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Volume 20 - Issue 2 - February, 2008

Case Report
08/01/2008
Colin J. McMahon, MD; Kevin P. Walsh, MD
Many centers are currently adopting the Sano modification of the Norwood operation for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.1 The insertion of a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit may increase aortic diastolic pressure and...
Many centers are currently adopting the Sano modification of the Norwood operation for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.1 The insertion of a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit may increase aortic diastolic pressure and...
Many centers are currently...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Daniel H. Gruenstein, MD; Robert H. Beekman, III, MD; Robert L. Spicer, MD
Interventional catheterizations are an increasingly important component in the management of the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). The experience of interventions on adults with CHD from some centers has been...
Interventional catheterizations are an increasingly important component in the management of the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). The experience of interventions on adults with CHD from some centers has been...
Interventional catheterizations...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC; Barry Rusnak, MD; James Tam, MD
Case Report. A 66-year-old male with previous two-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presented with an acute coronary syndrome. Angiography demonstrated a critical 95% stenosis in the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male with previous two-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presented with an acute coronary syndrome. Angiography demonstrated a critical 95% stenosis in the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Atman P. Shah, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Jaime Molden, MD; John Kao, MD
Case Report. A 30-year-old male with no previous medical history presented to an emergency department at a community hospital with left-sided, substernal chest pain. The pain was pressure-like and nonradiating. It began shortly after...
Case Report. A 30-year-old male with no previous medical history presented to an emergency department at a community hospital with left-sided, substernal chest pain. The pain was pressure-like and nonradiating. It began shortly after...
Case Report. A 30-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Scott B. Baron, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Clifford Nielson, CVT
Despite newer lower-profile stent technologies, placing coronary stents may still remain challenging when vessels are extremely tortuous. We describe a case of a very large-caliber right coronary artery (RCA) with a “shepherd’s crook”...
Despite newer lower-profile stent technologies, placing coronary stents may still remain challenging when vessels are extremely tortuous. We describe a case of a very large-caliber right coronary artery (RCA) with a “shepherd’s crook”...
Despite newer lower-profile...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
M. N. Attar, MD, MRCP; Roger K. Moore, MD, MRCP
Case Report. A 62-year-old Caucasian male presented with recurring angina. He was experiencing angina attacks on walking 10 to 20 yards. The patient had suffered a myocardial infarction in the past and had undergone percutaneous intervention...
Case Report. A 62-year-old Caucasian male presented with recurring angina. He was experiencing angina attacks on walking 10 to 20 yards. The patient had suffered a myocardial infarction in the past and had undergone percutaneous intervention...
Case Report. A 62-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD; Mario Carminati, MD; Ezio Aimé, MD
Obstructions of the caval veins may develop in various clinical settings in subjects with tumoral lesions, after surgery on the caval veins — as in the Mustard/Senning operation, after radiation therapy, or due to central lines, dialysis...
Obstructions of the caval veins may develop in various clinical settings in subjects with tumoral lesions, after surgery on the caval veins — as in the Mustard/Senning operation, after radiation therapy, or due to central lines, dialysis...
Obstructions of the caval veins...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Kevin P. Cohoon, MD; William Howe, MD; Thomas McKiernan, MD
Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is defined as being exclusively located in the heart and/or pericardium, and is extremely rare. This disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients and rarely in the immunocompetent. In a series of...
Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is defined as being exclusively located in the heart and/or pericardium, and is extremely rare. This disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients and rarely in the immunocompetent. In a series of...
Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin’s...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Nicholas J. Collins, BMed, FRACP, MD; J. Robert Beecroft, MD, FRCPC; Eric M. Horlick, MD, FRCPC, MDCM
Management of vascular complications remains an important component of both diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention. We report a unique case of extensive right subclavian artery dissection following attempted...
Management of vascular complications remains an important component of both diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention. We report a unique case of extensive right subclavian artery dissection following attempted...
Management of vascular...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Kevin J. Klassen, MD; James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI; David G. Rizik, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Published randomized trials of drug-eluting stents (DES) have shown reduced rates of restenosis and target lesion revascularization (TLR) in noncomplex lesions compared to bare-metal stents (BMS).1 Given this documented success of the...
Published randomized trials of drug-eluting stents (DES) have shown reduced rates of restenosis and target lesion revascularization (TLR) in noncomplex lesions compared to bare-metal stents (BMS).1 Given this documented success of the...
Published randomized trials of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Rizwan A. Siddiqui, MD; Sachinder Hans, MD
Case Presentation. A 79-year-old female presented with pain and swelling of the left lower extremity. Physical examination revealed a swollen left calf and 1+ pitting edema over both ankles. There was no evidence of calf tenderness and...
Case Presentation. A 79-year-old female presented with pain and swelling of the left lower extremity. Physical examination revealed a swollen left calf and 1+ pitting edema over both ankles. There was no evidence of calf tenderness and...
Case Presentation. A 79-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
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08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Manojkumar Rohit, MD, DM; Shivkumar Bagga, MD, DM; Kewal Krishan Talwar, MD, DM
The incidence of primary congenital coronary anomalies varies from 0.95–2% in the adult population undergoing coronary angiography (CAG).1–4 The majority of these are reported to be anomalies of origin or distribution, with separate ostia of...
The incidence of primary congenital coronary anomalies varies from 0.95–2% in the adult population undergoing coronary angiography (CAG).1–4 The majority of these are reported to be anomalies of origin or distribution, with separate ostia of...
The incidence of primary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, a review article, selections from the journal special section Clinical Images and online case reports which can be found in the archive section on our...
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, a review article, selections from the journal special section Clinical Images and online case reports which can be found in the archive section on our...
This issue of the Journal of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Anderson Donelli, MD; Jeannie Byrd, RN; Marc A. Mickiewicz, MD; Corey Slovis, MD; Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH; Tom A. Elasy, MD, MPH; Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH; Ted Speroff, PhD; Tom DiSalvo, MD, MPH; David X. Zhao, MD; Robert L. Huang, MD, MPH
An estimated 500,000 patients per year in the United States1 experience a ST-elevation MI (STEMI) with a shortterm mortality rate of 5–10%.2 Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred approach for treating STEMI1 and timely...
An estimated 500,000 patients per year in the United States1 experience a ST-elevation MI (STEMI) with a shortterm mortality rate of 5–10%.2 Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred approach for treating STEMI1 and timely...
An estimated 500,000 patients...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Nagarathna Manjappa, MD; Jonathan D. Marmur, MD, FACC; Erdal Cavusoglu, MD; Shyam Poludasu, MD; Ajay Agarwal, MD
Inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using tirofiban, eptifibatide and abciximab has been associated with improved outcomes.1 The only head-to-head comparison to these agents...
Inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptors during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using tirofiban, eptifibatide and abciximab has been associated with improved outcomes.1 The only head-to-head comparison to these agents...
Inhibition of platelet...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Tim A. Fischell, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Platelet-mediated thromboembolic events are believed to cause the majority of non-Q-wave myocardial infarctions (MI) observed after an otherwise uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 Activation of the platelet-surface...
Platelet-mediated thromboembolic events are believed to cause the majority of non-Q-wave myocardial infarctions (MI) observed after an otherwise uncomplicated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 Activation of the platelet-surface...
Platelet-mediated thromboembolic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Alfredo Ruggero Galassi, MD; Salvatore Azzarelli, MD; Francesco Amico, MD; Michele Giacoppo, MD; Vincenzo Argentino, MD; Antonio Fiscella, MD
Drug-eluting stents (DES), compared with bare-metal stents (BMS), have shown a clear superiority in the prevention of restenosis and the need for further revascularization in randomized, controlled trials.1–5 Accordingly, the superiority of...
Drug-eluting stents (DES), compared with bare-metal stents (BMS), have shown a clear superiority in the prevention of restenosis and the need for further revascularization in randomized, controlled trials.1–5 Accordingly, the superiority of...
Drug-eluting stents (DES),...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, MRCP, FACC; Sanjay Rajdev, MD; Prakash Krishnan, MD, FACC; Adil Irani, MD; Michael C. Kim, MD; Pedro R. Moreno, MD; Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Introduction of novel devices for cardiac support during complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) and has led to an increasing number of high-risk PCI procedures....
Introduction of novel devices for cardiac support during complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) and has led to an increasing number of high-risk PCI procedures....
Introduction of novel devices...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Fayaz Shawl, MD; Robert J. Lederman, MD, NRP, CCP, FP-C
This series from Mount Sinai Hospital extends the reported experience with prophylactic deployment of a percutaneous transseptal cardiopulmonary bypass system during high-risk elective coronary angioplasty. These highly experienced operators...
This series from Mount Sinai Hospital extends the reported experience with prophylactic deployment of a percutaneous transseptal cardiopulmonary bypass system during high-risk elective coronary angioplasty. These highly experienced operators...
This series from Mount Sinai...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Gui Fu Wu, MD, PhD; Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, MD, PhD; Jamal S. Rana, MD; Duane S. Pinto, MD, MPH; Michael Gibson, MD, MS; Jian Li, MD; Frank W. Sellke, MD; Roger J. Laham, MD
Nesiritide (Natrecor®, Scios Inc., Fremont, California) is a recombinant form of human B-type (brain) natriuretic peptide (BNP) that has beneficial vasodilatory, diuretic and neurohormonal effects.1 It activates membrane-bound guanylyl...
Nesiritide (Natrecor®, Scios Inc., Fremont, California) is a recombinant form of human B-type (brain) natriuretic peptide (BNP) that has beneficial vasodilatory, diuretic and neurohormonal effects.1 It activates membrane-bound guanylyl...
Nesiritide (Natrecor®, Scios...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology