Volume 16 - Issue 6 - June, 2004
08/01/2008
Mario Zanchetta, MD, *Eustaquio Onorato, MD, Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, Luigi Pedon, MD, Marco Zennaro, MD, Pietro Maiolino, MD
Mario Zanchetta, MD, *Eustaquio Onora...
Case 1. A 40-year-old woman presented for elective posterior fossa craniectomy. She had a past history of headache, dizziness, diplopia, and transient ischaemic attacks. A diagnosis of Chiari type I malformation was made with magnetic...
Case 1. A 40-year-old woman presented for elective posterior fossa craniectomy. She had a past history of headache, dizziness, diplopia, and transient ischaemic attacks. A diagnosis of Chiari type I malformation was made with magnetic...
Case 1. A 40-year-old woman...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Electrophysiology Corner
08/01/2008
Stelios Paraskevaidis, MD, Kostas P. Polymeropoulos, MD, George Louridas, MD
Stelios Paraskevaidis, MD, Kostas P....
ICD treatment has been shown to be more effective than antiarrhythmic drugs in the prevention of sudden cardiac death, due to malignant ventricular arrhythmias.1 Despite recent advances in device technology, inappropriate therapy...
ICD treatment has been shown to be more effective than antiarrhythmic drugs in the prevention of sudden cardiac death, due to malignant ventricular arrhythmias.1 Despite recent advances in device technology, inappropriate therapy...
ICD treatment has been shown to...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Umesh K. Arora, MD,* Meeney Dhir, MD,† Guillermo Cintron, MD,* Joel A. Strom, MD*
Umesh K. Arora, MD,* Meeney Dhir, MD...
ABSTRACT: We describe a 64-year-old male with severe hemophilia A (factor VIII-dependent), acute myocardial infarction (MI) and congestive heart failure (CHF) who underwent successful multi-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The...
ABSTRACT: We describe a 64-year-old male with severe hemophilia A (factor VIII-dependent), acute myocardial infarction (MI) and congestive heart failure (CHF) who underwent successful multi-vessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The...
ABSTRACT: We describe a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
George V. Moukarbel, MD and Samir E. Alam, MD
George V. Moukarbel, MD and Samir E...
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of coronary obstruction, usually affecting women in the childbearing age. Pathogenetic mechanisms are elusive, and optimal treatment is not established. We describe a...
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of coronary obstruction, usually affecting women in the childbearing age. Pathogenetic mechanisms are elusive, and optimal treatment is not established. We describe a...
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Marcus St. John, MD and Alan W. Heldman, MD
Marcus St. John, MD and Alan W. Hel...
ABSTRACT: We report the treatment of an acute myocardial infarction presenting late with thrombotic total occlusion of a saphenous vein graft. A novel approach was used to prevent microvascular obstruction and reperfusion injury, with a...
ABSTRACT: We report the treatment of an acute myocardial infarction presenting late with thrombotic total occlusion of a saphenous vein graft. A novel approach was used to prevent microvascular obstruction and reperfusion injury, with a...
ABSTRACT: We report the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Muhammad U. Mustafa, MD, Chunguang Chen, MD, Marc Cohen, MD
Muhammad U. Mustafa, MD, Chunguang C...
A 41-year-old Asian woman presented with symptoms of palpitations, shortness of breath and chest heaviness on exertion. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed severe asymmetrical hypertrophy (posterior wall thickness of 2 cm) and a significant...
A 41-year-old Asian woman presented with symptoms of palpitations, shortness of breath and chest heaviness on exertion. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed severe asymmetrical hypertrophy (posterior wall thickness of 2 cm) and a significant...
A 41-year-old Asian woman...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
James L. Orford, MB ChB, MPH, Panayotis Fasseas, MD, David R. Holmes, MD, Peter B. Berger, MD
James L. Orford, MB ChB, MPH, Panayo...
Eptifibatide, a cyclic heptapeptide inhibitor of the platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor, reduces the incidence of ischemic complications when administered at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (PC I).1 Major...
Eptifibatide, a cyclic heptapeptide inhibitor of the platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor, reduces the incidence of ischemic complications when administered at the time of percutaneous coronary intervention (PC I).1 Major...
Eptifibatide, a cyclic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Alessandro Colombo, MD, Francesco Lavarra, MD, Paolo Danna, MD, Maurizio Viecca, MD
Alessandro Colombo, MD, Francesco La...
ABSTRACT: When dealing with acute coronary syndromes, the interventionists often go straight to balloon and stents, because they work quick and well in the majority of cases. However, it is not to forget that vigorous antithrombotic treatment...
ABSTRACT: When dealing with acute coronary syndromes, the interventionists often go straight to balloon and stents, because they work quick and well in the majority of cases. However, it is not to forget that vigorous antithrombotic treatment...
ABSTRACT: When dealing with...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Rajbir Sangha, MB ChB and Peter Hui, MD
Rajbir Sangha, MB ChB and Peter Hui, ...
Iatrogenic damage to coronary arteries is a previously described, but uncommon, complication of mitral valve surgery. The circumflex artery, due to its anatomical proximity to the mitral valve annulus, is at particular risk for surgical...
Iatrogenic damage to coronary arteries is a previously described, but uncommon, complication of mitral valve surgery. The circumflex artery, due to its anatomical proximity to the mitral valve annulus, is at particular risk for surgical...
Iatrogenic damage to coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Dear Readers,
This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, case reports with brief literature reviews, and articles from the journal’s special sections “Electrophysiology Corner,”...
Dear Readers,
This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, case reports with brief literature reviews, and articles from the journal’s special sections “Electrophysiology Corner,”...
Dear Readers,
This issue of The...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
