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Volume 15 - Issue 6 - June, 2003

Feature

Original Contribution
Arterial Wall Temperature Following Coronary Stent Implantation in Pigs: The Role of Post-Stent Inflammation
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
A Technique for Type 4a Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: Initial Results and 6-Month Clinical Evaluation
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
Original Contribution
Use of Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors and Spontaneous Pulmonary Hemorrhage
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
Case Report
Morphological and Functional Assessment of the Septal Course of a Left Coronary Artery Originating from the Right Sinus of Valsa
08/01/2008
Thomas M. Schiele, MD, *Christof Weber, MD, Volker Klauss, MD
Thomas M. Schiele, MD, *Christof Web...
Key words: coronary anomaly, intracoronary pressure, intravascular ultrasound, multislice computed tomography Origin of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) from the right aortic sinus is a rare coronary anomaly.1–11 When coursing...
Key words: coronary anomaly, intracoronary pressure, intravascular ultrasound, multislice computed tomography Origin of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) from the right aortic sinus is a rare coronary anomaly.1–11 When coursing...
Key words: coronary anomaly,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Cutting Balloon to Treat Carotid In-Stent Stenosis: Technical Note
08/01/2008
Bernard R. Bendok, MD, *Gary S. Roubin, MD, **Barry T. Katzen, MD, Alan S. Boulos, MD, Elad I. Levy, MD, *Thos Limpijankit, MD, Adnan I. Qureshi, MD, Lee R. Guterman, PhD, MD, L. Nelson Hopkins, MD
Bernard R. Bendok, MD, *Gary S. Roub...
Key words: angioplasty, carotid stent, cutting balloon, in-stent stenosis Carotid angioplasty with stenting for atherosclerotic stenosis is currently under examination in numerous trials as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and...
Key words: angioplasty, carotid stent, cutting balloon, in-stent stenosis Carotid angioplasty with stenting for atherosclerotic stenosis is currently under examination in numerous trials as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and...
Key words: angioplasty, carotid...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Cutting Balloon Before Stent: Angiographic and IVUS Correlation
08/01/2008
David G. Rizik, MD, Antoine M. Adem, MD, Neil C. Barman, MD
David G. Rizik, MD, Antoine M. Adem,...
A 50-year-old male presented with de novo rest angina. The panel at the left demonstrates the angiographic and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) appearance of the lesion pre-treatment. Following Cutting Balloon angioplasty with a 4.0 mm device,...
A 50-year-old male presented with de novo rest angina. The panel at the left demonstrates the angiographic and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) appearance of the lesion pre-treatment. Following Cutting Balloon angioplasty with a 4.0 mm device,...
A 50-year-old male presented...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
A New Technique for Coronary Bifurcations: Good News!
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
Pulmonary Hemorrhage During Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitor Therapy: An Uncommon but Life-Threatening (and Under-Recognized) Com
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
SFA Intervention in the Treatment of Total Occlusions: Can Endovascular Therapy Compete with Surgical Bypass?
08/01/2008
Frank J. Criado, MD
Frank J. Criado, MD
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
Editor`s Message - April 2003
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

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