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Volume 14 - Issue 4 - April, 2002

Predictors of Recurrent Restenosis After Coronary Stenting: An Analysis of 197 Patients
08/01/2008
Koichi Kishi, MD, Yoshikazu Hiasa, MD, Naoki Suzuki, MD, Hiroshi Miyamoto, MD, Takefumi Takahashi, MD, Shinobu Hosokawa, MD, Masato Tanimoto, MD, Ryuji Otani, MD
Koichi Kishi, MD, Yoshikazu Hiasa, MD...
In recent years, coronary stent placement has become an established treatment for patients with coronary artery disease.1,2 However, in-stent restenosis has been reported to occur in 20–30% of patients, and the restenosis rate after treatment...
In recent years, coronary stent placement has become an established treatment for patients with coronary artery disease.1,2 However, in-stent restenosis has been reported to occur in 20–30% of patients, and the restenosis rate after treatment...
In recent years, coronary stent...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Extensive Right Coronary Artery Dissection <br />
Following Cutting Balloon Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis<br />
08/01/2008
Giampaolo Niccoli, MD, William P. Orr, MD, Adrian P. Banning, MD
Giampaolo Niccoli, MD, William P. Or...
Case Description. A 44-year-old female was readmitted with chest pain on minimal exertion. She was an ex-smoker and had hypercholesterolemia. Eight months previously, she had experienced an episode of unstable angina and underwent coronary...
Case Description. A 44-year-old female was readmitted with chest pain on minimal exertion. She was an ex-smoker and had hypercholesterolemia. Eight months previously, she had experienced an episode of unstable angina and underwent coronary...
Case Description. A 44-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Laser Angioplasty and Laser-Induced<br />
Thrombolysis in Revascularization of<br />
Anomalous Coronary Arteries
08/01/2008
Rakesh Shah, MD, Robert E. Martin, MD, On Topaz, MD
Rakesh Shah, MD, Robert E. Martin, M...
Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries occurs in only 0.64–1.2% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In symptomatic patients with atherosclerotic coronary disease, precise angiographic recognition of the origin and the anatomic...
Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries occurs in only 0.64–1.2% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 In symptomatic patients with atherosclerotic coronary disease, precise angiographic recognition of the origin and the anatomic...
Anomalous origin of the coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Myocardial Injury After Apparently Successful Coronary Stenting With or Without Balloon Dilation: Direct Versus Conventional Ste
08/01/2008
Timur Timurkaynak, MD, Murat Ozdemir, MD, Atiye Cengel, MD, Haci Ciftci, MD, Mustafa Cemri, MD, Guliz Erdem, Ridvan Yalcin, MD, Bulent Boyaci, MD, Ovsev Dortlemez, MD, Halis Dortlemez, MD
Timur Timurkaynak, MD, Murat Ozdemir...
Direct stenting (DS) without balloon predilation is a novel approach in the percutaneous treatment of coronary artery lesions. This approach, besides reducing aggression to the vessel wall, may also significantly lower the rate of procedural...
Direct stenting (DS) without balloon predilation is a novel approach in the percutaneous treatment of coronary artery lesions. This approach, besides reducing aggression to the vessel wall, may also significantly lower the rate of procedural...
Direct stenting (DS) without...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Aqueous Oxygen Hyperbaric Reperfusion in a Porcine Model of Myocardial Infarction
08/01/2008
J. Richard Spears, MD, Cassandra Henney, ATC, PhD, Petar Prcevski, DVM, Rui Xu, MD, Li Li, PhD, Giles J. Brereton, PhD, Marcello DiCarli, MD, Ali Spanta, MD, Richard Crilly, PhD, Abdulbaset M. Sulaiman, MD, Samir Hadeed, MD, Steven Lavine, MD, William R. Patterson, PhD, Jeffrey Creech, PhD, Richard Vander Heide, MD, PhD
J. Richard Spears, MD, Cassandra Hen...
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) administered during reperfusion has been shown experimentally to reduce tissue injury associated with ischemia/reperfusion of a wide variety of tissues,1–8 including myocardium. Potential mechanisms include inhibition...
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) administered during reperfusion has been shown experimentally to reduce tissue injury associated with ischemia/reperfusion of a wide variety of tissues,1–8 including myocardium. Potential mechanisms include inhibition...
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Safety and Efficacy of Using 0.052-inch Gianturco Coil for Closure of Large (&gt;= 4 mm) Patent Ductus Arteriosus
08/01/2008
Ta-Cheng Huang, MD, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, MD, Cheng-Liang Lee, MD, Chu-Chun Lin, MD
Ta-Cheng Huang, MD, Kai-Sheng Hsieh,...
Transcatheter closure of a small patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is now an established treatment in many pediatric cardiology centers. As for occlusion of large PDA, interventional cardiologists are still looking for a simple, but safe and...
Transcatheter closure of a small patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is now an established treatment in many pediatric cardiology centers. As for occlusion of large PDA, interventional cardiologists are still looking for a simple, but safe and...
Transcatheter closure of a small...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Overcoming Heparin Limitations in High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Alternative Strategy — Replacing Heparin wit
08/01/2008
Timothy D. Henry, MD
Timothy D. Henry, MD
Adverse outcomes of PCI include myocardial ischemia and necrosis, the need for endovascular or surgical reintervention, and occasionally death.1–3 Routine pharmacologic therapy includes antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents. Heparin has been...
Adverse outcomes of PCI include myocardial ischemia and necrosis, the need for endovascular or surgical reintervention, and occasionally death.1–3 Routine pharmacologic therapy includes antiplatelet and antithrombotic agents. Heparin has been...
Adverse outcomes of PCI include...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial Message
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology<br />
April 2002 issue
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC Editor in Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC Editor in ...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting articles. In the first research article, Dr. J. Richard Spears and collaborators from the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Wayne State University,...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes several interesting articles. In the first research article, Dr. J. Richard Spears and collaborators from the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Wayne State University,...
Dear Readers, This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
Coil Closure of the Large Patent Arterial Duct: Cheap, But How Easy and Effective?
08/01/2008
Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH
Ziyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH
Coil occlusion has become an accepted alternative treatment for small to moderate sized patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Gianturco coils (Cook Cardiology, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana) are small, coiled spring wires with fabric strands woven...
Coil occlusion has become an accepted alternative treatment for small to moderate sized patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Gianturco coils (Cook Cardiology, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana) are small, coiled spring wires with fabric strands woven...
Coil occlusion has become an...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Incremental Progress? The Roles of Direct Stenting and Routine Troponin Measurement After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
08/01/2008
Stephen G. Ellis, MD
Stephen G. Ellis, MD
In this issue of the Journal, Timurkaynak et al. raises some important, but not easily resolvable, issues that deserve thought by practicing interventional cardiologists. In this small, observational study measuring cardiac enzymes after PCI,...
In this issue of the Journal, Timurkaynak et al. raises some important, but not easily resolvable, issues that deserve thought by practicing interventional cardiologists. In this small, observational study measuring cardiac enzymes after PCI,...
In this issue of the Journal,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Out-of-Hospital Care
Corazon Offers Comprehensive Services to Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Including those Looking to Enter Cardiovascular
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