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Volume 23 - Issue 5 - May 2011

A Simple Approach for the Reduction of Knotted Coronary Catheter in the Radial Artery During the Transradial Approach
05/02/2011
Tejas M. Patel, MD, DM; Sanjay C. Shah, MD, DM; Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
ABSTRACT: Development of a catheter knot is uncommon but still a matter of concern for a catheterizing cardiologist. There are only a few case reports of percutaneous catheter unknotting in the literature. We describe for the first time a...
ABSTRACT: Development of a catheter knot is uncommon but still a matter of concern for a catheterizing cardiologist. There are only a few case reports of percutaneous catheter unknotting in the literature. We describe for the first time a...
ABSTRACT: Development of a...
05/02/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Endovascular Treatment of Acute Thoracic Aortic Syndromes with a Proximal Landing Zone Extension Strategy: Procedural and Follow-up Results
04/28/2011
Marco Vaghetti, MD
ABSTRACT: Purpose. To report the procedural and long-term follow-up data (mean, 43 ± 29 months; range, 12–90 months) of endovascular stent grafting (ESG) of acute thoracic aortic syndromes (ATAS) with a proximal landing zone extension...
ABSTRACT: Purpose. To report the procedural and long-term follow-up data (mean, 43 ± 29 months; range, 12–90 months) of endovascular stent grafting (ESG) of acute thoracic aortic syndromes (ATAS) with a proximal landing zone extension...
ABSTRACT: Purpose. To report the...
04/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Normal to Normal: A Method of Treatment of Coronary Aneurysms with Deployment of Bare-Metal Stents
05/02/2011
Ioannis Iakovou, MD
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as a coronary dilatation that exceeds the diameter of normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the patient’s largest coronary vessel by 1.5 times. The presence of a CAA is not always...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as a coronary dilatation that exceeds the diameter of normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the patient’s largest coronary vessel by 1.5 times. The presence of a CAA is not always...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery...
05/02/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Lowering the Price to Pay for TAVI
04/28/2011
Peter C. Block, MD
Trying to decrease the risk of surgical or interventional cardiac procedures for patients with heart disease is a slow process. Forty to 50 years ago when valve replacement and coronary surgery were just beginning, operative risk was...
Trying to decrease the risk of surgical or interventional cardiac procedures for patients with heart disease is a slow process. Forty to 50 years ago when valve replacement and coronary surgery were just beginning, operative risk was...
Trying to decrease the risk of...
04/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Successful Transradial Intervention for Two Lesions with Dual Anomalous Origins of Coronary Arteries
05/02/2011
Takashi Matsukage, MD, PhD; Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC; Naoki Masuda, MD
ABSTRACT: A 76-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for effort angina pectoris. His coronary computed tomography and coronary angiography revealed anomalous origins of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) from the proximal right...
ABSTRACT: A 76-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for effort angina pectoris. His coronary computed tomography and coronary angiography revealed anomalous origins of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) from the proximal right...
ABSTRACT: A 76-year-old male was...
05/02/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Causes of Peri-Operative Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Pooled Analysis of 12 Studies and 1,223 Patients
04/28/2011
Pablo Salinas, MD; Luis Riera, MD; Isidro Moreno-Gomez, MD; Angel Sánchez-Recalde, MD, PhD; Jose Mesa, MD; Raúl Moreno-Gómez, MD, PhD; Ignacio Plaza, MD; David Dobarro, MD; Guillermo Galeote, MD, PhD; Santiago Jimenez-Valero, MD, PhD; Luis Calvo-Orbe, MD; Jose Luis Lopez-Sendon, MD, PhD
ABSTRACT: Background. In order to improve technique and to prevent serious procedural complications during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), it is crucial to identify the causes of death of patients undergoing this procedure....
ABSTRACT: Background. In order to improve technique and to prevent serious procedural complications during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), it is crucial to identify the causes of death of patients undergoing this procedure....
ABSTRACT: Background. In order...
04/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Transradial Occlusion of a Large Intercostal Branch of a Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft with the Novel Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4 Using a 4 French Diagnostic Catheter: Treatment of Coronary Steal Phenomenon
04/29/2011
Amit B. Sanghvi, MD; José Francisco Díaz Fernández, MD; Antonio Enrique Gómez Menchero, MD
ABSTRACT: Sidebranches of the left internal mammary artery that are not ligated at the time of coronary artery bypass surgery can cause coronary steal syndrome, resulting in angina. Several isolated case reports have demonstrated successful...
ABSTRACT: Sidebranches of the left internal mammary artery that are not ligated at the time of coronary artery bypass surgery can cause coronary steal syndrome, resulting in angina. Several isolated case reports have demonstrated successful...
ABSTRACT: Sidebranches of the...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Cardiac MRI Evaluation of Infarct Size with Thrombus Aspiration During ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
04/28/2011
Anubodh Varshney, BS 
The clinical importance of thrombus-driven microvascular obstruction (MVO) during acute myocardial infarction (MI) has been increasingly recognized in the last decade.1 Indeed, several studies have documented a failure to achieve Thrombolysis...
The clinical importance of thrombus-driven microvascular obstruction (MVO) during acute myocardial infarction (MI) has been increasingly recognized in the last decade.1 Indeed, several studies have documented a failure to achieve Thrombolysis...
The clinical importance of...
04/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Purulent Pericarditis Caused by Haemophilus influenzae Type B
04/29/2011
Jon C. George, MD, MBA; Vincent Varghese, DO
ABSTRACT: Purulent pericarditis, once a common entity associated with intrathoracic infections, such as pneumonia and empyema, has become an infrequent illness in the post-antibiotic era. Prompt recognition and therapy are vital in improving...
ABSTRACT: Purulent pericarditis, once a common entity associated with intrathoracic infections, such as pneumonia and empyema, has become an infrequent illness in the post-antibiotic era. Prompt recognition and therapy are vital in improving...
ABSTRACT: Purulent pericarditis,...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Successful Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reduces Infarct Size and Preserves Myocardial Viability: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
04/28/2011
Atsushi Kobori, MD; Takeshi Kitai, MD; Tomoko Tani, MD; Toru Kita, MD; Yutaka Furukawa, MD; Yoshimori An, MD; Shuichiro Kaji, MD; Kitae Kim, MD; Atsushi Yamamuro, MD; Makoto Kinoshita; Natsuhiko Ehara, MD
ABSTRACT: Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of thrombus aspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on myocardial viability in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction...
ABSTRACT: Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of thrombus aspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on myocardial viability in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction...
ABSTRACT: Background. The...
04/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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