Megumi Taniuchi, MD, PhD

Case Report

Acute Coronary Occlusion and Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Blunt Chest Trauma from an Automobile Airbag Deployment

08/01/2008

Non-penetrating thoracic trauma has been associated with multiple structural and electrical cardiac injuries and complications with a mortality rate of up to 15%.1 The mechanisms for non-penetrating cardiac injury include: direct trauma,...

Non-penetrating thoracic trauma...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Aortocoronary Dissection Complicating a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention<br />

08/01/2008

Jeffrey A. Goldstein , MD;

William Katsiyiannis , MD;

John Lasala , MD, PhD, FACC, FACP;

Megumi Taniuchi , MD, PhD;

Ivan P. Casserly , MD, MBBCh;

Small intimal dissections occur frequently after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but are usually associated with a benign course. Following balloon angioplasty, coronary dissection is detected by angiography in 20–40% of cases1–3...

Small intimal dissections occur...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Anomalous Left Circumflex Artery From the Right Coronary Cusp: A Benign Variant?

06/03/2013

Megumi Taniuchi , MD, PhD;

Michael Forsberg , MD;

Ghassan A. Mohsen , MD;

Khaja G. Mohsin , MD;

Eric Miller ;

Andrew J.P. Klein , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

This study suggests that indeed this most common anomaly appears to be benign in that its unique origin and/or retroaortic course do not increase the occurrence of atherosclerosis relative to the LAD and RCA.

This study suggests that indeed...

06/03/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology