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Volume 15 - Issue 9 - September, 2003

Feature

Vascular Disease
08/01/2008
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is an established form of revascularization, typically associated with improved survival. However, CABG has its own inherent deficiencies, including recurrent ischemia, venous graft failure and the...
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is an established form of revascularization, typically associated with improved survival. However, CABG has its own inherent deficiencies, including recurrent ischemia, venous graft failure and the...
Coronary artery bypass graft...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Pseudoaneurysms of saphenous vein grafts are rare following coronary artery bypass surgery. They occur most often at the proximal anastomosis secondary to vessel layer disruption. Rarely do they occur distally. We report the case of a...
Pseudoaneurysms of saphenous vein grafts are rare following coronary artery bypass surgery. They occur most often at the proximal anastomosis secondary to vessel layer disruption. Rarely do they occur distally. We report the case of a...
Pseudoaneurysms of saphenous...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Aortic dissection is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1,9 It can be life-threatening and warrants immediate diagnosis and treatment, which may be conservative,1,3 surgical, or stenting.4–6,8,9 We describe a...
Aortic dissection is a rare complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1,9 It can be life-threatening and warrants immediate diagnosis and treatment, which may be conservative,1,3 surgical, or stenting.4–6,8,9 We describe a...
Aortic dissection is a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common phenomenon, affecting approximately one-quarter of the normal healthy population. The prevalence of PFO in patients with ischemic stroke is significantly higher than in the normal population.1 Many...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common phenomenon, affecting approximately one-quarter of the normal healthy population. The prevalence of PFO in patients with ischemic stroke is significantly higher than in the normal population.1 Many...
Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Percutaneous occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been performed safely and effectively with different devices over the last years.1–6 Selection of the closure device is based on the anatomic configuration of the duct and its...
Percutaneous occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been performed safely and effectively with different devices over the last years.1–6 Selection of the closure device is based on the anatomic configuration of the duct and its...
Percutaneous occlusion of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Coronary subclavian steal syndrome is a variant of subclavian steal syndrome. It consists of obstructive atherosclerotic disease of the proximal subclavian artery in the presence of a patent internal mammary artery that has been previously...
Coronary subclavian steal syndrome is a variant of subclavian steal syndrome. It consists of obstructive atherosclerotic disease of the proximal subclavian artery in the presence of a patent internal mammary artery that has been previously...
Coronary subclavian steal...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology marks the beginning of a new home for the journal and for the editor-in-chief. Management of the journal will now be coordinated from the office of the Joint Cardiac Program of...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology marks the beginning of a new home for the journal and for the editor-in-chief. Management of the journal will now be coordinated from the office of the Joint Cardiac Program of...
Dear Readers, This issue of the...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
08/01/2008
Since the initial description in the mid 1970s by King and Mills et al.1–3 of an atrial septal defect occluding device, a number of other devices have been studied, including: Rashkind’s devices (hooked and double umbrella), Clamshell...
Since the initial description in the mid 1970s by King and Mills et al.1–3 of an atrial septal defect occluding device, a number of other devices have been studied, including: Rashkind’s devices (hooked and double umbrella), Clamshell...
Since the initial description in...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is the current antithrombotic agent utilized during peripheral angioplasty procedures (PTA). UFH has an unpredictable anticoagulation response, is an indirect thrombin inhibitor, does not inhibit bound thrombin...
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is the current antithrombotic agent utilized during peripheral angioplasty procedures (PTA). UFH has an unpredictable anticoagulation response, is an indirect thrombin inhibitor, does not inhibit bound thrombin...
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Electrophysiology Corner
08/01/2008
Common complications of permanent endocardial pacing systems include infection of the generator pocket, the wire track, increase in pacing threshold or complete exit block due to fibrosis at the myocardial contact site, dislocation or...
Common complications of permanent endocardial pacing systems include infection of the generator pocket, the wire track, increase in pacing threshold or complete exit block due to fibrosis at the myocardial contact site, dislocation or...
Common complications of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology