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Volume 21 - Issue 2 - February, 2009

Case Report
Large Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Circumflex Treated with Antibiotics and Covered Stent
02/13/2009
Justin Roberts, DO
From the *Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and §Heart Care Group, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript...
From the *Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and §Heart Care Group, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript...
From the *Department of...
02/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
In-Hospital Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Improves In-Hospital Survival in Patients with Acute Inferior MI
02/09/2009
Jennifer A. Adgey, MD
From the *Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, the §Department of Cardiology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, N. Ireland, and the £Department of Medical Statistics, School of Medicine,...
From the *Regional Medical Cardiology Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, the §Department of Cardiology, Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon, N. Ireland, and the £Department of Medical Statistics, School of Medicine,...
From the *Regional Medical...
02/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Separate Origin of Major Coronary Arteries from the Right Sinus with Angioplasty and Stenting of Anomalous LCx and LAD Arteries
02/13/2009
Prashanth Panduranga, MD, MRCP; Abdulla Riyami, FRCP
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscrript submitted August 28, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 24, 2008,...
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscrript submitted August 28, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 24, 2008,...
From the Department of...
02/13/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Interatrial Septal Closure Devices and Aortic Perforation: A Note of Caution
02/09/2009
Steffen P. Schoen, MD; Ruth H. Strasser, MD; Stefan Wiedeman, MD; Manja Bock, MD; Utz Kappert, MD
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous defect closure is well established in patients with a symptomatic patent foramen ovale (PFO). Despite a safe interventional procedure, severe complications have been described during device implantation or follow up....
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous defect closure is well established in patients with a symptomatic patent foramen ovale (PFO). Despite a safe interventional procedure, severe complications have been described during device implantation or follow up....
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous defect...
02/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Very Late Stent Thrombosis after Bare-Metal Stent Implantation: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
02/12/2009
Gilles Lemesle, MD; Ron Waksman, MD; Tina Pinto-Slottow, MD
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. Disclosures: Dr. Waksman reports receiving speaker honoraria from Biotronik, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific, and has received...
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. Disclosures: Dr. Waksman reports receiving speaker honoraria from Biotronik, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific, and has received...
From the Department of Internal...
02/12/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Pretreatment with Nitroprusside for Microcirculatory Protection in Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions
02/06/2009
William B. Hillegass, MD, MPH, FACC
From the *Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, †Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, and ‡Baptist Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The authors report no conflicts of...
From the *Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, †Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, and ‡Baptist Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. The authors report no conflicts of...
From the *Division of...
02/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Radial Artery Perforation and Its Management during PCI
02/12/2009
Raghu Cherukupalli, DM, MD
From *Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai, and §Mythri Prime Hospital, Hyderabad, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted August 8, 2008, provisional acceptance given...
From *Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai, and §Mythri Prime Hospital, Hyderabad, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted August 8, 2008, provisional acceptance given...
From *Sri Ramachandra Medical...
02/12/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
A Case of Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm after Placement of a Heparin-Coated Stent
02/12/2009
Yumiko Kanei, MD; Tak W. Kwan, MD, FACC; Jyoti Sharma, MD
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 12, 2008, provisional acceptance...
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 12, 2008, provisional acceptance...
From the Division of Cardiology,...
02/12/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
StentBoost Used to Guide Management of a Critical Ostial Right Coronary Artery Lesion
02/12/2009
Gert Jan Laarman, MD, PhD
From the §Department of Interventional Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. *Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C., Canada; £Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of...
From the §Department of Interventional Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. *Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C., Canada; £Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of...
From the §Department of...
02/12/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
An Unusual Thrombotic Complication during Percutaneous Closure of Atrial Septal Defect
02/11/2009
Sasidharan Bijulal, MD, DM; Valaparambil K. Ajitkumar, MD, DM; Sivasubramanian Sivasankaran, MD, DM
From the Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 3, 2008,...
From the Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 3, 2008,...
From the Department of...
02/11/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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