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Volume 20 - Issue 11 - November, 2008

Case Report
11/04/2008
Michael Ragosta, MD; D. Scott Lim, MD; Hemant Solomon, BSc(Hons), MRCP
ABSTRACT: The TandemHeart® is a percutaneous ventricular assist device that has been approved to provide hemodynamic support in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac procedures, including percutaneous coronary interventions and aortic balloon...
ABSTRACT: The TandemHeart® is a percutaneous ventricular assist device that has been approved to provide hemodynamic support in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac procedures, including percutaneous coronary interventions and aortic balloon...
ABSTRACT: The TandemHeart® is a...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/04/2008
Leonardo Varotto, MD; Alessandro Fontanelli, MD, FESC; Luigi La Vecchia, MD, FESC; Paolo Vincenzi, MD; Ester Cabianca, MD
Unresponsive to Conventional Treatment during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ABSTRACT: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is routinely performed in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes after pretreatment with...
Unresponsive to Conventional Treatment during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ABSTRACT: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is routinely performed in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes after pretreatment with...
Unresponsive to Conventional...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/04/2008
Yassar Almanaseer, MD; Manreet Kanwar, MD; Abdulwahhab Alroaini, MD
ABSTRACT: Primary tumors of the heart are rare, with an incidence between 0.0017 and 0.19 percent in unselected patients at autopsy.1 About three-quarters of these tumors are benign, and nearly half of these benign tumors are myxomas. First...
ABSTRACT: Primary tumors of the heart are rare, with an incidence between 0.0017 and 0.19 percent in unselected patients at autopsy.1 About three-quarters of these tumors are benign, and nearly half of these benign tumors are myxomas. First...
ABSTRACT: Primary tumors of the...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
11/04/2008
Jacob Collen, MD; William Bimson, DO; Patrick Devine, MD
ABSTRACT: Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy has been recognized for decades. We present the case of a 21-year-old female referred for an electrophysiologic (EP) study who underwent an infusion of isoproterenol and epinephrine in an attempt...
ABSTRACT: Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy has been recognized for decades. We present the case of a 21-year-old female referred for an electrophysiologic (EP) study who underwent an infusion of isoproterenol and epinephrine in an attempt...
ABSTRACT: Catecholamine-induced...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
11/04/2008
Mitsuru Abe, MD; Akemi Yoshida, MD; Yoritaka Otsuka, MD
ABSTRACT: Sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) prevent neointimal proliferation and have been widely used to treat stenotic lesions in coronary arteries because of a significant reduction of restenosis in comparison with bare-metal stents....
ABSTRACT: Sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) prevent neointimal proliferation and have been widely used to treat stenotic lesions in coronary arteries because of a significant reduction of restenosis in comparison with bare-metal stents....
ABSTRACT: Sirolimus-eluting...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
STEMI Interventions
11/04/2008
Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Director, Cath Lab and Intervention Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York E-mail: Samin.Sharma@mountsinai.org Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stents (bare-metal or drug-eluting) has...
Director, Cath Lab and Intervention Cardiovascular Institute Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York E-mail: Samin.Sharma@mountsinai.org Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stents (bare-metal or drug-eluting) has...
Director, Cath Lab and...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editor's Message
11/04/2008
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology continues our series of special focus sections to provide a more in-depth examination of important topics in cardiovascular medicine. The special section for this issue includes...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology continues our series of special focus sections to provide a more in-depth examination of important topics in cardiovascular medicine. The special section for this issue includes...
Dear Readers, This issue of...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
11/04/2008
Phillip A. Horwitz, MD; Guarav Aggarwala, MD; Nikhil Iyengar, MD
ABSTRACT: We discuss the case of a 71-year-old female patient who presented with findings suggestive of an acute myocardial infarction. Subsequent evaluation revealed an extrinsic cardiac mass encasing the left circumflex and right coronary...
ABSTRACT: We discuss the case of a 71-year-old female patient who presented with findings suggestive of an acute myocardial infarction. Subsequent evaluation revealed an extrinsic cardiac mass encasing the left circumflex and right coronary...
ABSTRACT: We discuss the case of...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/04/2008
Gérald Barbeau, MD; Onil Gleeton, MD; Olivier F. Bertrand, MD, PhD; Louis Roy, MD; Robert De Larochellière, MD; Jonathan Beaudoin, MD; Josep Rodés-Cabau, MD, PhD; Can Manh Nguyen, MD; Philippe Lachance; Bernard Noel, MD; Eric Larose, MD, DVM; Jean-Pierre Dery, MD, MSc; Guy Proulx, MD
To Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients ABSTRACT: Background. In ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), all efforts...
To Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients ABSTRACT: Background. In ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), all efforts...
To Reduce Door-to-Balloon Time...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
11/04/2008
George W. Christy, MD
A Potential Role for Enoxaparin ABSTRACT: Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is currently given as the standard anticoagulant therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, including those undergoing percutaneous coronary...
A Potential Role for Enoxaparin ABSTRACT: Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is currently given as the standard anticoagulant therapy in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, including those undergoing percutaneous coronary...
A Potential Role for...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
11/04/2008
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, MD; Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
In the Setting of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction ABSTRACT: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an established reperfusion strategy in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI)....
In the Setting of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction ABSTRACT: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an established reperfusion strategy in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation (STEMI)....
In the Setting of ST-Elevation...
11/04/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
11/03/2008
Paul Erne, MD, FESC; Sunil P. Wani, MD, DM; Kathrin Glatz, MD; Yves Suter, MD; Peiman Jamshidi, MD, FESC
ABSTRACT: The pathophysiology of takotsubo cardiomyopathy remains enigmatic. Here we attempted to define the link between the coronary arteries and the histopathological involvement of the left ven- tricle. We observed similarities and...
ABSTRACT: The pathophysiology of takotsubo cardiomyopathy remains enigmatic. Here we attempted to define the link between the coronary arteries and the histopathological involvement of the left ven- tricle. We observed similarities and...
ABSTRACT: The pathophysiology...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/03/2008
Ralf J. Holzer, MD, MSc; Joanne L. Chisolm, RN; Sharon L. Hill, MSN, ACNP, RN; Vincent Olshove, CCP, CCT; Alistair Phillips, MD; John P. Cheatham, MD; Mark Galantowicz, MD
ABSTRACT: Objective. To describe our institutional experience providing “hybrid” intraoperative stent therapy for pulmonary artery (PA) stenoses. Background. Surgical patch angioplasty, transcatheter stent therapy and intraoperative stent...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To describe our institutional experience providing “hybrid” intraoperative stent therapy for pulmonary artery (PA) stenoses. Background. Surgical patch angioplasty, transcatheter stent therapy and intraoperative stent...
ABSTRACT: Objective. To describe...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
11/03/2008
Daniel H. Steinberg, MD; Neil J. Weissman, MD
Coronary calcification has long been known to reflect underlying atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. In fact, the presence of coronary calcification has become an important component of screening for coronary artery disease and the...
Coronary calcification has long been known to reflect underlying atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. In fact, the presence of coronary calcification has become an important component of screening for coronary artery disease and the...
Coronary calcification has long...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/03/2008
Xiaofei Wang, MD; Chengzhi Lu, PhD; Xin Chen, MD; Xiangdong Zhao, PhD; Dasheng Xia, MD
The Different Patterns of Calcification of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Unstable Angina Pectoris and Stable Angina Pectoris ABSTRACT: Background. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) enables the identification of calcification with more details...
The Different Patterns of Calcification of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Unstable Angina Pectoris and Stable Angina Pectoris ABSTRACT: Background. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) enables the identification of calcification with more details...
The Different Patterns of...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
11/03/2008
Zoltan G. Turi, MD
The very nice study by Narins et al described in this edition of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology compares 75 patients randomized to vascular closure using a topical patch containing a polysaccharide-based procoagulant with 75 patients...
The very nice study by Narins et al described in this edition of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology compares 75 patients randomized to vascular closure using a topical patch containing a polysaccharide-based procoagulant with 75 patients...
The very nice study by Narins et...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/03/2008
Craig R. Narins, MD; Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD; Vicki Rocco, RN, MSN; Scott McNitt, MS
ABSTRACT: The use of topical hemostasis patches has grown rapidly despite a paucity of evidence supporting their clinical utility. We performed a randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a topical hemostasis patch as a means to...
ABSTRACT: The use of topical hemostasis patches has grown rapidly despite a paucity of evidence supporting their clinical utility. We performed a randomized, controlled trial to assess the efficacy of a topical hemostasis patch as a means to...
ABSTRACT: The use of topical...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/03/2008
Kazuaki Mitsudo, MD; Osamu Doi, MD; Yoshisato Shibata, MD; Toshiya Muramatsu, MD; Yasushi Asakura, MD; Yoshihiro Morino, MD; Takehiro Yamashita, MD, PhD, FACC
The Results of CTO New techniQUE for STandard Procedure (CONQUEST) Trial ABSTRACT: Background. The success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) lesions varies depending on the guidewire...
The Results of CTO New techniQUE for STandard Procedure (CONQUEST) Trial ABSTRACT: Background. The success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) lesions varies depending on the guidewire...
The Results of CTO New techniQUE...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
11/03/2008
Steven P. Marso, MD; Joshua M. Stolker, MD; Andrew D. Frutkin, MD
ABSTRACT: The use of distal embolic protection devices (EPD) in saphenous vein graft percutaneous interventions (SVG-PCI) has been associated with a decrease in adverse events. Currently, there are limited data regarding the percentage of SVG...
ABSTRACT: The use of distal embolic protection devices (EPD) in saphenous vein graft percutaneous interventions (SVG-PCI) has been associated with a decrease in adverse events. Currently, there are limited data regarding the percentage of SVG...
ABSTRACT: The use of distal...
11/03/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology