Volume 23 - Issue 5 - May 2011
05/02/2011
Tejas Patel, MD1, Sanjay Shah, MD2, Samir Pancholy, MD3
Tejas Patel, MD1, Sanjay Shah, MD2, ...
ABSTRACT: Development of a catheter knot is uncommon but still a matter of concern for a catheterizing cardiologist. There are only a few case reports of percutaneous catheter unknotting in the literature. We describe for the first time a...
ABSTRACT: Development of a catheter knot is uncommon but still a matter of concern for a catheterizing cardiologist. There are only a few case reports of percutaneous catheter unknotting in the literature. We describe for the first time a...
ABSTRACT: Development of a...
05/02/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
05/02/2011
Ioannis Iakovou, MD§, Antonios Dimopoulos, MD§, George Dangas, MD†
Ioannis Iakovou, MD§, Antonios Dimo...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as a coronary dilatation that exceeds the diameter of normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the patient’s largest coronary vessel by 1.5 times. The presence of a CAA is not always...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is defined as a coronary dilatation that exceeds the diameter of normal adjacent segments or the diameter of the patient’s largest coronary vessel by 1.5 times. The presence of a CAA is not always...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery...
05/02/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
05/02/2011
Naoki Masuda, MD, Takashi Matsukage, MD, PhD, Yuji Ikari, MD, PhD
Naoki Masuda, MD, Takashi Matsukage,...
ABSTRACT: A 76-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for effort angina pectoris. His coronary computed tomography and coronary angiography revealed anomalous origins of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) from the proximal right...
ABSTRACT: A 76-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for effort angina pectoris. His coronary computed tomography and coronary angiography revealed anomalous origins of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) from the proximal right...
ABSTRACT: A 76-year-old male was...
05/02/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/29/2011
Amit B. Sanghvi, MD, Jose F. Diaz Fernandez, MD, Antonio E. Gomez Menchero, MD
Amit B. Sanghvi, MD, Jose F. Diaz Fe...
ABSTRACT: Sidebranches of the left internal mammary artery that are not ligated at the time of coronary artery bypass surgery can cause coronary steal syndrome, resulting in angina. Several isolated case reports have demonstrated successful...
ABSTRACT: Sidebranches of the left internal mammary artery that are not ligated at the time of coronary artery bypass surgery can cause coronary steal syndrome, resulting in angina. Several isolated case reports have demonstrated successful...
ABSTRACT: Sidebranches of the...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/29/2011
Vincent Varghese, DO and Jon C. George, MD
Vincent Varghese, DO and Jon C. Georg...
ABSTRACT: Purulent pericarditis, once a common entity associated with intrathoracic infections, such as pneumonia and empyema, has become an infrequent illness in the post-antibiotic era. Prompt recognition and therapy are vital in improving...
ABSTRACT: Purulent pericarditis, once a common entity associated with intrathoracic infections, such as pneumonia and empyema, has become an infrequent illness in the post-antibiotic era. Prompt recognition and therapy are vital in improving...
ABSTRACT: Purulent pericarditis,...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/29/2011
Francesco Saia, MD, PhD, Cinzia Marrozzini, MD, Antonio Marzocchi, MD
Francesco Saia, MD, PhD, Cinzia Marr...
ABSTRACT: We describe the case of an 89-year-old woman who developed severe left main coronary artery stenosis shortly after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the Medtronic CoreValve Revalving System. Urgent coronary...
ABSTRACT: We describe the case of an 89-year-old woman who developed severe left main coronary artery stenosis shortly after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the Medtronic CoreValve Revalving System. Urgent coronary...
ABSTRACT: We describe the case...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/29/2011
Ahmad E. Mostafa, MD, Volker Geist, MD, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, MD
Ahmad E. Mostafa, MD, Volker Geist, ...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery disease has been reported in more than 50% of patients with severe aortic stenosis above the age of 70 years. Combined surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery disease has been reported in more than 50% of patients with severe aortic stenosis above the age of 70 years. Combined surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/29/2011
Paul Poommipanit, MD* and Jonathan Tobis, MD§
Paul Poommipanit, MD* and Jonathan To...
ABSTRACT: Although performing a biopsy of the right ventricular septum is a routine procedure in many cardiac catheterization laboratories, the ability to direct a bioptome to a mass within the right or left side of the heart is extremely...
ABSTRACT: Although performing a biopsy of the right ventricular septum is a routine procedure in many cardiac catheterization laboratories, the ability to direct a bioptome to a mass within the right or left side of the heart is extremely...
ABSTRACT: Although performing a...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
04/29/2011
Vincent Varghese, DO, Allen Mogtader, MD, Jon C. George, MD
Vincent Varghese, DO, Allen Mogtader...
ABSTRACT: Loculated pericardial effusion, as a cause of acute hypoxia, is an unusual finding. Here, we describe the case of a patient who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, complicated by a localized pericardial hematoma...
ABSTRACT: Loculated pericardial effusion, as a cause of acute hypoxia, is an unusual finding. Here, we describe the case of a patient who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention, complicated by a localized pericardial hematoma...
ABSTRACT: Loculated pericardial...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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04/29/2011
Giuseppe Ferrante, MD1, Peter Barlis, MD2, Giampaolo Niccoli, MD3
Giuseppe Ferrante, MD1, Peter Barlis...
A 75-year-old, male ex-smoker with hypertension and family history of ischemic heart disease, previous anterior myocardial infarction, and angioplasty with bare-metal stent implantation to the left anterior descending artery 4 years earlier,...
A 75-year-old, male ex-smoker with hypertension and family history of ischemic heart disease, previous anterior myocardial infarction, and angioplasty with bare-metal stent implantation to the left anterior descending artery 4 years earlier,...
A 75-year-old, male ex-smoker...
04/29/2011
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
