Volume 21 - Issue 6 - June, 2009
Case Report
06/10/2009
Cheuk-Man Yu, MD; Eugene B. Wu, MD, DM; Wilson W.M. Chan, FRCP, MBBS
Antegrade Balloon Transit of Retrograde Wire to Bail Out
Dissected Left Main during Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion
Intervention — A Variant of the Reverse CART Technique
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ABSTRACT: Left...
Antegrade Balloon Transit of Retrograde Wire to Bail Out
Dissected Left Main during Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion
Intervention — A Variant of the Reverse CART Technique
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ABSTRACT: Left...
Antegrade Balloon Transit of...
06/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/10/2009
Geoffrey T.L. Kloppenburg, MD; Uday Sonker, FRCS; Marc A. A. Schepens, MD, PhD
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a mechanical circulatory assist device commonly used for patients with cardiogenic shock or perioperative cardiac failure. The use of IABPs is, however, associated with severe complications...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a mechanical circulatory assist device commonly used for patients with cardiogenic shock or perioperative cardiac failure. The use of IABPs is, however, associated with severe complications...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic...
06/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/10/2009
David Choi, PhD, DO, MD; Joseph Dardano; Srihari S. Naidu, MD
ABSTRACT: Alcohol septal ablation has become an acceptable alternative to surgical myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who meet strict clinical and anatomic criteria. While the first septal perforator arising off...
ABSTRACT: Alcohol septal ablation has become an acceptable alternative to surgical myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who meet strict clinical and anatomic criteria. While the first septal perforator arising off...
ABSTRACT: Alcohol septal...
06/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/09/2009
Gregory R. Giugliano, MD; Prabhdeep S. Sethi, MD, MPH
ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Subtypes I and II are the most well recognized, and among these, Type I has associated vasculopathy. Less than 3% of patients have vascular...
ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Subtypes I and II are the most well recognized, and among these, Type I has associated vasculopathy. Less than 3% of patients have vascular...
ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis (NF)...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/09/2009
Theodoros Christophides, MD; Georgios Georgiou, MD; Kyriakos Yiangou, MD
ABSTRACT: Dynamic narrowing of native coronary vessels is widely known to occur during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle. This phenomenon has also been reported to occur in coronary artery bypass grafts. However, to the best of our...
ABSTRACT: Dynamic narrowing of native coronary vessels is widely known to occur during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle. This phenomenon has also been reported to occur in coronary artery bypass grafts. However, to the best of our...
ABSTRACT: Dynamic narrowing of...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/09/2009
Kevin P. Marzo, MD; Thomas Chengot, BA, DO; John A. Goncalves, MD, FACS, FACC
Back from Irreversibility: Use of Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary
Bypass for Treatment of Shock from Refractory Anaphylaxis
during Coronary Intervention
ABSTRACT: Anaphylaxis during diagnostic catheterization and coronary intervention is a...
Back from Irreversibility: Use of Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary
Bypass for Treatment of Shock from Refractory Anaphylaxis
during Coronary Intervention
ABSTRACT: Anaphylaxis during diagnostic catheterization and coronary intervention is a...
Back from Irreversibility: Use...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial
06/09/2009
Gerald Dorros, MD, DSc, FACC, ScD
The United States is in a recession, and shifting priorities have relegated medicine, health care and health insurance to secondary issues. Thus, the real issue of health care will not come to the forefront and receive significant attention....
The United States is in a recession, and shifting priorities have relegated medicine, health care and health insurance to secondary issues. Thus, the real issue of health care will not come to the forefront and receive significant attention....
The United States is in a...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
06/09/2009
Dmitriy N. Feldman, MD; Robert M. Minutello, MD; Geoffrey Bergman, MD, MBBS; Shing-Chiu Wong, MD
Frequency and Outcomes of Provisional Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade in Patients Receiving Bivalirudin during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study sought to evaluate the frequency and efficacy of combination...
Frequency and Outcomes of Provisional Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blockade in Patients Receiving Bivalirudin during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
ABSTRACT: Objectives. This study sought to evaluate the frequency and efficacy of combination...
Frequency and Outcomes of...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
06/09/2009
Luis Gruberg, MD; Allen Jeremias, MD, MSc
The routine use of more potent antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapies led to substantial improvements in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and has contributed to the interventionist’s ability to treat more complex...
The routine use of more potent antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapies led to substantial improvements in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and has contributed to the interventionist’s ability to treat more complex...
The routine use of more potent...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
06/09/2009
Eric J. Dippel, MD; Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM; Gail A. Shammas, BSN, BS , RN, BSc; Darren Bryan, BS; Jason Rauba, BS; Michael Jerin, PhD
ABSTRACT: Background. Predictors of target lesion revascularization (TLR) have not been well defined in patients undergoing peripheral percutaneous interventions (PPI). In this study we analyze predictors of TLR in a consecutive cohort of...
ABSTRACT: Background. Predictors of target lesion revascularization (TLR) have not been well defined in patients undergoing peripheral percutaneous interventions (PPI). In this study we analyze predictors of TLR in a consecutive cohort of...
ABSTRACT: Background. Predictors...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
