Volume 22 - Issue 5 - May, 2010
Feature
Case Report
05/13/2010
Lakshminarayan Yerra, MD, Ajanta De, MD, Neeraj Jolly, MD, DM
Lakshminarayan Yerra, MD, Ajanta De,...
Balloon angioplasty/stenting has emerged as a highly effective revascularization procedure for renal artery stenosis (RAS).1 The major complications of balloon angioplasty of the renal artery are dissection, perforation and thrombosis. 2 Use...
Balloon angioplasty/stenting has emerged as a highly effective revascularization procedure for renal artery stenosis (RAS).1 The major complications of balloon angioplasty of the renal artery are dissection, perforation and thrombosis. 2 Use...
Balloon angioplasty/stenting has...
05/13/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/13/2010
Sunil P. Wani, MD, Seung-Woon Rha, MD, Ji Young Park, MD
Sunil P. Wani, MD, Seung-Woon Rha, M...
Entrapment of a Drug-Eluting Stent in Left Anterior Descending Artery and Left Main Artery Leading to a Life-Threatening Complication
ABSTRACT:Sudden stent loss after stent entrapment in a tight coronary lesion is an unexpected and...
Entrapment of a Drug-Eluting Stent in Left Anterior Descending Artery and Left Main Artery Leading to a Life-Threatening Complication
ABSTRACT:Sudden stent loss after stent entrapment in a tight coronary lesion is an unexpected and...
Entrapment of a Drug-Eluting...
05/13/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/12/2010
Gian Paolo Ussia, MD, Marco Barbanti, MD, Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD
Gian Paolo Ussia, MD, Marco Barbanti...
ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has been shown to be an effective and reproducible therapy for severe aortic valve stenosis. Device performance and short-term outcomes of well-deployed prostheses have been extensively...
ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has been shown to be an effective and reproducible therapy for severe aortic valve stenosis. Device performance and short-term outcomes of well-deployed prostheses have been extensively...
ABSTRACT: Transcatheter aortic...
05/12/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/12/2010
Nishaki Kiran Mehta, MD, Nidheesh Mishra, MD, DM, Prafulla Kerkar, MD, DM, FACC
Nishaki Kiran Mehta, MD, Nidheesh Mi...
ABSTRACT: Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SOVA) is a rare albeit well-described entity and coexisting defects like ventricular septal defect, aortic regurgitation and, infrequently, atrial septal defect (ASD) have been reported. Until...
ABSTRACT: Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SOVA) is a rare albeit well-described entity and coexisting defects like ventricular septal defect, aortic regurgitation and, infrequently, atrial septal defect (ASD) have been reported. Until...
ABSTRACT: Ruptured sinus of...
05/12/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/12/2010
Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI
Christopher Lichtenwalter, MD, Subhas...
Dual Guide Catheter Technique for Treating Native Coronary Artery Lesions Through Tortuous Internal Mammary Grafts: Separating Equipment Delivery from Target Lesion Visualization
ABSTRACT:Attempts to wire and stent a native coronary artery...
Dual Guide Catheter Technique for Treating Native Coronary Artery Lesions Through Tortuous Internal Mammary Grafts: Separating Equipment Delivery from Target Lesion Visualization
ABSTRACT:Attempts to wire and stent a native coronary artery...
Dual Guide Catheter Technique...
05/12/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
05/07/2010
Atsushi Funatsu, MD, Tomoko Kobayashi, MD, Shigeru Nakamura, MD
Atsushi Funatsu, MD, Tomoko Kobayash...
Use of the Kissing Microcatheter Technique to Exchange a Retrograde Wire for an Antegrade Wire in the Retrograde Approach to Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion
ABSTRACT: The retrograde approach to chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a...
Use of the Kissing Microcatheter Technique to Exchange a Retrograde Wire for an Antegrade Wire in the Retrograde Approach to Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion
ABSTRACT: The retrograde approach to chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a...
Use of the Kissing Microcatheter...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
05/07/2010
Amyn Malik, MD and Bharat Dalvi, MD
Amyn Malik, MD and Bharat Dalvi, MD
...
A 23-year-old male presented to the hospital with non-radiating pain and palpitations. An echocardiogram showed a dilated left coronary artery and coronary sinus. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed markedly dilated left main and...
A 23-year-old male presented to the hospital with non-radiating pain and palpitations. An echocardiogram showed a dilated left coronary artery and coronary sinus. Computed tomographic (CT) angiography showed markedly dilated left main and...
A 23-year-old male presented to...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
05/07/2010
Todd J. Cohen, MD, Vatsal Inamdar, MD, Wilbur Asheld*, Gerard Doorty, RN
Todd J. Cohen, MD, Vatsal Inamdar, M...
ABSTRACT: Background. Patients who are entirely dependent on ventricular pacing are typically at the mercy of a single ventricular lead and pacemaker output in order to provide physiologic support. This study presents a number of high-risk...
ABSTRACT: Background. Patients who are entirely dependent on ventricular pacing are typically at the mercy of a single ventricular lead and pacemaker output in order to provide physiologic support. This study presents a number of high-risk...
ABSTRACT: Background. Patients...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Department
Letters to the Editor
05/07/2010
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FSCAI, FACC, FACP
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, FSCAI...
ABSTRACT: Ito et al reported low adverse events in true bifurcation lesions treated with rotational atherectomy in a recent issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. However, their definition of true bifurcation lesions is not correct....
ABSTRACT: Ito et al reported low adverse events in true bifurcation lesions treated with rotational atherectomy in a recent issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. However, their definition of true bifurcation lesions is not correct....
ABSTRACT: Ito et al reported low...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Tips and Techniques
05/07/2010
Tomohiro Kawasaki, MD, Hisashi Koga, MD, Takeshi Serikawa, MD
Tomohiro Kawasaki, MD, Hisashi Koga,...
ABSTRACT: Despite recent technical advances, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains a challenge. In daily practice, several bifurcation stenting techniques are now being used. However, even...
ABSTRACT: Despite recent technical advances, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains a challenge. In daily practice, several bifurcation stenting techniques are now being used. However, even...
ABSTRACT: Despite recent...
05/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
