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Volume 15 - Issue 1 - January, 2004

Insights

Commentary
08/01/2008
Manesh R. Patel, MD and Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH
Manesh R. Patel, MD and Eric D. Peter...
On September 16th, 1977, Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary angioplasty on a 38-year-old man with a discrete proximal left anterior descending artery lesion. The procedure was a success, and the field of interventional cardiology...
On September 16th, 1977, Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary angioplasty on a 38-year-old man with a discrete proximal left anterior descending artery lesion. The procedure was a success, and the field of interventional cardiology...
On September 16th, 1977, Andreas...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Luis Gruberg, MD and Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc
Luis Gruberg, MD and Rafael Beyar, MD...
“It’s not enough if I succeed, everyone else should fail.” - Atila the Hun Since the introduction of stents almost a decade ago, they have become the mainstream for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease. Nevertheless,...
“It’s not enough if I succeed, everyone else should fail.” - Atila the Hun Since the introduction of stents almost a decade ago, they have become the mainstream for the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease. Nevertheless,...
“It’s not enough if I succeed,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
*Raoul Bonan, MD and †David Meerkin, MBBS
*Raoul Bonan, MD and †David Meerkin...
Neointimal hyperplasic response following angioplasty (PTCA), and especially stent implantation, is linked to overstretch injury, causing modulation of the vascular cytoskeleton and subsequent production of mediators.1 These result in smooth...
Neointimal hyperplasic response following angioplasty (PTCA), and especially stent implantation, is linked to overstretch injury, causing modulation of the vascular cytoskeleton and subsequent production of mediators.1 These result in smooth...
Neointimal hyperplasic response...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Ken Kozuma, MD, PhD, Evelyn Regar, MD, Nico Bruining, PhD, Willem van der Giessen, MD, PhD, Eric Boersma, PhD, David P. Foley, MD, PhD, Pim J. de Feyter, MD, PhD, *Peter C. Levendag, MD, PhD, Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD
Ken Kozuma, MD, PhD, Evelyn Regar, M...
For more than a decade, quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) has been the gold standard for the assessment of coronary stenosis because of its accuracy and objectivity as compared to visual and hand-held caliper measurements.1–3 After the...
For more than a decade, quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) has been the gold standard for the assessment of coronary stenosis because of its accuracy and objectivity as compared to visual and hand-held caliper measurements.1–3 After the...
For more than a decade,...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Electrophysiology Corner
08/01/2008
Todd J. Cohen, MD and George Juang, MD
Todd J. Cohen, MD and George Juang, M...
Recently, with the results of the MIRACLE and COMPANION trials, there has been an increase in the demand for implanting cardiac resynchronization devices. One of the initial hurdles that the implanter must overcome is to access the coronary...
Recently, with the results of the MIRACLE and COMPANION trials, there has been an increase in the demand for implanting cardiac resynchronization devices. One of the initial hurdles that the implanter must overcome is to access the coronary...
Recently, with the results of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Haresh Mehta, MD, Renate Hotz, MD, Stephan Windecker, MD, Franz R. Eberli, MD, Bernhard Meier, MD
Haresh Mehta, MD, Renate Hotz, MD, St...
Stents were introduced as a bail-out therapy for threatened abrupt closure1–5 following plain balloon coronary angioplasty. They were subsequently demonstrated to lower the restenosis rates in selected patient populations.6–8 The smooth...
Stents were introduced as a bail-out therapy for threatened abrupt closure1–5 following plain balloon coronary angioplasty. They were subsequently demonstrated to lower the restenosis rates in selected patient populations.6–8 The smooth...
Stents were introduced as a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD,* Bruce E. Lewis, MD,† Nancy M. Wildermann, BA,* Scott D. Berkowitz, MD,*‡ Renee M. Oliverio, RN,* Mark A. Turco, MD,§ Yoseph Shalev, MD,§§ Peter Ver Lee, MD,*** Jay H. Traverse, MD,‡‡ A. Ralph Rodriguez, MD,** E. Magnus Ohman, MD,†† Robert A. Harrington, MD,* Robert M. Califf, MD,* for the ATBAT Investigators
Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD,* Bruce E. Le...
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is infrequent and often goes unrecognized. It occurs in ~1% to 5% of the patients given unfractionated heparin,1 about 25–50% of whom will develop HIT with thrombotic syndrome (HITTS).2 Morbidity and...
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is infrequent and often goes unrecognized. It occurs in ~1% to 5% of the patients given unfractionated heparin,1 about 25–50% of whom will develop HIT with thrombotic syndrome (HITTS).2 Morbidity and...
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Kevin Cochran, MD, Tony J. DeMartini, MD, Bruce E. Lewis, MD, James O’Brien, RN, Lowell H. Steen, MD, Eric D. Grassman, MD, PhD, Ferdinand Leya, MD
Kevin Cochran, MD, Tony J. DeMartini,...
Percutaneous coronary intervention is a common procedure, with over 750,000 interventions performed in the United States per year. Balloon inflation and stent deployment cause endothelial injury and plaque disruption, leading to platelet...
Percutaneous coronary intervention is a common procedure, with over 750,000 interventions performed in the United States per year. Balloon inflation and stent deployment cause endothelial injury and plaque disruption, leading to platelet...
Percutaneous coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Original Contribution
08/01/2008
1Richard Heuser, MD, 2Warren Laskey, MD, 3Alexandra Lansky, MD, 4Jeffrey Popma, MD, 5Raoul Bonan, MD
1Richard Heuser, MD, 2Warren Laskey, ...
While stents have reduced the risk of restenosis,1–3 they induce neointimal hyperplasia,4 and rates of in-stent restenosis following intervention may be as high as 60%,5 particularly in long lesions.6 Studies of gamma-radiation therapy...
While stents have reduced the risk of restenosis,1–3 they induce neointimal hyperplasia,4 and rates of in-stent restenosis following intervention may be as high as 60%,5 particularly in long lesions.6 Studies of gamma-radiation therapy...
While stents have reduced the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
Percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) procedures have changed the face of cardiovascular care, providing significant improvements in quality of life and survival for patients with debilitating cardiac disease. In 2000, there were over...
Percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) procedures have changed the face of cardiovascular care, providing significant improvements in quality of life and survival for patients with debilitating cardiac disease. In 2000, there were over...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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