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Volume 15 - Issue 7 - July, 2003

Electrophysiology Corner
04/23/2012
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
08/01/2008
Enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin, has demonstrated superior efficacy over unfractionated heparin (UFH) in the medical management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), e.g., unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.1...
Enoxaparin, a low molecular weight heparin, has demonstrated superior efficacy over unfractionated heparin (UFH) in the medical management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), e.g., unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.1...
Enoxaparin, a low molecular...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial Message
08/01/2008
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

Feature

Original Contribution
08/01/2008
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
08/01/2008
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
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Although percutaneous intervention for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease for symptomatic intermittent claudication is now considered a safe and common practice, such interventions may be compromised by stent deployment malfunction...
Although percutaneous intervention for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease for symptomatic intermittent claudication is now considered a safe and common practice, such interventions may be compromised by stent deployment malfunction...
Although percutaneous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
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
08/01/2008
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

Insights

Commentary
08/01/2008
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
08/01/2008
(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