Volume 24 - Issue 10 - October 2012
10/02/2012
Ponangi Udaya Prashant, MD
Ponangi Udaya Prashant, MD
ABSTRACT: We present 2 cases of successful angioplasty of anomalous coronary arteries with total occlusions. One of our patients had a chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery and the other had acute total occlusion of the left...
ABSTRACT: We present 2 cases of successful angioplasty of anomalous coronary arteries with total occlusions. One of our patients had a chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery and the other had acute total occlusion of the left...
ABSTRACT: We present 2 cases of...
10/02/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
10/02/2012
Pasi P. Karjalainen, MD, PhD, Wail Nammas, MD, PhD, Antti Ylitalo, MD, PhD
Pasi P. Karjalainen, MD, PhD, Wail Na...
ABSTRACT: A 62-year-old male patient presented with acute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention with implantation of an everolimus-eluting stent in the left anterior descending...
ABSTRACT: A 62-year-old male patient presented with acute non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. He underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention with implantation of an everolimus-eluting stent in the left anterior descending...
ABSTRACT: A 62-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Christos Graidis, MD, Dimokritos Dimitriadis, MD, Vasileios Karasavvidis, MD
Christos Graidis, MD, Dimokritos Dimi...
ABSTRACT: Failure to deliver stents is one of the most common causes of procedural failure in contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention practice. The right coronary artery with an anomalous origin is an uncommon and challenging vessel...
ABSTRACT: Failure to deliver stents is one of the most common causes of procedural failure in contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention practice. The right coronary artery with an anomalous origin is an uncommon and challenging vessel...
ABSTRACT: Failure to deliver...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Fabien Praz, MD1, Marc Carlier, MD2, Bernhard Meier, MD1
Fabien Praz, MD1, Marc Carlier, MD2, ...
ABSTRACT: We report the clinical outcome of a 46-year-old man referred for percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect under transthoracic echocardiographic and fluoroscopic guidance, whose upper left pulmonary vein was erroneously...
ABSTRACT: We report the clinical outcome of a 46-year-old man referred for percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect under transthoracic echocardiographic and fluoroscopic guidance, whose upper left pulmonary vein was erroneously...
ABSTRACT: We report the clinical...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Jorge Sandoval, MD, Miguel Medina, MD, Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD
Jorge Sandoval, MD, Miguel Medina, MD...
ABSTRACT: An 80-year-old patient presented with severe in-stent restenosis of an everolimus-eluting stent implanted in the left anterior descending coronary artery 3 years previously. We obtained good angiographic result after...
ABSTRACT: An 80-year-old patient presented with severe in-stent restenosis of an everolimus-eluting stent implanted in the left anterior descending coronary artery 3 years previously. We obtained good angiographic result after...
ABSTRACT: An 80-year-old patient...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Nuri Ilker Akkus, MD, Matt Fay, MD, Jai Varma, MD
Nuri Ilker Akkus, MD, Matt Fay, MD, J...
ABSTRACT: SilverHawk atherectomy is commonly used in lower extremity percutaneous interventions. Minor perforations during SilverHawk atherectomy procedures are reported at a range of 0.8%. There are few reported cases in the literature about...
ABSTRACT: SilverHawk atherectomy is commonly used in lower extremity percutaneous interventions. Minor perforations during SilverHawk atherectomy procedures are reported at a range of 0.8%. There are few reported cases in the literature about...
ABSTRACT: SilverHawk atherectomy...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
10/02/2012
Ajay Vallakati, MD, MPH1, Vijay Shetty, MD2, Jacob Shani, MD3
Ajay Vallakati, MD, MPH1, Vijay Shett...
ABSTRACT: We present a case of left atrial sarcoma presenting as acute myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic finding of left atrial mass, absence of angiographic evidence of coronary atherosclerotic disease, and incidental finding of prior...
ABSTRACT: We present a case of left atrial sarcoma presenting as acute myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic finding of left atrial mass, absence of angiographic evidence of coronary atherosclerotic disease, and incidental finding of prior...
ABSTRACT: We present a case of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editor's Message
10/02/2012
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Senior Associate Editor
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, Senior Asso...
The boundaries of interventional cardiology continue to expand. In this issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, there are several articles describing cutting-edge techniques for coronary, peripheral, and structural intervention. One...
The boundaries of interventional cardiology continue to expand. In this issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology, there are several articles describing cutting-edge techniques for coronary, peripheral, and structural intervention. One...
The boundaries of interventional...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Department
Letters to the Editor
10/02/2012
To the Editor:With great interest, we read the article “Feasibility and safety of the second generation, frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT): a multicenter study” by Yoon et al.1 In fact, the authors are to be congratulated...
To the Editor:With great interest, we read the article “Feasibility and safety of the second generation, frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT): a multicenter study” by Yoon et al.1 In fact, the authors are to be congratulated...
To the Editor:With great...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
10/02/2012
Gautam Kumar, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FACC
Emory University, Division of Cardiology, Atlanta VA Medical Center
1670 Clairmont Road (111C/D)
Decatur, GA 30033
Email: gautam.kumar@emory.edu
Gautam Kumar, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FACCEmo...
To the Editor:In 1977, it was proposed that the functional severity of a stenotic lesion could be assessed by its effect on maximal flow rather than on resting flow.1 Distal coronary pressures (Pd) were measured before and after a stenosis...
To the Editor:In 1977, it was proposed that the functional severity of a stenotic lesion could be assessed by its effect on maximal flow rather than on resting flow.1 Distal coronary pressures (Pd) were measured before and after a stenosis...
To the Editor:In 1977, it was...
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