Volume 24 - Issue 4 - April 2012
03/27/2012
Goutam Datta, MD, DNB, DM
Goutam Datta, MD, DNB, DM
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare but important cause of acute coronary syndrome. SCAD can cause unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden death. The diagnosis of coronary dissection is usually...
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare but important cause of acute coronary syndrome. SCAD can cause unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden death. The diagnosis of coronary dissection is usually...
ABSTRACT: Spontaneous coronary...
03/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/27/2012
György Fogarassy, MD, Dezső Apró, MD, Gábor Veress, MD
György Fogarassy, MD, Dezső Apró, ...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery perforation is a rare, but particularly feared and sometimes life-threatening, complication of percutaneous coronary interventions. The incidence of coronary perforation has increased with newer, more invasive...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery perforation is a rare, but particularly feared and sometimes life-threatening, complication of percutaneous coronary interventions. The incidence of coronary perforation has increased with newer, more invasive...
ABSTRACT: Coronary artery...
03/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/27/2012
Chan-il Park, MD, Stephane Noble, MD, Robert F. Bonvini, MD
Chan-il Park, MD, Stephane Noble, MD,...
ABSTRACT: Back-up support during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is one of the keys for successful intervention. Extra back-up support guiding catheters, deep intubation, buddy wires, and other more complex techniques are usually...
ABSTRACT: Back-up support during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is one of the keys for successful intervention. Extra back-up support guiding catheters, deep intubation, buddy wires, and other more complex techniques are usually...
ABSTRACT: Back-up support during...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/27/2012
Rahul Dhawan, MD1 and David M. Shavelle, MD2
Rahul Dhawan, MD1 and David M. Shavel...
ABSTRACT: We present a case of successful percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty performed via surgical cut down of the right brachial artery in a patient with distal aortic occlusion. We describe the procedural technique and review the...
ABSTRACT: We present a case of successful percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty performed via surgical cut down of the right brachial artery in a patient with distal aortic occlusion. We describe the procedural technique and review the...
ABSTRACT: We present a case of...
03/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/27/2012
Mehmet Özkan, MD, FESC, M. Ali Astarcıoğlu, MD, M. Ozan Gürsoy, MD
Mehmet Özkan, MD, FESC, M. Ali Astar...
ABSTRACT: Background and aim of the study. There is limited data regarding the duration of endothelialization following paravalvular leak closure. We aimed to observe the endothelialization process in 2 patients who underwent surgery 6 and 16...
ABSTRACT: Background and aim of the study. There is limited data regarding the duration of endothelialization following paravalvular leak closure. We aimed to observe the endothelialization process in 2 patients who underwent surgery 6 and 16...
ABSTRACT: Background and aim of...
03/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/27/2012
Saad Tariq, MD1, Salman Muddassir, MD1, Jay K. Patel, MD1,2,3
Saad Tariq, MD1, Salman Muddassir, MD...
ABSTRACT: Normal coronary vasculature has a left coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp and a right coronary artery arising from the right coronary cusp. In about 0.024% of cases in the general population, there is no left main...
ABSTRACT: Normal coronary vasculature has a left coronary artery arising from the left coronary cusp and a right coronary artery arising from the right coronary cusp. In about 0.024% of cases in the general population, there is no left main...
ABSTRACT: Normal coronary...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/27/2012
Roopali Khanna, DM, Aditya Kapoor, DM, Nakul Sinha, DM
Roopali Khanna, DM, Aditya Kapoor, DM...
ABSTRACT: With increasing coronary interventions, coronary stent fracture following implantation of drug-eluting stents is being commonly recognized. Though isolated strut fractures are often only incidental findings, more severe forms of...
ABSTRACT: With increasing coronary interventions, coronary stent fracture following implantation of drug-eluting stents is being commonly recognized. Though isolated strut fractures are often only incidental findings, more severe forms of...
ABSTRACT: With increasing...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editor's Message
03/27/2012
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA Edit...
Dear Readers, The goal of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology is to provide state-of-the-art information that will support clinicians in the effective management of patients with cardiovascular disease There are many selections in this issue...
Dear Readers, The goal of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology is to provide state-of-the-art information that will support clinicians in the effective management of patients with cardiovascular disease There are many selections in this issue...
Dear Readers, The goal of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Radial Access Technique
03/27/2012
Rajeev L. Narayan, MD, Prashant Vaishnava, MD, Michael Kim, MD
Rajeev L. Narayan, MD, Prashant Vaish...
Abstract: A 69-year-old man underwent transradial catheterization (TRC) with successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but developed a radial artery perforation. Guiding catheter re-positioning and prolonged balloon inflation were...
Abstract: A 69-year-old man underwent transradial catheterization (TRC) with successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but developed a radial artery perforation. Guiding catheter re-positioning and prolonged balloon inflation were...
Abstract: A 69-year-old man...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Clinical Images
03/27/2012
Jin-Man Cho, MD, Byung-Hyun Joe, MD, Chong-Jin Kim, MD
Jin-Man Cho, MD, Byung-Hyun Joe, MD, ...
Abstract: A 78-year-old man was referred for anterior wall motion abnormality on echocardiogram. In anticipation of the urgent surgery for stomach cancer, an endothelial progenitor cell Genous capture stent (Orbus Neich Medical Technology)...
Abstract: A 78-year-old man was referred for anterior wall motion abnormality on echocardiogram. In anticipation of the urgent surgery for stomach cancer, an endothelial progenitor cell Genous capture stent (Orbus Neich Medical Technology)...
Abstract: A 78-year-old man was...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
