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Volume 23 - Issue 7 - July 2011

Tips and Techniques
Successful Stent Implantation Guided by Intravascular Ultrasound and a Doppler Guidewire Without Contrast Injection in a Patient with Allergy to Iodinated Contrast Media
06/29/2011
Hiroyuki Okura, MD, PhD; Shintaro Nezuo, MD; Kiyoshi Yoshida, MD
ABSTRACT: Presence of allergy to iodinated contrast may prevent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to be performed. We present a 76-year-old male with a history of allergic reaction to iodinated contrast who successfully underwent...
ABSTRACT: Presence of allergy to iodinated contrast may prevent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to be performed. We present a 76-year-old male with a history of allergic reaction to iodinated contrast who successfully underwent...
ABSTRACT: Presence of allergy to...
06/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Distal Anchoring Technique: Yet Another Weapon for Successful Intervention
06/29/2011
Roger J. Laham, MD; Mohammad H. Pervaiz, MD
The evolution of percutaneous coronary and peripheral interventions in terms of device profile, deliverability, and flexibility, and their proven long-term safety and benefit have extended their reach to more and more complex coronary and...
The evolution of percutaneous coronary and peripheral interventions in terms of device profile, deliverability, and flexibility, and their proven long-term safety and benefit have extended their reach to more and more complex coronary and...
The evolution of percutaneous...
06/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Applications of the Distal Anchoring Technique in Coronary and Peripheral Interventions
06/29/2011
Arif Mahmood, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI
ABSTRACT: The distal balloon anchoring technique involves inflation of a balloon distal to or at a target lesion to facilitate equipment delivery. We report various applications of this technique to facilitate complex coronary and peripheral...
ABSTRACT: The distal balloon anchoring technique involves inflation of a balloon distal to or at a target lesion to facilitate equipment delivery. We report various applications of this technique to facilitate complex coronary and peripheral...
ABSTRACT: The distal balloon...
06/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Drug-Eluting Stents and Non-Cardiac Surgery: Learning Lessons the Hard Way
06/29/2011
Eugenia Nikolsky, MD, PhD; Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc, MPH
In this issue of the Journal, Bolad et al return the readers to a vital topic of optimal management for patients requiring non-cardiac surgery after treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 Even though the subject has been...
In this issue of the Journal, Bolad et al return the readers to a vital topic of optimal management for patients requiring non-cardiac surgery after treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 Even though the subject has been...
In this issue of the Journal,...
06/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Cardiac Events After Non-Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Previous Coronary Intervention in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era
06/28/2011
Islam Bolad, MD; Ahmad Alqaqa'a, MBBS; Bilal Khan, MBBS; Sudesh K. Srivastav, PhD; Saihari Sadanandan, MD; Jeffrey A. Breall, MD, PhD; Elisabeth Von der Lohe, MD
ABSTRACT: The peri-operative risk for patients with coronary drug-eluting stents (DES) who subsequently have non-cardiac surgery (NCS) is unclear. We performed this retrospective study of all patients in our institution who had coronary...
ABSTRACT: The peri-operative risk for patients with coronary drug-eluting stents (DES) who subsequently have non-cardiac surgery (NCS) is unclear. We performed this retrospective study of all patients in our institution who had coronary...
ABSTRACT: The peri-operative...
06/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Details of Left Ventricular Remodeling and the Mechanism of Paradoxical Ventricular Septal Motion After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
06/28/2011
Ion Codreanu, MD, PhD; David P. Taggart, FRCS, PhD; Tammy J. Pegg, MB, MRCP, DPhil; Oliver J. Rider, BM, BCh, MRCP, DPhil, BA; Joseph B. Selvanayagam, MBBS, DPhil; Matthew D. Robson, PhD; Constantin A. Dasanu, MD, PhD; Bernd A. Jung, PhD; Kieran Clarke, PhD; Cameron J. Holloway, MRCP, DPhil
ABSTRACT: Objective. The purpose of this study was to obtain new details of three-dimensional left ventricular wall motion related to ventricular remodeling in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods....
ABSTRACT: Objective. The purpose of this study was to obtain new details of three-dimensional left ventricular wall motion related to ventricular remodeling in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Methods....
ABSTRACT: Objective. The purpose...
06/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Collateralization of an Occluded Left Internal Mammary Artery Coronary Bypass Graft
06/30/2011
Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD; Gregory W. Barsness, MD; Jeffrey B. Geske, MD
ABSTRACT: The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is frequently utilized in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); adequate visualization of the LIMA bypass graft during diagnostic angiography is critical for determination of myocardial...
ABSTRACT: The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) is frequently utilized in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG); adequate visualization of the LIMA bypass graft during diagnostic angiography is critical for determination of myocardial...
ABSTRACT: The left internal...
06/30/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Virtual Histologic Guidance of Percutaneous Peripheral Atherectomy: The Evolution of a New Paradigm?
06/28/2011
Michael S. Levy, MD, MPH, FAEMS; Roger J. Laham, MD
Percutaneous atherectomy has an evolving history with respect to peripheral arterial disease treatment. Although conceptually the idea of reducing plaque volume, and not merely “cracking” a plaque with angioplasty, makes sense, initial...
Percutaneous atherectomy has an evolving history with respect to peripheral arterial disease treatment. Although conceptually the idea of reducing plaque volume, and not merely “cracking” a plaque with angioplasty, makes sense, initial...
Percutaneous atherectomy has an...
06/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Coronary to Pulmonary Artery Fistulas: An Incidental Finding with Challenging Therapeutic Options
06/30/2011
Ariane Testuz, MD; Marco Roffi, MD; Robert Francis Bonvini, MD
ABSTRACT: We report the incidental finding of 2 coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas observed at coronary angiography performed in a 48-year-old man presenting with acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Coronary...
ABSTRACT: We report the incidental finding of 2 coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas observed at coronary angiography performed in a 48-year-old man presenting with acute inferior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Coronary...
ABSTRACT: We report the...
06/30/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Tissue Removal by Ultrasound Evaluation (The TRUE Study): The Jetstream G2 System Post-Market Peripheral Vascular IVUS Study
06/28/2011
James T. Torey, PA-C, PA; Tejwant Singh, MD; Deepak Koul, MD; Susanna "Susan" Szpunar, PhD; Jigishu Dhabuwala, MD; Lisa Saigh, RN; Thomas P. Davis, MD, FACC
ABSTRACT: Background. Balloon angioplasty and stenting of infra-inguinal lesions is limited by poor long-term patency rates. Atherectomy decreases plaque burden and provides an alternative means of revascularizing patients with peripheral...
ABSTRACT: Background. Balloon angioplasty and stenting of infra-inguinal lesions is limited by poor long-term patency rates. Atherectomy decreases plaque burden and provides an alternative means of revascularizing patients with peripheral...
ABSTRACT: Background. Balloon...
06/28/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Hyperkalemia
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Pulmonary Embolism
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CVD
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Thrombectomy
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Peripheral IVL
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Dr. Annapoorna Kini (left) and her team outside of The Samuel Fineman Cardiac Catheterization Artificial Intelligence Research Lab
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