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Volume 16 - Issue 7 - July, 2004

Feature

Case Report
The Rapid Diagnosis of Pseudoaneurysm Formation in Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture
08/01/2008
Hursh Naik, MD, Dmitri Sherev, MD, Peter Y.M. Hui, MD
Hursh Naik, MD, Dmitri Sherev, MD, Pe...
Mechanical complications of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) include rupture of the interventricular septum, papillary muscle or left ventricular free wall. These events constitute 4–24% of all complications. Ventricular free wall rupture...
Mechanical complications of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) include rupture of the interventricular septum, papillary muscle or left ventricular free wall. These events constitute 4–24% of all complications. Ventricular free wall rupture...
Mechanical complications of an...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Isolated Right Ventricular Infarction: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Three Different Types of Clinical Presentation
08/01/2008
Raúl Moreno, MD, Alejandro Alcocer, MD, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, MD, Fernando Alfonso, MD, Manel Sabaté, MD, Carlos Barrera-Ramírez, MD, Pilar Jiménez, MD, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, MD, Camino Bañuelos, MD, Carlos Macaya, MD
Ra√∫l Moreno, MD, Alejandro Alcocer, ...
Right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVI) is usually associated with inferior left ventricular involvement and leads to an increased in-hospital mortality rate.1 Rarely, an isolated RVI may occur. In these cases, electrocardiogram may...
Right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVI) is usually associated with inferior left ventricular involvement and leads to an increased in-hospital mortality rate.1 Rarely, an isolated RVI may occur. In these cases, electrocardiogram may...
Right ventricular myocardial...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Utility of Intravascular Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Ambiguous Calcific Left Main Stenoses
08/01/2008
Karen S.L. Teo, MB, BS, FRACP, Kurt Roberts-Thomson MB, BS, Stephen G. Worthley, MB, BS, PhD, FRACP
Karen S.L. Teo, MB, BS, FRACP, Kurt R...
Case Report. A 42-year-old Aboriginal man was transferred from a peripheral hospital for coronary angiography. He presented a week earlier with a small anterolateral non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. He was treated with aspirin,...
Case Report. A 42-year-old Aboriginal man was transferred from a peripheral hospital for coronary angiography. He presented a week earlier with a small anterolateral non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. He was treated with aspirin,...
Case Report. A 42-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial Message
Editor`s Message July 2004
08/01/2008
Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chief
Dear Readers, This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, expert commentary, case reports, and articles from the journal’s special sections “Clinical Decision Making,” “Acute Coronary Syndromes”...
Dear Readers, This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology includes original research articles, expert commentary, case reports, and articles from the journal’s special sections “Clinical Decision Making,” “Acute Coronary Syndromes”...
Dear Readers, This issue of The...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Traditional Versus Automated Injection Contrast System in Diagnostic and Percutaneous Coronary Interventional Procedures: Comp
08/01/2008
Ganeshkumar Anne, MD, Luis Gruberg, MD, Akiva Huber, Evgenia Nikolsky, MD, Ehud Grenadier, MD, Monther Boulus, MD, Shlomo Amikam, MD, Walter Markiewicz, MD, Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc
Ganeshkumar Anne, MD, Luis Gruberg, M...
Contrast-induced nephropathy is a frequent cause of hospital-acquired acute or chronic renal insufficiency in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.1,2 The increasingly frequent use of contrast-enhancing imaging for both diagnosis and...
Contrast-induced nephropathy is a frequent cause of hospital-acquired acute or chronic renal insufficiency in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.1,2 The increasingly frequent use of contrast-enhancing imaging for both diagnosis and...
Contrast-induced nephropathy is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Results of Intracoronary b-Brachytherapy Administered by 60 mm Transfer Device/Radiation Source Train: A Subgroup Analysis from
08/01/2008
Deepak Jain, MD, DM, Hans-Peter Lorenzen, MD, Franz Hartmann, MD, Karl Wegscheider, PhD, Raoul Bonan, MD, Philip Urban, MD, Heribert Schunkert, MD for the RENO Investigators
Deepak Jain, MD, DM, Hans-Peter Loren...
Intracoronary radiation, by virtue of its ability to inhibit intimal hyperplasia and constrictive vascular remodeling, reduces restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Long lesions — longer than the available source length...
Intracoronary radiation, by virtue of its ability to inhibit intimal hyperplasia and constrictive vascular remodeling, reduces restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Long lesions — longer than the available source length...
Intracoronary radiation, by...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Survival Following Renal Artery Stent Revascularization:
Four-year Follow-up
08/01/2008
Mayra Guerrero MD, Asmir Syed MD, Sandeep Khosla MD
Mayra Guerrero MD, Asmir Syed MD, San...
Patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis have higher mortality compared to age and sex-matched controls in the general population.1-4 The risk of all cause death is increased 3.3 fold while the cardiovascular death is increased 5.7...
Patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis have higher mortality compared to age and sex-matched controls in the general population.1-4 The risk of all cause death is increased 3.3 fold while the cardiovascular death is increased 5.7...
Patients with atherosclerotic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Management of a Patient with Severe Coronary Artery Disease
and Cardiogenic Shock after Prolonged Cardiopulmonary
Resuscitatio
08/01/2008
Francis Q. Almeda, MD, R. Jeffrey Snell, MD
Francis Q. Almeda, MD, R. Jeffrey Sne...
Case Report. We present the case of a 74-year-old male with a history of hypertension and smoking who was urgently referred for evaluation after he suffered a cardiac arrest after a transurethral prostate resection (TURP) in a community...
Case Report. We present the case of a 74-year-old male with a history of hypertension and smoking who was urgently referred for evaluation after he suffered a cardiac arrest after a transurethral prostate resection (TURP) in a community...
Case Report. We present the case...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in Acute Coronary Syndromes
08/01/2008
Blaithnead M. Murtagh, MD and H. Vernon Anderson, MD
Blaithnead M. Murtagh, MD and H. Vern...
Endothelial dysfunction. Vascular endothelial cell dysfunction begins well before any morphologic manifestations of atherosclerosis are visible, and continues throughout the entire course, probably waxing and waning along the way. Well in...
Endothelial dysfunction. Vascular endothelial cell dysfunction begins well before any morphologic manifestations of atherosclerosis are visible, and continues throughout the entire course, probably waxing and waning along the way. Well in...
Endothelial dysfunction....
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
Renal Artery Stenting: Continuing to Evaluate the Benefits
08/01/2008
George Vetrovec MD
George Vetrovec MD
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) remains a recognized contributor to hypertension and renal insufficiency. Initially, RAS, an infrequently diagnosed, curable cause of hypertension has become a more frequently diagnosed entity. While many of the...
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) remains a recognized contributor to hypertension and renal insufficiency. Initially, RAS, an infrequently diagnosed, curable cause of hypertension has become a more frequently diagnosed entity. While many of the...
Renal artery stenosis (RAS)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Psychological Stress & HD
Adding 9th Psychological Health Metric to Life’s Essential 8 Enhances Cardiovascular Health Construct for Predicting Mortality Risk
08/08/2024
A cardiovascular health construct based on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 but enhanced with a ninth psychological health metric strongly predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study at...
A cardiovascular health construct based on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 but enhanced with a ninth psychological health metric strongly predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study at...
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Reprocessing Devices
SxanPro Introduces New Cost-Recovery Dashboard to Reduce Hospital Device Waste
08/08/2024
The advanced XCHG dashboard uses customizable algorithms to analyze inventory data, collected from the UDI using SxanPro's mobile technology, to identify items that can be transferred, sold, or repurposed. This unique capability minimizes...
The advanced XCHG dashboard uses customizable algorithms to analyze inventory data, collected from the UDI using SxanPro's mobile technology, to identify items that can be transferred, sold, or repurposed. This unique capability minimizes...
The advanced XCHG dashboard uses...
08/08/2024
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Sleep and CVD
Study of Sleep in Women Shows Delaying Bedtime by Just 90 Minutes Each Night Damages Endothelial Cells
08/06/2024
After just six weeks of shortened sleep, the study found, the cells that line our blood vessels are flooded by damaging oxidants. And unlike well-rested cells, sleep-restricted cells fail to activate antioxidant responses to clear the...
After just six weeks of shortened sleep, the study found, the cells that line our blood vessels are flooded by damaging oxidants. And unlike well-rested cells, sleep-restricted cells fail to activate antioxidant responses to clear the...
After just six weeks of...
08/06/2024
Cath Lab Digest
TAVR
Can a Cerebral Embolic Protection Device Prevent a Stroke During a Heart Valve Procedure? New Research Shows Potential Benefit
08/06/2024
The study population consisted of 414,649 patients. Of those, 53,398 patients received an embolic protection device. This is the largest study to date among patients undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
The study population consisted of 414,649 patients. Of those, 53,398 patients received an embolic protection device. This is the largest study to date among patients undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
The study population consisted...
08/06/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Risk Factors
Study Reveals Link Between Transthyretin (TTR) Protein Levels and Heart Disease Risk
08/06/2024
"Our research highlights the critical role of TTR levels in predicting heart disease risk," said Pankaj Arora, MD. "By understanding the factors that influence TTR levels, we can better identify individuals at high risk and develop targeted...
"Our research highlights the critical role of TTR levels in predicting heart disease risk," said Pankaj Arora, MD. "By understanding the factors that influence TTR levels, we can better identify individuals at high risk and develop targeted...
"Our research highlights the...
08/06/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Out-of-Hospital Care
Corazon Offers Comprehensive Services to Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Including those Looking to Enter Cardiovascular
08/05/2024
“Our goal is to empower ASCs to enhance their cardiovascular services, ultimately improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency,” said Karen Hartman, President of Corazon. “With our comprehensive approach, we guide ASCs through the...
“Our goal is to empower ASCs to enhance their cardiovascular services, ultimately improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency,” said Karen Hartman, President of Corazon. “With our comprehensive approach, we guide ASCs through the...
“Our goal is to empower ASCs to...
08/05/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Scientists and clinicians at Scripps Research have shown that heart conditions can be diagnosed roughly as accurately using just three electrodes and an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. CREDIT Scripps Research
AI
New AI Tool Simplifies ECG: Fewer Leads, Same Accuracy
08/01/2024
Scientists report that their AI algorithm can recreate full 12-lead ECGs with data from only three ECG leads. Moreover, clinicians can identify heart attacks with nearly the same accuracy when they review the AI-generated ECGs as compared to...
Scientists report that their AI algorithm can recreate full 12-lead ECGs with data from only three ECG leads. Moreover, clinicians can identify heart attacks with nearly the same accuracy when they review the AI-generated ECGs as compared to...
Scientists report that their AI...
08/01/2024
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Psychological Stress & HD
Stock Market Turbulence Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes, and Suicide: A Groundbreaking Study Analyzes 12 Million Deaths
08/01/2024
The research, which analyzed over 12 million deaths across China from 2013 to 2019, provides compelling evidence that the psychological stress induced by stock market fluctuations has severe and immediate health implications.
The research, which analyzed over 12 million deaths across China from 2013 to 2019, provides compelling evidence that the psychological stress induced by stock market fluctuations has severe and immediate health implications.
The research, which analyzed...
08/01/2024
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Mental Health
AHA: Risks of Anxiety, Suicide Attempt May Rise Significantly After Cardiovascular Hospitalization
07/31/2024
This analysis of a large database included environmental and lifestyle factors that assessed both short- and long-term risk. It also reviewed whether different genetic susceptibilities to psychiatric disorders affect the possible link between...
This analysis of a large database included environmental and lifestyle factors that assessed both short- and long-term risk. It also reviewed whether different genetic susceptibilities to psychiatric disorders affect the possible link between...
This analysis of a large...
07/31/2024
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Peripheral Interventions
VentureMed Completes Enrollment of the FLEX Vessel Prep System FLEX First AV Registry For The Treatment of Arteriovenous (AV) Access Management
07/30/2024
The FLEX Vessel Prep System has a unique non-balloon-based mechanism of action that creates longitudinal micro-incisions that release circumferential tension in diseased vessels. This release of tension is how FLEX modifies AV stenoses to...
The FLEX Vessel Prep System has a unique non-balloon-based mechanism of action that creates longitudinal micro-incisions that release circumferential tension in diseased vessels. This release of tension is how FLEX modifies AV stenoses to...
The FLEX Vessel Prep System has...
07/30/2024
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Psychological Stress & HD
Adding 9th Psychological Health Metric to Life’s Essential 8 Enhances Cardiovascular Health Construct for Predicting Mortality Risk
08/08/2024
A cardiovascular health construct based on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 but enhanced with a ninth psychological health metric strongly predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study at...
A cardiovascular health construct based on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 but enhanced with a ninth psychological health metric strongly predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a new study at...
A cardiovascular health...
08/08/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Reprocessing Devices
SxanPro Introduces New Cost-Recovery Dashboard to Reduce Hospital Device Waste
08/08/2024
The advanced XCHG dashboard uses customizable algorithms to analyze inventory data, collected from the UDI using SxanPro's mobile technology, to identify items that can be transferred, sold, or repurposed. This unique capability minimizes...
The advanced XCHG dashboard uses customizable algorithms to analyze inventory data, collected from the UDI using SxanPro's mobile technology, to identify items that can be transferred, sold, or repurposed. This unique capability minimizes...
The advanced XCHG dashboard uses...
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Clinical Images
Redo Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Young Patient With Congenital Aortic Valve Disease
08/07/2024
A 39-year-old man with Shone complex presented with acute decompensated heart failure. He had undergone 4 previous sternotomies and a 23-mm Sapien XT transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe bioprosthetic aortic regurgitation in 2014.
A 39-year-old man with Shone complex presented with acute decompensated heart failure. He had undergone 4 previous sternotomies and a 23-mm Sapien XT transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe bioprosthetic aortic regurgitation in 2014.
A 39-year-old man with Shone...
08/07/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Sleep and CVD
Study of Sleep in Women Shows Delaying Bedtime by Just 90 Minutes Each Night Damages Endothelial Cells
08/06/2024
After just six weeks of shortened sleep, the study found, the cells that line our blood vessels are flooded by damaging oxidants. And unlike well-rested cells, sleep-restricted cells fail to activate antioxidant responses to clear the...
After just six weeks of shortened sleep, the study found, the cells that line our blood vessels are flooded by damaging oxidants. And unlike well-rested cells, sleep-restricted cells fail to activate antioxidant responses to clear the...
After just six weeks of...
08/06/2024
Cath Lab Digest
TAVR
Can a Cerebral Embolic Protection Device Prevent a Stroke During a Heart Valve Procedure? New Research Shows Potential Benefit
08/06/2024
The study population consisted of 414,649 patients. Of those, 53,398 patients received an embolic protection device. This is the largest study to date among patients undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
The study population consisted of 414,649 patients. Of those, 53,398 patients received an embolic protection device. This is the largest study to date among patients undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
The study population consisted...
08/06/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Risk Factors
Study Reveals Link Between Transthyretin (TTR) Protein Levels and Heart Disease Risk
08/06/2024
"Our research highlights the critical role of TTR levels in predicting heart disease risk," said Pankaj Arora, MD. "By understanding the factors that influence TTR levels, we can better identify individuals at high risk and develop targeted...
"Our research highlights the critical role of TTR levels in predicting heart disease risk," said Pankaj Arora, MD. "By understanding the factors that influence TTR levels, we can better identify individuals at high risk and develop targeted...
"Our research highlights the...
08/06/2024
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Al-Ogaili Figure
Clinical Videos
Stentectomy by an Entrapped Rotational Atherectomy Burr
08/05/2024
Video Supplement to "Stentectomy by an Entrapped Rotational Atherectomy Burr" (Clinical Image).
Video Supplement to "Stentectomy by an Entrapped Rotational Atherectomy Burr" (Clinical Image).
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Stentectomy by an Entrapped Rotational Atherectomy Burr
08/05/2024
A 73-year-old man presented with exertional angina and anterior ischemia on stress testing. He had undergone prior coronary artery bypass surgery and multiple percutaneous coronary interventions.
A 73-year-old man presented with exertional angina and anterior ischemia on stress testing. He had undergone prior coronary artery bypass surgery and multiple percutaneous coronary interventions.
A 73-year-old man presented with...
08/05/2024
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Out-of-Hospital Care
Corazon Offers Comprehensive Services to Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Including those Looking to Enter Cardiovascular
08/05/2024
“Our goal is to empower ASCs to enhance their cardiovascular services, ultimately improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency,” said Karen Hartman, President of Corazon. “With our comprehensive approach, we guide ASCs through the...
“Our goal is to empower ASCs to enhance their cardiovascular services, ultimately improving patient outcomes and operational efficiency,” said Karen Hartman, President of Corazon. “With our comprehensive approach, we guide ASCs through the...
“Our goal is to empower ASCs to...
08/05/2024
Cath Lab Digest
Scientists and clinicians at Scripps Research have shown that heart conditions can be diagnosed roughly as accurately using just three electrodes and an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. CREDIT Scripps Research
AI
New AI Tool Simplifies ECG: Fewer Leads, Same Accuracy
08/01/2024
Scientists report that their AI algorithm can recreate full 12-lead ECGs with data from only three ECG leads. Moreover, clinicians can identify heart attacks with nearly the same accuracy when they review the AI-generated ECGs as compared to...
Scientists report that their AI algorithm can recreate full 12-lead ECGs with data from only three ECG leads. Moreover, clinicians can identify heart attacks with nearly the same accuracy when they review the AI-generated ECGs as compared to...
Scientists report that their AI...
08/01/2024
Cath Lab Digest

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