Coronary artery disease

Original Research

Correlation Between Ankle Brachial Index and SYNTAX Score to Predict Severity of Coronary Artery Disease

02/26/2021

Mostafa Abdelmonaem, MD; Ahmed Reda, MD; Amira Nour, MD

Ain Shams University Hospital, Cardiology Department, Cairo, Egypt

Mostafa Abdelmonaem, MD; Ahmed Reda, ...

Atherosclerosis is a disease of the large and medium-sized arteries resulting in luminal stenosis, resulting from accumulation of lipids and fibrosis between the arterial intima and its media.

Atherosclerosis is a disease of...

02/26/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

A Curious Case of Hypercoagulability

01/13/2021

Keerthish C. Jaisingh, MD¹; Kalgi Modi, MD²

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; Shreveport, Louisiana; ²Department of Medicine and Center for Cardiovascular Diseases & Sciences, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana

Keerthish C. Jaisingh, MD1; Kalgi Mod...

Peripheral artery disease and coronary artery disease are the onset of arterial occlusions leading to symptoms associated with claudication and angina, respectively.

Peripheral artery disease and...

01/13/2021

Vascular Disease Management

Original Contribution

A Cancer Paradox: Machine-Learning Backed Propensity-Score Analysis of Coronary Angiography Findings in Cardio-Oncology

12/28/2018

Dinu Valentin Balanescu, MD^1*; Dominique J Monlezun, MD^1,2*; Teodora Donisan, MD^1,3; David Boone, MD²; Frances Cervoni-Curet, MD²; Nicolas Palaskas, MD¹; Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD¹; Peter Kim, MD¹; Cezar Iliescu, MD¹; Serban Mihai Balanescu, MD³

Dinu Valentin Balanescu, MD1*; Domin...

We assessed the cardiovascular risk profile and coronary angiography findings of 240 cancer patients and 240 patients without cancer to compare the burden of angiographically detected coronary atherosclerosis.

We assessed the cardiovascular...

12/28/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Safety of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Without P2Y12 Inhibitor Pretreatment From a Cohort of Unselected Patients

07/15/2018

Benoit Lattuca, MD¹; David Belardi, MD¹; Christophe Demattei, MD²; Laurent Schmutz, MD¹; Luc Cornillet, MD¹; Bertrand Ledermann, MD¹; Jean-Christophe Macia, MD³; Ana√Øs Iemmi, MD³; Richard Gervasoni, MD³; Fran√ßois Roubille, MD, PhD³; Thien Tri Cung, MD³; Pierre Robert, MD³; Patrick Messner-Pellenc, MD, PhD¹; Florence Leclercq, MD, PhD³; Guillaume Cayla, MD, PhD¹

Benoit Lattuca, MD1; David Belardi, ...

Recent studies have challenged systematic pretreatment with a P2Y12 inhibitor before PCI in elective and NSTEMI patients. This study assesses outcomes after performing PCI immediately after coronary angiography with an exclusive...

Recent studies have challenged...

07/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Transradial Approach of Cardiac Catheterization for Patients on Dialysis

01/15/2018

Toshiki Kuno, MD, PhD¹; Keita Hirano, MD²; Syohei Imaeda, MD¹; Kenji Hashimoto, MD¹; Toshinobu Ryuzaki, MD¹; Tetsuya Saito, MD¹; Hiroyuki Yamazaki, MD¹; Ryota Tabei, MD¹; Masaki Kodaira, MD, PhD¹; Yohei Numasawa, MD, PhD¹

Toshiki Kuno, MD, PhD1; Keita Hirano...

The aim of this study is to construct a system for transradial approach and clarify its safety in patients on dialysis.

The aim of this study is to...

01/15/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Excimer Laser With and Without Contrast for the Management of Under-Expanded Stents

10/23/2017

Murugupathy Veerasamy, MD¹; Amr S. Gamal, MD¹; Avais Jabbar, MD¹; Javed M. Ahmed, MD¹; Mohaned Egred, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MD, FRCP^1,2

Murugupathy Veerasamy, MD1; Amr S. G...

Under-expanded and under-deployed stents carry a high risk of restenosis and thrombosis, with inherent serious clinical complications. We performed a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on all under-expanded, under-deployed...

Under-expanded and...

10/23/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Comparison of Heparin and Bivalirudin in Patients Undergoing Orbital Atherectomy

10/23/2017

Michael S. Lee, MD¹; Evan Shlofmitz, DO²; Arash Nayeri, MD¹; John Hollowed, MD¹; Jeremy Kong, MD¹; Richard A. Shlofmitz, MD³

Michael S. Lee, MD1; Evan Shlofmitz,...

Orbital atherectomy modifies calcified plaque, thereby facilitating stent delivery and stent expansion. The ideal antithrombotic agent during orbital atherectomy is unknown. We compared the angiographic and clinical outcomes of heparin and...

Orbital atherectomy modifies...

10/23/2017

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical News

News: Some Heart Attack Patients May Not Benefit From Beta Blockers

06/06/2017

The research, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, raises the possibility that the drugs are being over prescribed, and may burden patients and the healthcare system with unnecessary medicine costs.

The research, published in the...

06/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical News

News: Assessing Heart Disease Risk is Within Arm’s Reach

04/26/2017

Importantly, the NYITCOM study demonstrates that the radial artery, a peripheral vessel, exhibited a positive correlation between both the pathologic left coronary and bifurcation of the carotid arteries.

Importantly, the NYITCOM study...

04/26/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical News

News: A Simple Fix to Avoid Unnecessary Coronary Stents Is Overlooked by Cardiologists and Current Cardiovascular Guidelines

04/09/2017

The team published a case series in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions describing six patients who were scheduled for angioplasty and stenting for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (five of whom had a cardiac...

The team published a case series...

04/09/2017

Cath Lab Digest