Volume 15 - Issue 5 - May, 2003
Feature
Vascular Disease
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Steven S.L. Li, MD, C.H. Wong, MD, C.W. Lam, MD
Steven S.L. Li, MD, C.H. Wong, MD, C....
Renal artery stenosis may occur in combination with hypertension and renal function impairment. Renal artery revascularization with angioplasty may facilitate hypertension control and preserve renal function.1,2 However, distal embolization...
Renal artery stenosis may occur in combination with hypertension and renal function impairment. Renal artery revascularization with angioplasty may facilitate hypertension control and preserve renal function.1,2 However, distal embolization...
Renal artery stenosis may occur...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Practice Management and Economics
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Just over three years ago, the President and CEO of Parma Community General Hospital (PCGH) and his administrative team decided to expand the cardiovascular service line to include open-heart surgery (OHS) and interventional cardiac...
Just over three years ago, the President and CEO of Parma Community General Hospital (PCGH) and his administrative team decided to expand the cardiovascular service line to include open-heart surgery (OHS) and interventional cardiac...
Just over three years ago, the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
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Scot C. Schultz, MD, *Paula D’Ambra, PA-C, Silvio Travalia, MD
Scot C. Schultz, MD, *Paula D’Ambra...
Thrombolytic therapy and surgery are 2 approaches to the treatment of mechanical valve thrombosis (MVT). Because surgery is an invasive and very costly procedure, noninvasive thrombolytic therapy may be a practical and effective treatment...
Thrombolytic therapy and surgery are 2 approaches to the treatment of mechanical valve thrombosis (MVT). Because surgery is an invasive and very costly procedure, noninvasive thrombolytic therapy may be a practical and effective treatment...
Thrombolytic therapy and surgery...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
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Arturo G. Touchard, MD, Wesley D. Pedersen, MD, Michael Mooney, MD, Robert S. Schwartz, MD
Arturo G. Touchard, MD, Wesley D. Ped...
Conventional stenting techniques initially incorporated routine target lesion predilatation with a balloon catheter to permit easy, uncomplicated stent passage prior to stent deployment. With extensive experience in stenting, cardiac...
Conventional stenting techniques initially incorporated routine target lesion predilatation with a balloon catheter to permit easy, uncomplicated stent passage prior to stent deployment. With extensive experience in stenting, cardiac...
Conventional stenting techniques...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial
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Gerald Dorros, MD, FACC, ScD (Yeshiva), ScD (Colby)
Gerald Dorros, MD, FACC, ScD (Yeshiva...
Balloons, stents and embolic protection devices, as treatment for extracranial obliterative disease, have created in recent decades a predicament not dissimilar to the percutaneous treatment of coronary angioplasty and mitral valvuloplasty....
Balloons, stents and embolic protection devices, as treatment for extracranial obliterative disease, have created in recent decades a predicament not dissimilar to the percutaneous treatment of coronary angioplasty and mitral valvuloplasty....
Balloons, stents and embolic...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial
08/01/2008
Gerald Dorros, MD, FACC, ScD (Yeshiva), ScD (Colby)
Gerald Dorros, MD, FACC, ScD (Yeshiva...
Conclusions. As this nascent period of endovascular carotid procedures draws to an end, what is clear, crystal clear to me, is that a significant conundrum exists. The Gordian knot to be unraveled is not whether stent-supported carotid...
Conclusions. As this nascent period of endovascular carotid procedures draws to an end, what is clear, crystal clear to me, is that a significant conundrum exists. The Gordian knot to be unraveled is not whether stent-supported carotid...
Conclusions. As this nascent...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Shinjo Sonoda, MD, Yasuhiro Honda, MD, Toru Kataoka, MD, *Heidi N. Bonneau, RN, MS, Krishnankutty Sudhir, MD, PhD, Paul G. Yock, MD, **Gary S. Mintz, MD, Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Shinjo Sonoda, MD, Yasuhiro Honda, MD...
Reduction of restenosis remains an important goal of percutaneous coronary interventions. Although coronary stents reduce the rate of primary restenosis compared with balloon angioplasty,1–3 20–30% of treated vessels still develop recurrent...
Reduction of restenosis remains an important goal of percutaneous coronary interventions. Although coronary stents reduce the rate of primary restenosis compared with balloon angioplasty,1–3 20–30% of treated vessels still develop recurrent...
Reduction of restenosis remains...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Thuraia Nageh, BSc, MD, Martyn R. Thomas, MD, Roy A. Sherwood, DPhil, Beverley M. Harris, MSc, David E. Jewitt, BSc, MD, Ray J. Wainwright, BSc, MD
Thuraia Nageh, BSc, MD, Martyn R. Tho...
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of intracoronary stents as the primary percutaneous treatment strategy for coronary lesions. This shift was supported by evidence demonstrating improved acute and long-term outcomes with stenting...
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of intracoronary stents as the primary percutaneous treatment strategy for coronary lesions. This shift was supported by evidence demonstrating improved acute and long-term outcomes with stenting...
There has been a dramatic...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Aaron D. Kugelmass, MD, *David J. Cohen, MD, MPH, **Frank Houser, MD, †Michael Mack, MD, ‡April W. Simon, RN, MSN, **Salvatore L. Battaglia, BS, **Lynn G. Tarkington, RN, §Edmund R. Becker, PhD, §Steven D. Culler, PhD
Aaron D. Kugelmass, MD, *David J. Coh...
Rapid advancements in percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) techniques have changed the manner in which we treat coronary artery disease.1 Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of coronary stents in preventing abrupt vessel...
Rapid advancements in percutaneous coronary interventional (PCI) techniques have changed the manner in which we treat coronary artery disease.1 Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of coronary stents in preventing abrupt vessel...
Rapid advancements in...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Sorin J. Brener, MD, *Mark G. Midei, MD,†E. Dean Nukta, MD, §Dean J. Kereiakes, MD,
‡David G. Rizik, MD, Donel Murphy, RN, Danielle Brennan, MS, David J. Moliterno, MD, Eric J. Topol, MD, for the Comparison of New Stents for Equivalency of Reduction in Vascular Events (CONSERVE) Investigators
Sorin J. Brener, MD, *Mark G. Midei, ...
As compared with balloon angioplasty alone, coronary stent implantation has resulted in improved clinical outcomes and lower clinical restenosis rates.1–3 The latter is not due to less neointimal proliferation, but rather to a larger initial...
As compared with balloon angioplasty alone, coronary stent implantation has resulted in improved clinical outcomes and lower clinical restenosis rates.1–3 The latter is not due to less neointimal proliferation, but rather to a larger initial...
As compared with balloon...
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