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Volume 21 - Issue 3 - March, 2009

Case Report
In-Situ Wire Technique in Coronary Fistula Closure
03/11/2009
Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD; Laurence M. Schneider, MBBCh, FRACP, MD; Suresh Jain, MD
From the Department of Cardiac and Vascular Interventional services, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York. Disclosure: Dr. Carlos Ruiz is a consultant to AGA Medical Corporation. Neither Dr. Schneider nor Dr. Jain have...
From the Department of Cardiac and Vascular Interventional services, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York. Disclosure: Dr. Carlos Ruiz is a consultant to AGA Medical Corporation. Neither Dr. Schneider nor Dr. Jain have...
From the Department of Cardiac...
03/11/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Treatment of Severe Regurgitation of Stentless Aortic Valve Prosthesis with a Self-Expandable Biological Valve
03/11/2009
Gian Paolo Ussia, MD; Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI; Marco Barbanti, MD
From the Division of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Italy. Disclosure: Dr. Gian Paolo Ussia is a proctor for CoreValve Inc. None of the other authors report any conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the Division of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Italy. Disclosure: Dr. Gian Paolo Ussia is a proctor for CoreValve Inc. None of the other authors report any conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the Division of Cardiology,...
03/11/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Septal Infarction and Complete Heart Block following PCI of the LAD (full title below)
03/11/2009
Dmitriy Kireyev, MD; Brian Page, MD; Herbert G. Young, MD
From the *SUNY Buffalo Cardiology Fellowship, Buffalo, New York, and §Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted November 17, provisional...
From the *SUNY Buffalo Cardiology Fellowship, Buffalo, New York, and §Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted November 17, provisional...
From the *SUNY Buffalo...
03/11/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and the Role for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: To Treat or Not To Treat?
03/11/2009
Jonathan N. Townend, MD, FRCP, FESC
From the *Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, and the §Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston,...
From the *Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, and the §Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston,...
From the *Department of...
03/11/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Nonsurgical Closure of Recurrent Rupture of Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in the Presence of Aortic Prosthesis
03/10/2009
Valaparambil K. Ajitkumar, MD, DM; Sasidharan Bijulal, MD, DM; Sivadasan Pillai Harikrishnan, MD, DM
From the Department of cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted September 2, 2008,...
From the Department of cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted September 2, 2008,...
From the Department of...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Focus
Focus: Adjunctive Pharmacotherapy
03/10/2009
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI
Medical Director The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and The Lindner Center for Research and Education Professor of Clinical Medicine Ohio State University ___________________________________________ “If I had an enemy, I would teach...
Medical Director The Christ Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and The Lindner Center for Research and Education Professor of Clinical Medicine Ohio State University ___________________________________________ “If I had an enemy, I would teach...
Medical Director The Christ...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editor's Message
Editor`s Message - March 2009
03/10/2009
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers, The March 2009 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology coincides with the 58th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology and includes original research articles, commentaries and case reports with...
Dear Readers, The March 2009 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology coincides with the 58th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology and includes original research articles, commentaries and case reports with...
Dear Readers, The March 2009...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
A Calcified Neointima — “Stent” within a Stent
03/10/2009
Clare E. Appleby, MBChB, PhD; Sanh Bui, BSc; Vladimír Dzavík, MD, FRCPC, FSCAI
From the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Dr. Džavík was supported in part by the Brompton Funds...
From the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Dr. Džavík was supported in part by the Brompton Funds...
From the Peter Munk Cardiac...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Critical Ostial Celiac Trunk Stenosis Presenting as Abdominal Angina during Massive Pulmonary Embolism with Cardiogenic Shock
03/10/2009
Jan Belohlavek, MD, PhD; Ales Linhart, MD, PhD; Stanislav Beran, MD
From the Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology and Angiology, General Teaching Hospital, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the Department of Internal Medicine II, Cardiology and Angiology, General Teaching Hospital, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the Department of Internal...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Bivalirudin Use during PCI for Stent Thrombosis in a Patient with Subacute Intracranial Hemorrhage
03/10/2009
Senthil K. Sivalingam, MD
From the *Department of Internal Medicine, and the §Division of Cardiology, Baystate Medical Center, The Western Campus of Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts. Disclosures: Dr. Giugliano is on the speaker’s bureau...
From the *Department of Internal Medicine, and the §Division of Cardiology, Baystate Medical Center, The Western Campus of Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, Massachusetts. Disclosures: Dr. Giugliano is on the speaker’s bureau...
From the *Department of Internal...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Successful Clopidogrel Desensitization after Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation
03/10/2009
Ryan T. Kammer, PharmD
From the Department of Pharmacy, Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The author discloses no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 30, 2008, provisional acceptance given August 11,...
From the Department of Pharmacy, Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The author discloses no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 30, 2008, provisional acceptance given August 11,...
From the Department of Pharmacy,...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Intimal Proliferation and Restenosis in Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents with Aminoparylene as Carrier Substance in Swines
03/10/2009
Otto M. Hess, MD, PhD
From the *Division of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern, and the §Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Disclosures: This study was funded with an unrestricted educational grant from Fumedica AG,...
From the *Division of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern, and the §Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Disclosures: This study was funded with an unrestricted educational grant from Fumedica AG,...
From the *Division of...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Association of Aspirin Dosage to Clinical Outcomes after PCI: Observations from the Ottawa Heart Institute PCI Registry
03/10/2009
E. Francis Cook, MD; Michel R. Le May, MD; Christopher A. Glover, MD; William Williams, MD; Andrew Ha, MD; Richard F. Davies, MD; Michael P.V. Froeschl, MD; Jean-Francois Marquis, MD; Edward R. O'Brien, MD; Marino Labinaz, MD; Derek Y. F. So, MD
From the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario and *Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Disclosures: Michel Le May has received speaker honoraria from and is a consultant to Sanofi and has received...
From the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario and *Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Disclosures: Michel Le May has received speaker honoraria from and is a consultant to Sanofi and has received...
From the University of Ottawa...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Administration of Eptifibatide during Transfer for Primary PCI in Patients with STEMI: Effect on Pre-PCI TIMI (full title below)
03/10/2009
Matteo Aquilina, MD; Elisabetta Varani, MD; Marco Balducelli, MD; Giuseppe Vecchi, MD; Valeria Frassineti, MSc; Aleardo Maresta, MD
From the Department of Cardiology, S. Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted August 7, 2008, provisional acceptance given December 2, 2008,...
From the Department of Cardiology, S. Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted August 7, 2008, provisional acceptance given December 2, 2008,...
From the Department of...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial
Focus on Adjunctive Pharmacotherapy to Improve Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
03/10/2009
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI
From The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address...
From The Christ Hospital Heart and Vascular Center and The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education at The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address...
From The Christ Hospital Heart...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of the Use of Fluoroscopy in Obtaining Femoral Arterial Access
03/10/2009
Michael J. Gillespie, MD; Walter A. Tan, MD, MS; Robert C. Laundon, BS ; Frederick M. Costello, MD; Shane B. Darrah, MD; David A. Tate, MD; George A. Stouffer, MD; Mauricio G. Cohen, MD, FACC; Chadwick E. Huggins, MD
From the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the *Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. The...
From the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and the *Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. The...
From the Cardiac Catheterization...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Impact of Two Different Hemostatic Devices on Radial Artery Outcomes after Transradial Catheterization
03/10/2009
Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI
From the Department of Cardiology, Mercy Hospital and Community Medical Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Disclosure: The author serves as a consultant for Medtronic Interventional, USA and Terumo Medical Corporation. Manuscript submitted...
From the Department of Cardiology, Mercy Hospital and Community Medical Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Disclosure: The author serves as a consultant for Medtronic Interventional, USA and Terumo Medical Corporation. Manuscript submitted...
From the Department of...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Here and Now, But Lots to Learn
03/10/2009
Peter C. Block, MD
From the Department of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Peter C. Block, MD, Department of Cardiology, Emory...
From the Department of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Peter C. Block, MD, Department of Cardiology, Emory...
From the Department of...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Procedural Success and 30-Day Clinical Outcomes (see full title below)
03/10/2009
Marilena Scarabelli, MD; Valeria Cammalleri, MD; Massimiliano Mule, MD; Gian Paolo Ussia, MD; Davide Capodanno, MD; Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI; Marco Barbanti, MD; Antonio Calafiore, MD
From the Ferrarotto Hospital, Catania, Italy The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted September 16, 2008, provisional acceptance given October 16, 2008, final version accepted October...
From the Ferrarotto Hospital, Catania, Italy The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted September 16, 2008, provisional acceptance given October 16, 2008, final version accepted October...
From the Ferrarotto Hospital,...
03/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Steroid-Eluting Stents in Patients with ACS. Angiographic Results of DESIRE: Dexamethasone-Eluting Stent Italian REgistry
03/04/2009
Leonardo Paloscia, MD; Nicoletta De Cesare, MD; Federico Piscione, MD; Francesca Vassanelli, MD; Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI; Fabrizio Tomai, MD; Gabriele Pesarini, MD, PhD; Flavio Ribichini, MD; Valeria Ferrero, MD
From the aDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery of the Università di Verona, Verona, the bEuropean Hospital, Rome, the cOspedale Santo Spirito, Pescara, the dPoliclinico San Marco, Zingonia, the eUniversità di Catania, Ospedale...
From the aDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Surgery of the Università di Verona, Verona, the bEuropean Hospital, Rome, the cOspedale Santo Spirito, Pescara, the dPoliclinico San Marco, Zingonia, the eUniversità di Catania, Ospedale...
From the aDepartment of...
03/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Original Contribution
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This study evaluated the early safety and performance of the new Myval Octacor Transcatheter Heart Valve (Meril Life Sciences).
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Video Supplement to "Right Internal Jugular Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient With an Inferior Vena Cava Filter" (Clinical Image).
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