Volume 24 - Issue 5 - May 2012
Complex Case Intervention
04/30/2012
Basar Candemir, MD; Cigdem Koca, MD; Turkan S. Tan, MD
ABSTRACT: The left internal mammary artery, a branch of the left subclavian artery, is the most commonly used arterial graft during coronary artery bypass grafting. Although extremely rare, an abnormal origin of left subclavian artery may...
ABSTRACT: The left internal mammary artery, a branch of the left subclavian artery, is the most commonly used arterial graft during coronary artery bypass grafting. Although extremely rare, an abnormal origin of left subclavian artery may...
ABSTRACT: The left internal...
04/30/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/26/2012
Arik Wolak, MD; Reuben Ilia, MD; Jean Marc Weinstein, MRCP; Carlos Cafri, MD
Abstract: Objectives. Angioplasty of a stenosis at the ostium of a diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery as an isolated lesion often poses a dilemma due to the risk involved in treating the lesion in comparison to the...
Abstract: Objectives. Angioplasty of a stenosis at the ostium of a diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery as an isolated lesion often poses a dilemma due to the risk involved in treating the lesion in comparison to the...
Abstract: Objectives....
04/26/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
04/30/2012
Saibal Kar, MD; Uzoma N. Ibebuogu, MD; Antonio Hernandez Conte, MD, MBA
ABSTRACT: This case report describes a patient who sustained a post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) with an associated left ventricular aneurysm who developed cardiogenic shock and required an intra-aortic balloon pump...
ABSTRACT: This case report describes a patient who sustained a post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) with an associated left ventricular aneurysm who developed cardiogenic shock and required an intra-aortic balloon pump...
ABSTRACT: This case report...
04/30/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
04/26/2012
Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Jose Miguel Iturbe, MD; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH, MD; Arif Mahmood, MD; Aristotelis C. Papayannis, MD; Abdul-Rahman Abdel-Karim, MD
Abstract: Background. Device loss and entrapment are infrequent but potentially grave complications of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). There are limited contemporary data on the frequency, treatment, and consequences of these...
Abstract: Background. Device loss and entrapment are infrequent but potentially grave complications of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). There are limited contemporary data on the frequency, treatment, and consequences of these...
Abstract: Background. Device...
04/26/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
04/30/2012
Amit Gupta, MD; Sudheer Saxena, MD
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery fistula is a rare condition where a fistulous communication exists between the coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or vein. Mostly they are of congenital origin, but rarely may be acquired due to trauma, post...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery fistula is a rare condition where a fistulous communication exists between the coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or vein. Mostly they are of congenital origin, but rarely may be acquired due to trauma, post...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery...
04/30/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
04/26/2012
Manuel Maynar, MD, PhD; Fei Sun, MD; Francisco M. Sánchez, DVM, PhD; Javier Fernández-Portales, MD, PhD; Verónica Crisóstomo, DVM, PhD; Idoia Díaz-Güemes, DVM, PhD; Claudia Báez-Díaz, DVM; Jesús Usón, DVM, PhD
Abstract: Background. A minimally invasive pericardial access and chronic catheterization may enhance the therapeutic effects of intrapericardial drug delivery. We aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility of percutaneous intrapericardial...
Abstract: Background. A minimally invasive pericardial access and chronic catheterization may enhance the therapeutic effects of intrapericardial drug delivery. We aimed to evaluate the technical feasibility of percutaneous intrapericardial...
Abstract: Background. A...
04/26/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/27/2012
Carlos I. Soledispa-Suarez, MD; Jorge E. Gomez, MD
ABSTRACT: An 8-year-old male patient was sent to the catheterization laboratory for assessment of a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection found by echocardiography. During the intervention, cineangiogram revealed left pulmonary veins...
ABSTRACT: An 8-year-old male patient was sent to the catheterization laboratory for assessment of a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection found by echocardiography. During the intervention, cineangiogram revealed left pulmonary veins...
ABSTRACT: An 8-year-old male...
04/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
04/26/2012
Marco A. Costa, MD, PhD; Luca Di Vito, MD, PhD; Joo Heung Yoon, MD; Shaosong Zhang, MD, PhD; William F. Fearon, MD; Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Alan C. Yeung, MD; Hiram G. Bezerra, MD, PhD
Abstract: Objectives. This study sought to assess the effectiveness and safety of the second-generation frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) system. Background. The second-generation FD-OCT was recently developed, with...
Abstract: Objectives. This study sought to assess the effectiveness and safety of the second-generation frequency-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) system. Background. The second-generation FD-OCT was recently developed, with...
Abstract: Objectives. This study...
04/26/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/27/2012
Anurakti Srivastava, MD; Anil Sivadasan Radha, MD, DNB
ABSTRACT: A pseudoaneurysm due to infection after a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt is a rare but potentially fatal complication that can rupture, compress mediastinal structures, produce shunt occlusion, and bacteremia. In these patients,...
ABSTRACT: A pseudoaneurysm due to infection after a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt is a rare but potentially fatal complication that can rupture, compress mediastinal structures, produce shunt occlusion, and bacteremia. In these patients,...
ABSTRACT: A pseudoaneurysm due...
04/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
04/26/2012
Bryan D. Cogar, MD; Siddharth A. Wayangankar, MD, MPH; Mohammad K. Ghani, MD; Robert M. Kipperman, MD; George S. Chrysant, MD; Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, MD; Thomas A. Hennebry, MB, BCh, BAO, MD
Abstract: Background. Prior to June 2011, carotid artery stenting (CAS) had been limited to patients deemed high risk for surgical revascularization due to medical or anatomic reasons. Intraprocedural anticoagulation for CAS has traditionally...
Abstract: Background. Prior to June 2011, carotid artery stenting (CAS) had been limited to patients deemed high risk for surgical revascularization due to medical or anatomic reasons. Intraprocedural anticoagulation for CAS has traditionally...
Abstract: Background. Prior to...
04/26/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
