Volume 21 - Issue 6 - June, 2009
Feature
Case Report
06/10/2009
Eugene B. Wu, MRCP, MD, Wilson W. Chan, FRCP, Cheuk-Man Yu, MD
Eugene B. Wu, MRCP, MD, Wilson W. Cha...
Antegrade Balloon Transit of Retrograde Wire to Bail Out
Dissected Left Main during Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion
Intervention — A Variant of the Reverse CART Technique
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ABSTRACT: Left...
Antegrade Balloon Transit of Retrograde Wire to Bail Out
Dissected Left Main during Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion
Intervention — A Variant of the Reverse CART Technique
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ABSTRACT: Left...
Antegrade Balloon Transit of...
06/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/10/2009
*Geoffrey T. L. Kloppenburg, MD, Uday Sonker, FRCS(I), FRCS(Ed), Marc A. A. Schepens, MD, PhD
*Geoffrey T. L. Kloppenburg, MD, Uday...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a mechanical circulatory assist device commonly used for patients with cardiogenic shock or perioperative cardiac failure. The use of IABPs is, however, associated with severe complications...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a mechanical circulatory assist device commonly used for patients with cardiogenic shock or perioperative cardiac failure. The use of IABPs is, however, associated with severe complications...
ABSTRACT: The intra-aortic...
06/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/10/2009
David Choi, DO, Joseph Dardano, RPA, Srihari S. Naidu, MD
David Choi, DO, Joseph Dardano, RPA,...
ABSTRACT: Alcohol septal ablation has become an acceptable alternative to surgical myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who meet strict clinical and anatomic criteria. While the first septal perforator arising off...
ABSTRACT: Alcohol septal ablation has become an acceptable alternative to surgical myectomy in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who meet strict clinical and anatomic criteria. While the first septal perforator arising off...
ABSTRACT: Alcohol septal...
06/10/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/09/2009
Gregory R. Giugliano, MD, SM and Prabhdeep S. Sethi, MD, MPH
Gregory R. Giugliano, MD, SM and Prab...
ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Subtypes I and II are the most well recognized, and among these, Type I has associated vasculopathy. Less than 3% of patients have vascular...
ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Subtypes I and II are the most well recognized, and among these, Type I has associated vasculopathy. Less than 3% of patients have vascular...
ABSTRACT: Neurofibromatosis (NF)...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/09/2009
Theodoros Christophides, MD, Georgios Georgiou, MD, Kyriakos Yiangou, MD
Theodoros Christophides, MD, Georgios...
ABSTRACT: Dynamic narrowing of native coronary vessels is widely known to occur during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle. This phenomenon has also been reported to occur in coronary artery bypass grafts. However, to the best of our...
ABSTRACT: Dynamic narrowing of native coronary vessels is widely known to occur during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle. This phenomenon has also been reported to occur in coronary artery bypass grafts. However, to the best of our...
ABSTRACT: Dynamic narrowing of...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
06/09/2009
Thomas Chengot, DO, John Goncalves, MD, Kevin Marzo, MD
Thomas Chengot, DO, John Goncalves, M...
Back from Irreversibility: Use of Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary
Bypass for Treatment of Shock from Refractory Anaphylaxis
during Coronary Intervention
ABSTRACT: Anaphylaxis during diagnostic catheterization and coronary intervention is a...
Back from Irreversibility: Use of Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary
Bypass for Treatment of Shock from Refractory Anaphylaxis
during Coronary Intervention
ABSTRACT: Anaphylaxis during diagnostic catheterization and coronary intervention is a...
Back from Irreversibility: Use...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
06/09/2009
Thomas Cuisset, MD, Raphael Poyet, MD,
Jean Louis Bonnet, MD
Thomas Cuisset, MD, Raphael Poyet, MD...
Case description. A 60-year-old female patient was admitted to our institution for acute inferior myocardial infarction 4 hours after symptom onset. She had no previous history of coronary artery disease and her risk factors included diabetes...
Case description. A 60-year-old female patient was admitted to our institution for acute inferior myocardial infarction 4 hours after symptom onset. She had no previous history of coronary artery disease and her risk factors included diabetes...
Case description. A 60-year-old...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
06/09/2009
*David Rott, MD, *David Leibowitz, MD, §Mickey Harlev, DVM
*David Rott, MD, *David Leibowitz, MD...
ABSTRACT: This report describes a novel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guiding catheter equipped with an additional lumen running along the full length of the main lumen. This lumen allows continuous infusion of medications (e.g.,...
ABSTRACT: This report describes a novel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) guiding catheter equipped with an additional lumen running along the full length of the main lumen. This lumen allows continuous infusion of medications (e.g.,...
ABSTRACT: This report describes...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
06/09/2009
Akira Ozawa, MD, Dragos Predescu, MD, R. Chaturvedi, MD, Kyong Jin Lee, MD, Lee N. Benson, MD
Akira Ozawa, MD, Dragos Predescu, MD,...
ABSTRACT: Background. Cutting balloon angioplasty (CBA) has improved outcomes for resistant stenotic vascular lesions in adult coronary artery disease. Application of this technique in coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in children has not been...
ABSTRACT: Background. Cutting balloon angioplasty (CBA) has improved outcomes for resistant stenotic vascular lesions in adult coronary artery disease. Application of this technique in coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in children has not been...
ABSTRACT: Background. Cutting...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial
06/09/2009
The United States is in a recession, and shifting priorities have relegated medicine, health care and health insurance to secondary issues. Thus, the real issue of health care will not come to the forefront and receive significant attention....
The United States is in a recession, and shifting priorities have relegated medicine, health care and health insurance to secondary issues. Thus, the real issue of health care will not come to the forefront and receive significant attention....
The United States is in a...
06/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
