Volume 18 - Issue 4 - April, 2006
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Aamer H. Jamali, MD, Michael S. Lee, MD, Raj R. Makkar, MD
Aamer H. Jamali, MD, Michael S. Lee,...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As an increasing number of complex PCI procedures are undertaken with aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As an increasing number of complex PCI procedures are undertaken with aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet...
Coronary perforation is a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM, Ajay Jagannath Swamy, MD, Anil Grover, DM
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM, Ajay Jagann...
The use of a second 0.014 inch coronary guidewire, along with the one being used to advance balloons or stents inside the coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), sometimes helps to address complex lesions — a method...
The use of a second 0.014 inch coronary guidewire, along with the one being used to advance balloons or stents inside the coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), sometimes helps to address complex lesions — a method...
The use of a second 0.014 inch...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ugo Limbruno, MD, Alberto Genovesi Ebert, MD, Michele Galli, MD
Ugo Limbruno, MD, Alberto Genovesi E...
Recently, a number of clinical studies demonstrated that distal embolization occurs routinely during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) — not only on saphenous vein grafts, but also on native coronary arteries.1–9 During primary PCI,...
Recently, a number of clinical studies demonstrated that distal embolization occurs routinely during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) — not only on saphenous vein grafts, but also on native coronary arteries.1–9 During primary PCI,...
Recently, a number of clinical...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Leonardo Varotto, MD, Luigi La Vecchia, MD, Alessandro Fontanelli, MD
Leonardo Varotto, MD, Luigi La Vecch...
Accelerated allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients occurs commonly five or more years after transplantation and limits patient survival.1,2
Unlike native atherosclerosis, this peculiar vasculopathy has a diffuse pattern of...
Accelerated allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients occurs commonly five or more years after transplantation and limits patient survival.1,2
Unlike native atherosclerosis, this peculiar vasculopathy has a diffuse pattern of...
Accelerated allograft...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Micha F. Dorsch, MD, Peter H. Seidelin, MD, *Daniel J. Blackman, MD
*Micha F. Dorsch, MD, Peter H. Seide...
Percutaneous coronary intervention has revolutionized the management of coronary artery disease since its inception in 1977. Initial problems with acute vessel closure were largely solved with the advent of stenting.1 Recurrent stenosis...
Percutaneous coronary intervention has revolutionized the management of coronary artery disease since its inception in 1977. Initial problems with acute vessel closure were largely solved with the advent of stenting.1 Recurrent stenosis...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ripen K. Gupta, MD, Rakesh Sapra, MD, Upendra Kaul, MD
Ripen K. Gupta, MD, Rakesh Sapra, MD...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered in a new era in interventional cardiology with the availability of sirolimus-eluting Cypher™ (Cordis Corp., Miami, Florida) and paclitaxel-eluting Taxus® (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) stents...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered in a new era in interventional cardiology with the availability of sirolimus-eluting Cypher™ (Cordis Corp., Miami, Florida) and paclitaxel-eluting Taxus® (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) stents...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
John Coppola, MD, *Tejas Patel, MD, Tak Kwan, MD, Kintur Sanghvi, MD, Sudhesh Srivastava, MD, *Sanjay Shah, MD, Cezar Staniloae, MD
John Coppola, MD, *Tejas Patel, MD, ...
With aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy being used in interventional cardiology, transradial interventions are becoming more popular due to lower bleeding complication rates.1,2 A common situation encountered in transradial...
With aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy being used in interventional cardiology, transradial interventions are becoming more popular due to lower bleeding complication rates.1,2 A common situation encountered in transradial...
With aggressive anticoagulation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Zakaria Khurram1, MD, Eric Chou2, MD, Robert Minutello3, MD, Geoffrey Bergman3, MD, Manish Parikh3, MD, Srihari Naidu3, MD, S. Chiu Wong3, MD, Mun K. Hong3, MD
Zakaria Khurram1, MD, Eric Chou2, MD...
Dual antiplatelet therapy of aspirin and a thienopyridine has been established as the standard of care in patients undergoing coronary stent implantation.1–4 Those patients who require chronic anticoagulation for prosthetic cardiac valves,...
Dual antiplatelet therapy of aspirin and a thienopyridine has been established as the standard of care in patients undergoing coronary stent implantation.1–4 Those patients who require chronic anticoagulation for prosthetic cardiac valves,...
Dual antiplatelet therapy of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Marc J. Schweiger, MD, Ehsan Ansari, MD, Gregory R. Giugliano, MD, *James Mathew, MD, Ashequl Islam, MD, John Morrison, MD, James R. Cook, MD
Marc J. Schweiger, MD, Ehsan Ansari,...
Coronary stent implantation decreases restenosis rates when compared with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA),1,2 and the use of these endoluminal scaffolds has increased dramatically since their introduction.3 The most...
Coronary stent implantation decreases restenosis rates when compared with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA),1,2 and the use of these endoluminal scaffolds has increased dramatically since their introduction.3 The most...
Coronary stent implantation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD
Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD
Radial artery spasm is frequently associated with transradial coronary access. Incidence varies around 10% and is caused by many factors. Spasm rarely leads to serious complications such as eversion atherectomy,1 but is commonly associated...
Radial artery spasm is frequently associated with transradial coronary access. Incidence varies around 10% and is caused by many factors. Spasm rarely leads to serious complications such as eversion atherectomy,1 but is commonly associated...
Radial artery spasm is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
