Volume 17 - Issue 6 - June, 2005
Feature
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Speaker: Jorge Belardi, MD
Moderator: Mike Cowley, MD
Panelists: Tim Fischell, MD, Christopher Cates, MD, Alfredo Rodriguez, MD, David Sperling, MD, Robert Fischell, MD, Greg Braden, MD, Jamey Jacobs (Guidant Corporation)
Speaker: Jorge Belardi, MD
Moderat...
Mike Cowley: Let’s begin with discussing case selection. Which patients should receive drug-eluting stents (DES)? Should they only receive one stent? Should we reserve DES for a select patient population? What should the approach be for...
Mike Cowley: Let’s begin with discussing case selection. Which patients should receive drug-eluting stents (DES)? Should they only receive one stent? Should we reserve DES for a select patient population? What should the approach be for...
Mike Cowley: Let’s begin with...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Saleem Sharieff, MBBS, FCPS, Tahir Saghir, MBBS, FCPS, Khan Shah-e-Zaman, MBBS, FRCP
Saleem Sharieff, MBBS, FCPS, Tahir S...
Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) has been established as an effective alternative to surgery for the treatment of mitral stenosis (MS) in selected patients since its introduction by Inoue et al. in 1984.1 It affords an...
Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) has been established as an effective alternative to surgery for the treatment of mitral stenosis (MS) in selected patients since its introduction by Inoue et al. in 1984.1 It affords an...
Percutaneous balloon mitral...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Eftihia S. Hamodraka, MD, Konstantinos Paravolidakis, MD, Thomas Apostolou, MD
Eftihia S. Hamodraka, MD, Konstantino...
The patient was a 44-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital due to chest pain at rest. Two days later, the patient underwent a coronary angiogram. The angiogram revealed a left anterior descending artery (LAD) following a normal...
The patient was a 44-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital due to chest pain at rest. Two days later, the patient underwent a coronary angiogram. The angiogram revealed a left anterior descending artery (LAD) following a normal...
The patient was a 44-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Speakers: Howard Cohen, MD
Moderator: Kenneth Kent, MD
Panelists: Pierre Leimgruber, MD, Richard Heuser, MD,
Jeffrey Werner, MD, Jorge Belardi, MD, Philip Reid (Lilly)
Speakers: Howard Cohen, MD
Moderator...
Tim Fischell: Many centers have spent a lot of money on the 25 or so different distal protection devices available today. We are currently preparing a manuscript on a slightly different, simpler, and considerably less expensive approach to...
Tim Fischell: Many centers have spent a lot of money on the 25 or so different distal protection devices available today. We are currently preparing a manuscript on a slightly different, simpler, and considerably less expensive approach to...
Tim Fischell: Many centers have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Dennis Katechis, DO, Amgad N. Makaryus, MD, Allison Spatz, MD, Jason Freeman, MD, Joseph A. Diamond, MD
Dennis Katechis, DO, Amgad N. Makaryu...
Elevated plasma catecholamine levels associated with pheochromocytoma may cause myocardial injury in the absence of clinically significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The cardiovascular manifestations of pheochromocytoma are...
Elevated plasma catecholamine levels associated with pheochromocytoma may cause myocardial injury in the absence of clinically significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. The cardiovascular manifestations of pheochromocytoma are...
Elevated plasma catecholamine...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Tim Fischell, MD, Scott Haller, MS, Kamal Ashraf, MD
Tim Fischell, MD, Scott Haller, MS, K...
No-reflow, or slow-reflow, is a common complication during percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein graft (SVG) angioplasty or stenting. No-reflow after SVG intervention is often associated with serious adverse clinical...
No-reflow, or slow-reflow, is a common complication during percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein graft (SVG) angioplasty or stenting. No-reflow after SVG intervention is often associated with serious adverse clinical...
No-reflow, or slow-reflow, is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Electrophysiology Corner
08/01/2008
Christopher C. Lang, MB, ChB and Neil R. Grubb, MD
Christopher C. Lang, MB, ChB and Neil...
Temporary pacemakers are associated with high complication rates and if pacing is required for more than 24 hours, the need for repeat intervention to reposition the lead, or re-site the venous access is relatively commonplace.1–4 We describe...
Temporary pacemakers are associated with high complication rates and if pacing is required for more than 24 hours, the need for repeat intervention to reposition the lead, or re-site the venous access is relatively commonplace.1–4 We describe...
Temporary pacemakers are...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
1Ebru Yalçin, MD, 1Ugur Özçelik, MD, 2Alpay Çeliker, MD
1Ebru Yalçin, MD, 1Ugur Özçelik, ...
Plastic bronchitis is characterized by marked obstruction of the large airways by bronchial casts.1,2 Bronchial casts take the shape of the bronchi of a lobe or a lung.3 These casts may result in mild symptoms or life-threatening disease, and...
Plastic bronchitis is characterized by marked obstruction of the large airways by bronchial casts.1,2 Bronchial casts take the shape of the bronchi of a lobe or a lung.3 These casts may result in mild symptoms or life-threatening disease, and...
Plastic bronchitis is...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Abdul Rashid, MD, Jeremy Ringewald, MD, Jorge Saucedo, MD
Abdul Rashid, MD, Jeremy Ringewald, M...
Coronary artery revascularization in the pediatric population is rare. Revascularization of the coronary arteries has been carried out with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), stent delivery, and coronary artery bypass...
Coronary artery revascularization in the pediatric population is rare. Revascularization of the coronary arteries has been carried out with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), stent delivery, and coronary artery bypass...
Coronary artery...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Editor-in-...
Dear Readers,
It is my hope that the articles in this issue provide cardiovascular healthcare professionals with important information that assists them in the effective management of cardiac patients. Along with these articles, please...
Dear Readers,
It is my hope that the articles in this issue provide cardiovascular healthcare professionals with important information that assists them in the effective management of cardiac patients. Along with these articles, please...
Dear Readers,
It is my hope...
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