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Volume 16 - Issue 6 - June, 2004

The Changing Pattern of Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the New Device Era
08/01/2008
Christian F. Witzke, MD, Francisco Martin-Herrero, MD, Sarah C. Clarke, MD, Eugene Pomerantzev, MD, Igor F. Palacios, MD
Christian F. Witzke, MD, Francisco ...
ABSTRACT: We report the incidence, management and clinical outcome of coronary perforations in 39 of 12,658 patients (0.3%) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary perforation occurred more frequently with debulking...
ABSTRACT: We report the incidence, management and clinical outcome of coronary perforations in 39 of 12,658 patients (0.3%) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary perforation occurred more frequently with debulking...
ABSTRACT: We report the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Reduction of Subacute Stent Thrombosis (SAT) Using
Heparin-Coated Stents in a Large-Scale, “Real World” Registry
08/01/2008
Vishal Gupta, MD, MPH, Bhooma R. Aravamuthan, BS, Susan Baskerville, RN, Susan K. Smith, RN, MSN, Vijaya Gupta, MS, PhD, Michael A. Lauer, MD, Tim A. Fischell, MD
Vishal Gupta, MD, MPH, Bhooma R...
ABSTRACT: Purpose. This study was designed to compare the rates of subacute stent thrombosis (SAT) among patients receiving heparin-coated stents to patients receiving bare-metal stents in real world, contemporary coronary interventions....
ABSTRACT: Purpose. This study was designed to compare the rates of subacute stent thrombosis (SAT) among patients receiving heparin-coated stents to patients receiving bare-metal stents in real world, contemporary coronary interventions....
ABSTRACT: Purpose. This study...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Outcomes Following IVUS-Guided Stent Deployment in a Community Hospital
08/01/2008
1Brett A. Faulknier, DO, 2Mike Broce, BA, 3Scott Miller, MD, 1Robert Touchon, MD
1Brett A. Faulknier, DO, 2Mike Broce...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. A discrepancy exists in the medical literature as to what effect intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent deployment has on target vessel revascularization (TVR) at 6 months. The major endpoints of this study are the...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. A discrepancy exists in the medical literature as to what effect intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent deployment has on target vessel revascularization (TVR) at 6 months. The major endpoints of this study are the...
ABSTRACT: Objectives. A...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Utility of Routine Functional Testing After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty: Results from the ROSETTA Registry
08/01/2008
1Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, 2David Schechter, MD, 3Jeffrey Lefkovits, MD, 4Evelyne Goudreau, MD, 5Ubeydullah Deligonul, MD, 6Koon-Hou Mak, MD, 7Robert Duerr, MD, 8Michael Del Core, MD, 1Philippe Garzon, BSc, 9Thao Huynh, MD, 10Mark Smilovitch, MD, 11Steven Sedlis, MD, 12David L. Brown, MD, 13David Brieger, MD, and 9Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD, for the ROSETTA Investigators
1Mark J. Eisenberg, MD, MPH, 2David ...
ABSTRACT: Background. There is little consensus regarding the use of functional testing after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Some physicians employ a routine functional testing strategy, and others employ a...
ABSTRACT: Background. There is little consensus regarding the use of functional testing after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Some physicians employ a routine functional testing strategy, and others employ a...
ABSTRACT: Background. There is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Is a 300 mg Clopidogrel Loading Dose Sufficient to Inhibit
Platelet Function Early After Coronary Stenting? A Platelet
Functio
08/01/2008
Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, Antonio Fernandez-Ortíz, MD, PhD, Esther Bernardo, BSc, Celia Ramírez, BSc, Manel Sabaté, MD, PhD, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, MD, PhD, Raul Moreno, MD, Javier Escaned, MD, PhD, Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD, Camino Bañuelos, MD, Carlos Macaya, MD, PhD
Dominick J. Angiolillo, MD, Antonio ...
ABSTRACT: Background. Clopidogrel combined to aspirin reduces the early risk of stent thrombosis and a clopidogrel pre-treatment strategy is associated with a better outcome. However, in clinical practice such pre-treatment strategy is not...
ABSTRACT: Background. Clopidogrel combined to aspirin reduces the early risk of stent thrombosis and a clopidogrel pre-treatment strategy is associated with a better outcome. However, in clinical practice such pre-treatment strategy is not...
ABSTRACT: Background....
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
Coronary Perforations: Old Screenplay, New Actors!
08/01/2008
Antonio Colombo, MD, and Goran Stankovic MD
Antonio Colombo, MD, and Goran Stanko...
Coronary perforation remains one of the most serious complications in the catheterization laboratory, with multiple studies demonstrating very poor outcomes, particularly in relationship to myocardial infarction and death. Angiographic...
Coronary perforation remains one of the most serious complications in the catheterization laboratory, with multiple studies demonstrating very poor outcomes, particularly in relationship to myocardial infarction and death. Angiographic...
Coronary perforation remains one...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
IVUS-Guided Stenting Where is the Harm?
08/01/2008
Steven Goldberg, MD
Steven Goldberg, MD
The study by Faulknier and colleagues evaluates the clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on stent deployment, using bare-metal stents.1 These investigators retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of 50 stent cases where...
The study by Faulknier and colleagues evaluates the clinical impact of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on stent deployment, using bare-metal stents.1 These investigators retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of 50 stent cases where...
The study by Faulknier and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
To Stress or Not to Stress? That is the Question
08/01/2008
Howard A. Cohen, MD and Oscar Marroquin, MD
Howard A. Cohen, MD and Oscar Marroqu...
Approximately one million percutaneous coronary interventions are performed annually in the United States.1 There are conflicting opinions and no good consensus as to whether or not patients should undergo routine stress testing post PCI.2...
Approximately one million percutaneous coronary interventions are performed annually in the United States.1 There are conflicting opinions and no good consensus as to whether or not patients should undergo routine stress testing post PCI.2...
Approximately one million...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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