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Volume 21 - Issue 10 - October, 2009

Case Report
Embolized Stent in the Coronary Circulation “Without Riding the Wire” and its Novel Management Strategy
10/13/2009
Afzalur Rahman, MD, PhD; Habib Chaudhury, MD; Mahboob Ali, MD
From the Department of Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted February 24, 2009, provisional acceptance...
From the Department of Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted February 24, 2009, provisional acceptance...
From the Department of...
10/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation due to Severe Aortic Regurgitation in a Degenerated Aortic Homograft
10/13/2009
Lene Kjaer Olsen, BA; Thomas Engstrøm, MD; Lars Søndergaard, MD, DMSc
From the Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 5, 2009, provisional acceptance given April 30, 2009, and final...
From the Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 5, 2009, provisional acceptance given April 30, 2009, and final...
From the Department of...
10/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Rotational Atherectomy is Useful to Treat Restenosis Lesions due to Crushing of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent (Full title below)
10/13/2009
Atsunori Okamura, MD; Hiroshi Ito, MD; Kenshi Fujii, MD
Rotational Atherectomy is Useful to Treat Restenosis Lesions due to Crushing of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implanted in Severely Calcified Lesions: Experimental Study and Initial Clinical Experience From the Division of Cardiology,...
Rotational Atherectomy is Useful to Treat Restenosis Lesions due to Crushing of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implanted in Severely Calcified Lesions: Experimental Study and Initial Clinical Experience From the Division of Cardiology,...
Rotational Atherectomy is Useful...
10/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Use of a Novel Pericardial Covered Stent to Seal an Iatrogenic Coronary Perforation
10/13/2009
Percy P. Jokhi, PhD, MRCP; Daniel B. McKenzie, MRCP, BMedSci; Peter O'Kane, MD, MRCP
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 14, 2009 and accepted April 21,...
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 14, 2009 and accepted April 21,...
From the Department of...
10/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Myocardial Infarction Due to Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Large Atrial Septal Defect
10/13/2009
Mario Togni, MD; Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC; Florim Cuculi, MD
From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Disclosure: Bernhard Meier has received a research grant and is on the speakers bureau for AGA Medical, Corporation. Manuscript submitted April 6, 2009, provisional...
From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Disclosure: Bernhard Meier has received a research grant and is on the speakers bureau for AGA Medical, Corporation. Manuscript submitted April 6, 2009, provisional...
From the Department of...
10/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Anomalous Circumflex Coronary Artery Injury Caused by Mitral Annuloplasty: Role of 64-Multislice Computed Tomography
10/13/2009
Jacobo Silva, MD, PhD; Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD, FESC; David Vivas, MD
From the Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 14, 2009, provisional acceptance given April 11, 2009,...
From the Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 14, 2009, provisional acceptance given April 11, 2009,...
From the Cardiovascular...
10/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Elevated Admission Serum Creatinine Predicts Poor Myocardial Blood Flow (Full title below)
10/07/2009
Lin Zhao, MD; Lei Wang, MD; Lei Wang, MD; Yuchen Zhang, MD
Elevated Admission Serum Creatinine Predicts Poor Myocardial Blood Flow and One-Year Mortality in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ABSTRACT: Background. Outcomes after...
Elevated Admission Serum Creatinine Predicts Poor Myocardial Blood Flow and One-Year Mortality in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ABSTRACT: Background. Outcomes after...
Elevated Admission Serum...
10/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Renal Insufficiency and Prognosis after Primary PCI: Still Bad after All These Years
10/08/2009
Luis Gruberg, MD
Previous studies have shown that patients with end-stage renal disease (on dialysis replacement therapy) experience increased cardiovascular death and morbidity in the setting of an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).1–4 In the...
Previous studies have shown that patients with end-stage renal disease (on dialysis replacement therapy) experience increased cardiovascular death and morbidity in the setting of an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).1–4 In the...
Previous studies have shown that...
10/08/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Peripheral Plaque Volume Changes Pre- and Post-Rotational Atherectomy followed by Directional Plaque Excision (Full title below)
10/08/2009
Susanna "Susan" Szpunar, PhD; Rabeea Aboufakher, MD; Thomas P. Davis, MD, FACC; James T. Torey, PA-C, PA
Peripheral Plaque Volume Changes Pre- and Post-Rotational Atherectomy followed by Directional Plaque Excision: Assessment by Intravascular Ultrasound and Virtual Histology ABSTRACT: Atherectomy in the infra-inguinal peripheral vascular bed...
Peripheral Plaque Volume Changes Pre- and Post-Rotational Atherectomy followed by Directional Plaque Excision: Assessment by Intravascular Ultrasound and Virtual Histology ABSTRACT: Atherectomy in the infra-inguinal peripheral vascular bed...
Peripheral Plaque Volume Changes...
10/08/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Ethnic Minorities Exhibit Reduction in Door-to-Balloon Time (Full title below)
10/08/2009
Rupen Parikh, MD; Aiman Hamdan, MD; Donna Konlian, MD; Robert Faillace, MD; Vincent A. DeBari, PhD; Edward Jimenez, MBA; Manesh Bikkina, MD, MPH; Anthony Al-Dehneh, DO
Ethnic Minorities Exhibit Reduction in Door-to-Balloon Time Comparable to Whites with a Newly-Implemented Emergency Physician Activation Protocol (Code-STEMI) ABSTRACT: Background. Studies have shown significant differences in...
Ethnic Minorities Exhibit Reduction in Door-to-Balloon Time Comparable to Whites with a Newly-Implemented Emergency Physician Activation Protocol (Code-STEMI) ABSTRACT: Background. Studies have shown significant differences in...
Ethnic Minorities Exhibit...
10/08/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Hyperkalemia
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Patient Care
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Pulmonary Embolism
Imperative Care Announces Late-Breaking Data Presentation and Peer-Reviewed Publication from Pivotal Trial of Symphony Thrombectomy System in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism
09/18/2025
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CVD
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Rises in Mexico, Despite Improved Cholesterol Control
09/18/2025
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Thrombectomy
Penumbra's Lightning Bolt 6X with Trax Now Available in 150 cm, Bringing the Power of CAVT to More Distal Anatomy Below the Knee
09/16/2025
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Heart Failure
ELEVATE-HFpEF: Medtronic Initiates Global Pivotal Study of Cardiac Pacing in New Patient Population
09/16/2025
Participants will either receive a pacemaker programmed with an elevated, personalized pacing rate, or one programmed to provide a non-personalized backup pacing rate if needed.
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Peripheral IVL
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09/16/2025
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Dr. Annapoorna Kini (left) and her team outside of The Samuel Fineman Cardiac Catheterization Artificial Intelligence Research Lab
AI Research
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Leadless Pacemaker Placement Through the Subclavian Vein: An Alternative to the Femoral Route
09/26/2025
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Clinical Images
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Brief Communication
Aortic Valve Calcification Alone Identifies Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Benefit in Classical Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis
09/25/2025
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A Kissing WATCHMAN Approach to Bilobar Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
09/24/2025
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Ocular Radiation Exposure of the Primary Operator Performing Selective Coronary Angiography From a Radial Artery Approach
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Richard Casazza, MAS
Dr Richard Casazza shares background and insights on his article, "Ocular Radiation Exposure of the Primary Operator Performing Selective Coronary Angiography From a Radial Artery Approach."
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Hyperkalemia
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Patient Care
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