Volume 18 - Issue 2 - February, 2006
Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Dear Editor,
I read with great interest the Tadros, et al. article1 entitled Iso-osmolar Radiocontrast Iodixanol in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (J Invasive Cardiol 2005;17:211–215).
They concluded that the volume of iso-osmolar...
Dear Editor,
I read with great interest the Tadros, et al. article1 entitled Iso-osmolar Radiocontrast Iodixanol in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (J Invasive Cardiol 2005;17:211–215).
They concluded that the volume of iso-osmolar...
Dear Editor,
I read with great...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Edit...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting research articles, commentaries and selections from the Journal’s special sections, Adjunctive Therapy, Pediatric Intervention, and Clinical Images....
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting research articles, commentaries and selections from the Journal’s special sections, Adjunctive Therapy, Pediatric Intervention, and Clinical Images....
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Adel El-Bialy, MD, Michael Shenoda, MD, Chris Caraang, MD
Adel El-Bialy, MD, Michael Shenoda, ...
Over the years, there have been many implicated mechanisms in the pathogenesis of coronary vasospasm. Some of these have included the release of endothelin by vascular endothelial cells,1 loss of endothelial-dependent relaxation following...
Over the years, there have been many implicated mechanisms in the pathogenesis of coronary vasospasm. Some of these have included the release of endothelin by vascular endothelial cells,1 loss of endothelial-dependent relaxation following...
Over the years, there have been...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Alexander Sirker, MD, Jonathan Hyde, MD, David Hildick-Smith, MD
Alexander Sirker, MD, Jonathan Hyde, ...
A variety of approaches are used for mitral valve repair and replacement operations. Rare complications specific to the surgical method may need to be considered if patients encounter unexplained problems postoperatively. We discuss such an...
A variety of approaches are used for mitral valve repair and replacement operations. Rare complications specific to the surgical method may need to be considered if patients encounter unexplained problems postoperatively. We discuss such an...
A variety of approaches are used...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jose F. Huizar, MD, Ashish Awasthi, MD, Hani Kozman, MD
Jose F. Huizar, MD, Ashish Awasthi, M...
Myocardial infarction (MI) typically occurs in the setting of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there are other causes of MI unrelated to atherosclerosis that include spontaneous dissection of the coronary arteries,...
Myocardial infarction (MI) typically occurs in the setting of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD). However, there are other causes of MI unrelated to atherosclerosis that include spontaneous dissection of the coronary arteries,...
Myocardial infarction (MI)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Konstantinos Spargias, MD, Panagiotis Kariofyllis, MD, Sophia Mavrogeni, MD
Konstantinos Spargias, MD, Panagiotis...
Congenital anomalies of the origin and distribution of the coronary arteries are infrequent and are found in 0.3–1.2% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1–3 The prevalence is greater if the origin of a coronary artery from an ectopic...
Congenital anomalies of the origin and distribution of the coronary arteries are infrequent and are found in 0.3–1.2% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1–3 The prevalence is greater if the origin of a coronary artery from an ectopic...
Congenital anomalies of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
William J. van Gaal, III, MBBS, FRACP, Italo Porto, MD, Adrian P. Banning, MD, MRCP
William J. van Gaal, III, MBBS, FRACP...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition which may result in sudden coronary occlusion, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and sudden cardiac death.1–3 We previously reported a case of SCAD involving the left anterior...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition which may result in sudden coronary occlusion, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and sudden cardiac death.1–3 We previously reported a case of SCAD involving the left anterior...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Brian Zagol, MD, *Scott Book, MD, Richard A. Krasuski, MD
*Brian Zagol, MD, *Scott Book, MD, Ri...
Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary anomaly that carries a poor prognosis for individuals who are diagnosed within their first year of life.1 These patients often present with pulmonary hypertension and right-sided...
Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary anomaly that carries a poor prognosis for individuals who are diagnosed within their first year of life.1 These patients often present with pulmonary hypertension and right-sided...
Scimitar syndrome is a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Juan Zambrano, MD, Aristides De la Hera, MD, Eduardo De Marchena, MD
Juan Zambrano, MD, Aristides De la He...
Case Report. A 53-year-old male with history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia presented to the emergency room with new-onset chest pain for the last hour. Clinical examination was remarkable for a right-sided point of maximal impulse,...
Case Report. A 53-year-old male with history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia presented to the emergency room with new-onset chest pain for the last hour. Clinical examination was remarkable for a right-sided point of maximal impulse,...
Case Report. A 53-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Luis Gruberg, MD, Mahmoud Suleiman, MD, Michael Kapeliovich, MD, Haim Hammerman, MD, Ehud Grenadier, MD, Monther Boulus, MD, Shlomo Amikam, MD, Walter Markiewicz, MD, Rafael Beyar, MD
Luis Gruberg, MD, Mahmoud Suleiman, M...
Fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, even with the most efficient regimens available, is fraught with a substantial proportion of failures to re-establish normal blood flow in the occluded vessel.1,2 Failure to achieve prompt...
Fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, even with the most efficient regimens available, is fraught with a substantial proportion of failures to re-establish normal blood flow in the occluded vessel.1,2 Failure to achieve prompt...
Fibrinolytic therapy for acute...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
