Volume 22 - Issue 5 - May, 2010
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
