Volume 19 - Issue 3 - March, 2007
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Renato DeRita, MS
First of all, I would like to thank the organizers of this meeting, particularly Dr. Michael Cowley, who asked me to attend. It’s an honor to be here. As a biochemist who has spent most of his life with his head in the “cell-culture”...
First of all, I would like to thank the organizers of this meeting, particularly Dr. Michael Cowley, who asked me to attend. It’s an honor to be here. As a biochemist who has spent most of his life with his head in the “cell-culture”...
First of all, I would like to...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Jonathan D. Marmur, MD, FACC; Erdal Cavusoglu, MD; Luther T. Clark, MD; Shyam Poludasu, MD
Multiple studies have demonstrated that women are at increased risk for in-hospital mortality, stroke, vascular complications, repeat revascularization, and same-admission coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) after percutaneous...
Multiple studies have demonstrated that women are at increased risk for in-hospital mortality, stroke, vascular complications, repeat revascularization, and same-admission coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) after percutaneous...
Multiple studies have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
When I think about the way we treat carotid disease, I see a great example of multiple specialties that are not working together. Everybody has something to offer the specialty of carotid stenting, and everybody, in my view, needs to possess...
When I think about the way we treat carotid disease, I see a great example of multiple specialties that are not working together. Everybody has something to offer the specialty of carotid stenting, and everybody, in my view, needs to possess...
When I think about the way we...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Ruchira Glaser, MD, MSCE; Howard C. Herrmann, MD
It is increasingly apparent that women and men with coronary artery disease differ in important ways including comorbidities, success and complications of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and in rates of death and nonfatal myocardial...
It is increasingly apparent that women and men with coronary artery disease differ in important ways including comorbidities, success and complications of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and in rates of death and nonfatal myocardial...
It is increasingly apparent that...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
David Holmes really set the stage with his discussion, but let me also summarize what stroke means today. After suffering a major stroke, one-third of patients will recover, one-third will die, and one-third will be wrecked; it’s the latter...
David Holmes really set the stage with his discussion, but let me also summarize what stroke means today. After suffering a major stroke, one-third of patients will recover, one-third will die, and one-third will be wrecked; it’s the latter...
David Holmes really set the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Akiko Matsuo, MD; Naoto Inoue, MD; Kenji Suzuki, MD, PhD; Reo Nakamura, MD; Hiroshi Fujita, MD; Shinji Miki, MD; Yoshiaki Yokoi, MD
Early reperfusion is critically important in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a reperfusion strategy in AMI has been established. Despite the success of early...
Early reperfusion is critically important in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a reperfusion strategy in AMI has been established. Despite the success of early...
Early reperfusion is critically...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Yoshinobu Murasato, MD, PhD; Kyoko Okamatsu, MD
Case Presentation. An 82-year-old female with several coronary risk factors was referred to our hospital for management of angina pectoris. She had undergone unsuccessful primary angioplasty for inferior myocardial infarction 7 years earlier,...
Case Presentation. An 82-year-old female with several coronary risk factors was referred to our hospital for management of angina pectoris. She had undergone unsuccessful primary angioplasty for inferior myocardial infarction 7 years earlier,...
Case Presentation. An...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
Johnnie Knoblauch, CVRT; Cecil Coghlan, MD; Vijay K. Misra, MD; William B. Hillegass, MD, MPH, FACC; Himanshu Gupta, MD; Raghunath Katragadda, MD
Coronary aneurysms are a rare finding in adults undergoing angiography. There have been very few reports of coronary artery aneurysm rupture reaching medical attention. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of coronary aneurysm...
Coronary aneurysms are a rare finding in adults undergoing angiography. There have been very few reports of coronary artery aneurysm rupture reaching medical attention. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of coronary aneurysm...
Coronary aneurysms are a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Yoshio Taketani, MD; Hideaki Kaneda, MD, PhD; Shigeru Saito, MD
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old male with a history of myocardial infarction and primary stenting (left circumflex artery in July 1997 and right coronary artery in September 2005) was admitted to undergo angioplasty for his totally...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old male with a history of myocardial infarction and primary stenting (left circumflex artery in July 1997 and right coronary artery in September 2005) was admitted to undergo angioplasty for his totally...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
Massimo Chessa, MD, PhD; Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD; Mario Carminati, MD
The secundum type atrial septal defect is the fourth most common congenital heart defect, with an incidence of 3.78 per 10,000 live births,1 corresponding to 5.9% of the diagnosed congenital heart disease in children.2 Over the past decade,...
The secundum type atrial septal defect is the fourth most common congenital heart defect, with an incidence of 3.78 per 10,000 live births,1 corresponding to 5.9% of the diagnosed congenital heart disease in children.2 Over the past decade,...
The secundum type atrial...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
