Volume 14 - Issue 2 - February, 2002
08/01/2008
Lynn M. Preston, DO, James E. Calvin, MD, Steven Class, MD, Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, Lloyd W. Klein, MD
Lynn M. Preston, DO, James E. Calvin...
The acute coronary syndromes share a common pathogenetic mechanism involving plaque disruption, platelet activation and superimposed thrombus.1 Acutely ruptured plaques have a characteristic angiographic appearance directly reflecting...
The acute coronary syndromes share a common pathogenetic mechanism involving plaque disruption, platelet activation and superimposed thrombus.1 Acutely ruptured plaques have a characteristic angiographic appearance directly reflecting...
The acute coronary syndromes...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Paolo Esente, MD, Ronald Caputo, MD, Carlton Levy, Alessandro Giambartolemei, MD, Alan Simons, MD, Mark Reger, MD, Gary Walford, MD
Paolo Esente, MD, Ronald Caputo, MD,...
Case Description. A 79-year-old female with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and peripheral vascular disease underwent successful direct stenting of her left anterior descending coronary artery on March 15, 2000 in the setting of...
Case Description. A 79-year-old female with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and peripheral vascular disease underwent successful direct stenting of her left anterior descending coronary artery on March 15, 2000 in the setting of...
Case Description. A 79-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Corrado Tamburino, MD, Giovanni Russo, MD, Antonino Nicosia, MD,
Alfredo R. Galassi, MD, Rosario Foti, MD, V. Scriffignano, DSc, *Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, Giuseppe Giuffrida, MD
Corrado Tamburino, MD, Giovanni Russ...
Recent large randomized trials have shown that abciximab [a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation via glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa blockade] is a safe and effective drug in reducing the incidence of death, myocardial infarction and the need...
Recent large randomized trials have shown that abciximab [a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation via glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa blockade] is a safe and effective drug in reducing the incidence of death, myocardial infarction and the need...
Recent large randomized trials...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Leonard Schwartz, MD and Amr Morsi, MD
Leonard Schwartz, MD and Amr Morsi, M...
Treatment of isolated ostial lesions of sidebranches continues to represent a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. In some ways similar to aorto-ostial lesions, these lesions are highly elastic and subject to recoil and so are...
Treatment of isolated ostial lesions of sidebranches continues to represent a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. In some ways similar to aorto-ostial lesions, these lesions are highly elastic and subject to recoil and so are...
Treatment of isolated ostial...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
News
Teaching Collection
08/01/2008
Timur Timurkaynak, MD, Haci Ciftci, MD, Atiye Çengel, MD
Timur Timurkaynak, MD, Haci Ciftci, ...
Engagement of the left coronary ostium is usually accomplished with the standard Judkins technique in the majority of patients without further manipulation.1 For the minority of patients with difficult anatomies, there is an enormous variety...
Engagement of the left coronary ostium is usually accomplished with the standard Judkins technique in the majority of patients without further manipulation.1 For the minority of patients with difficult anatomies, there is an enormous variety...
Engagement of the left coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Teaching Collection
08/01/2008
Serge Osula, MBBS, MRCP and David R. Ramsdale, BSc, MBChB, FRCP, MD
Serge Osula, MBBS, MRCP and David R. ...
In-stent restenosis (ISR) is a difficult complication to treat, occurring in 15–35% of stents deployed for de novo lesions in native coronary arteries.1,2 The restenosis rate following therapy for ISR is as high as 54%.3 Thus far, there is...
In-stent restenosis (ISR) is a difficult complication to treat, occurring in 15–35% of stents deployed for de novo lesions in native coronary arteries.1,2 The restenosis rate following therapy for ISR is as high as 54%.3 Thus far, there is...
In-stent restenosis (ISR) is a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Stephen T. Thew, MD and Lloyd W. Klein, MD
Stephen T. Thew, MD and Lloyd W. Klei...
Coronary guidewire fracture and subsequent retrieval of the retained pieces is an uncommon, but known complication of percutaneous coronary angioplasty. To our knowledge, however, this is the first report of a coronary guidewire unraveling...
Coronary guidewire fracture and subsequent retrieval of the retained pieces is an uncommon, but known complication of percutaneous coronary angioplasty. To our knowledge, however, this is the first report of a coronary guidewire unraveling...
Coronary guidewire fracture and...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
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Case Report. R.C. is a 45-year-old white male who presented to the Emergency Department at Largo Medical Center with a massive acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). The patient denied any prior history of coronary artery disease...
Case Report. R.C. is a 45-year-old white male who presented to the Emergency Department at Largo Medical Center with a massive acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). The patient denied any prior history of coronary artery disease...
Case Report. R.C. is a...
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Column
Editorial Message
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Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, articles from the Journal special section “Clinical Decision Making”, a teaching collection, and the new special section “Acute...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, articles from the Journal special section “Clinical Decision Making”, a teaching collection, and the new special section “Acute...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
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