Volume 20 - Issue 3 - March, 2008
Feature
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, there has been continuous development, first of imaging techniques, but over the last several decades, of therapeutics, to address the number-one killer of individuals in the industrialized world….heart...
Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, there has been continuous development, first of imaging techniques, but over the last several decades, of therapeutics, to address the number-one killer of individuals in the industrialized world….heart...
Since the discovery of X-rays in...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC
Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FE...
Percutaneous intervention for renal artery stenosis was born in controversy and remains a debatable treatment strategy for the 2–4 million Americans affected. However, this important intervention remains the best option for many. This article...
Percutaneous intervention for renal artery stenosis was born in controversy and remains a debatable treatment strategy for the 2–4 million Americans affected. However, this important intervention remains the best option for many. This article...
Percutaneous intervention for...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
*Nicolas Majunke and *,§Horst Sievert, MD
*Nicolas Majunke and *,§Horst Siever...
Atrial Septal Defects Atrial septal defects account for about one-third of all congenital heart abnormalities detected in adults.1 A large defect in adult patients results in symptoms and complications such as arrhythmias, cardiac failure and...
Atrial Septal Defects Atrial septal defects account for about one-third of all congenital heart abnormalities detected in adults.1 A large defect in adult patients results in symptoms and complications such as arrhythmias, cardiac failure and...
Atrial Septal Defects Atrial...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Dominic Kelly, BSc, MBChB, Terry Levy, MBBS, Suneel Talwar, MD
Dominic Kelly, BSc, MBChB, Terry Levy...
Percutaneous coronary intervention is the accepted optimum strategy in the treatment of both myocardial infarction and stable angina resistant to medical therapy.1 Traditionally most procedures have been performed via the femoral access route...
Percutaneous coronary intervention is the accepted optimum strategy in the treatment of both myocardial infarction and stable angina resistant to medical therapy.1 Traditionally most procedures have been performed via the femoral access route...
Percutaneous coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Aman Haider, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
Aman Haider, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD...
Case Report. An 82-year-old male with ischemic cardiomyopathy underwent permanent pacemaker implantation because of symptomatic intermittent second-degree Mobitz II heart block. Immediately after implantation and while the patient was still...
Case Report. An 82-year-old male with ischemic cardiomyopathy underwent permanent pacemaker implantation because of symptomatic intermittent second-degree Mobitz II heart block. Immediately after implantation and while the patient was still...
Case Report. An 82-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Alfred Bollinger, MD and Maria Schlumpf, PA
Alfred Bollinger, MD and Maria Schlum...
When German-born Andreas Roland Grüntzig arrived in 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland, and joined the Angiology Division of the University Hospital, founded some years before, he stated: “I have dedicated my life to the vascular diseases”.1 First,...
When German-born Andreas Roland Grüntzig arrived in 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland, and joined the Angiology Division of the University Hospital, founded some years before, he stated: “I have dedicated my life to the vascular diseases”.1 First,...
When German-born Andreas Roland...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Shaji C. Menon, MD, Charanjit Rihal, MD, Allison K. Cabalka, MD
Shaji C. Menon, MD, Charanjit Rihal, ...
Case Report. An 81-year-old male with a prior history of open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair using a tube graft (24 mm Hemashield Dacron, Meadox Medicals, Inc., Oakland, New Jersey) presented for treatment of a pseudoaneurysm. Ten...
Case Report. An 81-year-old male with a prior history of open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair using a tube graft (24 mm Hemashield Dacron, Meadox Medicals, Inc., Oakland, New Jersey) presented for treatment of a pseudoaneurysm. Ten...
Case Report. An 81-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ana Viana-Tejedor, MD, Ra√∫l Moreno, MD, Mar Moreno, MD
Ana Viana-Tejedor, MD, Ra√∫l Moreno, ...
Mechanical complications comprise the second leading cause of in-hospital mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), especially in the elderly.1 Among them, ventricular septal rupture (VSR) complicates...
Mechanical complications comprise the second leading cause of in-hospital mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), especially in the elderly.1 Among them, ventricular septal rupture (VSR) complicates...
Mechanical complications...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
Yoriyasu Suzuki, MD, Jennifer K. Lyons, RVT, Alan C. Yeung, MD, Fumiaki Ikeno, MD
Yoriyasu Suzuki, MD, Jennifer K. Lyon...
Animal models have assumed a central position in understanding the mechanisms of angioplasty, stenting, restenosis and development of medical devices.1–5 The porcine coronary vascular injury models, by either stenting or overstretching injury...
Animal models have assumed a central position in understanding the mechanisms of angioplasty, stenting, restenosis and development of medical devices.1–5 The porcine coronary vascular injury models, by either stenting or overstretching injury...
Animal models have assumed a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
*Neelima Penugonda, MD, §Sridevi Pitta, MD, §Mahir Elder, MD, §Delair Gardi, MD
*Neelima Penugonda, MD, §Sridevi Pit...
Case Presentation. A 50-year-old Caucasian male with a history significant for hypertension was admitted to the hospital with exertional chest pain. Laboratory findings showed the first set of troponin was 2.15 and the second set of troponin...
Case Presentation. A 50-year-old Caucasian male with a history significant for hypertension was admitted to the hospital with exertional chest pain. Laboratory findings showed the first set of troponin was 2.15 and the second set of troponin...
Case Presentation. A 50-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
