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Volume 32 - Issue 9 - September, 2020

09/01/2020
TOC and Whole Issue PDF
TOC and Whole Issue PDF
TOC and Whole Issue PDF
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/01/2020
Mamas A. Mamas, DPhil, BMBCh, MRCP, MD; H. Vernon Anderson, MD; Vinayak Nagaraja, MD, MBBS, MS, FRACP, MMed; David L. Fischman, MD; Chadi Alraies, MD; Randall C. Starling, MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD; Mohamed O. Mohamed, MBChB, MRCP, MBBCh; Nick Curzen, PhD, FRCP, FESC; Peter Ludman, MD; Chun Shing Kwok, MBBS, PhD, MSc, BSc, MRCP; Tim D. Kinnaird, MD
This study aims to compare and contrast the indications, clinical and procedural characteristics, and periprocedural outcomes of patients with cardiac transplant undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and United...
This study aims to compare and contrast the indications, clinical and procedural characteristics, and periprocedural outcomes of patients with cardiac transplant undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and United...
This study aims to compare and...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
09/01/2020
Mathias Schreiber, MD; Evaldas Girdauskas, MD; Thomas Kuntze, MD; Tamer Owais, MD; Mohammad El Garhy, MD; Jürgen Fuchs, MD
New transcatheter equipment and accumulated experience have stimulated further refinements in implantation techniques. We aimed to compare the outcomes of transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement with and without the use of...
New transcatheter equipment and accumulated experience have stimulated further refinements in implantation techniques. We aimed to compare the outcomes of transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement with and without the use of...
New transcatheter equipment and...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/01/2020
Amanda G.R.M. Sousa, MD, PhD; Jose de Ribamar Costa, Jr., MD, PhD; Juliano R. Slhessarenko, MD; Mario Hirata, PhD; Gisele M. Bastos, PhD; Elisa M.S. Higa, PhD; Margareth G. Mouro, BS ; Guilherme C. Sobrera, MS; Renata D. Slhessarenko, PhD; Renata M.M. Viana, MD; Alexandre Antonio Cunha Abizaid, MD, PhD
We sought to assess the effects of a high loading dose of rosuvastatin (40 mg) on acute inflammatory response after coronary stenting. The primary goal was a comparison in the variation of the serum inflammatory markers and their gene...
We sought to assess the effects of a high loading dose of rosuvastatin (40 mg) on acute inflammatory response after coronary stenting. The primary goal was a comparison in the variation of the serum inflammatory markers and their gene...
We sought to assess the effects...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/01/2020
Andrea Montabone, MD; Grzegorz A. Smolka, MD; Gerard Helft, MD; Wojciech Wojakowski, MD, PhD; Diego Gallo, PhD; Alaide Chieffo, MD; Carlo Alberto Biole, MD; Javier Escaned, MD, PhD; Radoslaw Parma, MD; Giacomo Boccuzzi, MD; Leonardo De Luca, MD; Thomas F. Lascher, MD; Alessio Mattesini, MD; Wojciech Wanha, MD; Enrico Cerrato, MD; Zenon Huczek, MD, PhD; Sebastiano Gili, MD; Daniela Trabattoni, MD; Ivan Nunez-Gil, MD; Mario Iannaccone, MD; Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FRCP; Umberto Morbiducci, MD; Claudio Moretti, MD; Maurizio D'Amico, MD; Fabrizio D'Ascenzo, MD; Filippo Figini, MD; Davide Capodanno, MD; Pierluigi Omedè, MD; Andrea Rognoni, MD; Giovanni Teruzzi, MD; Giorgio Quadri, MD; Imad Sheiban, MD; Christian Templin, MD; Satoru Mitomo, MD; Giuseppe Venuti, MD; Nicola Ryan, MD, MBBCh
There is a lack of data on clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention with ultrathin stents on unprotected left main coronary artery comparing women and men. In our study, all patients treated with unprotected left main...
There is a lack of data on clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention with ultrathin stents on unprotected left main coronary artery comparing women and men. In our study, all patients treated with unprotected left main...
There is a lack of data on...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/01/2020
James Cockburn, MBBS, MD, FRCP; Rajiv Rampat, MD; Adam de Belder, MD, FRCP; Roly Hilling-Smith, MD; Maureen Dooley, MRCP, MD; Tiffany Kemp, MD; Andrew Hill, MD; Uday Trivedi, MD; Michele Homsy, MD; David Hildick-Smith, MD, MBBS, FRCP
Permanent pacemaker implantation rates vary according to type of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device, implantation technique, and patient-related factors. We analyzed the baseline characteristics, and then the preprocedure...
Permanent pacemaker implantation rates vary according to type of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) device, implantation technique, and patient-related factors. We analyzed the baseline characteristics, and then the preprocedure...
Permanent pacemaker implantation...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/01/2020
Thomas W. Johnson, MD; Adrian P. Banning, MD, PhD, MBBS; Peter Ludman, MD; Muhammad Rashid, PhD; Jessica Potts, PhD; Chun Shing Kwok, MBBS, PhD, MSc, BSc, MRCP; Evangelos Kontopantelis, PhD; Ziyad A. Azam, MBChB; Tim D. Kinnaird, MD; Mamas A. Mamas, DPhil, BMBCh, MRCP, MD; Ahmad Shoaib, MD
There are limited data comparing outcomes of patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting presenting with stable angina who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention to either a saphenous vein graft or a chronic total occlusion in...
There are limited data comparing outcomes of patients with previous coronary artery bypass grafting presenting with stable angina who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention to either a saphenous vein graft or a chronic total occlusion in...
There are limited data comparing...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/01/2020
Mehmet Cilingiroglu, MD, FSCAI, FACC, FESC, FAHA; Ismail Ates, MD; Cezar A. Iliescu, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI; Gulcan Kose, MD
Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) using the Watchman device has become a well-established therapeutic alternative to oral anticoagulation in high-risk patients for bleeding with paroxysmal, persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib) or...
Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) using the Watchman device has become a well-established therapeutic alternative to oral anticoagulation in high-risk patients for bleeding with paroxysmal, persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib) or...
Left atrial appendage closure...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
09/01/2020
Ashleigh Long, MD, PhD; Paul Mahoney, MD
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is frequently associated with abnormalities of the mitral valve; these commonly include systolic anterior motion of anterior mitral leaflets that contribute to dynamic left ventricular outflow tract...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is frequently associated with abnormalities of the mitral valve; these commonly include systolic anterior motion of anterior mitral leaflets that contribute to dynamic left ventricular outflow tract...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
09/01/2020
Hady Lichaa, MD
We present two cases where a right heart catheterization was performed from the anatomical snuffbox through the distal cephalic vein along with a left heart catheterization from the distal radial artery.
We present two cases where a right heart catheterization was performed from the anatomical snuffbox through the distal cephalic vein along with a left heart catheterization from the distal radial artery.
We present two cases where a...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial
09/01/2020
Adriano Caixeta, MD, PhD; Marcos Danillo P. Oliveira, MD, MSc
Distal TRA is a novel access site in the interventional cardiology field, with current data demonstrating high success and infrequent complication rates — global procedural metrics that are comparable with historical proximal TRA. Distal TRA...
Distal TRA is a novel access site in the interventional cardiology field, with current data demonstrating high success and infrequent complication rates — global procedural metrics that are comparable with historical proximal TRA. Distal TRA...
Distal TRA is a novel access...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
09/01/2020
Ziad Dahdouh, MD; Tahir Mohamed, MD
Coronary artery vasospasm, or Prinzmetal angina, remains a challenging diagnosis. Prinzmetal angina usually affects only one coronary vessel; however, in this case, it occurred simultaneously in three coronary arteries, and was totally...
Coronary artery vasospasm, or Prinzmetal angina, remains a challenging diagnosis. Prinzmetal angina usually affects only one coronary vessel; however, in this case, it occurred simultaneously in three coronary arteries, and was totally...
Coronary artery vasospasm, or...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
09/01/2020
Ziad Dahdouh, MD; Tahir Mohamed, MD
Coronary artery vasospasm, or Prinzmetal angina, remains a challenging diagnosis. Prinzmetal angina usually affects only one coronary vessel; however, in this case, it occurred simultaneously in three coronary arteries, and was totally...
Coronary artery vasospasm, or Prinzmetal angina, remains a challenging diagnosis. Prinzmetal angina usually affects only one coronary vessel; however, in this case, it occurred simultaneously in three coronary arteries, and was totally...
Coronary artery vasospasm, or...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
09/01/2020
Stephen G. Pophal, MD; Pradyumna Agasthi, MBBS, MD; Joseph N. Graziano, MD
A 10-year-old girl with pulmonary atresia status post transannular patch repair and secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) underwent percutaneous ASD closure 5 years earlier. There was improvement in arterial saturation from 86% to 98% with...
A 10-year-old girl with pulmonary atresia status post transannular patch repair and secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) underwent percutaneous ASD closure 5 years earlier. There was improvement in arterial saturation from 86% to 98% with...
A 10-year-old girl with...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
09/01/2020
Holly Morgan, MBBCh, MRCP; James Cullen, MD, FRCP; David Turpie, MBChB, MRCP, BSc
Interventional cardiologists should maintain awareness of extracardiac structures when undertaking cardiac catheterization, as pathology outside of the coronary arteries may be identified.
Interventional cardiologists should maintain awareness of extracardiac structures when undertaking cardiac catheterization, as pathology outside of the coronary arteries may be identified.
Interventional cardiologists...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Cath Lab Spotlight
09/01/2020
Holly Morgan, MBBCh, MRCP; James Cullen, MD, FRCP; David Turpie, MBChB, MRCP, BSc
Interventional cardiologists should maintain awareness of extracardiac structures when undertaking cardiac catheterization, as pathology outside of the coronary arteries may be identified.
Interventional cardiologists should maintain awareness of extracardiac structures when undertaking cardiac catheterization, as pathology outside of the coronary arteries may be identified.
Interventional cardiologists...
09/01/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/31/2020
Pradyumna Agasthi, MBBS, MD; Joseph N. Graziano, MD
We demonstrate the percutaneous closure of a coronary fistula and subsequent utilization of a vascular plug in a patient with challenging anatomy.
We demonstrate the percutaneous closure of a coronary fistula and subsequent utilization of a vascular plug in a patient with challenging anatomy.
We demonstrate the percutaneous...
08/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/31/2020
Pradyumna Agasthi, MBBS, MD; Joseph N. Graziano, MD
We demonstrate the percutaneous closure of a coronary fistula and subsequent utilization of a vascular plug in a patient with challenging anatomy.
We demonstrate the percutaneous closure of a coronary fistula and subsequent utilization of a vascular plug in a patient with challenging anatomy.
We demonstrate the percutaneous...
08/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/31/2020
Yasuhiro Tanabe, MD, PhD; Takanobu Mitarai, MD; Yuki Ishibashi, MD, PhD; Takumi Higuma, MD, PhD; Yoshihiro J. Akashi, MD, PhD
This is the first report to evaluate endothelialization in vivo; the evidence of endothelialization on the venous stent in the early phase suggests that antithrombotic therapy could be stopped in some patients with high risk of bleeding in...
This is the first report to evaluate endothelialization in vivo; the evidence of endothelialization on the venous stent in the early phase suggests that antithrombotic therapy could be stopped in some patients with high risk of bleeding in...
This is the first report to...
08/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/31/2020
Yasuhiro Tanabe, MD, PhD; Takanobu Mitarai, MD; Yuki Ishibashi, MD, PhD; Takumi Higuma, MD, PhD; Yoshihiro J. Akashi, MD, PhD
This is the first report to evaluate endothelialization in vivo; the evidence of endothelialization on the venous stent in the early phase suggests that antithrombotic therapy could be stopped in some patients with high risk of bleeding in...
This is the first report to evaluate endothelialization in vivo; the evidence of endothelialization on the venous stent in the early phase suggests that antithrombotic therapy could be stopped in some patients with high risk of bleeding in...
This is the first report to...
08/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/31/2020
Pierluigi Merella, MD; Gavino Casu, MD; Graziana Viola, MD; Stefano Bandino, MD; Giovanni Lorenzoni, MD
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is caused by separation of the vessel wall and hematoma development. We demonstrate that SCAD often resolves spontaneously, with an average period of 35 days from the event usually sufficient to...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is caused by separation of the vessel wall and hematoma development. We demonstrate that SCAD often resolves spontaneously, with an average period of 35 days from the event usually sufficient to...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
08/31/2020
Journal of Invasive Cardiology