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Volume 32 - Issue 8 - August, 2020

August 2020 Table of Contents
07/31/2020
August 2020 TOC and Whole Issue PDF
August 2020 TOC and Whole Issue PDF
August 2020 TOC and Whole Issue...
07/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Requiring Ablation via Septals From Both Left and Right Coronary Arteries — A Case Report and Review of Literature
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Requiring Ablation via Septals From Both Left and Right Coronary Arteries — A Case Report and Review of Literature
07/26/2020
Marc S. Cohen, MD; Peyman Naji, MD; Gautam Visveswaran, MD; Saurabh Kapoor, MD; Mohammed E. Alomar, MD
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a genetic disorder characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy that is unexplained by secondary causes of hypertrophy, and a nondilated left ventricle with preserved or increased ejection...
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a genetic disorder characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy that is unexplained by secondary causes of hypertrophy, and a nondilated left ventricle with preserved or increased ejection...
Hypertrophic obstructive...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Guide-Extension Facilitated Antegrade Dissection Re-entry: A Case Series
Guide-Extension Facilitated Antegrade Dissection Re-entry: A Case Series
07/26/2020
Antonis N. Pavlidis, MD, PhD; Thomas E. Kaier, MD, MBA, PhD; Andreas S. Kalogeropoulos, MD, PhD, FRCP
Antegrade dissection and re-entry (ADR) is an established and safe technique for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention, with high success rates in experienced centers. Chronic total occlusion techniques frequently require...
Antegrade dissection and re-entry (ADR) is an established and safe technique for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention, with high success rates in experienced centers. Chronic total occlusion techniques frequently require...
Antegrade dissection and...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Q-Waves Associated With Postinfarct Chronic Total Occlusion Arteries Predict Non-Viable Myocardium Even in the Presence of Collaterals
07/31/2020
Muhammad M. Shaikh, MD; Muhammed Athar Sadiq, MD, PhD; Sunil K. Nadar, MD
The aim of our study was to look at the viability of myocardium in patients with CTOs in both infarct-related and non-infarct related occluded vessels with grade 3 collaterals.
The aim of our study was to look at the viability of myocardium in patients with CTOs in both infarct-related and non-infarct related occluded vessels with grade 3 collaterals.
The aim of our study was to look...
07/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Adverse Events After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Lessons Learned From the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) Database
Adverse Events After Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Lessons Learned From the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) Database
07/26/2020
Mayal Sandhu, MD; Ritu Chakrabarti, MD; Rameez Rao, MD; Alexis K. Okoh, MD; Rajiv Tayal, MD, MPH; Najam Wasty, MD; Sergio Waxman, MD, MBA; Joseph Heaton, MD; Christoph Sossou, MD; Swaiman Singh, MD
Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure devices are alternative treatments recently approved for patients with atrial fibrillation. Due to the novelty of these devices, limited postapproval surveillance data on LAA closure devices have been...
Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure devices are alternative treatments recently approved for patients with atrial fibrillation. Due to the novelty of these devices, limited postapproval surveillance data on LAA closure devices have been...
Left atrial appendage (LAA)...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Successful Rotational Atherectomy of an Undilatable Ostial Saphenous Vein Graft Lesion
Clinical Images
Successful Rotational Atherectomy of an Undilatable Ostial Saphenous Vein Graft Lesion
07/26/2020
Iosif Xenogiannis, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Evangelia Vemmou, MD; Ilias Nikolakopoulos, MD
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E219. doi:10.25270/jic/20.00035 Key words: cardiac imaging, rotational atherectomy A 66-year-old man with prior chest radiotherapy, coronary bypass graft surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention, and...
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E219. doi:10.25270/jic/20.00035 Key words: cardiac imaging, rotational atherectomy A 66-year-old man with prior chest radiotherapy, coronary bypass graft surgery, percutaneous coronary intervention, and...
J INVASIVE CARDIOL...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
“Donut Sign” for Unknown Sinus of Valsalva Mass on Echocardiography: Overhanging Stent
Clinical Images
“Donut Sign” for Unknown Sinus of Valsalva Mass on Echocardiography: Overhanging Stent
07/26/2020
Nikita Chaturvedi, MD; Shradha Runwal, MD; Preeti Gahlan, MD; Tejas M. Patel, MD, DM; Sanjay C. Shah, MD, DM; Sunil N. Gurmukhani, DM; Pradyot Tiwari, DM; Munish Dev, DM; Nishith Saradava, MD
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E220. doi:10.25270/jic/19.00451 Key words: angiography, cardiac imaging, echocardiography
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E220. doi:10.25270/jic/19.00451 Key words: angiography, cardiac imaging, echocardiography
J INVASIVE CARDIOL...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Inadvertent Percutaneous Coronary Endarterectomy Assessed by Multiple Imaging Modalities
Clinical Images
Inadvertent Percutaneous Coronary Endarterectomy Assessed by Multiple Imaging Modalities
07/26/2020
Mitsuru Ohishi, MD, PhD; Hirokazu Shimono, MD; Junichiro Takaoka, MD; Yoshihiko Atsuchi, MD, PhD; Takashi Kajiya, MD, FESC, FACC; Nobuhiko Atsuchi, MD, PhD
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E221-E222.  doi:10.25270/jic/19.00454 Key words: angiography, cardiac imaging, optical coherence tomography
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E221-E222.  doi:10.25270/jic/19.00454 Key words: angiography, cardiac imaging, optical coherence tomography
J INVASIVE CARDIOL...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Unusual Complication of Pacemaker Leads
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Unusual Complication of Pacemaker Leads
07/26/2020
Ziad Dahdouh, MD; Ghassan Siblini, MD; Tahir Mohamed, MD; Mamdouh Alahmadi, MD
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E223. doi:10.25270/jic/19.00457 Key words: coronary angiogram, extracardiac membrane oxygenation
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E223. doi:10.25270/jic/19.00457 Key words: coronary angiogram, extracardiac membrane oxygenation
J INVASIVE CARDIOL...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Transcatheter Approach to a Dual Drainage Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Clinical Images
Transcatheter Approach to a Dual Drainage Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
07/26/2020
Peter N. Tadros, MD; Matthew Lippmann, MD; Farhad Sami, MBBS; Seyed Hamed Hosseini Dehkordi, MD; Reza Masoomi, MD; Hazem Alhawasli, MD; Stephen Kaine, MD; Thomas Rosamond, MD; Jayant Nath, MD; Eric S. Hockstad, MD
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E224-E225. doi:10.25270/jic/19.00467 Key words: left to right shunt, partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular failure, transcatheter repair
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(8):E224-E225. doi:10.25270/jic/19.00467 Key words: left to right shunt, partial anomalous pulmonary venous return, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular failure, transcatheter repair
J INVASIVE CARDIOL...
07/26/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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