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Volume 16 - Issue 11 - November, 2004

Feature

Case Report
08/01/2008
*Mariano Ledesma, MD, Patricio Martinez, MD, Miguel Angel Cázares, MD, §Ted Feldman, MD
*Mariano Ledesma, MD, Patricio Martin...
Lutembacher syndrome is a rare combination of congenital ASD and acquired rheumatic mitral stenosis. It is usually treated by surgical correction. We describe a case of Lutembacher syndrome that was treated successfully with percutaneous...
Lutembacher syndrome is a rare combination of congenital ASD and acquired rheumatic mitral stenosis. It is usually treated by surgical correction. We describe a case of Lutembacher syndrome that was treated successfully with percutaneous...
Lutembacher syndrome is a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Harinder Singh, MD, Daniel R. Turner, MD, Thomas Forbes, MD
Harinder Singh, MD, Daniel R. Turner...
Transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is an alternative to surgical closure. Currently, the Amplatzer Septal Occluder (ASO) (AGA Medical Corp, Golden Valley, Minnesota) is the only device approved for ASD closure in the...
Transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) is an alternative to surgical closure. Currently, the Amplatzer Septal Occluder (ASO) (AGA Medical Corp, Golden Valley, Minnesota) is the only device approved for ASD closure in the...
Transcatheter device closure of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Srihari S. Naidu, MD, Sameer Rohatgi, MD, Howard C. Herrmann, MD, Ruchira Glaser, MD
Srihari S. Naidu, MD, Sameer Rohatgi...
Case Report. An 80-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal insufficiency and significant carotid artery disease presented with a 4-day history of episodic severe substernal chest pressure at rest....
Case Report. An 80-year-old man with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal insufficiency and significant carotid artery disease presented with a 4-day history of episodic severe substernal chest pressure at rest....
Case Report. An 80-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Benedict M. Glover, MD, MRCP and Mazhar M. Khan, FRCP
Benedict M. Glover, MD, MRCP and Mazh...
Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to pulmonary vasculature fistulas are rare complications following coronary artery bypass surgery. In symptomatic cases, management tends to be either conservative or surgical ligation of the fistula. This...
Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to pulmonary vasculature fistulas are rare complications following coronary artery bypass surgery. In symptomatic cases, management tends to be either conservative or surgical ligation of the fistula. This...
Left internal mammary artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ashish Pershad, MD and Jon Stevenson, MD
Ashish Pershad, MD and Jon Stevenson,...
Distal coronary embolization is an unpredictable complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). No reflow, distal coronary occlusion and peri-procedural cardiac enzyme elevation (“infarctlets”) may result from distal embolization....
Distal coronary embolization is an unpredictable complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). No reflow, distal coronary occlusion and peri-procedural cardiac enzyme elevation (“infarctlets”) may result from distal embolization....
Distal coronary embolization is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Vaishali Ashar, MBBS, Giampaolo Niccoli, MD, Italo Porto, MD
Vaishali Ashar, MBBS, Giampaolo Nicco...
Case Report. A 53-year-old man presented with a history of angina at rest, a small troponin rise and ischaemic inferior ECG changes. He had undergone aortocoronary bypass operation for triple vessel disease 3 years before this admission. The...
Case Report. A 53-year-old man presented with a history of angina at rest, a small troponin rise and ischaemic inferior ECG changes. He had undergone aortocoronary bypass operation for triple vessel disease 3 years before this admission. The...
Case Report. A 53-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Shigenori Ito, MD, §Masanao Saio, MD, *Takahiko Suzuki, MD
*Shigenori Ito, MD, §Masanao Saio, M...
No-reflow sometimes occurs in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a terrible complication with an incidence of 2–5%.1,2 No-reflow has been reported to be related to the presence of thrombus, lipid pool (vulnerable plaque), and other...
No-reflow sometimes occurs in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a terrible complication with an incidence of 2–5%.1,2 No-reflow has been reported to be related to the presence of thrombus, lipid pool (vulnerable plaque), and other...
No-reflow sometimes occurs in...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
1,2Jeffrey D. Lorin, MD, 2Jason R. Boglioli, MD, 1,2Steven P. Sedlis, MD
1,2Jeffrey D. Lorin, MD, 2Jason R. Bo...
Percutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) represents an important clinical challenge in interventional cardiology. A CTO is defined as, “an obstruction of a native coronary artery for greater than 30 days with no...
Percutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) represents an important clinical challenge in interventional cardiology. A CTO is defined as, “an obstruction of a native coronary artery for greater than 30 days with no...
Percutaneous revascularization...
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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, which coincides with the American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions, includes original research articles, case reports, reviews, and articles from the journal’s...
Dear Readers, This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions, includes original research articles, case reports, reviews, and articles from the journal’s...
Dear Readers, This issue of The...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
08/01/2008
Ubeydullah Deligonul, MD
Ubeydullah Deligonul, MD
Modern treatment of acute myocardial infarction is based on early and complete reperfusion. The time between the onset of myocardial infarction and reperfusion determines the mortality benefit and is influenced by various factors including a...
Modern treatment of acute myocardial infarction is based on early and complete reperfusion. The time between the onset of myocardial infarction and reperfusion determines the mortality benefit and is influenced by various factors including a...
Modern treatment of acute...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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