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Volume 19 - Issue 11 - November, 2007

Rapid Communication
Consensus Update on the Appropriate Usage of Cardiac
Computed Tomographic Angiography
08/01/2008
Jill E. Jacobs, MD; Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC, FACC; Tim W. Attebery, DSc, MBA, FACHE, MD; Joao A.C. Lima, MD; Harvey S. Hecht, MD; Geoffrey D. Rubin, MD; Guy Weigold, MD; Michael Poon, MD; Daniel S. Berman, MD; Thomas J. Brady, MD
Introduction and Purpose The consensus statement outlined here was formulated following a roundtable meeting among clinical experts in the fields of radiology and cardiology held in Miami, Florida, in June 2007. This group was gathered under...
Introduction and Purpose The consensus statement outlined here was formulated following a roundtable meeting among clinical experts in the fields of radiology and cardiology held in Miami, Florida, in June 2007. This group was gathered under...
Introduction and Purpose The...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Percutaneous Closure of Postoperative and Post-Traumatic
Ventricular Septal Defects
08/01/2008
M. Aparecida Silva, MD; Carlos A.C. Pedra, MD; Valmir F. Fontes, MD; Simone R.F. Pedra, MD; Sergio C. Pontes, Jr., MD; Lucia Salerno, MD; J. Breno Sousa, MD; Marly A. Miaira, MD; Ana Luisa Guerra, MD; M. Virginia T. Santana, MD
Surgery has been regarded as the gold standard method of treatment for all kinds of ventricular septal defects (VSDs).1 The incidence of postoperative residual shunts varies according to the type of defect being repaired, with malalignment...
Surgery has been regarded as the gold standard method of treatment for all kinds of ventricular septal defects (VSDs).1 The incidence of postoperative residual shunts varies according to the type of defect being repaired, with malalignment...
Surgery has been regarded as the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Unintended Stent Extraction from a Coronary Artery during
Bifurcation Coronary Angioplasty
08/01/2008
Ivo Varvarovsky, MD, PhD; Jan Matejka, MD
Provisional stenting is the most widely used method for the treatment of bifurcation coronary artery lesions. It consists of the placement of the first stent in the main branch, followed by provisional stenting of the side branch through the...
Provisional stenting is the most widely used method for the treatment of bifurcation coronary artery lesions. It consists of the placement of the first stent in the main branch, followed by provisional stenting of the side branch through the...
Provisional stenting is the most...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Stent Implantation for Diffuse and Multiple Coronary Spasm
in a Patient with Variant Angina Refractory to Optimal Medical
Ther
08/01/2008
Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC; Yoshihiro Morino, MD; Atsuhiko Sugimoto, MD
Variant angina is more frequently seen in East Asia than in the West. It may be associated with acute myocardial infarction, severe cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. Most patients obtain sufficient relief by vasodilator drug management...
Variant angina is more frequently seen in East Asia than in the West. It may be associated with acute myocardial infarction, severe cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. Most patients obtain sufficient relief by vasodilator drug management...
Variant angina is more...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
The Undilatable Lesion: A Striking Example of Plaque
Modification for Severe Calcification with Rotational
Atherectomy – Impet
08/01/2008
Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC; Steven Hodge, MD, FRCPC
The undilatable lesion requiring rotational atherectomy is an uncommon occurrence with the current availability of noncompliant balloons and other methods of “focused-force” angioplasty. The use of noncompliant balloons, or a “buddy” cutting...
The undilatable lesion requiring rotational atherectomy is an uncommon occurrence with the current availability of noncompliant balloons and other methods of “focused-force” angioplasty. The use of noncompliant balloons, or a “buddy” cutting...
The undilatable lesion requiring...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Negative Remodeling at the Ostium of the Left Anterior
Descending Artery Induced Myocardial Ischemia
08/01/2008
Kenji Sadamatsu, MD, PhD; Naoya Maehira, MD; Hideki Tashiro, MD, PhD
Negative remodeling is a condition in which the vessel area decreases in size, often as a result of a structural change in the coronary vessel wall. It is a major factor in restenosis following balloon angioplasty, but its contribution to...
Negative remodeling is a condition in which the vessel area decreases in size, often as a result of a structural change in the coronary vessel wall. It is a major factor in restenosis following balloon angioplasty, but its contribution to...
Negative remodeling is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Saphenous Vein Graft-to-Left Atrium Fistula Treated with
Percutaneous Transcatheter Embolization with Coils
08/01/2008
Vijay K. Misra, MD; Souheil Saddekni, MD; Gilbert J. Zoghbi, MD, FACC
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are direct precapillary communications which bypass the myocardial capillary network and connect a coronary artery to another vessel or cardiac chamber (cameral).1 CAF are reported in 0.1–0.7% of patients...
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are direct precapillary communications which bypass the myocardial capillary network and connect a coronary artery to another vessel or cardiac chamber (cameral).1 CAF are reported in 0.1–0.7% of patients...
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Dissociation of the Inflammatory Reaction following PCI for
Acute Myocardial Infarction
08/01/2008
Hans Ohlin, MD, PhD; Håkan Arheden, MD, PhD; Erik Hedstr, PhD; Lillemor Mattsson Hult, PhD; Olov Wiklund, MD, PhD; Erik Hedström, MD, PhD; Karin Aström-Olsson, MD, PhD; Lillemor Mattsson Hultén, PhD; Ann-Kristin Ohlin, MD, PhD; Anders Gottsäter, MD, PhD
Early reperfusion after coronary occlusion reduces the extent of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as well as mortality.1 However, reperfusion itself may cause damage to surviving myocardium, the so-called “reperfusion injury”.2 Neutrophils...
Early reperfusion after coronary occlusion reduces the extent of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as well as mortality.1 However, reperfusion itself may cause damage to surviving myocardium, the so-called “reperfusion injury”.2 Neutrophils...
Early reperfusion after coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Percutaneous Occlusion of Patent Ductus Arteriosus with the
Nit-Occlud® Device in an Adult Patient
08/01/2008
Jorge E. Gomez, MD; Jorge Blguermann, MD
Percutaneous occlusion of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is actually a standard procedure for the treatment of this congenital heart defect. Different devices have been used for the last 20 years with high rates of success.1,2,4,8,11,13,14...
Percutaneous occlusion of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is actually a standard procedure for the treatment of this congenital heart defect. Different devices have been used for the last 20 years with high rates of success.1,2,4,8,11,13,14...
Percutaneous occlusion of a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Isolated Disease of the Ostium Left Anterior Descending or
Circumflex Artery: Management Using a Left Main Stenting
Technique.
08/01/2008
Tift Mann, MD; Roberto J. Cubeddu, MD; Elizabeth K. Saylors, MS; Frances O. Wood, MD, FACC
Treatment of isolated coronary stenoses involving the ostium of the left anterior descending (LAD) or circumflex (LCX) artery is challenging for the interventionalist. Although focal stenting is often attempted, it may result in incomplete...
Treatment of isolated coronary stenoses involving the ostium of the left anterior descending (LAD) or circumflex (LCX) artery is challenging for the interventionalist. Although focal stenting is often attempted, it may result in incomplete...
Treatment of isolated coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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