Volume 22 - Issue 10 - October, 2010
Column
Editor's Message
01/06/2011
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA, Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA, Edi...
01/06/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Complex Case Intervention
10/11/2010
Reji Pappy, MD, Archana Gautam, MD, Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, MD
Reji Pappy, MD, Archana Gautam, MD, ...
ABSTRACT: The AngioSculpt PTCA Scoring Balloon Catheter is an FDA-approved device for plaque modulation. We describe the first case of AngioSculpt EX catheter entrapment and detachment in the right coronary artery during PCI that was...
ABSTRACT: The AngioSculpt PTCA Scoring Balloon Catheter is an FDA-approved device for plaque modulation. We describe the first case of AngioSculpt EX catheter entrapment and detachment in the right coronary artery during PCI that was...
ABSTRACT: The AngioSculpt PTCA...
10/11/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
10/11/2010
ABSTRACT: Rotational atherectomy is contraindicated in the presence of coronary dissection. Clinical scenarios of coronary dissection in which rotational atherectomy offers the only option are rare but can occur. This case study presents a...
ABSTRACT: Rotational atherectomy is contraindicated in the presence of coronary dissection. Clinical scenarios of coronary dissection in which rotational atherectomy offers the only option are rare but can occur. This case study presents a...
ABSTRACT: Rotational atherectomy...
10/11/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
10/10/2010
Raul Franco-Gutierrez, MD, Rodrigo Estevez-Loureiro, MD,
Ramon Calviño-Santos, MD
Raul Franco-Gutierrez, MD, Rodrigo E...
ABSTRACT: A 73-year old patient, who underwent triple bypass surgery in another hospital in 1991 after suffering an acute myocardial infarction, was admitted to our institution after an episode of unstable angina. Evidence of a left internal...
ABSTRACT: A 73-year old patient, who underwent triple bypass surgery in another hospital in 1991 after suffering an acute myocardial infarction, was admitted to our institution after an episode of unstable angina. Evidence of a left internal...
ABSTRACT: A 73-year old patient,...
10/10/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
10/10/2010
Atsushi Funatsu, MD, Tomoko Kobayashi, MD, Shigeru Nakamura, MD
Atsushi Funatsu, MD, Tomoko Kobayash...
ABSTRACT: We report the successful retrieval of a broken intracoronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter tip that was mostly invisible on fluoroscopy by using a snare catheter and pulling from distal to proximal. An 80-year old male...
ABSTRACT: We report the successful retrieval of a broken intracoronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter tip that was mostly invisible on fluoroscopy by using a snare catheter and pulling from distal to proximal. An 80-year old male...
ABSTRACT: We report the...
10/10/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
10/10/2010
Elias B. Hanna, MD and Mazen S. Abu-Fadel, MD
Elias B. Hanna, MD and Mazen S. Abu-F...
Management of Severe Bilateral Carotid Artery Stenosis
Concomitant to Severely Symptomatic Coronary Arterial Disease Requiring Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Case-Based Review
Management of Severe Bilateral Carotid Artery Stenosis
Concomitant to Severely Symptomatic Coronary Arterial Disease Requiring Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Case-Based Review
Management of Severe Bilateral...
10/10/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
10/10/2010
Pranjal Boruah, MD, Shubhra Shetty, MD, *Sridhar Sampath Kumar, MD
Pranjal Boruah, MD, Shubhra Shetty, ...
ABSTRACT: Acute streptococcal myocarditis is an uncommon diagnosis in the developed world. Its presentation masquerading as acute myocardial infarction is still uncommon. We describe a case of a young male presenting with a recent diagnosis...
ABSTRACT: Acute streptococcal myocarditis is an uncommon diagnosis in the developed world. Its presentation masquerading as acute myocardial infarction is still uncommon. We describe a case of a young male presenting with a recent diagnosis...
ABSTRACT: Acute streptococcal...
10/10/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
10/10/2010
Costantino Smaldone, MD, Marco Bacà, MD, Giampaolo Niccoli, MD, PhD
Costantino Smaldone, MD, Marco Bacà,...
ABSTRACT: Although stent fracture following femoro-popliteal intervention is well recognized, coronary stent fracture represents an underrecognized entity. Its incidence is low but it represents an important clinical entity as it may...
ABSTRACT: Although stent fracture following femoro-popliteal intervention is well recognized, coronary stent fracture represents an underrecognized entity. Its incidence is low but it represents an important clinical entity as it may...
ABSTRACT: Although stent...
10/10/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
10/10/2010
Leo Marcoff, MD and Ehsanur Rahman, MD
Leo Marcoff, MD and Ehsanur Rahman, M...
ABSTRACT: Eighty percent of all spontaneous coronary artery dissections occur in women. A third of these occur in pregnancy or post-partum period and a variation in hormonal levels is thought to play an etiologic role. It has been suggested...
ABSTRACT: Eighty percent of all spontaneous coronary artery dissections occur in women. A third of these occur in pregnancy or post-partum period and a variation in hormonal levels is thought to play an etiologic role. It has been suggested...
ABSTRACT: Eighty percent of all...
10/10/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Tips and Techniques
10/08/2010
Bruce S. Bowers, MD, Stuart J. Head, MD†, David L. Brown, MD
Bruce S. Bowers, MD, Stuart J. Head,...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous closure of large-bore arterial sheaths remains a clinical challenge. We report a case of facilitated large-bore closure using a low-profile valvuloplasty balloon for aortic occlusion. This technique enhanced...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous closure of large-bore arterial sheaths remains a clinical challenge. We report a case of facilitated large-bore closure using a low-profile valvuloplasty balloon for aortic occlusion. This technique enhanced...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous closure...
10/08/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
