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Volume 18 - Issue 8 - August, 2006

Case Report
08/01/2008
Asim N. Cheema, MD, PhD; Jason M. Burstein, MD; Tony Hong, BSc
Percutaneous coronary interventions of aorto-ostial lesions, de novo or restenotic, are technically difficult and associated with a higher risk of procedural complications and poor long-term outcome.1–4 To reduce elastic recoil and improve...
Percutaneous coronary interventions of aorto-ostial lesions, de novo or restenotic, are technically difficult and associated with a higher risk of procedural complications and poor long-term outcome.1–4 To reduce elastic recoil and improve...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Joel Sklar, MD; Robert T. Sperling, MD; David Sperling, MD; Mark Wexman, MD; Jerald Young, MD; Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC; Brian Strunk, MD; Sally Bull, RN; James Adams, MD; Margaret Baer, MD; Kent Gershengorn, MD; Ann Kao, MD; Brian Keeffe, MD
Myocardial infarction with angiographically normal coronary arteries (MINCA) is a well-documented syndrome.1 The incidence of MINCA among all patients with myocardial infarctions is thought to be low, ranging from 1–5%,2–4 as reported from...
Myocardial infarction with angiographically normal coronary arteries (MINCA) is a well-documented syndrome.1 The incidence of MINCA among all patients with myocardial infarctions is thought to be low, ranging from 1–5%,2–4 as reported from...
Myocardial infarction with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Nicolas A.F. Chronos, MD; Refat Jabara, MD, FACC
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have significantly reduced restenosis. One of the most intensely studied agents considered and currently in clinical use for DES-based local delivery is paclitaxel. Efficacy of paclitaxel-loaded, biostable...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have significantly reduced restenosis. One of the most intensely studied agents considered and currently in clinical use for DES-based local delivery is paclitaxel. Efficacy of paclitaxel-loaded, biostable...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Alpay T. Sezgin, MD; Hakan Gullu, MD; Necip Ermis, MD
Several techniques are used to treat coronary bifurcation lesions. One of the commonly used techniques is the jailed wire technique, which is performed by inserting two guidewires into both the main and side branches of a coronary artery....
Several techniques are used to treat coronary bifurcation lesions. One of the commonly used techniques is the jailed wire technique, which is performed by inserting two guidewires into both the main and side branches of a coronary artery....
Several techniques are used to...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr., MD; Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, MD, PhD; Roger J. Laham, MD
Case Report. A 65-year-old female with a past history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, distant tobacco use and coronary artery disease (CAD) presented to an outside hospital with chest pain. Upon arrival to the emergency department, she...
Case Report. A 65-year-old female with a past history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, distant tobacco use and coronary artery disease (CAD) presented to an outside hospital with chest pain. Upon arrival to the emergency department, she...
Case Report. A 65-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mazullah Kamran, MD; Monika Bogal, MD
The incidence of an anomalous coronary artery is approximately 1% in the general population. An anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) arising from the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is very rare, and has previously been considered a...
The incidence of an anomalous coronary artery is approximately 1% in the general population. An anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) arising from the left anterior descending artery (LAD) is very rare, and has previously been considered a...
The incidence of an anomalous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Turgay Celik, MD; Atila Iyisoy, MD; Hurkan Kursaklioglu, MD
Myocardial bridges (MBs) are recognized angiographically by the characteristic narrowing of the coronary lumen occurring predominantly during systole.1–4 The incidence of angiographically-proven MB is between 0.5–12%.2,3 Although MBs are...
Myocardial bridges (MBs) are recognized angiographically by the characteristic narrowing of the coronary lumen occurring predominantly during systole.1–4 The incidence of angiographically-proven MB is between 0.5–12%.2,3 Although MBs are...
Myocardial bridges (MBs) are...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Atsushi Hirohata, MD, PhD; Yasuhiro Honda, MD; Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Axial plaque redistribution (plaque shift) is recognized as one of the acute complications during percutaneous coronary intervention, sometimes resulting in additional procedures. Lumen encroachment after coronary intervention often looks...
Axial plaque redistribution (plaque shift) is recognized as one of the acute complications during percutaneous coronary intervention, sometimes resulting in additional procedures. Lumen encroachment after coronary intervention often looks...
Axial plaque redistribution...
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
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stent placement in the renal artery is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RAS). It has been shown to result in reduction of blood pressure...
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stent placement in the renal artery is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RAS). It has been shown to result in reduction of blood pressure...
Percutaneous transluminal...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Giampaolo Niccoli, MD, PhD; Mario Attilio Mazzari, MD; Masahiko Ochiai, MD, PhD
A growing body of evidence suggests a prognostic and symptomatic benefit of reopening coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs).1 However, percutaneous revascularization of CTOs remains a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. The main...
A growing body of evidence suggests a prognostic and symptomatic benefit of reopening coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs).1 However, percutaneous revascularization of CTOs remains a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. The main...
A growing body of evidence...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Stephane G. Carlier, MD, PhD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Jose de Ribamar Costa, Jr., MD, PhD; Masashi Kimura, MD, PhD; Kenichi Fujii, MD; Kaoru Tanaka, MD, PhD; Joanna Lui, BA, MD; Gary S. Mintz, MD; Martin B. Leon, MD; Koichi Sano, MD, PhD
In-stent restenosis is the result of neointimal hyperplasia that, by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging, typically has a homogeneous, echoreflective appearance. Histological and immunohistochemical analyses of “typical” in-stent...
In-stent restenosis is the result of neointimal hyperplasia that, by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging, typically has a homogeneous, echoreflective appearance. Histological and immunohistochemical analyses of “typical” in-stent...
In-stent restenosis is the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Michael Gibson, MD, MS; Roger J. Laham, MD; Robert T. Sperling, MD; Kalon K.L. Ho, MD, MSc; David James, MD; Joseph P. Carrozza, Jr., MD
Percutaneous intervention of coronary ostial stenoses carries a lower procedural success rate and a higher likelihood of acute complication and need for repeat revascularization. Technical challenges related to the treatment of ostial side...
Percutaneous intervention of coronary ostial stenoses carries a lower procedural success rate and a higher likelihood of acute complication and need for repeat revascularization. Technical challenges related to the treatment of ostial side...
Percutaneous intervention of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Jang-Ho Bae, MD, PhD; Amir Lerman, MD; Eric Y. Yang, MD; Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, MBA, FSCAI
Aortic stenosis (AS) is commonly encountered by cardiologists. Assessment of AS is routinely performed with Doppler echocardiography, but cardiac catheterization has an important role in the assessment of patients with inconclusive...
Aortic stenosis (AS) is commonly encountered by cardiologists. Assessment of AS is routinely performed with Doppler echocardiography, but cardiac catheterization has an important role in the assessment of patients with inconclusive...
Aortic stenosis (AS) is commonly...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Ted Feldman, MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC
Bae et al describe the use of a pressure wire in conjunction with a 5–6 Fr guiding catheter to measure transvalvular gradients in 18 patients with aortic stenosis.1 The method is clearly technically feasible, and correlated well with...
Bae et al describe the use of a pressure wire in conjunction with a 5–6 Fr guiding catheter to measure transvalvular gradients in 18 patients with aortic stenosis.1 The method is clearly technically feasible, and correlated well with...
Bae et al describe the use of a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Stephen R. Ramee, MD; Christopher J. White, DO, MD; Freddy M. Abi-Samra, MD; Jamshid Alaeddini, MD; Georges Feghali, MD; Stephen Jenkins, MD
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a frequent finding in young patients with cryptogenic stroke.1–4 PFO has also been related to migraine,5 platypnea-orthodoxia syndrome (condition in which shortness of breath and hypoxemia occur when upright and...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a frequent finding in young patients with cryptogenic stroke.1–4 PFO has also been related to migraine,5 platypnea-orthodoxia syndrome (condition in which shortness of breath and hypoxemia occur when upright and...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Peter C. Block, MD
In this issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Alaeddini et al report on the incidence of atrial tachyarrhythmias (AT) in their series of 71 patients who had closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) performed for cryptogenic stroke or...
In this issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, Alaeddini et al report on the incidence of atrial tachyarrhythmias (AT) in their series of 71 patients who had closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) performed for cryptogenic stroke or...
In this issue of the Journal of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Ron Waksman, MD; Zhenyi Xue, MS; Lowell F. Satler, MD; Roswitha M. Wolfram, MD; William O. Suddath, MD; Kenneth M. Kent, MD, PhD; Petros Okubagzi, MD; Rebecca L. Torguson, BS, MPH
Recent randomized trials have established that patients who present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI) may be managed with low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) followed by early angiography and by...
Recent randomized trials have established that patients who present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI) may be managed with low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) followed by early angiography and by...
Recent randomized trials have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology