Volume 15 - Issue 6 - June, 2003
Feature
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Leonidas Diamantopoulos, MD, PhD, Yanming Huang, MD, Xiaosun Liu, MD, Shenggiao Li, MD, Walter Desmet, MD, PhD, Frans Van de Werf, MD, PhD, Ivan De Scheerder, MD, PhD
Leonidas Diamantopoulos, MD, PhD, Ya...
Arterial endoprostheses (stents) are widely used to improve angioplasty outcome and successfully restore the reduced vascular lumen. However, the metallic nature of stents causes some degree of arterial wall inflammation. This inflammation is...
Arterial endoprostheses (stents) are widely used to improve angioplasty outcome and successfully restore the reduced vascular lumen. However, the metallic nature of stents causes some degree of arterial wall inflammation. This inflammation is...
Arterial endoprostheses (stents)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Arshad Ali, MBBS, MRCP, Mustafa Hashem, MD, Howard S. Rosman, MD, Ghassan Kazmouz, MD, Julius M. Gardin, MD, Theodore L. Schrieber, MD
Arshad Ali, MBBS, MRCP, Mustafa Hash...
Key words: percutaneous coronary intervention, platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, pulmonary hemorrhage
In 1983, the description of an antibody that blocked the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor led to the development of a...
Key words: percutaneous coronary intervention, platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, pulmonary hemorrhage
In 1983, the description of an antibody that blocked the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor led to the development of a...
Key words: percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Petros S. Dardas, MD, Dimitris D. Tsikaderis, MD, Nick E. Mezilis, MD, Giannis Styliadis, MD
Petros S. Dardas, MD, Dimitris D. Ts...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of bifurcation lesions remains technically challenging.1,2 Immediate and mid-term results using balloon angioplasty are not always satisfactory for various reasons, such as low angiographic success...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of bifurcation lesions remains technically challenging.1,2 Immediate and mid-term results using balloon angioplasty are not always satisfactory for various reasons, such as low angiographic success...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Deepak Bhakta, MD, Jeffrey A. Breall, MD, PhD, Vijay G. Kalaria, MD
Deepak Bhakta, MD, Jeffrey A. Breall...
Key words: adult congenital heart disease, angiography, bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, dextrocardia, situs inversus
Patients with congenital heart disease present interesting challenges during heart catheterization. We present an adult...
Key words: adult congenital heart disease, angiography, bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, dextrocardia, situs inversus
Patients with congenital heart disease present interesting challenges during heart catheterization. We present an adult...
Key words: adult congenital...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
George Dangas, MD, PhD and Ioannis Iakovou, MD
George Dangas, MD, PhD and Ioannis Ia...
The study presented by Ali et al. in this issue of the Journal reports an institutional experience with pulmonary hemorrhage in patients treated with platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors. Use of these intravenous agents has been...
The study presented by Ali et al. in this issue of the Journal reports an institutional experience with pulmonary hemorrhage in patients treated with platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors. Use of these intravenous agents has been...
The study presented by Ali et...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Antonio Colombo, MD and Vassilis Spanos, MD
Antonio Colombo, MD and Vassilis Span...
Bifurcated coronary artery lesions represent one of the challenging areas in interventional cardiology. Coronary stenting resulted in more predictable results and higher angiographic success rate compared to balloon angioplasty. Angiographic...
Bifurcated coronary artery lesions represent one of the challenging areas in interventional cardiology. Coronary stenting resulted in more predictable results and higher angiographic success rate compared to balloon angioplasty. Angiographic...
Bifurcated coronary artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
I read with interest the report by Cho et al. on the results of SFA intervention for treatment of occlusive (not stenotic) lesions. They compared the 6-month outcome of PTA alone with stenting using the Smart nitinol device. We are not told...
I read with interest the report by Cho et al. on the results of SFA intervention for treatment of occlusive (not stenotic) lesions. They compared the 6-month outcome of PTA alone with stenting using the Smart nitinol device. We are not told...
I read with interest the report...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
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 original research articles, case reports with brief reviews, and articles from the Journal special sections “Acute Coronary Syndromes”, “Interventional Pediatric...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports with brief reviews, and articles from the Journal special sections “Acute Coronary Syndromes”, “Interventional Pediatric...
Dear Readers,
This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
*†P. Syamasundar Rao, MD, *Saadeh B. Jureidini, MD, *Ian C. Balfour, MD,
*Gautam K. Singh, MD, *Su-chiung Chen, MD
*†P. Syamasundar Rao, MD, *Saadeh ...
Key words: aortic coarctation, balloon angioplasty, infants, neonates, transcatheter management
Treatment of native aortic coarctation (AC) by balloon angioplasty (BA) is a controversial issue,1–6 but gradually the procedure is gaining...
Key words: aortic coarctation, balloon angioplasty, infants, neonates, transcatheter management
Treatment of native aortic coarctation (AC) by balloon angioplasty (BA) is a controversial issue,1–6 but gradually the procedure is gaining...
Key words: aortic coarctation,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Ajay Tuli, MD, †Veerappan Subramaniyam, MD, Stephen Bakir, MD, Peter C. Block, MD,
*Ian R. Crocker, MD, Christopher U. Cates, MD
Ajay Tuli, MD, †Veerappan Subraman...
Key words: angioplasty, brachytherapy, laser, restenosis
Trials comparing coronary artery stenting to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have shown that repeat revascularization continues to be the main limitation of percutaneous...
Key words: angioplasty, brachytherapy, laser, restenosis
Trials comparing coronary artery stenting to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have shown that repeat revascularization continues to be the main limitation of percutaneous...
Key words: angioplasty,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
