Volume 20 - Issue 1 - January, 2008
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Friedrich Jung, MD, PhD; Roland Bach, MD; Wolfgang Bay, MD; Lorenz Jochum, MD
Although drug-eluting stents (DES) show very good results in terms of early restenosis rates in patients with coronary artery disease as compared to bare-metal stents (BMS), there is little information available on the safety and efficacy of...
Although drug-eluting stents (DES) show very good results in terms of early restenosis rates in patients with coronary artery disease as compared to bare-metal stents (BMS), there is little information available on the safety and efficacy of...
Although drug-eluting stents...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Surabhi Madhwal, MD; Girish Mood, MD; Vidyasagar Kalahasti, MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Stephen G. Ellis, MD
We read with interest the article by Mishkel and colleagues1 along with the accompanying editorial in the August 2007 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. The authors compared short-term and 2-year outcomes of drug-eluting stents...
We read with interest the article by Mishkel and colleagues1 along with the accompanying editorial in the August 2007 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. The authors compared short-term and 2-year outcomes of drug-eluting stents...
We read with interest the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Peiman Jamshidi, MD, FESC; Therese Resink, PhD; Paul Erne, MD, FESC
Aneurysms of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) to coronary arteries were first reported in 1975, but remain an unusual complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.1,2 There are different, mostly surgical, treatment modalities, but...
Aneurysms of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) to coronary arteries were first reported in 1975, but remain an unusual complication of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.1,2 There are different, mostly surgical, treatment modalities, but...
Aneurysms of saphenous vein...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Vladimir Jelnin, MD; Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD; Harvey S. Hecht, MD
Multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (MDCTA) has rapidly gained in popularity and applicability.1 Most recently, the concept of MDCTA-guided percutaneous intervention has been introduced, with MDCTA evaluation of minimum...
Multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (MDCTA) has rapidly gained in popularity and applicability.1 Most recently, the concept of MDCTA-guided percutaneous intervention has been introduced, with MDCTA evaluation of minimum...
Multidetector computed...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Steven J. Kernis, MD; Lance Kovar, MD; David Brogno, MD
Approximately 30% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) have a chronically occluded vessel ( CTO).1 Due to frequent difficulty in crossing the CTO lesion by standard wire techniques, novel approaches have been created to...
Approximately 30% of patients with significant coronary artery disease (CAD) have a chronically occluded vessel ( CTO).1 Due to frequent difficulty in crossing the CTO lesion by standard wire techniques, novel approaches have been created to...
Approximately 30% of patients...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Robert E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, a Rapid Communication, selections from the journal’s special section Clinical Images and online case reports which can be found in archive section on our...
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, a Rapid Communication, selections from the journal’s special section Clinical Images and online case reports which can be found in archive section on our...
This issue of the Journal of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Hicham Khallafi, MD; Vinod Chacko, MD; Nickolas Varveralis, DO; Farhad Elmi, MD
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called transient left ventricular apical ballooning or “broken heart syndrome,” is a cardiac condition that mimics the clinical presentation of acute coronary syndrome but without any evidence of obstructive...
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called transient left ventricular apical ballooning or “broken heart syndrome,” is a cardiac condition that mimics the clinical presentation of acute coronary syndrome but without any evidence of obstructive...
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Kul Aggarwal, MD; Nipun Arora, MD
Late stent thrombosis (occurring more than 30 days after stent placement), is a catastrophic complication of drug-eluting stents (DES) that has recently gained heightened awareness. It has been reported to occur at a rate of 0.6% per year...
Late stent thrombosis (occurring more than 30 days after stent placement), is a catastrophic complication of drug-eluting stents (DES) that has recently gained heightened awareness. It has been reported to occur at a rate of 0.6% per year...
Late stent thrombosis (occurring...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Paul T. Akins, MD, PhD; Charles W. Kerber, MD; Ramin S. Pakbaz, MD
Atherosclerosis, though a systemic illness, occurs at certain preferred sites, one being the ostia of the vertebral arteries. Narrowing of the vertebral artery origins, though often asymptomatic, can lead to devastating posterior circulation...
Atherosclerosis, though a systemic illness, occurs at certain preferred sites, one being the ostia of the vertebral arteries. Narrowing of the vertebral artery origins, though often asymptomatic, can lead to devastating posterior circulation...
Atherosclerosis, though a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ravinay Bhindi, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FESC; Neil Wilson, MBBS, FRCP, MD; Oliver J. Ormerod, FRCP, DM
This case describes the closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) via the right internal jugular (IJ) vein in a young patient with an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) awaiting liver transplantation. Case Report. A 25-year-old male with...
This case describes the closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) via the right internal jugular (IJ) vein in a young patient with an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) awaiting liver transplantation. Case Report. A 25-year-old male with...
This case describes the closure...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
