Volume 17 - Issue 5 - May, 2005
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Editor-in-...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports and case reports with brief reviews, as well as articles from the journal’s special sections Adjunctive Therapy and...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports and case reports with brief reviews, as well as articles from the journal’s special sections Adjunctive Therapy and...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Bilal Murad, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Bilal Murad, MD
Assistant Professor o...
Thrombectomy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) makes intuitive sense with positive results from small studies demonstrating benefit. However, the AngioJet (AJC) catheter (Possis Medical, Minneapolis Minnesota) has come under recent...
Thrombectomy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) makes intuitive sense with positive results from small studies demonstrating benefit. However, the AngioJet (AJC) catheter (Possis Medical, Minneapolis Minnesota) has come under recent...
Thrombectomy in acute myocardial...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Deepak Jain, MD, Karl Wegscheider, MD, Franz Hartmann, MD, Raoul Bonan, MD, Philip Urban, MD, Heribert Schunkert, MD
Deepak Jain, MD, Karl Wegscheider, MD...
Intracoronary radiation therapy, by virtue of its antiproliferative and favorable remodeling effects, reduces restenosis in both in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo lesions. While several large, randomized and non-randomised trials have...
Intracoronary radiation therapy, by virtue of its antiproliferative and favorable remodeling effects, reduces restenosis in both in-stent restenosis (ISR) and de novo lesions. While several large, randomized and non-randomised trials have...
Intracoronary radiation therapy,...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Mario Zanchetta, MD, Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, Luigi Pedon, MD, Marco Zennaro, MD, Antonio Carrozza, MD, *Eustaquio Onorato, MD
Mario Zanchetta, MD, Gianluca Rigatel...
Transcatheter closure of single secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) or patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a well-accepted alternative to surgical repair in selected patients,1 and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been demonstrated to be...
Transcatheter closure of single secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) or patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a well-accepted alternative to surgical repair in selected patients,1 and intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) has been demonstrated to be...
Transcatheter closure of single...
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1Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, 2Sary Aranki, MD, 3John Byrne, MD, 4Devinder Bhatia, MD, 5Shamir Mehta, MD,
6Roger Mills, MD
1Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, 2Sary Aranki, ...
The process of platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of coronary thrombosis after atherosclerotic plaque rupture, and pharmacological inhibition of platelet function forms the cornerstone of...
The process of platelet adhesion, activation and aggregation plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of coronary thrombosis after atherosclerotic plaque rupture, and pharmacological inhibition of platelet function forms the cornerstone of...
The process of platelet...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Paul B. Poommipanit, MD, Mark Lensky, MD, Jonathan Tobis, MD
Paul B. Poommipanit, MD, Mark Lensky,...
A 43-year-old Chinese woman with eosinophilia and a swollen neck was found to have extensive aneurysmal dilatation of both carotid arteries. Although there were no anginal symptoms, cardiac investigation revealed an abnormal radionuclide...
A 43-year-old Chinese woman with eosinophilia and a swollen neck was found to have extensive aneurysmal dilatation of both carotid arteries. Although there were no anginal symptoms, cardiac investigation revealed an abnormal radionuclide...
A 43-year-old Chinese woman with...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Italo Porto, MD and Adrian P. Banning, MD
Italo Porto, MD and Adrian P. Banning...
Since we have entered the new “drug-eluting stent era,” managing drug-eluting stent (DES) failure has become a real issue for the interventionalists. So far, no approach has been recommended: intracoronary brachytherapy (IBT) might be...
Since we have entered the new “drug-eluting stent era,” managing drug-eluting stent (DES) failure has become a real issue for the interventionalists. So far, no approach has been recommended: intracoronary brachytherapy (IBT) might be...
Since we have entered the new...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Patients with chronic kidney disease have a high prevalence of heart failure. According to the United States Renal Data System, nearly 40% of incident dialysis patients had a clinical diagnosis of heart failure.1 Furthermore, deterioration in...
Patients with chronic kidney disease have a high prevalence of heart failure. According to the United States Renal Data System, nearly 40% of incident dialysis patients had a clinical diagnosis of heart failure.1 Furthermore, deterioration in...
Patients with chronic kidney...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Angela Hoye MB ChB, MRCP, Pedro A. Lemos MD, Patrick W. Serruys MD, PhD
Angela Hoye MB ChB, MRCP, Pedro A. Le...
The major limitation of percutaneous therapy (PCI) for the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is the inability to cross with a wire. We report successful recanalization of a CTO situated at the ostium of the left anterior descending...
The major limitation of percutaneous therapy (PCI) for the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is the inability to cross with a wire. We report successful recanalization of a CTO situated at the ostium of the left anterior descending...
The major limitation of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Turgay Celik, MD, Atila Iyisoy, MD, Hurkan Kursaklioglu, MD
Turgay Celik, MD, Atila Iyisoy, MD, H...
Although stent thrombosis is currently a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), it can cause devastating clinical results such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and death.1 The peak incidence of stent thrombosis...
Although stent thrombosis is currently a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), it can cause devastating clinical results such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and death.1 The peak incidence of stent thrombosis...
Although stent thrombosis is...
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