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Volume 18 - Issue 8 - August, 2006

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
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
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