Volume 22 - Issue 6 - June, 2010
Commentary
06/02/2010
Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI, FCCP
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors have been demonstrated to reduce major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients undergoing coronary interventions, particularly when there is associated thrombus.1,2 In this issue, Dr. Hansen and...
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors have been demonstrated to reduce major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients undergoing coronary interventions, particularly when there is associated thrombus.1,2 In this issue, Dr. Hansen and...
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa...
06/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/08/2010
Mahazarin Ginwalla, MD; Dilip Pillai, MD; Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, PhD
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a tool to help improve myocardial perfusion, reduce afterload, and decrease myocardial demand by reducing cardiac work. We describe a unique case of an IABP placement in a pregnant woman in...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a tool to help improve myocardial perfusion, reduce afterload, and decrease myocardial demand by reducing cardiac work. We describe a unique case of an IABP placement in a pregnant woman in...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic...
06/08/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/08/2010
Claudia A. Martinez, MD; Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD; Robert Rosen, MD; Howard A. Cohen, MD
ABSTRACT: A patient with a symptomatic mitral paravalvular leak was successfully treated by implantation of an Amplatzer (16 mm) occluder device (AGA Medical, Plymouth, Minnesota) at the defect via percutaneous direct transapical puncture...
ABSTRACT: A patient with a symptomatic mitral paravalvular leak was successfully treated by implantation of an Amplatzer (16 mm) occluder device (AGA Medical, Plymouth, Minnesota) at the defect via percutaneous direct transapical puncture...
ABSTRACT: A patient with a...
06/08/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/08/2010
Sebastien Armero, MD; Laurent Bonello, MD, PhD; Omar Ait Mokhtar, MD
ABSTRACT: Fractional flow reserve is a simple and efficient tool to assess the severity of an intermediate lesion in order to determine the optimal therapy. However there are some limitations to its use. We observed that in patients with...
ABSTRACT: Fractional flow reserve is a simple and efficient tool to assess the severity of an intermediate lesion in order to determine the optimal therapy. However there are some limitations to its use. We observed that in patients with...
ABSTRACT: Fractional flow...
06/08/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/08/2010
Prashanth Panduranga, MD, MRCP; Abdulla Riyami, FRCP
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon and the occurrence of a single coronary artery with no structural heart disease is very rare. We report a hitherto undescribed type of single coronary artery originating from the right...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery anomalies are uncommon and the occurrence of a single coronary artery with no structural heart disease is very rare. We report a hitherto undescribed type of single coronary artery originating from the right...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery...
06/08/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
06/02/2010
Abdul-Rhaman F. Diab, MD; R. Abdel-Karim, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI
ABSTRACT: Objectives. To examine the contemporary acute and long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of acutely occluded saphenous vein grafts (SVGs). Background. PCI of acutely thrombosed SVGs carries low success...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. To examine the contemporary acute and long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of acutely occluded saphenous vein grafts (SVGs). Background. PCI of acutely thrombosed SVGs carries low success...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. To...
06/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
06/02/2010
James B. Hermiller, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Despite effective embolic protection devices and drug-eluting stents, saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention remains technically challenging, and long-term results are discouraging.1 Procedural success and reductions in target lesion...
Despite effective embolic protection devices and drug-eluting stents, saphenous vein graft (SVG) intervention remains technically challenging, and long-term results are discouraging.1 Procedural success and reductions in target lesion...
Despite effective embolic...
06/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
06/02/2010
Ludwig Neyses, MD; Farzin Fath-Ordoubadi, MBBCh, MD; Mamas A. Mamas, DPhil, BMBCh, MRCP, MD; Douglas Fraser, MD; Magdi El-Omar, BSc, MBBS, MRCP, MD; Simon Horner, MBBS; Elise Welch, BSc; Anthony Ashworth, MBBS; Simon Millington, BSc
ABSTRACT: Objective. To investigate the relationship between resting distal coronary pressure to aortic pressure ratio (Pd/Pa) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) obtained during maximal hyperemia. Background. FFR is an invasive index of the...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To investigate the relationship between resting distal coronary pressure to aortic pressure ratio (Pd/Pa) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) obtained during maximal hyperemia. Background. FFR is an invasive index of the...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To...
06/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
06/02/2010
Matthew T. Sacrinty, MPH; Robert J. Applegate, MD; Renato M. Santos, MD; Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, PhD; Kevin R. Hayes, MD; Michael A. Kutcher, MD, FACC, FSCAI; William C. Little, MD
ABSTRACT: Objective. We sought to examine the clinical presentations and subsequent clinical outcomes of patients undergoing target lesion revascularization (TLR) after either bare-metal stent (BMS) or drug-eluting stent (DES) placement....
ABSTRACT: Objective. We sought to examine the clinical presentations and subsequent clinical outcomes of patients undergoing target lesion revascularization (TLR) after either bare-metal stent (BMS) or drug-eluting stent (DES) placement....
ABSTRACT: Objective. We...
06/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
06/02/2010
Nipun Arora, MD; Venkatesan D. Vidi, MD
While the clinical presentation of target lesion revascularization (TLR) following bare-metal stent (BMS) placement was previously perceived to be “benign,” several studies have now shown that BMS restenosis may present as acute coronary...
While the clinical presentation of target lesion revascularization (TLR) following bare-metal stent (BMS) placement was previously perceived to be “benign,” several studies have now shown that BMS restenosis may present as acute coronary...
While the clinical...
06/02/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
