Volume 20 - Issue 1 - January, 2008
Insights
Commentary
09/07/2009
Matthew J. Budoff , MD
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.
Disclosure: Dr. Budoff has received speaker honoraria from GE.
Address for correspondence: Matthew J. Budoff, MD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, 1124 W. Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502. E-mail: mbudoff@labiomed.org
Matthew J. Budoff , MD
Los Angeles B...
Key Words: noninvasive angiography; CTA; CT angiography; computed tomographic angiography; multidetector computed tomography; MDCT
Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CT angiography) is increasingly being used clinically to define the...
Key Words: noninvasive angiography; CTA; CT angiography; computed tomographic angiography; multidetector computed tomography; MDCT
Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CT angiography) is increasingly being used clinically to define the...
Key Words: noninvasive...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
*Cem Özbek, MD, *Wolfgang Bay, MD, *Lorenz Jochum, MD, §Friedrich Jung, MD, £Roland Bach, MD
*Cem Özbek, MD, *Wolfgang Bay, MD, *...
Although drug-eluting stents (DES) show very good results in terms of early restenosis rates in patients with coronary artery disease as compared to bare-metal stents (BMS), there is little information available on the safety and efficacy of...
Although drug-eluting stents (DES) show very good results in terms of early restenosis rates in patients with coronary artery disease as compared to bare-metal stents (BMS), there is little information available on the safety and efficacy of...
Although drug-eluting stents...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Harvey S. Hecht, MD, Vladimir Jelnin, MD, Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD
Harvey S. Hecht, MD, Vladimir Jelnin,...
Multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (MDCTA) has rapidly gained in popularity and applicability.1 Most recently, the concept of MDCTA-guided percutaneous intervention has been introduced, with MDCTA evaluation of minimum...
Multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (MDCTA) has rapidly gained in popularity and applicability.1 Most recently, the concept of MDCTA-guided percutaneous intervention has been introduced, with MDCTA evaluation of minimum...
Multidetector computed...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Nipun Arora, MD and Kul Aggarwal, MD
Nipun Arora, MD and Kul Aggarwal, MD
...
Late stent thrombosis (occurring more than 30 days after stent placement), is a catastrophic complication of drug-eluting stents (DES) that has recently gained heightened awareness. It has been reported to occur at a rate of 0.6% per year...
Late stent thrombosis (occurring more than 30 days after stent placement), is a catastrophic complication of drug-eluting stents (DES) that has recently gained heightened awareness. It has been reported to occur at a rate of 0.6% per year...
Late stent thrombosis (occurring...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Ravinay Bhindi, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FESC, §Neil Wilson, MBBS, FRCP, *Oliver J. Ormerod, DM, FRCP
*Ravinay Bhindi, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FE...
This case describes the closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) via the right internal jugular (IJ) vein in a young patient with an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) awaiting liver transplantation. Case Report. A 25-year-old male with...
This case describes the closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) via the right internal jugular (IJ) vein in a young patient with an interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) awaiting liver transplantation. Case Report. A 25-year-old male with...
This case describes the closure...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Peter J. Cawley, MD, Edward A. Gill, MD, Steven L. Goldberg, MD
Peter J. Cawley, MD, Edward A. Gill, ...
Case Report. A 22-year-old female presented to an outside hospital with back pain radiating to the epigastrum. The patient had a history of hypertension and Takayasu’s arteritis. At age 17 she underwent resection of an ascending aortic...
Case Report. A 22-year-old female presented to an outside hospital with back pain radiating to the epigastrum. The patient had a history of hypertension and Takayasu’s arteritis. At age 17 she underwent resection of an ascending aortic...
Case Report. A 22-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Narayanan Namboodiri, DM, Sivadasan Pillai Harikrishnan, DM, Valaparambil Ajitkumar, DM,
Jaganmohan Achuthan Tharakan, DM
Narayanan Namboodiri, DM, Sivadasan P...
Distorted cardiac anatomy offers technical difficulties during fluoroscopy-guided transcatheter procedures. This is even more the case with percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), where the cardiac malpositions considerably...
Distorted cardiac anatomy offers technical difficulties during fluoroscopy-guided transcatheter procedures. This is even more the case with percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), where the cardiac malpositions considerably...
Distorted cardiac anatomy offers...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, MD, §Mark Williams, MD, *Roger J. Laham, MD
*Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, MD, §Mark W...
Stenting has emerged as a procedure associated with low mortality and morbidity for symptomatic renovascular disease. Frequently responsible for uncontrollable hypertension, congestive heart failure and progressive renal failure leading to...
Stenting has emerged as a procedure associated with low mortality and morbidity for symptomatic renovascular disease. Frequently responsible for uncontrollable hypertension, congestive heart failure and progressive renal failure leading to...
Stenting has emerged as a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Robert E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Editor-in-Chief
Robert E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Edito...
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, a Rapid Communication, selections from the journal’s special section Clinical Images and online case reports which can be found in archive section on our...
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, a Rapid Communication, selections from the journal’s special section Clinical Images and online case reports which can be found in archive section on our...
This issue of the Journal of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Chi-Hang Lee, MBBS, Swee-Chong Seow, MBBS, Yean-Teng Lim, MBBS
Chi-Hang Lee, MBBS, Swee-Chong Seow, ...
Isolated coronary artery spasm without atherosclerotic obstruction is an unusual cause of myocardial infarction (MI). The chest pain and electrocardiographic (ECG) changes can be resolved promptly following administration of nitroglycerin in...
Isolated coronary artery spasm without atherosclerotic obstruction is an unusual cause of myocardial infarction (MI). The chest pain and electrocardiographic (ECG) changes can be resolved promptly following administration of nitroglycerin in...
Isolated coronary artery spasm...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
