Volume 14 - Issue 12 - December, 2002
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Recent trends mean that intracoronary stents are now implanted in as many as 80% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The usefulness of stents as a treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has also been well-documented, as has...
Recent trends mean that intracoronary stents are now implanted in as many as 80% of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The usefulness of stents as a treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has also been well-documented, as has...
Recent trends mean that...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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After demonstrating that thrombotic coronary artery occlusion is the major proximate cause of myocardial infarction (MI), research efforts focused on how to provide the most effective reperfusion therapy to the largest number of patients.1...
After demonstrating that thrombotic coronary artery occlusion is the major proximate cause of myocardial infarction (MI), research efforts focused on how to provide the most effective reperfusion therapy to the largest number of patients.1...
After demonstrating that...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Advances in catheter design have allowed the use of smaller 5 French (Fr) 1.7 mm diameter guiding catheters for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with several theoretical advantages including: 1) earlier hemostasis and fewer puncture...
Advances in catheter design have allowed the use of smaller 5 French (Fr) 1.7 mm diameter guiding catheters for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with several theoretical advantages including: 1) earlier hemostasis and fewer puncture...
Advances in catheter design have...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an unusual cause of acute coronary syndrome resulting in a spectrum of presentations from non-Q wave myocardial infarction to sudden death or cardiogenic shock. There is no clear consensus therapy for...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an unusual cause of acute coronary syndrome resulting in a spectrum of presentations from non-Q wave myocardial infarction to sudden death or cardiogenic shock. There is no clear consensus therapy for...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is the non-iatrogenic, clinical occurrence of acute separation of the arterial media from the intima by hemorrhage. Impingement of the false lumen into the true lumen can cause myocardial ischemia or...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is the non-iatrogenic, clinical occurrence of acute separation of the arterial media from the intima by hemorrhage. Impingement of the false lumen into the true lumen can cause myocardial ischemia or...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Case description. A 25-year-old Filipino male without any prior medical history presented to an outside hospital 1 hour after the acute onset of severe substernal chest pain that developed while playing a vigorous game of professional...
Case description. A 25-year-old Filipino male without any prior medical history presented to an outside hospital 1 hour after the acute onset of severe substernal chest pain that developed while playing a vigorous game of professional...
Case description. A 25-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Annually, approximately 7.5 million percutaneous catheter-based procedures are performed through the femoral artery worldwide.1–2 In order to increase patient comfort and the efficiency of patient care, several devices have been designed to...
Annually, approximately 7.5 million percutaneous catheter-based procedures are performed through the femoral artery worldwide.1–2 In order to increase patient comfort and the efficiency of patient care, several devices have been designed to...
Annually, approximately 7.5...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
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In this issue of the Journal, Muramatsu et al. write of their experience using angioplasty guided by physiological assessment as an alternative to stenting in treating acute myocardial infarction. The potential
See Muramatsu et al. on pages...
In this issue of the Journal, Muramatsu et al. write of their experience using angioplasty guided by physiological assessment as an alternative to stenting in treating acute myocardial infarction. The potential
See Muramatsu et al. on pages...
In this issue of the Journal,...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Case Report
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Situs inversus with dextrocardia occurs rarely, with an estimated incidence of 1:10000.1 Dextrocardic patients usually have structurally normal hearts2 and may suffer from coronary atherosclerosis as do people with normally positioned...
Situs inversus with dextrocardia occurs rarely, with an estimated incidence of 1:10000.1 Dextrocardic patients usually have structurally normal hearts2 and may suffer from coronary atherosclerosis as do people with normally positioned...
Situs inversus with dextrocardia...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are rare benign cardiac tumors which usually develop on valvular or other endocardial surfaces.1 They may be clinically silent and fortuitously discovered on echocardiogram,2 or may be the source of various,...
Papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs) are rare benign cardiac tumors which usually develop on valvular or other endocardial surfaces.1 They may be clinically silent and fortuitously discovered on echocardiogram,2 or may be the source of various,...
Papillary fibroelastomas (PFEs)...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
