Volume 22 - Issue 5 - May, 2010
Case Report
05/13/2010
Lakshminarayan Yerra, MD; Ajanta De, MD; Neeraj Jolly, MD, DM
Balloon angioplasty/stenting has emerged as a highly effective revascularization procedure for renal artery stenosis (RAS).1 The major complications of balloon angioplasty of the renal artery are dissection, perforation and thrombosis. 2 Use...
Balloon angioplasty/stenting has emerged as a highly effective revascularization procedure for renal artery stenosis (RAS).1 The major complications of balloon angioplasty of the renal artery are dissection, perforation and thrombosis. 2 Use...
Balloon angioplasty/stenting has...
05/13/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/13/2010
Sunil P. Wani, MD, DM; Seung-Woon Rha, MD, PhD; Ji Young Park, MD
Entrapment of a Drug-Eluting Stent in Left Anterior Descending Artery and Left Main Artery Leading to a Life-Threatening Complication
ABSTRACT:Sudden stent loss after stent entrapment in a tight coronary lesion is an unexpected and...
Entrapment of a Drug-Eluting Stent in Left Anterior Descending Artery and Left Main Artery Leading to a Life-Threatening Complication
ABSTRACT:Sudden stent loss after stent entrapment in a tight coronary lesion is an unexpected and...
Entrapment of a Drug-Eluting...
05/13/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/12/2010
Gian Paolo Ussia, MD; Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI; Marco Barbanti, MD
ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has been shown to be an effective and reproducible therapy for severe aortic valve stenosis. Device performance and short-term outcomes of well-deployed prostheses have been extensively...
ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has been shown to be an effective and reproducible therapy for severe aortic valve stenosis. Device performance and short-term outcomes of well-deployed prostheses have been extensively...
ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic...
05/12/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/12/2010
Prafulla G. Kerkar, MD, DM, FACC; Nishaki Kiran Mehta, MD, FHRS, FACC; Nidheesh Mishra, MD, DM
ABSTRACT: Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SOVA) is a rare albeit well-described entity and coexisting defects like ventricular septal defect, aortic regurgitation and, infrequently, atrial septal defect (ASD) have been reported. Until...
ABSTRACT: Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SOVA) is a rare albeit well-described entity and coexisting defects like ventricular septal defect, aortic regurgitation and, infrequently, atrial septal defect (ASD) have been reported. Until...
ABSTRACT: Ruptured sinus of...
05/12/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/12/2010
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI; Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD
Dual Guide Catheter Technique for Treating Native Coronary Artery Lesions Through Tortuous Internal Mammary Grafts: Separating Equipment Delivery from Target Lesion Visualization
ABSTRACT:Attempts to wire and stent a native coronary artery...
Dual Guide Catheter Technique for Treating Native Coronary Artery Lesions Through Tortuous Internal Mammary Grafts: Separating Equipment Delivery from Target Lesion Visualization
ABSTRACT:Attempts to wire and stent a native coronary artery...
Dual Guide Catheter Technique...
05/12/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/07/2010
Atsushi Funatsu, MD; Tomoko Kobayashi, MD; Shigeru Nakamura, MD
Use of the Kissing Microcatheter Technique to Exchange a Retrograde Wire for an Antegrade Wire in the Retrograde Approach to Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion
ABSTRACT: The retrograde approach to chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a...
Use of the Kissing Microcatheter Technique to Exchange a Retrograde Wire for an Antegrade Wire in the Retrograde Approach to Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion
ABSTRACT: The retrograde approach to chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a...
Use of the Kissing Microcatheter...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
05/07/2010
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
ABSTRACT: Ito et al reported low adverse events in true bifurcation lesions treated with rotational atherectomy in a recent issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. However, their definition of true bifurcation lesions is not correct....
ABSTRACT: Ito et al reported low adverse events in true bifurcation lesions treated with rotational atherectomy in a recent issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. However, their definition of true bifurcation lesions is not correct....
ABSTRACT: Ito et al reported low...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
05/07/2010
Amy Malik, MD; Bharat Dalvi, MD
A 23-year-old male presented to the hospital with non-radiating pain and palpitations. An echocardiogram showed a dilated left coronary artery and coronary sinus. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed markedly dilated left main and...
A 23-year-old male presented to the hospital with non-radiating pain and palpitations. An echocardiogram showed a dilated left coronary artery and coronary sinus. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed markedly dilated left main and...
A 23-year-old male presented to...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
05/07/2010
Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS; Wilbur J. Asheld, DO; Vatsal Inamdar, MD; Gerald Doorty, RN
ABSTRACT: Background. Patients who are entirely dependent on ventricular pacing are typically at the mercy of a single ventricular lead and pacemaker output in order to provide physiologic support. This study presents a number of high-risk...
ABSTRACT: Background. Patients who are entirely dependent on ventricular pacing are typically at the mercy of a single ventricular lead and pacemaker output in order to provide physiologic support. This study presents a number of high-risk...
ABSTRACT: Background. Patients...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Tips and Techniques
05/07/2010
Tomohiro Kawasaki, MD; Hisashi Koga, MD; Takeshi Serikawa, MD
ABSTRACT: Despite recent technical advances, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains a challenge. In daily practice, several bifurcation stenting techniques are now being used. However, even...
ABSTRACT: Despite recent technical advances, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains a challenge. In daily practice, several bifurcation stenting techniques are now being used. However, even...
ABSTRACT: Despite recent...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
05/06/2010
Jaime Ghitelman, MD; Lawrence A. Garcia, MD, FACC, FAHA
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) has an incidence of approximately 100 individuals per 100,000 population each year in the United States. 1 The most common presentation of VTE is deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or its more feared complication,...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) has an incidence of approximately 100 individuals per 100,000 population each year in the United States. 1 The most common presentation of VTE is deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or its more feared complication,...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) has...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/06/2010
Abhijeet Basoor, MD; Abdo Y. Yaekoub, MD; Fahad Younas, MD; Fadi Matta, MD; Muhammad Janjua, MD; Kiritkumar C. Patel, MD; Jane Liang, MSc; Russell D. Hull, MBBS, MSc; Paul D. Stein, MD; Irfan Moinuddin, MD; Aaref Badshah, MD
ABSTRACT: This was a retrospective study of 144 patients with retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters inserted 2004–2008 at a community/teaching hospital. The purpose was to evaluate the incidence of complications and the rate and...
ABSTRACT: This was a retrospective study of 144 patients with retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters inserted 2004–2008 at a community/teaching hospital. The purpose was to evaluate the incidence of complications and the rate and...
ABSTRACT: This was a...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/06/2010
Sofiene Rekik, MD; Jérôme Brunet, MD; Gilles Bayet, MD; François Xavier Hager, MD; Laurent Meille, MD; Jean Michel Quatre, MD; Joël Sainsous, MD
Unprotected Left Main Angioplasty in Nonagenarians: Clinical Characteristics, Procedural Features and Outcome: A Case Series Study
ABSTRACT: Limited information is available on clinical characteristics and outcomes in very old patients with...
Unprotected Left Main Angioplasty in Nonagenarians: Clinical Characteristics, Procedural Features and Outcome: A Case Series Study
ABSTRACT: Limited information is available on clinical characteristics and outcomes in very old patients with...
Unprotected Left Main...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
05/06/2010
Angela Hoye, MB, MRCP, MD, MBChB
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. Not least because it occurs so rarely that even someone with a large clinical practice will only see a small number of cases, and in addition,...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. Not least because it occurs so rarely that even someone with a large clinical practice will only see a small number of cases, and in addition,...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/06/2010
James A. Diggs, MD; Steven N. Singh, MD; Behrooz K. Shamloo, MD; Rajesh S. Chintala, MD; Ali Nasur, MD; Mohammad Ghazvini, MD; Parastoo Shariat
ABSTRACT: Background. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition that commonly presents as an acute coronary event in the younger population, especially in females of childbearing age. Generally, there is no consensus...
ABSTRACT: Background. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition that commonly presents as an acute coronary event in the younger population, especially in females of childbearing age. Generally, there is no consensus...
ABSTRACT: Background. ...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
05/06/2010
Mohit D. Gupta, MD, DM; Jigar Kadakia, MD; Matthew J. Budoff, MD
Drug-eluting stents (DES) are currently implanted in > 3 million patients worldwide undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) each year. With better equipment and understanding of the needs of prolonged dual-antiplatelet therapy...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) are currently implanted in > 3 million patients worldwide undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) each year. With better equipment and understanding of the needs of prolonged dual-antiplatelet therapy...
Drug-eluting stents (DES) are...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/06/2010
Wisam Shaba, MD; Curtiss P. Stinis, MD; Latrice Miller, BA; Paul S. Teirstein, MD, FACC; Matthew J. Price, MD; Justin P. Levisay, MD; Steven S. Lee, MD
Longer-Term Outcomes of Paclitaxel Stent Implantation as an Initial Treatment Strategy for Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Restenosis
ABSTRACT: Objective. The goal of this study was to determine the long-term clinical outcomes after an initial...
Longer-Term Outcomes of Paclitaxel Stent Implantation as an Initial Treatment Strategy for Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Restenosis
ABSTRACT: Objective. The goal of this study was to determine the long-term clinical outcomes after an initial...
Longer-Term Outcomes of...
05/06/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/05/2010
Michal Hawranek, MD; Mariusz Gasior, PhD; Marek Gierlotka, MD; Krzysztof Wilczek, MD; Andrzej Lekston, PhD; Bozena Szygula-Jurkiewicz, MD; Artur Spatuszko; Lech Polonski, PhD
ABSTRACT: Aims. Today’s knowledge concerning the progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) is mainly derived from randomised clinical studies performed in patients with stable CAD. Data on atherosclerosis progression (AP) after myocardial...
ABSTRACT: Aims. Today’s knowledge concerning the progression of coronary artery disease (CAD) is mainly derived from randomised clinical studies performed in patients with stable CAD. Data on atherosclerosis progression (AP) after myocardial...
ABSTRACT: Aims. Today’s...
05/05/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
05/05/2010
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP
Subclavian artery stenting is well established in the therapy of subclavian artery stenosis resulting in “subclavian steal,” arm claudication, myocardial ischemia in patients with prior or intended coronary artery bypass utilizing the...
Subclavian artery stenting is well established in the therapy of subclavian artery stenosis resulting in “subclavian steal,” arm claudication, myocardial ischemia in patients with prior or intended coronary artery bypass utilizing the...
Subclavian artery stenting is...
05/05/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/05/2010
John T. Coppola, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Cezar S. Staniloae, MD; Jennie Yu, MD; Ravikiran Korabathina, MD
ABSTRACT: Background. Subclavian artery angioplasty has been traditionally performed via the transfemoral approach. Transradial access is becoming increasingly used for coronary as well as for certain peripheral vascular beds. We describe our...
ABSTRACT: Background. Subclavian artery angioplasty has been traditionally performed via the transfemoral approach. Transradial access is becoming increasingly used for coronary as well as for certain peripheral vascular beds. We describe our...
ABSTRACT: Background. Subclavian...
05/05/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
05/05/2010
Nobuhiko Ogata, MD, PhD; Takashi Matsukage, MD, PhD; Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC; Yoshihiro Morino, MD; Teruhisa Tanabe, MD, PhD; Naoki Masuda, MD
ABSTRACT: Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of peripheral arterial bends that interfere with coronary catheterization. Background. Complex aortic and peripheral arterial bends are important factors in...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of peripheral arterial bends that interfere with coronary catheterization. Background. Complex aortic and peripheral arterial bends are important factors in...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. The aim...
05/05/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
