Volume 23 - Issue 3 - March, 2011
Feature
Clinical Images
03/01/2011
Sean M. Gallagher, MBBS, MRCP, BSc, Ajay K. Jain, MBBS, MRCP, MD, R. Andrew Archbold, MBBS, FRCP, MD
Sean M. Gallagher, MBBS, MRCP, BSc, ...
ABSTRACT: We report the first case of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in a patient with a single coronary artery arising from the right aortic sinus. With the increasing availability of PPCI, more patients with coronary...
ABSTRACT: We report the first case of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in a patient with a single coronary artery arising from the right aortic sinus. With the increasing availability of PPCI, more patients with coronary...
ABSTRACT: We report the first...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
03/01/2011
Mark P. Ainslie, MBChB (hons), BSC (hons), MRCP, John Macdonald, MD, MRCP, J. Smyth, Chm, FRCS
Mark P. Ainslie, MBChB (hons), BSC (h...
ABSTRACT: This case illustrates a complication following deployment of the Angioseal® vascular closure device after routine angiography. The AngioSeal device is a percutaneous, bioabsorbable, collagen-based hemostatic plug deployed to seal...
ABSTRACT: This case illustrates a complication following deployment of the Angioseal® vascular closure device after routine angiography. The AngioSeal device is a percutaneous, bioabsorbable, collagen-based hemostatic plug deployed to seal...
ABSTRACT: This case illustrates...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
03/01/2011
Francesco Tomassini, MD, Andrea Gagnor, MD, Ferdinando Varbella, MD
Francesco Tomassini, MD, Andrea Gagn...
ABSTRACT: The transradial approach (TRA) has gained popularity in recent years mainly because of the significantly decreased access-site complications and the greater patient comfort it offers. In this paper, we describe the successful use of...
ABSTRACT: The transradial approach (TRA) has gained popularity in recent years mainly because of the significantly decreased access-site complications and the greater patient comfort it offers. In this paper, we describe the successful use of...
ABSTRACT: The transradial...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
03/01/2011
Julia Schumm, MD, Markus Ferrari, MD, Hans Figulla, MD
Julia Schumm, MD, Markus Ferrari, MD...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous aortic valve replacement represents a minimally-invasive alternative to open heart valve replacement in high-risk patients. Interventional procedures are used in an increasing number of patients and indications are...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous aortic valve replacement represents a minimally-invasive alternative to open heart valve replacement in high-risk patients. Interventional procedures are used in an increasing number of patients and indications are...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous aortic...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
03/01/2011
Takahiko Saito, MD, Keiji Noguchi, MD, Tatsuya Oikawa, MD
Takahiko Saito, MD, Keiji Noguchi, M...
ABSTRACT: Anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva is a rare congenital abnormality. Percutaneous coronary intervention of the anomalous-origin right coronary artery can be challenging. Iatrogenic aortocoronary...
ABSTRACT: Anomalous right coronary artery arising from the left sinus of Valsalva is a rare congenital abnormality. Percutaneous coronary intervention of the anomalous-origin right coronary artery can be challenging. Iatrogenic aortocoronary...
ABSTRACT: Anomalous right...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
03/01/2011
Hiromasa Otake, MD, Junya Shite, MD, Toshiro Shinke, MD
Hiromasa Otake, MD, Junya Shite, MD,...
ABSTRACT: A 57-year-old man was admitted for exertional angina pectoris. Coronary angiography showed a 99% stenosis in the left circumflex artery. A sirolimus-eluting stent was deployed in the culprit lesion and excellent angiographic results...
ABSTRACT: A 57-year-old man was admitted for exertional angina pectoris. Coronary angiography showed a 99% stenosis in the left circumflex artery. A sirolimus-eluting stent was deployed in the culprit lesion and excellent angiographic results...
ABSTRACT: A 57-year-old man was...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
03/01/2011
Brian Hynes, MB*,§, James Dollard, MB*, Grainne Murphy, MB*, John O’Sullivan, MB*, Nicholas Ruggiero, MD§, Ronan Margey, MB§, Thomas J. Kiernan, MB§, Eugene McFadden, MD*
Brian Hynes, MB*,§, James Dollard, ...
ABSTRACT: Background. Despite continued advances in creating lower profile intra-coronary balloons and stents, technical difficulties with stent deliverability are frequently encountered. Recent advances in catheter design have yielded soft...
ABSTRACT: Background. Despite continued advances in creating lower profile intra-coronary balloons and stents, technical difficulties with stent deliverability are frequently encountered. Recent advances in catheter design have yielded soft...
ABSTRACT: Background. Despite...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
03/01/2011
Elias B. Hanna, MD, Tarun W. Dasari, MD, Thomas A. Hennebry, MD
Elias B. Hanna, MD, Tarun W. Dasari, ...
ABSTRACT: Difficulty in stent delivery is frequently encountered in cases of tortuous or calcified coronary arteries. Chronic total occlusion interventions often require extra back-up that may not be adequately provided by guiding catheters,...
ABSTRACT: Difficulty in stent delivery is frequently encountered in cases of tortuous or calcified coronary arteries. Chronic total occlusion interventions often require extra back-up that may not be adequately provided by guiding catheters,...
ABSTRACT: Difficulty in stent...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Complex Case Intervention
03/01/2011
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, Neeraj Badhey, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, Neer...
ABSTRACT: We report a novel technique for retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention, in which the lesion is crossed by forming and advancing a “knuckle “in both the antegrade and retrograde guidewire, followed by reentry in the true...
ABSTRACT: We report a novel technique for retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention, in which the lesion is crossed by forming and advancing a “knuckle “in both the antegrade and retrograde guidewire, followed by reentry in the true...
ABSTRACT: We report a novel...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
03/01/2011
ABSTRACT: There is an ongoing debate on the effective importance of the collateral network, especially in the current era, where most patients with significant coronary artery disease are revascularized, be it percutaneously or surgically;...
ABSTRACT: There is an ongoing debate on the effective importance of the collateral network, especially in the current era, where most patients with significant coronary artery disease are revascularized, be it percutaneously or surgically;...
ABSTRACT: There is an ongoing...
03/01/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
