Volume 14 - Issue 8 - August, 2002
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Case Report
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Omer Goktekin, MD, Ahmet Unal?r, MD, Bulent Gorenek, MD, Gulmira Kudaiberdieva, MD, Yuksel Cavusoglu, MD, Mehmet Melek, MD, Recep Aslan, MD, Bilgin Timuralp, MD
Omer Goktekin, MD, Ahmet Unal?r, MD,...
Myocardial infarction is a rare complication that can occur immediately after a blunt chest trauma. We report a 36-year-old male who experienced a fatal anterolateral myocardial infarction after a nonpenetrating chest injury sustained in a...
Myocardial infarction is a rare complication that can occur immediately after a blunt chest trauma. We report a 36-year-old male who experienced a fatal anterolateral myocardial infarction after a nonpenetrating chest injury sustained in a...
Myocardial infarction is a rare...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Hüseyin Y?lmaz, MD, Aytül Belgi, MD, Ibrahim Demir, MD, Ibrahim Basar?c?, MD, Oktay Sancaktar, MD
Hüseyin Y?lmaz, MD, Aytül Belgi, MD...
Dislodgement and embolization of coronary stents before deployment are rare and challenging complications of intracoronary stenting. Reported incidence varies between 0.56–0.90%.1,2 Intracoronary embolization may cause arterial occlusion with...
Dislodgement and embolization of coronary stents before deployment are rare and challenging complications of intracoronary stenting. Reported incidence varies between 0.56–0.90%.1,2 Intracoronary embolization may cause arterial occlusion with...
Dislodgement and embolization of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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Yusuf Atmaca, MD, Rabih Dandachi, MD, Dervis Oral, MD
Yusuf Atmaca, MD, Rabih Dandachi, MD,...
The reported incidence of a single coronary artery (SCA) ranges from 0.2–1.6% of the population undergoing coronary angiography.1 Many of these anomalies are found incidentally. Identification of these anomalies is especially important in...
The reported incidence of a single coronary artery (SCA) ranges from 0.2–1.6% of the population undergoing coronary angiography.1 Many of these anomalies are found incidentally. Identification of these anomalies is especially important in...
The reported incidence of a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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William C. Dixon IV, MD, Robert H. Peter, MD, Michael H. Sketch, Jr., MD
William C. Dixon IV, MD, Robert H. Pe...
Case Description. A 57-year-old male with no known coronary artery disease presented to an outside hospital with chest pain. He subsequently ruled in for a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, with a peak CPK of 406 mg/mL, CPK-MB...
Case Description. A 57-year-old male with no known coronary artery disease presented to an outside hospital with chest pain. He subsequently ruled in for a non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction, with a peak CPK of 406 mg/mL, CPK-MB...
Case Description. A 57-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Wai-Hong Chen, MBBS, Chu-Pak Lau, MD, *Yuk-Kong Lau, MBBS, William Ng, MBBS, Pui-Yin Lee, MBBS, Cheuk-Man Yu, MD, **Edmond Ma, MD
Wai-Hong Chen, MBBS, Chu-Pak Lau, MD,...
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) has been the anticoagulant of choice for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) since the procedure’s inception, although few data exist regarding the optimal extent of activated partial thromboplastin time...
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) has been the anticoagulant of choice for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) since the procedure’s inception, although few data exist regarding the optimal extent of activated partial thromboplastin time...
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) has...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Yusuf Atmaca, MD, Fatih Ertas, MD, Sadi Gülec, MD, Irem Dincer, MD, Dervis Oral, MD
Yusuf Atmaca, MD, Fatih Ertas, MD, ...
Coronary stenting is established as a common technique to improve outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and to reduce incidence of emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after PTCA.1 The standard coronary stent...
Coronary stenting is established as a common technique to improve outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and to reduce incidence of emergency coronary artery bypass grafting after PTCA.1 The standard coronary stent...
Coronary stenting is established...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Allison C. Morton, MB, BMedSci, MRCP and Julian Gunn, MA, MD, MRCP
Allison C. Morton, MB, BMedSci, MRCP ...
The most useful attribute of stents is their ability to scaffold the artery, thereby repairing dissections and preventing arterial recoil, with beneficial effects upon the incidence of acute closure1 and restenosis.2 “Coil” stents are less...
The most useful attribute of stents is their ability to scaffold the artery, thereby repairing dissections and preventing arterial recoil, with beneficial effects upon the incidence of acute closure1 and restenosis.2 “Coil” stents are less...
The most useful attribute of...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Raimund Erbel and *Gerd Heusch
Raimund Erbel and *Gerd Heusch
ABSTRACT: The diagnosis coronary artery disease is classically based on patient’s symptoms and morphology, as analyzed by angiography. The importance of risk factors for the development of coronary atherosclerosis and disturbance of coronary...
ABSTRACT: The diagnosis coronary artery disease is classically based on patient’s symptoms and morphology, as analyzed by angiography. The importance of risk factors for the development of coronary atherosclerosis and disturbance of coronary...
ABSTRACT: The diagnosis coronary...
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Raimund Erbel and *Gerd Heusch
Raimund Erbel and *Gerd Heusch
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Acute myocardial infarction. Epicardial lesions related to acute myocardial infarctions are less than 50% in diameter in two-thirds of cases and less than 75% in diameter in more than 90% of cases,147,170,244...
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Acute myocardial infarction. Epicardial lesions related to acute myocardial infarctions are less than 50% in diameter in two-thirds of cases and less than 75% in diameter in more than 90% of cases,147,170,244...
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G. Sütsch, W. Kiowski, A. Bossard, T.F. Lüscher, W. Maier, *P. Vogt, F.W. Amann
G. Sütsch, W. Kiowski, A. Bossard,...
ABSTRACT: Background. Prevention of distal embolization during percutaneous coronary revascularization may be necessary to reduce post interventional morbidity and mortality.
Methods. We employed a newly developed emboli containment and...
ABSTRACT: Background. Prevention of distal embolization during percutaneous coronary revascularization may be necessary to reduce post interventional morbidity and mortality.
Methods. We employed a newly developed emboli containment and...
ABSTRACT: Background. Prevention...
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