Volume 19 - Issue 1 - January, 2007
Case Report
08/01/2008
William B. Hillegass, MD, MPH, FACC; Sanjay Rajdev, MD; Vijay K. Misra, MD
Success of high-risk interventional procedures depends upon periprocedural hemodynamic stability. The TandemHeart™ (Cardiac Assist, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a percutaneous nonpulsatile centrifugal left ventricular (LV) assist device...
Success of high-risk interventional procedures depends upon periprocedural hemodynamic stability. The TandemHeart™ (Cardiac Assist, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a percutaneous nonpulsatile centrifugal left ventricular (LV) assist device...
Success of high-risk...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Ray V. Matthews, MD; David M. Shavelle, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Shahrzad Shareghi, MD; Leila Rasouli, MD; Steven Burstein, MD
The initial interest in the late 1980s in balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) for adults with calcific aortic stenosis (AS) was subsequently tempered by multiple studies demonstrating high rates of restenosis and lack of a favorable impact on...
The initial interest in the late 1980s in balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) for adults with calcific aortic stenosis (AS) was subsequently tempered by multiple studies demonstrating high rates of restenosis and lack of a favorable impact on...
The initial interest in the late...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Joseph G. Murphy, MD; Richard J. Gumina, MD, PhD; Mark J. Callahan, MD
Case Report. A 66-year-old female presented with new-onset angina and heart failure. Electrocardiography demonstrated chronic atria fibrillation and left axis deviation. Echocardiography demonstrated mild global left ventricular hypokinesia...
Case Report. A 66-year-old female presented with new-onset angina and heart failure. Electrocardiography demonstrated chronic atria fibrillation and left axis deviation. Echocardiography demonstrated mild global left ventricular hypokinesia...
Case Report. A 66-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Jung-Han Yoon, MD; Jang-Young Kim, MD; Byung-Su Yoo, MD; Kyung-Hoon Choe, MD; Seung-Hwan Lee, MD
There has been growing interest in transradial coronary procedures due to the rare incidence of complications at this puncture site, elimination of the need to limit the patient’s activity and the possibility of early patient discharge.1,2...
There has been growing interest in transradial coronary procedures due to the rare incidence of complications at this puncture site, elimination of the need to limit the patient’s activity and the possibility of early patient discharge.1,2...
There has been growing interest...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Wing-hing Chow, MBBS, FRCP; Man-Hong Jim, MD; Hee-Hwa Ho, MD
The combination of drug-eluting stents and the crush technique with final kissing balloon inflation for the treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions is associated with superior clinical and angiographic outcomes.1,2 However, the crush...
The combination of drug-eluting stents and the crush technique with final kissing balloon inflation for the treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions is associated with superior clinical and angiographic outcomes.1,2 However, the crush...
The combination of drug-eluting...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Hajime Kirigaya, MD; Kazuyuki Nagashima, MD; Yuji Oikawa, MD; Junji Yajima, MD; Masafumi Akabane, MD; Ryuichi Funada, MD; Shunsuke Matsuno, MD; Tadanori Aizawa, MD
Recently, it was reported that aggressive and optimal directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) can be performed with favorable outcomes.1–4 The benefit of DCA is thought to be the debulking of plaques in...
Recently, it was reported that aggressive and optimal directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) can be performed with favorable outcomes.1–4 The benefit of DCA is thought to be the debulking of plaques in...
Recently, it was reported that...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Christian Butter, MD; Hans-Heinrich Minden, MD; Sören Just, MD
Injury of a native coronary vessel during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is very rare. We report on a 76-year-old patient who developed a large pseudoaneurysm of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) following CABG.
The patient...
Injury of a native coronary vessel during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is very rare. We report on a 76-year-old patient who developed a large pseudoaneurysm of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) following CABG.
The patient...
Injury of a native coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS; Weilun Quan, PhD; Alexandru Mitrache, PA, RPAC; Ronald Lo, MD
Electrocautery has long been described to generate electromagnetic interference (EMI) and oversensing by implanted pacemakers and defibrillators. Electrocautery is commonly used during surgical procedures involving implantation and...
Electrocautery has long been described to generate electromagnetic interference (EMI) and oversensing by implanted pacemakers and defibrillators. Electrocautery is commonly used during surgical procedures involving implantation and...
Electrocautery has long been...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Madhu Salvaji, DO; Manu Rajachandran, MD; Kelly Klym, MS, PA-C
Pseudoaneurysm formation after vascular reconstruction is a rarely encountered problem in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. It has most commonly been described in the vascular surgical literature as a delayed complication of lower...
Pseudoaneurysm formation after vascular reconstruction is a rarely encountered problem in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease. It has most commonly been described in the vascular surgical literature as a delayed complication of lower...
Pseudoaneurysm formation after...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Avraham Lorber, MD; Sergey Yalonetsky, MD; Yitzhack Schwartz, MD
Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital heart defect first diagnosed in adults, even late in life,1 and it may be successfully closed percutaneously. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a remnant of fetal circulation...
Secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) is the most common congenital heart defect first diagnosed in adults, even late in life,1 and it may be successfully closed percutaneously. Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a remnant of fetal circulation...
Secundum atrial septal defect...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
