Volume 20 - Issue 7 - July, 2008
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jordan M. Prutkin, MD, MHS, Justin A. Strote, MD, Karen K. Stout, MD
Jordan M. Prutkin, MD, MHS, Justin A....
Cardiogenic shock is a devastating complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) with an in-hospital mortality between 40–76%.1,2 Cardiogenic shock from right ventricular infarction is uncommon, though it has a mortality rate equal to that...
Cardiogenic shock is a devastating complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) with an in-hospital mortality between 40–76%.1,2 Cardiogenic shock from right ventricular infarction is uncommon, though it has a mortality rate equal to that...
Cardiogenic shock is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Daisuke Fujibayashi, MD, Yoshihiro Morino, MD, Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD
Daisuke Fujibayashi, MD, Yoshihiro M...
Coronary arteries are usually located on the surface of the cardiac muscle. Myocardial bridges have been described in a variable number of autopsy cases ranging from 5.4% to 85.7% of cases examined, depending on the population sampled.1,2 In...
Coronary arteries are usually located on the surface of the cardiac muscle. Myocardial bridges have been described in a variable number of autopsy cases ranging from 5.4% to 85.7% of cases examined, depending on the population sampled.1,2 In...
Coronary arteries are usually...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Ambarish Gopal, MD, Raveen Pal, MD, *Ronald P. Karlsberg, Matthew J. Budoff, MD
Ambarish Gopal, MD, Raveen Pal, MD, ...
Case Presentation. Although left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is seen infrequently, it should be recognized and distinguished from the common type of left ventricular aneurysm. The diagnosis can be difficult and the lesions are prone to...
Case Presentation. Although left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is seen infrequently, it should be recognized and distinguished from the common type of left ventricular aneurysm. The diagnosis can be difficult and the lesions are prone to...
Case Presentation. Although left...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
*Amgad N. Makaryus, MD and §M. Robert Peters, MD
*Amgad N. Makaryus, MD and §M. Rober...
Congenital left ventricular (LV) aneurysms are rare, and the term “congenital ventricular aneurysm” can be used to describe an isolated aneurysm when no known causes of acquired aneurysms (i.e., coronary disease, post cardiac surgery, trauma...
Congenital left ventricular (LV) aneurysms are rare, and the term “congenital ventricular aneurysm” can be used to describe an isolated aneurysm when no known causes of acquired aneurysms (i.e., coronary disease, post cardiac surgery, trauma...
Congenital left ventricular (LV)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
*Thomas S. Kristensen, MD, §Klaus F. Kofoed, MD, §Thomas Engstrøm, MD
*Thomas S. Kristensen, MD, §Klaus F...
Among percutaneous coronary interventional procedures, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with stents in both the main vessel (MV) and the side branch (SB) is one of the most complex. Several techniques have been suggested including T-, V-,...
Among percutaneous coronary interventional procedures, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with stents in both the main vessel (MV) and the side branch (SB) is one of the most complex. Several techniques have been suggested including T-, V-,...
Among percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Narayanan Namboodiri, MD, Valaparambil Ajitkumar, MD, Jaganmohan Tharakan, MD
Narayanan Namboodiri, MD, Valaparamb...
Dual left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) (or dual anterior interventricular artery) distribution with either of the vessels originating from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) and the right aortic sinus of Valsalva is an...
Dual left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) (or dual anterior interventricular artery) distribution with either of the vessels originating from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) and the right aortic sinus of Valsalva is an...
Dual left anterior descending...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
*Alexander Georgakis, MD, *Rasih Atilla Ener, MD, Jianguo Jin, PhD, Satya Kunapuli, PhD, *David Fiss, MD, Stephen H. Leech, MD, *Nelson M. Wolf, MD, *William A. Van Decker, MD
*Alexander Georgakis, MD, *Rasih Ati...
Contrast media plays an important role in defining coronary anatomy in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures as well as in radiology. Iodine-containing compounds have been shown to have radio-opaque properties that...
Contrast media plays an important role in defining coronary anatomy in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures as well as in radiology. Iodine-containing compounds have been shown to have radio-opaque properties that...
Contrast media plays an...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Gianfranco Butera, MD, *Giuseppe Santoro, MD, *Raffaele Calabrò, MD, Mario Carminati, MD
Gianfranco Butera, MD, *Giuseppe Sant...
Ductal origin of the distal pulmonary artery1 is characterized by a patent ductus arteriosus in continuity with the proximal end of a pulmonary artery (either left or right, or both) with no continuity to the main pulmonary artery (PA)....
Ductal origin of the distal pulmonary artery1 is characterized by a patent ductus arteriosus in continuity with the proximal end of a pulmonary artery (either left or right, or both) with no continuity to the main pulmonary artery (PA)....
Ductal origin of the distal...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
*Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD, Satoshi Taketani, MD, PhD, Manabu Shimogami, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, PhD, *Osamu Katoh, MD
*Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, PhD, Satoshi ...
In patients with acute myocardial infarction, immediate reperfusion of the occluded artery has significantly decreased early mortality rates and improved late clinical outcomes.1 Although current revascularization strategies using stent...
In patients with acute myocardial infarction, immediate reperfusion of the occluded artery has significantly decreased early mortality rates and improved late clinical outcomes.1 Although current revascularization strategies using stent...
In patients with acute...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Mirvat Alasnag, MD, Branavan Umakanthan, MD, Gary P. Foster, MD
Mirvat Alasnag, MD, Branavan Umakant...
Invasive coronary arteriography (CA) has been the standard method for imaging coronary lesions since its beginnings in 1958. Multidetector cardiac computerized tomography (MDCT) has undergone rapid developments over the last decade and now...
Invasive coronary arteriography (CA) has been the standard method for imaging coronary lesions since its beginnings in 1958. Multidetector cardiac computerized tomography (MDCT) has undergone rapid developments over the last decade and now...
Invasive coronary arteriography...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
