IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

08/01/2008

Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FESC

Richard R. Heuser, MD, FACC, FACP, FE...

Percutaneous intervention for renal artery stenosis was born in controversy and remains a debatable treatment strategy for the 2–4 million Americans affected. However, this important intervention remains the best option for many. This article...

Percutaneous intervention for...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Atrial and Ventricular Shunt Closure

08/01/2008

*Nicolas Majunke and *,¬ßHorst Sievert, MD

*Nicolas Majunke and *,¬ßHorst Siever...

Atrial Septal Defects Atrial septal defects account for about one-third of all congenital heart abnormalities detected in adults.1 A large defect in adult patients results in symptoms and complications such as arrhythmias, cardiac failure and...

Atrial Septal Defects Atrial...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Malignancy: An Unrecognized Risk Factor for Coronary Stent Thrombosis?

08/01/2008

aAlex R. Hobson, BSc, MRCP, aDaniel B. McKenzie, BMedSci, MRCP, bVijayalakshmi Kunadian, MBBS, MD, MRCP, bIan Purcell, BSc, MD, MRCP, cAzfar Zaman, BSc, MD, FRCP, aKeith D. Dawkins, MD FRCP, dNick Curzen, PhD, FRCP

aAlex R. Hobson, BSc, MRCP, aDaniel B...

_______________________________________________ J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2008;20:E120-E123 Stent thrombosis (ST) is an important, life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary stent placement that has...

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08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Percutaneous Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion in Atrial Fibrillation

08/01/2008

Paul T.L. Chiam, MBBS, MRCP and Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD

Paul T.L. Chiam, MBBS, MRCP and Carlo...

_______________________________________________ J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2008;20:E109-E113 Stroke is the third leading cause of mortality in the developed world.1 The incidence of first-ever strokes was > 731,000 in 1996 in the United States...

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08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

State-of-the-Art Nonvascular Interventions: Mitral Valvuloplasty

08/01/2008

Dominique Himbert, MD, Eric Brochet, MD, Bernard Iung, MD, Alec Vahanian, MD

Dominique Himbert, MD, Eric Brochet, ...

_______________________________________________ J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2008;20:E114-E119 Mitral stenosis (MS) is still frequent in many countries where rheumatic fever remains endemic.1–2 In Western countries, since the disappearance of...

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08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

My History of Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

08/01/2008

Jacques Théron, MD

My mentor, René Djindjian, one of the fathers of interventional neuroradiology, used to say that it was very difficult to write the history of a technique because one can never satisfy everyone. I agree, thus I will only present here the...

My mentor, René Djindjian, one...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings

Frugal Coronary Angioplasty, Still an Option after 30 Years

08/01/2008

Bernhard Meier, MD

_______________________________________________ J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2008;20:E97-E101 Coronary angioplasty was not the first interventional procedure in cardiology (Table 1), but it clearly launched the discipline called interventional...

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08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology