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Volume 23 - Issue 11 - November 2011

Proximal Right Coronary Artery Diverticulum Resulting in Recurrent Distal Embolization
10/31/2011
Igor Shkolnik, MD; Samer Salka, MD
ABSTRACT: This is a case of a right coronary artery (RCA) diverticulum. We highlight the complications of distal embolization and recurrent myocardial infarctions (MI), and the successful closure with a covered stent.A 33-year-old Khat user...
ABSTRACT: This is a case of a right coronary artery (RCA) diverticulum. We highlight the complications of distal embolization and recurrent myocardial infarctions (MI), and the successful closure with a covered stent.A 33-year-old Khat user...
ABSTRACT: This is a case of a...
10/31/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Successful Percutaneous Treatment of Suspected Embolic Left Main Thrombosis in a Patient with a Mechanical Aortic Valve
10/27/2011
Anand Prasad, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI; Mitul P. Patel, MD; Munveer Bhangoo, MD
ABSTRACT: Left main coronary artery thrombosis is a rare but potentially fatal phenomenon. We present the unusual case of total occlusion of the left main coronary artery suspected to be secondary to embolized thrombus from a patient’s...
ABSTRACT: Left main coronary artery thrombosis is a rare but potentially fatal phenomenon. We present the unusual case of total occlusion of the left main coronary artery suspected to be secondary to embolized thrombus from a patient’s...
ABSTRACT: Left main coronary...
10/27/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Endovascular Treatment of Residual Type A Aortic Dissection Preserving Patency of Supra-Aortic Vessels by Implantation of the Djumbodis System. No More Surgery for the Aortic Arch?
10/26/2011
Gabriele Iannelli, MD; Federico Piscione, MD; Plinio Cirillo, MD, PhD
ABSTRACT: A persistent distal false lumen perfusion—residual type A aortic dissection—is found in 50% to 100% of patients following ascending aorta replacement. Complications of persistent or newly developed dissection of the distal aorta are...
ABSTRACT: A persistent distal false lumen perfusion—residual type A aortic dissection—is found in 50% to 100% of patients following ascending aorta replacement. Complications of persistent or newly developed dissection of the distal aorta are...
ABSTRACT: A persistent distal...
10/26/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Beyond the Bend: A Literature Review and Case Report of Radial Artery Loop
10/26/2011
Rawa Sarji, DO; Nattapong Sricharoen, MD
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac catheterization is an exciting technique that has many advantages over the traditional femoral approach. Most importantly it is a safe option for PCI with potential same day discharge for uncomplicated cases....
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac catheterization is an exciting technique that has many advantages over the traditional femoral approach. Most importantly it is a safe option for PCI with potential same day discharge for uncomplicated cases....
ABSTRACT: Transradial cardiac...
10/26/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Following Transfemoral Catheterization
10/26/2011
Andre Saad, MD; Raelene Knolla, MD; Kamal Gupta, MD
ABSTRACT: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) (previously reflex sympathetic dystrophy) is a chronic pain condition usually resulting as a consequence of trauma or surgery. Though described occasionally after vascular surgery, it is...
ABSTRACT: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) (previously reflex sympathetic dystrophy) is a chronic pain condition usually resulting as a consequence of trauma or surgery. Though described occasionally after vascular surgery, it is...
ABSTRACT: Complex regional pain...
10/26/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Successful Treatment of a Late Presentation Exercise-Induced Spontaneous Left Anterior Descending Artery Dissection
10/26/2011
Simon R. Redwood, MD, FRCP, MBBS; Shana Tehrani, MD, MRCP; Muhammed Zeeshan Khawaja, MBBS, MRCP
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an unusual condition that mainly happens in fit and healthy women in the peripartum period. Strenuous exercise is a rare cause of dissection in angiographically normal coronary arteries....
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an unusual condition that mainly happens in fit and healthy women in the peripartum period. Strenuous exercise is a rare cause of dissection in angiographically normal coronary arteries....
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary...
10/26/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
GuideLiner Catheter Facilitated PCI – A Novel Device with Multiple Applications
10/26/2011
Nathan Laufer, MD; Victor Sein, MD; Ashish Pershad, MD
ABSTRACT: Objective. The GuideLiner catheter (Vascular Solutions, Inc.) is a monorail guiding catheter extension that serves to facilitate stent delivery and is approved for providing extra support and coaxial guide engagement. The objective...
ABSTRACT: Objective. The GuideLiner catheter (Vascular Solutions, Inc.) is a monorail guiding catheter extension that serves to facilitate stent delivery and is approved for providing extra support and coaxial guide engagement. The objective...
ABSTRACT: Objective. The...
10/26/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editor's Message
Editor`s Message
10/26/2011
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology coincides with the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2011 meeting being held in San Francisco, California.  The goal of both this meeting and the journal is to provide...
Dear Readers,This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology coincides with the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2011 meeting being held in San Francisco, California.  The goal of both this meeting and the journal is to provide...
Dear Readers,This issue of the...
10/26/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial
American Health Care, and Notably Cardiovascular Care, Cannot be Defined by WHO Mortality Rankings
10/25/2011
Gerald Dorros, MD, DSc, FACC, ScD; Adam J. Pressman, MBA
The costly American health care system, allegedly, has overpromised and underperformed, and, as such, a reduction in public and private funding for research and physician compensation seems, to some, justified. This perspective, the focus of...
The costly American health care system, allegedly, has overpromised and underperformed, and, as such, a reduction in public and private funding for research and physician compensation seems, to some, justified. This perspective, the focus of...
The costly American health care...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
Major Bleeding in Acute Coronary Syndromes
10/25/2011
Marden Andre Tebet, MD, PhD; Pedro Beraldo de Andrade, MD, PhD; Andre Labrunie, MD, PhD; Felipe Souza Maia da Silva, MD; Monica Vieira Athanazio de Andrade; Luiz Alberto Piva e Mattos, MD, PhD
Abstract: Treatment of acute coronary syndrome has been based on the prevention of ischemic complications by means of antithrombotic therapy and invasive strategies. The desired reduction reached in the recurrence of ischemic events reveals...
Abstract: Treatment of acute coronary syndrome has been based on the prevention of ischemic complications by means of antithrombotic therapy and invasive strategies. The desired reduction reached in the recurrence of ischemic events reveals...
Abstract: Treatment of acute...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
Use of Embolic Capture Angioplasty for the Treatment of Occluded Superficial Femoral Artery Segments
10/25/2011
Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI; Ahmad Zankar, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI
Abstract: Treatment of peripheral chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the most challenging lesion subsets in peripheral revascularization. Advanced wire technology, novel re-entry catheters and imaging techniques help in crossing such...
Abstract: Treatment of peripheral chronic total occlusion (CTO) is one of the most challenging lesion subsets in peripheral revascularization. Advanced wire technology, novel re-entry catheters and imaging techniques help in crossing such...
Abstract: Treatment of...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients Requiring Circulatory Assist Devices
10/25/2011
Adhir R. Shroff, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI; Vineet K. Dandekar, MD
Transradial access for diagnostic and interventional procedures has been gaining acceptance in the United States.1 Advantages of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) include improved patient satisfaction and potential decrease...
Transradial access for diagnostic and interventional procedures has been gaining acceptance in the United States.1 Advantages of transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) include improved patient satisfaction and potential decrease...
Transradial access for...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Tips and Techniques
Simultaneous Inflation of Two Drug-Eluting Balloons for the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Restenosis: A Concept Series
10/25/2011
Daniel Todaro, MD; Gregory A. Sgueglia, PhD; Antonino Stipo, MD; Edoardo Pucci, MD
Abstract: Coronary bifurcation restenoses are especially challenging lesions to treat. In this report, four cases are described in which an innovative approach consisting of the simultaneous inflation of two drug-eluting balloons has been...
Abstract: Coronary bifurcation restenoses are especially challenging lesions to treat. In this report, four cases are described in which an innovative approach consisting of the simultaneous inflation of two drug-eluting balloons has been...
Abstract: Coronary bifurcation...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Utility of Adenosine Sequelae in Primer Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty
10/25/2011
Abhishek Deshmukh, MD; Rajesh Sachdeva, MD
Aortic stenosis is an insidious disease with a long latency period.1 Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis is associated with poor outcomes unless an aortic valve replacement procedure is performed.1 In the real world, 30% of patients with...
Aortic stenosis is an insidious disease with a long latency period.1 Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis is associated with poor outcomes unless an aortic valve replacement procedure is performed.1 In the real world, 30% of patients with...
Aortic stenosis is an insidious...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
A High Dose of Adenosine to Induce Transient Asystole for Valvuloplasty in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Is it a Valid Alternative to Rapid Pacing? A Prospective Pilot Study
10/25/2011
Kensuke Takagi, MD; Azeem Latib, MD, BCh, MBBCh; Giedrius Davidavicius, MD; Joanne Shannon, MD; Francesco Arioli, MD; Marco Mussardo, MD; Francesco Maisano, MD; Antonio Colombo, MD; Alaide Chieffo, MD; Matteo Montorfano, MD; Alfonso Ielasi, MD; Cosmo Godino, MD
Abstract: Background. Rapid right ventricular pacing (RRVP) at rates above 200 beats/minute is used to suppress cardiac output during balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) patients. A risk of...
Abstract: Background. Rapid right ventricular pacing (RRVP) at rates above 200 beats/minute is used to suppress cardiac output during balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) patients. A risk of...
Abstract: Background. Rapid...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Stent Evaluation by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography and Expert Consensus Documents
10/25/2011
Harvey S. Hecht, MD
As coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) has rapidly evolved, its extension to more complex scenarios has kept pace. Stent evaluation has intrinsic technical difficulties. However, since left main disease, in particular, is not...
As coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) has rapidly evolved, its extension to more complex scenarios has kept pace. Stent evaluation has intrinsic technical difficulties. However, since left main disease, in particular, is not...
As coronary computed tomographic...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Dual-Source CT Angiography for Detection and Quantification of In-Stent Restenosis in the Left Main Coronary Artery: Comparison with Intracoronary Ultrasound and Coronary Angiography
10/25/2011
Pavla Cadova, MD; Pavol Tomasov, MD; Adla Theodor, MD; David Zemanek, MD, PhD; Josef Veselka, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI
Abstract: Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) compared to coronary angiography (CAG) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for detection and...
Abstract: Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of dual-source computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) compared to coronary angiography (CAG) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) for detection and...
Abstract: Objectives. The aim of...
10/25/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Comparison of the Resource Utilization Between Simultaneous Strategy and Staged Strategy to Treat Two-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease by Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
10/24/2011
Hiroshi Wada, MD; Junya Ako, MD, PhD; Kenichi Sakakura, MD; Norifumi Kubo, MD
Abstract: Objectives. The purpose of this study was to compare medical resource use, such as total device cost, total contrast volume, and total fluoroscopy time between the staged and simultaneous strategies for treating two-vessel disease...
Abstract: Objectives. The purpose of this study was to compare medical resource use, such as total device cost, total contrast volume, and total fluoroscopy time between the staged and simultaneous strategies for treating two-vessel disease...
Abstract: Objectives. The...
10/24/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Preventing Contrast-Induced Nephropathy in Patients Undergoing Primary PCI
10/24/2011
Hitinder S. Gurm, MBBS, MD, FSCAI; Shea E. Hogan, MD
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) continues to be one of the most common major adverse side effect of cardiac catheterization, and is associated with short- and long-term morbidity and mortality.1,2 This is particularly true in the...
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) continues to be one of the most common major adverse side effect of cardiac catheterization, and is associated with short- and long-term morbidity and mortality.1,2 This is particularly true in the...
Contrast-induced nephropathy...
10/24/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
The Impact of Iso-Osmolar Contrast Use in Emergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
10/24/2011
Kengo Ayabe, MD; Justin A. Ratcliffe, MD; Lori Vales, MD; Navin Nakra, MD; Patricia Friedman, MS; John T. Fox, MD; Yumiko Kanei, MD
Abstract: The incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was previously reported to be as high as 19%. Iso-osmolar contrast has...
Abstract: The incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was previously reported to be as high as 19%. Iso-osmolar contrast has...
Abstract: The incidence of...
10/24/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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