Volume 19 - Issue 10 - October, 2007
Feature
Review
08/01/2008
Prithwish Banerjee, MD and Dip Card, MRCP
Prithwish Banerjee, MD and Dip Card, ...
Perhaps we interventionists should be more aware than we currently are of our patients’ left ventricular (LV) function or what angioplasty might do to that LV function. I am not suggesting that we don’t attach importance to this vital detail....
Perhaps we interventionists should be more aware than we currently are of our patients’ left ventricular (LV) function or what angioplasty might do to that LV function. I am not suggesting that we don’t attach importance to this vital detail....
Perhaps we interventionists...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
*Eric Yamen, FRACP, *,§David Brieger, FRACP, PhD, *Leonard Kritharides, FRACP, PhD,
§Wilfred Saw, FRACP, *,§Harry C. Lowe, FRACP, PhD
*Eric Yamen, FRACP, *,§David Brieger...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old female with stable angina pectoris underwent stenting of a 99% stenosis in a small left anterior descending coronary artery (Figure A). In an uneventful procedure, a 2.25 x 8 mm Taxus® Express...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old female with stable angina pectoris underwent stenting of a 99% stenosis in a small left anterior descending coronary artery (Figure A). In an uneventful procedure, a 2.25 x 8 mm Taxus® Express...
Case Presentation. A...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Severe symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation (MR), or ischemic MR, is traditionally an indication for cardiac surgery, as recommended by the current practice guidelines.1 It is hoped that coronary bypass surgery, combined with either...
Severe symptomatic functional mitral regurgitation (MR), or ischemic MR, is traditionally an indication for cardiac surgery, as recommended by the current practice guidelines.1 It is hoped that coronary bypass surgery, combined with either...
Severe symptomatic functional...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Case Report. A 56-year-old male without previous cardiovascular history was admitted with chest pain suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. He reported experiencing exertional angina over the previous several days. His past medical and social...
Case Report. A 56-year-old male without previous cardiovascular history was admitted with chest pain suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. He reported experiencing exertional angina over the previous several days. His past medical and social...
Case Report. A 56-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Rémy Cohen, MD, Thierry Domniez, MD, Simon Elhadad, MD
Rémy Cohen, MD, Thierry Domniez, MD,...
Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are increasingly performed in patients with severely depressed left ventricular (LV) function and complex coronary lesions, including left main (LM) disease. During these high-risk procedures,...
Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are increasingly performed in patients with severely depressed left ventricular (LV) function and complex coronary lesions, including left main (LM) disease. During these high-risk procedures,...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
*,§,£Marlos R. Fernandes, MD, MSc, §Guilherme V. Silva, MD, *Adriano Caixeta, MD, PhD,
*Miguel Rati, MD, £Nelson A. de Sousa e Silva, MD, PhD, §Emerson C. Perin, MD, PhD
*,§,£Marlos R. Fernandes, MD, MSc, ...
Conventional angiography is the gold standard in clinical practice for diagnosing atherosclerotic compromise of the coronary artery tree. However, coronary angiography has several known limitations, including a lack of correlation between the...
Conventional angiography is the gold standard in clinical practice for diagnosing atherosclerotic compromise of the coronary artery tree. However, coronary angiography has several known limitations, including a lack of correlation between the...
Conventional angiography is the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
§Fahim H. Jafary, MD, FACC, Hafeez Ahmed, MD, Jawad Kiani, MD
§Fahim H. Jafary, MD, FACC, Hafeez A...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an established therapy for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease including acute coronary syndromes. In patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an established therapy for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease including acute coronary syndromes. In patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
*Safi Shahda, MD, Michael Zahra, MD, Andrew Fiore, MD, Saadeh Jureidini, MD
*Safi Shahda, MD, Michael Zahra, MD, ...
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a serious, and if not treated, fatal complication of the Fontan-cavopulmonary anastomosis procedure.1 It has been suggested that creation of a fenestration may prevent2 and treat3,4 PLE in this setup. Other...
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a serious, and if not treated, fatal complication of the Fontan-cavopulmonary anastomosis procedure.1 It has been suggested that creation of a fenestration may prevent2 and treat3,4 PLE in this setup. Other...
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) may be defined as excessive loss of proteins across the intestinal mucosa and is due to either a primary gastrointestinal abnormality or secondary to cardiac disease. Initial reports of PLE secondary to...
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) may be defined as excessive loss of proteins across the intestinal mucosa and is due to either a primary gastrointestinal abnormality or secondary to cardiac disease. Initial reports of PLE secondary to...
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Charles S. Smith, MD and Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
Charles S. Smith, MD and Yerem Yeghia...
More than 400,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations are performed annually in the United States, with the saphenous vein graft (SVG) as the major type of conduit.1 However, surgical revascularization is not definitive, and...
More than 400,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations are performed annually in the United States, with the saphenous vein graft (SVG) as the major type of conduit.1 However, surgical revascularization is not definitive, and...
More than 400,000 coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
