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Volume 15 - Issue 7 - July, 2003

Electrophysiology Corner
A Unique Pacemaker Complication of Thrombus Formation in the Right Internal Jugular Vein Due to Unusual Migration of an Atrial Pacemaker Electrode
04/23/2012

Thomas S. Faber, MD, Andreas Grom, MD, Manfred Zehender, MD

Thomas S. Faber, MD, Andreas Grom, MD...
ABSTRACT: Our report describes the late migration of an atrial screw-in lead into the right internal jugular vein causing subsequent subclinical thrombus formation at the tip of the electrode. Previously initiated anticoagulation for atrial...
ABSTRACT: Our report describes the late migration of an atrial screw-in lead into the right internal jugular vein causing subsequent subclinical thrombus formation at the tip of the electrode. Previously initiated anticoagulation for atrial...
ABSTRACT: Our report describes...
04/23/2012
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial Message
Editor`s Message (May 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, brief reviews, and articles from the Journal special sections “Acute Coronary Syndromes”, “Clinical Decision Making”, and the...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, case reports, brief reviews, and articles from the Journal special sections “Acute Coronary Syndromes”, “Clinical Decision Making”, and the...
Dear Readers, This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
Identifying the Vulnerable Plaque (IAGS Proceedings - Part I of II parts)
08/01/2008
MODERATOR: Jim Zidar PANEL MEMBERS: Klemens Barth; Mike Cowley; Jim Zidar
MODERATOR: Jim Zidar PANEL MEMBERS: K...
Jim Zidar: We have chosen magnetic resonance imaging as our primary imaging tool at Duke University. A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging research laboratory is being installed at Duke, with an adjacent clinical laboratory. In our view,...
Jim Zidar: We have chosen magnetic resonance imaging as our primary imaging tool at Duke University. A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging research laboratory is being installed at Duke, with an adjacent clinical laboratory. In our view,...
Jim Zidar: We have chosen...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Identifying the Vulnerable Plaque (IAGS Proceedings - Part II of II)
08/01/2008
MODERATOR: Jim Zidar PANEL MEMBERS: Klemens Barth; Mike Cowley; Jim Zidar
MODERATOR: Jim Zidar PANEL MEMBERS: K...
(IAGS Proceedings - Part II of II) Nick Hopkins: The preliminary reports on intracranial angioplasty and stenting showed very high morbidity and mortality rates associated with the procedure — particularly in symptomatic patients. As Dr....
(IAGS Proceedings - Part II of II) Nick Hopkins: The preliminary reports on intracranial angioplasty and stenting showed very high morbidity and mortality rates associated with the procedure — particularly in symptomatic patients. As Dr....
(IAGS Proceedings - Part II of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Case Report
Delayed Development of a Giant Coronary Pseudoaneurysm After Stent Placement for Chronic Total Occlusion
08/01/2008
Koichi Kishi, MD, Yoshikazu Hiasa, MD, Takefumi Takahashi, MD
Koichi Kishi, MD, Yoshikazu Hiasa, M...
Coronary artery aneurysms have been identified in up to 5% of all coronary angiographic studies. Atherosclerotic, congenital, inflammatory, infectious and traumatic (resulting from coronary intervention) are the most common etiologies....
Coronary artery aneurysms have been identified in up to 5% of all coronary angiographic studies. Atherosclerotic, congenital, inflammatory, infectious and traumatic (resulting from coronary intervention) are the most common etiologies....
Coronary artery aneurysms have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
A Rare Combination of Left Main Coronary Artery Fistula to Left Superior Vena Cava with Drainage into the Coronary Sinus in a 74
08/01/2008
Amgad N. Makaryus, MD, Richard Stechel, MD, Stephen Green, MD
Amgad N. Makaryus, MD, Richard Stech...
It is thought that most coronary artery fistulae are congenital in origin, resulting from the persistence of intratrabecular sinusoids during embryonic development.1,2 The persistence of these sinusoids results in the communication between...
It is thought that most coronary artery fistulae are congenital in origin, resulting from the persistence of intratrabecular sinusoids during embryonic development.1,2 The persistence of these sinusoids results in the communication between...
It is thought that most coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
The Clinical Effectiveness of the Prostar® XL Suture-Mediated Percutaneous Vascular Closure Device for Achievement of Hemostasis
08/01/2008
Kenya Nasu, MD, *Etsuo Tsuchikane, MD, **Satoru Sumitsuji, MD, on behalf of the PARADISE Investigators
Kenya Nasu, MD, *Etsuo Tsuchikane, M...
Manual compression has been the standard method employed to achieve hemostasis at the arterial puncture site after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. However, prior studies suggest that major or minor bleeding complications...
Manual compression has been the standard method employed to achieve hemostasis at the arterial puncture site after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. However, prior studies suggest that major or minor bleeding complications...
Manual compression has been the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Management of Iliac Stent Movement Complicating Peripheral Vascular Intervention: A Rescue Technique When Stent Deployment Malfu
08/01/2008
Walter A. Parham, MD, Sanjeev Puri, MD, Saad R. Bitar, MD, Morton J. Kern, MD
Walter A. Parham, MD, Sanjeev Puri, ...
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous transluminal peripheral angioplasty (PTA), with and without stenting, has become an effective, accepted, and safe approach for treating intermittent claudication and critical leg ischemia in selected patients....
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous transluminal peripheral angioplasty (PTA), with and without stenting, has become an effective, accepted, and safe approach for treating intermittent claudication and critical leg ischemia in selected patients....
ABSTRACT: Percutaneous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
In-Hospital Complications of Peripheral Vascular Interventions Using Unfractionated Heparin as the Primary Anticoagulant
08/01/2008
Nicolas W. Shammas, MS, MD, *Jon H. Lemke, PhD, Eric J. Dippel, MD, *Dawn E. McKinney, MA, Vickie S. Takes, RN, Monica Youngblut, RN, Melodee Harris, RN, Catherine Harb, Matthew J. Kapalis, BSc, *Jane Holden, RN
Nicolas W. Shammas, MS, MD, *Jon H. ...
Unfractionated heparin is the current antithrombotic of choice in peripheral vascular interventions. Heparin has an unpredictable anticoagulation response, is an indirect thrombin inhibitor, does not inhibit bound thrombin and activates...
Unfractionated heparin is the current antithrombotic of choice in peripheral vascular interventions. Heparin has an unpredictable anticoagulation response, is an indirect thrombin inhibitor, does not inhibit bound thrombin and activates...
Unfractionated heparin is the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
The Use of the X-Sizer‚Ñ¢ Transluminal Extraction Catheter as an Adjunct to Stenting of Occluded Saphenous Vein Grafts
08/01/2008
Philip C. Strike, MD, Nicholas M. Robinson, MD, Duncan S. Dymond, MD
Philip C. Strike, MD, Nicholas M. Ro...
Within a decade of surgery, half of all aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) are totally occluded or have severe atherosclerotic disease.1 Redo coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) has higher mortality and morbidity than the first...
Within a decade of surgery, half of all aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) are totally occluded or have severe atherosclerotic disease.1 Redo coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) has higher mortality and morbidity than the first...
Within a decade of surgery, half...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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