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Volume 22 - Issue 2 - February, 2010

Case Report
02/03/2010
Donah Zachariah, MBBS, MRCP; Paul R. Kalra, MA, MB, FRCP; Neil P. Andrews, BMedSci, DM, MRCP
ABSTRACT: We present the unusual case of a 49-year-old female with a previously undiagnosed anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) presenting in middle age with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia...
ABSTRACT: We present the unusual case of a 49-year-old female with a previously undiagnosed anomalous left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) presenting in middle age with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia...
ABSTRACT: We present the unusual...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
02/03/2010
Thomas Pilgrim, MD; Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC; Peter Wenaweser, MD
ABSTRACT: A 91-year-old female patient presented with worsening exertional dyspnea 1 month after transfemoral aortic valve implantation using an Edwards Sapien valve. She was found to have a paraprosthetic sinus of Valsalva rupture with a...
ABSTRACT: A 91-year-old female patient presented with worsening exertional dyspnea 1 month after transfemoral aortic valve implantation using an Edwards Sapien valve. She was found to have a paraprosthetic sinus of Valsalva rupture with a...
ABSTRACT: A 91-year-old female...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
02/03/2010
Richard van der Jagt, RN; Muchtiar Khan, MD; Mark S. Patterson, MBBS, PhD, MD, MRCP
ABSTRACT: This report demonstrates the production and use of 3-D reconstruction of a coronary sinus from a single-injection rotational angiogram. The detailed virtual model enabled easy magnetic navigation of a wire for device placement in...
ABSTRACT: This report demonstrates the production and use of 3-D reconstruction of a coronary sinus from a single-injection rotational angiogram. The detailed virtual model enabled easy magnetic navigation of a wire for device placement in...
ABSTRACT: This report...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
02/03/2010
Navin Kumar Kapur, MD; Michael S. Kiernan, MD; Barath Krishnamurthy, MD
ABSTRACT: Management of right heart failure in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) includes emergent reperfusion of the infarct-related artery, fluid resuscitation, vasopressor and inotropic support, and trans-venous pacing in the presence of...
ABSTRACT: Management of right heart failure in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) includes emergent reperfusion of the infarct-related artery, fluid resuscitation, vasopressor and inotropic support, and trans-venous pacing in the presence of...
ABSTRACT: Management of right...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
02/03/2010
Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC; Tarek Moussa, MD, FRCPC
ABSTRACT: Coronary stent dislodgement and loss carries significant morbidity and risk of infarction and thrombosis if left untreated. There have been multiple previous techniques for stent retrieval or deployment after stent loss including...
ABSTRACT: Coronary stent dislodgement and loss carries significant morbidity and risk of infarction and thrombosis if left untreated. There have been multiple previous techniques for stent retrieval or deployment after stent loss including...
ABSTRACT: Coronary stent...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
02/03/2010
Neeraj Jolly, MD, DM; Gaurav Dhar, MD; Allen Anderson, MD
ABSTRACT: Persistent left superior vena cava is a common congenital anomaly. We present angiographic pictures and hemodynamic tracings from a case of superior vena cava syndrome in a patient with this anomaly. The images depict a challenging...
ABSTRACT: Persistent left superior vena cava is a common congenital anomaly. We present angiographic pictures and hemodynamic tracings from a case of superior vena cava syndrome in a patient with this anomaly. The images depict a challenging...
ABSTRACT: Persistent left...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
02/03/2010
Nicholas D. Palmer, MB, MRCP, MD, BS, FRCP; Scott W. Murray, MBChB, BSc(Hons), MRCP; Rodney H. Stables, DM, MA, BM, BCh, FRCP, MD
ABSTRACT: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) frequently cause considerable morbidity and mortality with a high risk of further events within the following year, despite the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Numerous studies have...
ABSTRACT: Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) frequently cause considerable morbidity and mortality with a high risk of further events within the following year, despite the use of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Numerous studies have...
ABSTRACT: Acute coronary...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
02/03/2010
Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Annapoorna S. Kini, MD, MRCP, FACC; Usman Baber, MD; Mohammed Akhter, MD; Sharad Kothari, MD
ABSTRACT: Background. The optimal combination of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting (PCI-S) among patients requiring oral anticoagulation (OAC) is unknown. Objectives. We sought...
ABSTRACT: Background. The optimal combination of anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting (PCI-S) among patients requiring oral anticoagulation (OAC) is unknown. Objectives. We sought...
ABSTRACT: Background. The...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
02/03/2010
Emily Kronsteiner, PA-C
ABSTRACT: Objectives. Compare outcomes of hybrid bare-metal stent (BMS)/sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) to BMS alone for the treatment of stenoses in small coronary arteries. Background. One approach to potentially reduce the risk of restenosis...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. Compare outcomes of hybrid bare-metal stent (BMS)/sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) to BMS alone for the treatment of stenoses in small coronary arteries. Background. One approach to potentially reduce the risk of restenosis...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. Compare...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
02/03/2010
Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD; Paul Frey, MD, MPH
Mitral regurgitation (MR), a common valvular disorder, is a heterogeneous condition that can be broadly categorized into primary (affecting the valve apparatus) or secondary (functional) etiologies. For appropriately selected patients,...
Mitral regurgitation (MR), a common valvular disorder, is a heterogeneous condition that can be broadly categorized into primary (affecting the valve apparatus) or secondary (functional) etiologies. For appropriately selected patients,...
Mitral regurgitation (MR), a...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
02/03/2010
Ambarish Gopal, MD
ABSTRACT: Background. The coronary sinus (CS) travels in close proximity to the left circumflex (LCX) artery. Percutaneously placed CS devices used to treat mitral regurgitation (MR) therefore have the potential to impinge upon the LCX...
ABSTRACT: Background. The coronary sinus (CS) travels in close proximity to the left circumflex (LCX) artery. Percutaneously placed CS devices used to treat mitral regurgitation (MR) therefore have the potential to impinge upon the LCX...
ABSTRACT: Background. The...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
02/03/2010
Iris Grunwald, MD
ABSTRACT: Objective. To evaluate the recanalization rate and clinical outcome in children with acute ischemic stroke following treatment with innovative mechanical thrombectomy devices. Patients and Methods. Three subjects aged 7–16 years...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To evaluate the recanalization rate and clinical outcome in children with acute ischemic stroke following treatment with innovative mechanical thrombectomy devices. Patients and Methods. Three subjects aged 7–16 years...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To evaluate...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
02/03/2010
Ruchira Glaser, MD, MSCE
It has been postulated that women have higher adverse events with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when compared with men, but as PCI has improved, it also appears this has been reduced or eliminated. In this issue of the Journal,...
It has been postulated that women have higher adverse events with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when compared with men, but as PCI has improved, it also appears this has been reduced or eliminated. In this issue of the Journal,...
It has been postulated that...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
02/03/2010
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
ABSTRACT: Background. Advances in interventional techniques have been dramatic in the last 10 years. The goal of this study was to evaluate the age-adjusted in-hospital mortality rate in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention...
ABSTRACT: Background. Advances in interventional techniques have been dramatic in the last 10 years. The goal of this study was to evaluate the age-adjusted in-hospital mortality rate in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention...
ABSTRACT: Background. Advances...
02/03/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
02/02/2010
David R. Ramsdale, FRCP, MD, BSc, MBChB; Scott W. Murray, MBChB, BSc(Hons), MRCP
The outcomes that can be expected after Cypher stent implantation have been well publicized and the results from other smaller and larger registries of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantations have been reported and have highlighted the...
The outcomes that can be expected after Cypher stent implantation have been well publicized and the results from other smaller and larger registries of drug-eluting stent (DES) implantations have been reported and have highlighted the...
The outcomes that can be...
02/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
02/02/2010
Peter C. Block, MD; Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD; Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD; Marco A. Costa, MD, PhD; Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Stanley Katz, MD, FACC; Peter B. Berger, MD; Eric J. Dippel, MD; Stephen R. Ramee, MD; Sidney A. Cohen, MD, PhD; Mirle A. Kellett, MD; Suzanne Britto, RN
ABSTRACT: Objective. To examine the 1-year safety and clinical outcomes associated with the post-marketing early unselected use of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in the United States. Background. The safety and effectiveness of SES has been...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To examine the 1-year safety and clinical outcomes associated with the post-marketing early unselected use of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in the United States. Background. The safety and effectiveness of SES has been...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To examine...
02/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology