Volume 19 - Issue 8 - August, 2007
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Shumpei Mori, MD, Yoritaka Otsuka, MD, Atsushi Kawamura, MD
Shumpei Mori, MD, Yoritaka Otsuka, MD...
In-stent restenosis has long remained the major limitation of coronary stenting. Recent randomized trials have shown that the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) markedly reduce the risk of in-stent restenosis following treatment of de novo...
In-stent restenosis has long remained the major limitation of coronary stenting. Recent randomized trials have shown that the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) markedly reduce the risk of in-stent restenosis following treatment of de novo...
In-stent restenosis has long...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
* §Raed A. Aqel, MD, §Fadi G. Hage, MD, * §Gilbert J. Zoghbi, MD
* §Raed A. Aqel, MD, §Fadi G. Hage,...
According to the newly-updated guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease, surgical aortic valve replacement is still the gold standard for treatment of symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).1...
According to the newly-updated guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease, surgical aortic valve replacement is still the gold standard for treatment of symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).1...
According to the newly-updated...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Reji Pappy, MD, §Thomachan Kalapura, MD, MRCP, §Thomas A. Hennebry, MB, BCh BAO, MD
*Reji Pappy, MD, §Thomachan Kalapura...
Coronary-subclavian-steal syndrome (CSSS) is a known cause of myocardial infarction. This entity has been observed in individuals who present with angina. However, this case is unique because this is the first reported patient presenting not...
Coronary-subclavian-steal syndrome (CSSS) is a known cause of myocardial infarction. This entity has been observed in individuals who present with angina. However, this case is unique because this is the first reported patient presenting not...
Coronary-subclavian-steal...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Tiziana Claudia Aranzulla, MD, Antonio Colombo, MD, Giuseppe Massimo Sangiorgi, MD
Tiziana Claudia Aranzulla, MD, Antoni...
Recent advances in balloon and stent technology have increased procedural success rates have resulted in expanded indications for percutaneous treatment of complex peripheral arterial disease. As a consequence, lesions traditionally...
Recent advances in balloon and stent technology have increased procedural success rates have resulted in expanded indications for percutaneous treatment of complex peripheral arterial disease. As a consequence, lesions traditionally...
Recent advances in balloon and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ioannis A. Stathopoulos, MD, PhD and Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD
Ioannis A. Stathopoulos, MD, PhD and ...
Case PresentationA 69-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, s/p coronary artery bypass graft in 1994 (saphenous vein graft [SVG] to the right coronary artery [RCA], SVG to the diagonal branch, SVG to the obtuse...
Case PresentationA 69-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, s/p coronary artery bypass graft in 1994 (saphenous vein graft [SVG] to the right coronary artery [RCA], SVG to the diagonal branch, SVG to the obtuse...
Case PresentationA 69-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mimi Q. Le, MD and Frederick S. Ling, MD
Mimi Q. Le, MD and Frederick S. Ling,...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an unusual cause of acute myocardial ischemia, with approximately 300 cases reported in the literature.1,2 It is often fatal and is mostly recognized at postmortem examination in young victims...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an unusual cause of acute myocardial ischemia, with approximately 300 cases reported in the literature.1,2 It is often fatal and is mostly recognized at postmortem examination in young victims...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Francis A. Ponnuthurai, MBBch, FRACP, DDU, Oliver J. Ormerod, DM, FRCP,
Colin Forfar, MD, PhD, FRCP
Francis A. Ponnuthurai, MBBch, FRACP,...
Coronary artery perforation is an infrequent but serious complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), occurring in some 0.3–0.6%.1–4 The classification by Ellis et al1 describes perforation as type I, an extraluminal crater...
Coronary artery perforation is an infrequent but serious complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), occurring in some 0.3–0.6%.1–4 The classification by Ellis et al1 describes perforation as type I, an extraluminal crater...
Coronary artery perforation is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Sanjay Rajdev, MD, Raymond Benza, MD, Vijay Misra, MD
Sanjay Rajdev, MD, Raymond Benza, MD,...
The TandemHeart™ device (Cardiac Assist, Inc., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania), a percutaneous nonpulsatile centrifugal left ventricular (LV) assist device, is a recent introduction to the armamentarium of periprocedural hemodynamic stability tools....
The TandemHeart™ device (Cardiac Assist, Inc., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania), a percutaneous nonpulsatile centrifugal left ventricular (LV) assist device, is a recent introduction to the armamentarium of periprocedural hemodynamic stability tools....
The TandemHeart™ device (Cardiac...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Nicholas Collins, BMed, FRACP, Eric Horlick, MD, CM, FRCPC, Vladimir Dzavik, MD, FRCPC, FSCAI
Nicholas Collins, BMed, FRACP, Eric H...
In the performance of increasingly complex percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), there remains an ever-present risk of device fracture or dislodgement. Such occurrences are fortunately infrequent,1 however, they may pose an unfamiliar...
In the performance of increasingly complex percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), there remains an ever-present risk of device fracture or dislodgement. Such occurrences are fortunately infrequent,1 however, they may pose an unfamiliar...
In the performance of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*,§Tom Adriaenssens, MD, *Adnan Kastrati, MD, *Albert Schömig, MD
*,§Tom Adriaenssens, MD, *Adnan Kast...
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) can result in renovascular hypertension and nephrosclerosis, and accounts for approximately 1 to 3% of all causes of hypertension. The current treatment of choice for atherosclerotic renal artery disease in...
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) can result in renovascular hypertension and nephrosclerosis, and accounts for approximately 1 to 3% of all causes of hypertension. The current treatment of choice for atherosclerotic renal artery disease in...
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) can...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
