Volume 19 - Issue 9 - September, 2007
Review
08/01/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
The widespread popularity of drug-eluting stents (DES) had a dramatic impact on the modern interventional therapy of coronary artery disease; accordingly, the cardiac surgical volume has experienced a corresponding decrease. Like the...
The widespread popularity of drug-eluting stents (DES) had a dramatic impact on the modern interventional therapy of coronary artery disease; accordingly, the cardiac surgical volume has experienced a corresponding decrease. Like the...
The widespread popularity of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Nair Krishnakumar, DM; Manohar R. Krishna, MCh; Jaganmohan Achuthan Tharakan, MBBS, MD, DM
Direct communication between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is an unusual variation of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. In fact, there are only about 50 cases reported in the literature.1 This is one condition in which...
Direct communication between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is an unusual variation of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. In fact, there are only about 50 cases reported in the literature.1 This is one condition in which...
Direct communication between the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP
To the Editor: The angiographic finding of noncritical coronary stenoses in the setting of acute coronary syndrome and even myocardial infarction has been well described. One potential etiology is Prinzmetal’s angina or coronary spasm.1 More...
To the Editor: The angiographic finding of noncritical coronary stenoses in the setting of acute coronary syndrome and even myocardial infarction has been well described. One potential etiology is Prinzmetal’s angina or coronary spasm.1 More...
To the Editor: The angiographic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Carlo Briguori, MD, PhD; Lucio Selvetella, MD; Maria Pia Baldassarre, MD
Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare complication following carotid endarterectomy (CEA), with an incidence of less than 1% of cases.1 Treatment of this complication is challenging. The current standard of care is some form of repair rather...
Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare complication following carotid endarterectomy (CEA), with an incidence of less than 1% of cases.1 Treatment of this complication is challenging. The current standard of care is some form of repair rather...
Pseudoaneurysm formation is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Lisa Emmans, MD; Tri M. Nguyen, MD; Nathan Laufer, MD
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory large-vessel disease of unknown etiology involving the aorta, its major branches and the pulmonary arteries.1,2 Resultant mixed areas of stenosis, occlusion, thrombosis and/or dilatation may...
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory large-vessel disease of unknown etiology involving the aorta, its major branches and the pulmonary arteries.1,2 Resultant mixed areas of stenosis, occlusion, thrombosis and/or dilatation may...
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Christos Graidis, MD; Dimokritos Dimitriadis, MD; Nikolaos Chamouratidis, MD
Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations.1 The incidence of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery out of the right sinus of Valsalva ranges from under...
Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations.1 The incidence of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery out of the right sinus of Valsalva ranges from under...
Coronary arterial anomalies...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Takahiko Suzuki, MD; Takamatsu Horisaki, MD; Jean-Francois Surmely, MD
Successful recanalization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) improves left ventricular function1 and survival.2 There are, however, several difficulties with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for CTO (CTOPCI). Failure to cross the...
Successful recanalization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) improves left ventricular function1 and survival.2 There are, however, several difficulties with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for CTO (CTOPCI). Failure to cross the...
Successful recanalization of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Andrew G.C. Sutton, MA, MD, MRCP; Mark A. de Belder, MA, MD, FRCP; Babu Kunadian, MBBS, MRCP; Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, MBBS, MRCP; Joel Dunning, MRCS, PhD
Early restoration of infarct-related artery (IRA) blood flow and myocardial perfusion in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) is linked with preservation of left ventricular function, myocardial salvage and a...
Early restoration of infarct-related artery (IRA) blood flow and myocardial perfusion in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) is linked with preservation of left ventricular function, myocardial salvage and a...
Early restoration of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Dominique Joyal, MD; Lawrence G. Rudski, MD
Despite meta-analyses showing either similar rates or only slightly increased rates of stent thrombosis in patients with a drug-eluting stent (DES),1–5 clinicians remain concerned about the risk of late stent thrombosis in these patients. It...
Despite meta-analyses showing either similar rates or only slightly increased rates of stent thrombosis in patients with a drug-eluting stent (DES),1–5 clinicians remain concerned about the risk of late stent thrombosis in these patients. It...
Despite meta-analyses showing...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Renato M. Santos, MD; Talal T. Baki, MD; Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, PhD; Frederic R. Kahl, MD; Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI; William C. Little, MD; Matthew T. Sacrinty, MPH; Robert J. Applegate, MD
Women have been shown historically to have a greater risk of complications than men following invasive procedures.1–5 The increased incidence of complications in women appears to occur independently of other factors known to influence the...
Women have been shown historically to have a greater risk of complications than men following invasive procedures.1–5 The increased incidence of complications in women appears to occur independently of other factors known to influence the...
Women have been shown...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
