Volume 18 - Issue 5 - May, 2006
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jeffrey Hershey, MD, Loretta Isada, MD, Michael S. Fenster, MD
Jeffrey Hershey, MD, Loretta Isada, M...
Approximately 0.3–2% of patients may have anomalous origins of the coronary arteries.1,2 Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) or left anterior descending (LAD) artery from the right sinus has been well described. In persons in...
Approximately 0.3–2% of patients may have anomalous origins of the coronary arteries.1,2 Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery (LCA) or left anterior descending (LAD) artery from the right sinus has been well described. In persons in...
Approximately 0.3–2% of patients...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
David R. Dobies, MD, FACC, FSCAI and Amanda Cohoon, RT, RCIS
David R. Dobies, MD, FACC, FSCAI and ...
The majority of percutaneous coronary and renal artery interventional failures is due to the inability to deploy stents in patients with tortuous arteries, fibrotic lesions and/or calcified plaque. Approximately 3% of all interventional...
The majority of percutaneous coronary and renal artery interventional failures is due to the inability to deploy stents in patients with tortuous arteries, fibrotic lesions and/or calcified plaque. Approximately 3% of all interventional...
The majority of percutaneous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Woong Chol Kang, MD, Tae Hoon Ahn, MD, Eak Kyun Shin, MD
Woong Chol Kang, MD, Tae Hoon Ahn, MD...
An isolated, single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.03% to 0.4% and an uncommon finding (0.6% to 1.3%) in patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In this report we describe a rare case of a patient who...
An isolated, single coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.03% to 0.4% and an uncommon finding (0.6% to 1.3%) in patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In this report we describe a rare case of a patient who...
An isolated, single coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Raed Aqel, MD, Ritesh Gupta, MD, MPH, Gilbert Zoghbi, MD
Raed Aqel, MD, Ritesh Gupta, MD, MPH,...
Myocardial bridging is defined as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary artery segment underlying myocardial tissue.1 On angiography, it is recognized as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary segment resulting in systolic...
Myocardial bridging is defined as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary artery segment underlying myocardial tissue.1 On angiography, it is recognized as systolic compression of an epicardial coronary segment resulting in systolic...
Myocardial bridging is defined...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Paul Erne, MD and Peiman Jamshidi, MD
Paul Erne, MD and Peiman Jamshidi, MD...
Case Report. A 38-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with suspected deep vein thrombosis of the right lower limb without prior immobilization history, and a history of 18 years of 1-pack-a-day smoking as a cardiovascular risk factor....
Case Report. A 38-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with suspected deep vein thrombosis of the right lower limb without prior immobilization history, and a history of 18 years of 1-pack-a-day smoking as a cardiovascular risk factor....
Case Report. A 38-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
aMohammad-Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, cFariba Amani, MD, aCurtiss Stinis, MD, bStephen M. Kubaska III, MD
aMohammad-Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, cFa...
Case Presentations
We describe two patients with unstable angina who underwent bilateral common iliac artery stenting immediately before right coronary artery stenting in the same setting in a hybrid procedure followed by review of the...
Case Presentations
We describe two patients with unstable angina who underwent bilateral common iliac artery stenting immediately before right coronary artery stenting in the same setting in a hybrid procedure followed by review of the...
Case Presentations
We describe...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Shyam Bhakta, MD, Nicholas J. Greco, PhD, Marcie R. Finney, Robert D. Hoffman, MD, PhD, Matthew E. Joseph, Jason J. Banks, Mary J. Laughlin, MD, Vincent J. Pompili, MD
Shyam Bhakta, MD, Nicholas J. Greco, ...
Intracoronary mononuclear cell therapy may lead to angiogenesis in chronic myocardial ischemia. A total of four cell therapy trials in patients with myocardial ischemia not amenable to revascularization have been performed.1 Tse et al....
Intracoronary mononuclear cell therapy may lead to angiogenesis in chronic myocardial ischemia. A total of four cell therapy trials in patients with myocardial ischemia not amenable to revascularization have been performed.1 Tse et al....
Intracoronary mononuclear cell...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Steven P. Sedlis, MD and Jeffrey D Lorin, MD
Steven P. Sedlis, MD and Jeffrey D Lo...
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the article by Spargias et al.1 entitled Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Anomalous Right Coronary Arteries Arising from the Left Sinus of Valsalva: A Report of Two Cases and Observations on the...
Dear Editor,
We read with great interest the article by Spargias et al.1 entitled Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Anomalous Right Coronary Arteries Arising from the Left Sinus of Valsalva: A Report of Two Cases and Observations on the...
Dear Editor,
We read with great...
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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 original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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 original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, commentaries, a review, a CME offering and articles from the journal’s special sections Clinical Decision Making and Clinical Images. In...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
