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Volume 19 - Issue 11 - November, 2007

Case Report
08/01/2008
Jose Antonio Fernandez-Diaz, MD; Javier Goicolea, MD; Jesus G. Mirelis, MD
Case Report. A 37-year-old female in her seventh week of pregnancy presented to the emergency department after the onset of oppressive chest pain which had started 1 hour before. Her 8 previous pregnancies had terminated in abortion. She had...
Case Report. A 37-year-old female in her seventh week of pregnancy presented to the emergency department after the onset of oppressive chest pain which had started 1 hour before. Her 8 previous pregnancies had terminated in abortion. She had...
Case Report. A 37-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Adil Irani, MD; Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, MRCP, FACC; Sanjay Rajdev, MD
Percutaneous left ventricular (LV) assist devices are increasingly being used during high-risk percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) procedures.1–4 These devices provide reliable short-term hemodynamic stability in complex cases during...
Percutaneous left ventricular (LV) assist devices are increasingly being used during high-risk percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) procedures.1–4 These devices provide reliable short-term hemodynamic stability in complex cases during...
Percutaneous left ventricular...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Angampally G. Rajeev, MD; Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
Case Report. A 64-year-old male was transferred from an outside facility after sustaining a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Cardiovascular risk factors included noninsulin- dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension....
Case Report. A 64-year-old male was transferred from an outside facility after sustaining a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Cardiovascular risk factors included noninsulin- dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension....
Case Report. A 64-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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
Case Report
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
Case Report
08/01/2008
Brian Guttormsen, MD; Lisa M. Nee, MD; Giorgio Gimelli, MD
Complete heart block (CHB) due to the loss of a first septal perforator (FSP) following left anterior descending artery (LAD) stenting is uncommon, with few reported cases in the literature.1,2 It usually occurs at the time of the procedure...
Complete heart block (CHB) due to the loss of a first septal perforator (FSP) following left anterior descending artery (LAD) stenting is uncommon, with few reported cases in the literature.1,2 It usually occurs at the time of the procedure...
Complete heart block (CHB) due...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC
Percutaneous intervention of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can improve exercise capacity, symptoms and left ventricular function.1 The parallel wire technique is a useful technique in recanalizing CTOs.2 This technique utilizes a second...
Percutaneous intervention of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can improve exercise capacity, symptoms and left ventricular function.1 The parallel wire technique is a useful technique in recanalizing CTOs.2 This technique utilizes a second...
Percutaneous intervention of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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
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
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Matteo Aquilina, MD; Elisabetta Varani, MD; Marco Balducelli, MD; Giuseppe Vecchi, MD; Aleardo Maresta, MD
Since the introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) in clinical practice, it has become clear that percutaneous revascularization of multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) could be more effective in terms of event reduction (major adverse...
Since the introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES) in clinical practice, it has become clear that percutaneous revascularization of multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) could be more effective in terms of event reduction (major adverse...
Since the introduction of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Imran Arif, MD; Tarek A. Helmy, MD; Jithendra Choudary, MD
Optimal revascularization strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease has been, and remains, a topic of controversy. Rapid technological advances in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) such as the introduction of new...
Optimal revascularization strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease has been, and remains, a topic of controversy. Rapid technological advances in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) such as the introduction of new...
Optimal revascularization...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Imran Arif, MD; Tarek A. Helmy, MD; Jithendra Choudary, MD
Optimal revascularization strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease has been, and remains, a topic of controversy. Rapid technological advances in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) such as the introduction of...
Optimal revascularization strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease has been, and remains, a topic of controversy. Rapid technological advances in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) such as the introduction of...
Optimal revascularization...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Bertrand Cormier, MD; Marie-Claude Morice, MD, FESC, FACC; Lynda Salmi, MD; Helen Routledge, MBChB, FRCP, MD; Federico De Marco, MD, PhD; Thierry Lefèvre, MD
Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease in the Western world and its prevalence is increasing with an aging population. Critical aortic stenosis affects an estimated 3% of individuals over 75 years of age.1 Without...
Aortic stenosis is the most common valvular heart disease in the Western world and its prevalence is increasing with an aging population. Critical aortic stenosis affects an estimated 3% of individuals over 75 years of age.1 Without...
Aortic stenosis is the most...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
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
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
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
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
Original Contribution
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
Original Contribution
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
Commentary
08/01/2008
Deepak Jain, MD, DM
Besides the inherent risk involved in an angioplasty of a major vessel supplying a large myocardial area, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of left main coronary artery (LMCA) branch ostial disease is fraught with some unique problems,...
Besides the inherent risk involved in an angioplasty of a major vessel supplying a large myocardial area, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of left main coronary artery (LMCA) branch ostial disease is fraught with some unique problems,...
Besides the inherent risk...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Koichi Sano, MD, PhD; Stephane G. Carlier, MD, PhD; Emilia Solinas, MD; Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Jie Qian, MD; Gary S. Mintz, MD; Eduardo Missel, MD; Martin B. Leon, MD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Shoujie Shan, MD; Alexandra J. Lansky, MD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Theresa Franklin-Bond, MS, PA; George D. Dangas, MD, PhD; Giora Weisz, MD; Paul Boland, BS; Michael B. Collins, MD; Nobuhiko Fujita, MD; Edward M. Kreps, MD; Issam Moussa, MD; Jose de Ribamar Costa, Jr., MD, PhD
Sirolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents decrease neointimal hyperplasia leading to a reduction, but not elimination, of in-stent restenosis.1–4 Because sirolimus and paclitaxel decrease neointimal hyperplasia, restenosis is dependent...
Sirolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stents decrease neointimal hyperplasia leading to a reduction, but not elimination, of in-stent restenosis.1–4 Because sirolimus and paclitaxel decrease neointimal hyperplasia, restenosis is dependent...
Sirolimus-eluting and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology