggest that between 8 and 12 million people in the United States have PVD.1 The incidence of...
Atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an underdiagnosed, undertreated, age-dependent, debilitating condition. Conservative estimates suggest that between 8 and 12 million people in the United States have PVD.1 The incidence of...
Atherosclerotic peripheral...
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 several interesting articles selected for their importance to the care of cardiac patients.
The first research article, submitted by Dr. Ilias Mylonas...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting articles selected for their importance to the care of cardiac patients.
The first research article, submitted by Dr. Ilias Mylonas...
Dear Readers,
This issue...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Lawrence A. Garcia, MD, FACC, FAHA
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) has been described as underreported, underdiagnosed and undertreated in this country. Clinical and epidemiological studies suggest the prevalence of PVD is higher than previously believed and could be over...
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) has been described as underreported, underdiagnosed and undertreated in this country. Clinical and epidemiological studies suggest the prevalence of PVD is higher than previously believed and could be over...
Peripheral vascular disease...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Sumit Verma, MD, FHRS; Mark Borganelli, MD
Interatrial transseptal catheterization is a technique commonly used in the electrophysiology laboratory to access the left atrium. The procedure is being used more commonly as ablation of atrial fibrillation is more widely applied....
Interatrial transseptal catheterization is a technique commonly used in the electrophysiology laboratory to access the left atrium. The procedure is being used more commonly as ablation of atrial fibrillation is more widely applied....
Interatrial transseptal...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
David Antoniucci, MD
Macro- and microembolization during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is frequent and may result in the obstruction of the microvessel coronary network.1 In the setting of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), PCI-related embolization...
Macro- and microembolization during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is frequent and may result in the obstruction of the microvessel coronary network.1 In the setting of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), PCI-related embolization...
Macro- and microembolization...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Gilbert J. Zoghbi, MD, FACC; Deval Mehta, MD; Raed A. Aqel, MD
Pericardial effusions can result from various clinical entities. Occasionally, pericardial effusion may result in cardiac tamponade requiring immediate drainage. In some patients, especially those with malignant pericardial effusions, the...
Pericardial effusions can result from various clinical entities. Occasionally, pericardial effusion may result in cardiac tamponade requiring immediate drainage. In some patients, especially those with malignant pericardial effusions, the...
Pericardial effusions can result...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
This symposium has sought to understand and resolve some of the disparate results from studies evaluating thrombectomy with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and has attempted to...
This symposium has sought to understand and resolve some of the disparate results from studies evaluating thrombectomy with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and has attempted to...
This symposium has sought to...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Erdal Cavusoglu, MD; Ajay Agarwal, MD; Nagarathna Manjappa, MD
Stent thrombosis is defined as acute thrombotic occlusion in the stented segment of a coronary artery, usually presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,1 and typically occurs within the first several weeks after stent...
Stent thrombosis is defined as acute thrombotic occlusion in the stented segment of a coronary artery, usually presenting as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,1 and typically occurs within the first several weeks after stent...
Stent thrombosis is defined as...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Donald S. Baim, MD: Dr. Brodie, was the AngioJet in acute Myocardial Infarction (AiMI) study performed on the wrong patients? Should we have looked at better sub-groups such as patients with larger thrombus burden? Did we use the wrong...
Donald S. Baim, MD: Dr. Brodie, was the AngioJet in acute Myocardial Infarction (AiMI) study performed on the wrong patients? Should we have looked at better sub-groups such as patients with larger thrombus burden? Did we use the wrong...
Donald S. Baim, MD: Dr. Brodie,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
