Volume 15 - Issue 3 - March, 2003
Feature
Original Contribution
03/27/2012
J.A. Hall; M.J. Stewart; A. Davies; N.J. Linker; Alun A. Harcombe, MD, MRCP; Mark A. de Belder, MA, MD, FRCP; Andrew G.C. Sutton, MA, MD, MRCP; P. Finn; P.G. Campbell; D.G.A. Price
ABSTRACT: Goal. To investigate the incidence of early (< 24 hours) and late (> 24 hours to 7 days) reactions to 3 contrast agents commonly used in cardiac catheterization. Methods and Results. A total of 2,108 patients undergoing...
ABSTRACT: Goal. To investigate the incidence of early (< 24 hours) and late (> 24 hours to 7 days) reactions to 3 contrast agents commonly used in cardiac catheterization. Methods and Results. A total of 2,108 patients undergoing...
ABSTRACT: Goal. To investigate...
03/27/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Tejas M. Patel, MD, DM; Sanjay C. Shah, MD, DM; Alok Ranjan, MD, DM, MRCP; Hemant Malhotra, MD, DNB; Rajnikant Patel, MD; Anoop K. Gupta, MD, DM, DNB
Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a distressing manifestation of benign or malignant disease obstructing return of blood flow through the superior vena cava (SVC).1 Patients with this syndrome can be extremely uncomfortable or may develop...
Superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) is a distressing manifestation of benign or malignant disease obstructing return of blood flow through the superior vena cava (SVC).1 Patients with this syndrome can be extremely uncomfortable or may develop...
Superior vena cava syndrome...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jeffrey A. Goldstein, MD; William Katsiyiannis, MD; John Lasala, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP; Megumi Taniuchi, MD, PhD; Ivan P. Casserly, MD, MBBCh
Small intimal dissections occur frequently after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but are usually associated with a benign course. Following balloon angioplasty, coronary dissection is detected by angiography in 20–40% of cases1–3...
Small intimal dissections occur frequently after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but are usually associated with a benign course. Following balloon angioplasty, coronary dissection is detected by angiography in 20–40% of cases1–3...
Small intimal dissections occur...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, FESC, FACC; Mario Zanchetta, MD; Eustaquio Onorato, MD
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is increasingly recognized as a mediator of Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is increasingly recognized as a mediator of paradoxical embolism,1,2 refractory hypoxemia3,4 and platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome.5–7 Many...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is increasingly recognized as a mediator of Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is increasingly recognized as a mediator of paradoxical embolism,1,2 refractory hypoxemia3,4 and platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome.5–7 Many...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, FACC, MSCAI; Joseph K. Choo, MD; John J. Young, MD
Introduction. Over the past decade, appreciable reductions in mortality, reinfarction and length of hospital stay have been reported in large-scale trials of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Every year, approximately 1.5 million...
Introduction. Over the past decade, appreciable reductions in mortality, reinfarction and length of hospital stay have been reported in large-scale trials of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Every year, approximately 1.5 million...
Introduction. Over the past...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ramon Villavicencio, MD; Raul Marenco, MD; Marco A. Zenteno, MD; Jorge Gaspar, MD
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are anomalous communications between coronary arteries and a cardiac chamber, great vessel or other vascular structure bypassing the myocardial capillary bed.1,2 The frequency has been reported to be...
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF) are anomalous communications between coronary arteries and a cardiac chamber, great vessel or other vascular structure bypassing the myocardial capillary bed.1,2 The frequency has been reported to be...
Coronary artery fistulae (CAF)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
A. Watkinson, MD; D.P. Lipkin, MD; Diana A. Gorog, MD, PhD
Aortic dissection is a rare but recognized complication of coronary angiography. In early series, angioplasty-induced dissection and other acute events associated with abrupt vessel closure complicated percutaneous transluminal coronary...
Aortic dissection is a rare but recognized complication of coronary angiography. In early series, angioplasty-induced dissection and other acute events associated with abrupt vessel closure complicated percutaneous transluminal coronary...
Aortic dissection is a rare but...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, a CME offering, articles from the Journal special sections “Acute Coronary Syndromes” and “Interventional Pediatric...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, a CME offering, articles from the Journal special sections “Acute Coronary Syndromes” and “Interventional Pediatric...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Philip Walker, MD; Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD; Howard A. Cohen, MD
Some Patients Can’t Be Revascularized with PCI or CABG
Despite the advances that have occurred in coronary revascularization, there is a growing population of patients who are not candidates for either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...
Some Patients Can’t Be Revascularized with PCI or CABG
Despite the advances that have occurred in coronary revascularization, there is a growing population of patients who are not candidates for either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...
Some Patients Can’t Be...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
John G. Webb, MD; Sanjeev Vaderah, MD
Despite improvements in interventional procedural techniques and equipment, vascular and bleeding complications remain a too frequent complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In the National Cardiovascular Network database of...
Despite improvements in interventional procedural techniques and equipment, vascular and bleeding complications remain a too frequent complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). In the National Cardiovascular Network database of...
Despite improvements in...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
