Volume 14 - Issue 2 - February, 2002
Feature
08/01/2008
Acute coronary syndromes, which include unstable angina (UA), non-Q wave myocardial infarction (NQWMI) and ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI), represent the most common diagnoses for admission of patients with...
Acute coronary syndromes, which include unstable angina (UA), non-Q wave myocardial infarction (NQWMI) and ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI), represent the most common diagnoses for admission of patients with...
Acute coronary syndromes, which...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the efficacy of treatments that decrease mortality by coronary reperfusion and control of arrhythmia is dependent on time and access to acute medical care. Coronary reperfusion requires...
Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the efficacy of treatments that decrease mortality by coronary reperfusion and control of arrhythmia is dependent on time and access to acute medical care. Coronary reperfusion requires...
Among patients with acute...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
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Review of Primary PCI
Since the introduction of PTCA more than 20 years ago, technical advances and increased operator experience have contributed to a steady improvement in the success rate of this procedure....
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Review of Primary PCI
Since the introduction of PTCA more than 20 years ago, technical advances and increased operator experience have contributed to a steady improvement in the success rate of this procedure....
Continued from previous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
In patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI), several studies have examined the role of glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition as adjunctive pharmacotherapy for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and...
In patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (AMI), several studies have examined the role of glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor inhibition as adjunctive pharmacotherapy for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and...
In patients with ST-segment...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Platelets are now widely acknowledged as pivotal in the development of arterial thrombosis and its resultant acute ischemic coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina (UA), non-Q wave myocardial infarction (NQWMI), ST-segment...
Platelets are now widely acknowledged as pivotal in the development of arterial thrombosis and its resultant acute ischemic coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina (UA), non-Q wave myocardial infarction (NQWMI), ST-segment...
Platelets are now widely...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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PURSUIT. The PURSUIT trial was designed to evaluate eptifibatide as an adjunct to a broad spectrum of management strategies used to prevent death and MI in the 30 days following an urgent episode of UA or NQWMI....
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PURSUIT. The PURSUIT trial was designed to evaluate eptifibatide as an adjunct to a broad spectrum of management strategies used to prevent death and MI in the 30 days following an urgent episode of UA or NQWMI....
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Recent large randomized trials have shown that abciximab [a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation via glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa blockade] is a safe and effective drug in reducing the incidence of death, myocardial infarction and the need...
Recent large randomized trials have shown that abciximab [a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation via glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa blockade] is a safe and effective drug in reducing the incidence of death, myocardial infarction and the need...
Recent large randomized trials...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Stent implantation has made its way into widespread clinical use since improvements in stent design and stent delivery systems facilitated deployment even in coronary lesions that are difficult to access. A variety of different stent designs...
Stent implantation has made its way into widespread clinical use since improvements in stent design and stent delivery systems facilitated deployment even in coronary lesions that are difficult to access. A variety of different stent designs...
Stent implantation has made its...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
News
Teaching Collection
08/01/2008
An anomalous origin of the left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is an uncommon congenital coronary abnormality, occurring in fewer than 0.01% of patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization.1,2 Also termed...
An anomalous origin of the left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is an uncommon congenital coronary abnormality, occurring in fewer than 0.01% of patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization.1,2 Also termed...
An anomalous origin of the left...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Review
08/01/2008
Case Report. R.C. is a 45-year-old white male who presented to the Emergency Department at Largo Medical Center with a massive acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). The patient denied any prior history of coronary artery disease...
Case Report. R.C. is a 45-year-old white male who presented to the Emergency Department at Largo Medical Center with a massive acute anterior wall myocardial infarction (MI). The patient denied any prior history of coronary artery disease...
Case Report. R.C. is a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
