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Volume 16 - Issue 9 - September, 2004

Feature

Review
The Role of Percutaneous Thrombectomy in the Contemporary Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction
08/01/2008
Arshad Ali, MBBS, MRCP, MD; Theodore L. Schreiber, MD
The following special CME section is underwritten through an educational grant from Possis Medical, Inc. Learning objectives. At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 1) describe the impact of thrombus on...
The following special CME section is underwritten through an educational grant from Possis Medical, Inc. Learning objectives. At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to: 1) describe the impact of thrombus on...
The following special CME...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Reversal of Recurrent Thrombocytopenia Due to Abciximab
08/01/2008
Vibhavasu Sharma, MD; Dan Mascarenhas, MD, FSCAI
Case Report. A 75-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary angioplasty and stent placement of the right coronary artery (RCA), primary wall stent of the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the left anterior...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary angioplasty and stent placement of the right coronary artery (RCA), primary wall stent of the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the left anterior...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Novel Use of the ACCUNET Embolic Protection System
During Mechanical Thombolysis of a Prosthetic Aortic Valve
08/01/2008
Steven Burstein, MD; Ali Salami, MD; David M. Shavelle, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Carotid angioplasty and stenting are emerging as new treatment options for patients with carotid stenosis that are considered high risk for surgical carotid endarterectomy. Neurologic deficits related to embolic debris are the main...
Carotid angioplasty and stenting are emerging as new treatment options for patients with carotid stenosis that are considered high risk for surgical carotid endarterectomy. Neurologic deficits related to embolic debris are the main...
Carotid angioplasty and stenting...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Practice Management and Economics

Innovations in Compensation Modeling
08/01/2008
Jere Palazzolo, MHA; Ronald N. Riner, MD, FACC; Keelyn Meisinger, RN, MBA
In times of increasing costs and declining reimbursement, physicians find themselves working harder for little or no increased financial reward. As revenues stagnate, compensation becomes an even timelier topic. Therefore, it is important to...
In times of increasing costs and declining reimbursement, physicians find themselves working harder for little or no increased financial reward. As revenues stagnate, compensation becomes an even timelier topic. Therefore, it is important to...
In times of increasing costs and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images

Unstable Angina Due to Stent Fracture
08/01/2008
Calin Maniu, MD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Gregory W. Barsness, MD; Michael Wahl, MD
Case Report. A 78-year-old woman who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting eight years earlier presented with unstable angina. At coronary angiography, an aorto-ostial lesion was found in a saphenous vein graft to the right posterior...
Case Report. A 78-year-old woman who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting eight years earlier presented with unstable angina. At coronary angiography, an aorto-ostial lesion was found in a saphenous vein graft to the right posterior...
Case Report. A 78-year-old woman...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Coincidence of True and False Aneurysm with Rupture into
the Right Atrium
08/01/2008
Henry Meltser, MD; Jason Zelenka, MD; Elisabeth Von der Lohe, MD; Zachary H. George, MD
Case Report. A 60-year-old man without significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with a six-day history of intermittent mid-epigastric pain with associated nausea, diaphoresis and exertional dyspnea. Aspirin was...
Case Report. A 60-year-old man without significant past medical history presented to the emergency department with a six-day history of intermittent mid-epigastric pain with associated nausea, diaphoresis and exertional dyspnea. Aspirin was...
Case Report. A 60-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Detection and Treatment of Coronary Artery Pseudoaneurysms Following Coronary Stent Deployment
08/01/2008
Kazushi Urasawa, MD, PhD; Naotsugu Oyama, MD; Akira Kitabatake, MD
Coronary dissection caused during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can evolve into pseudoaneurysm,1 and can be evaluated with angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).2–5 Conventional angiography during and after interventional...
Coronary dissection caused during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can evolve into pseudoaneurysm,1 and can be evaluated with angiography and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).2–5 Conventional angiography during and after interventional...
Coronary dissection caused...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Postpartum
08/01/2008
Monika Juszczyk, MD; Thomas Marnejon, DO, FACP; David A. Hoffman, DO, FACC, FSCAI
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is a rare but increasingly reported cause of myocardial infarction and sudden death. Pretty first described SCAD in 1931 at autopsy in a 42-year-old woman who died after presenting with chest...
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is a rare but increasingly reported cause of myocardial infarction and sudden death. Pretty first described SCAD in 1931 at autopsy in a 42-year-old woman who died after presenting with chest...
Spontaneous Coronary Artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
Clopidogrel Loading Dose Pre-PCI: How High?
08/01/2008
George D. Dangas, MD, PhD; Eugenia Nikolsky, MD, PhD
Letter to the Editor In response to: Angiolillo, et al. Vol. 16, No. 6, Pages 325-329 Is a 300 mg Clopidogrel Loading Dose Sufficient to Inhibit Platelet Function Early After Coronary Stenting? A Platelet Function Profile Study The...
Letter to the Editor In response to: Angiolillo, et al. Vol. 16, No. 6, Pages 325-329 Is a 300 mg Clopidogrel Loading Dose Sufficient to Inhibit Platelet Function Early After Coronary Stenting? A Platelet Function Profile Study The...
Letter to the Editor In...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial Message
Editorial Message (September 2004)
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC
This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting, includes original research articles, case reports, reviews, articles from the journal special sections...
This issue of The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, which coincides with the Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting, includes original research articles, case reports, reviews, articles from the journal special sections...
This issue of The Journal of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

News

Intravascular Imaging
ECLIPSE Trial: Intravascular Imaging Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Stenting Procedures in Patients with High-Risk Calcified CAD
03/31/2025
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Aortic Stenosis
New Data Confirm Rapid, Unpredictable Progression of Severe Aortic Stenosis and Need for Urgent Referral and Evaluation of Patients
03/31/2025
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CAD in Women
New Intermountain Health Study Finds Gap Between Heart Disease Outcomes in Men and Women Has Narrowed Over Past 20 Years  
03/31/2025
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
AI
HeartFocus Clinical Trial Proves AI Can Empower Novices to Deliver Diagnostic-Quality Cardiac Ultrasounds
03/31/2025
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
plaque analysis
CONFIRM2 Registry: Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Cleerly's AI-QCT for Women’s Cardiovascular Risk at ACC.25
03/31/2025
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Statins
CorCal Outcomes Study: Who Needs a Statin? Intermountain Study Compares Prescribing Recommendations Based on Traditional Risk Factors vs. Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
03/31/2025
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CardiAMP Procedure
Cell Therapy
BioCardia Phase 3 CARDIAMP-HF Trial of Novel Cardiac Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Failure Shows Increased Survival, Decreased Cardiac Events, and Improved Quality of Life at Two Years
03/31/2025
"In this rigorous CardiAMP-HF Trial, patients who received the novel cell therapy adjunctive to medication experienced decreased mortality and MACCE, with improved quality of life, when compared to those on medication alone," said...
"In this rigorous CardiAMP-HF Trial, patients who received the novel cell therapy adjunctive to medication experienced decreased mortality and MACCE, with improved quality of life, when compared to those on medication alone," said...
"In this rigorous CardiAMP-HF...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Peripheral Arterial Disease
New Study Finds Peripheral Artery Disease Often Underdiagnosed and Undertreated; Opportunity to Improve Treatments and Lower Death Rates
03/31/2025
Researchers identified 7,522 patients who had a symptomatic peripheral artery disease diagnosis at Intermountain Health facilities between January 2006 and December 2021 and were seen once in follow-up within at least 18 months of their...
Researchers identified 7,522 patients who had a symptomatic peripheral artery disease diagnosis at Intermountain Health facilities between January 2006 and December 2021 and were seen once in follow-up within at least 18 months of their...
Researchers identified 7,522...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
TAVR
Evolut Low Risk Trial: Medtronic Evolut TAVR System Shows Durable Clinical Outcomes and Outstanding Valve Performance at 5 Years in Low-Risk AS Patients
03/31/2025
"Results at five years support Evolut's supra-annular, self-expanding TAVR as a safe, effective, and durable alternative to surgery for patients with severe aortic stenosis, regardless of their surgical risk," said Michael J. Reardon, MD.
"Results at five years support Evolut's supra-annular, self-expanding TAVR as a safe, effective, and durable alternative to surgery for patients with severe aortic stenosis, regardless of their surgical risk," said Michael J. Reardon, MD.
"Results at five years support...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Score
Low Coronary Artery Calcium Score is Associated with An Excellent Prognosis Regardless of a Person’s Age, New Intermountain Health Study Finds
03/31/2025
“We found that a zero-plaque burden is not only highly prognostic of good heart health at any age, but also of excellent overall survival,” said Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, principal investigator of the study.
“We found that a zero-plaque burden is not only highly prognostic of good heart health at any age, but also of excellent overall survival,” said Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, principal investigator of the study.
“We found that a zero-plaque...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest

CRT Conference Coverage
Disparities in Interventional Cardiology
04/02/2025
Laura Simson
At the Sunday afternoon "Disparities in Interventional Cardiology" session at CRT 2025, experts presented compelling data and discussed the barriers that limit diverse representation in the field, ranging from clinical trials and...
At the Sunday afternoon "Disparities in Interventional Cardiology" session at CRT 2025, experts presented compelling data and discussed the barriers that limit diverse representation in the field, ranging from clinical trials and...
At the Sunday afternoon...
04/02/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
CRT Conference Coverage
Artificial Intelligence in Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis and Intervention
04/02/2025
Laura Simson
In his Sunday morning session and ensuing panel discussion at CRT 2025, Dr Ran Kornowski of the Rabin Medical Center in Petach-Tikva, Israel, detailed how AI is transforming clinical practice and research in interventional cardiology.
In his Sunday morning session and ensuing panel discussion at CRT 2025, Dr Ran Kornowski of the Rabin Medical Center in Petach-Tikva, Israel, detailed how AI is transforming clinical practice and research in interventional cardiology.
In his Sunday morning session...
04/02/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Polidocanol Ablation in Midventricular Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Novel Approach and Early Outcomes
04/01/2025
Limited data exist regarding polidocanol use for septal ablation, particularly in the context of midventricular obstruction (MVO) . This study presents the first reported use of polidocanol for septal ablation in patients with MVO.
Limited data exist regarding polidocanol use for septal ablation, particularly in the context of midventricular obstruction (MVO) . This study presents the first reported use of polidocanol for septal ablation in patients with MVO.
Limited data exist regarding...
04/01/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Heart Rate Variability of Interventional Cardiology Fellows and Attendings and Changes Over Time
04/01/2025
The study examined the stress levels of interventional cardiology (IC) fellows and attendings using both objective (heart rate variability) and subjective (State Trait Anxiety Inventory) metrics across the IC fellowship.
The study examined the stress levels of interventional cardiology (IC) fellows and attendings using both objective (heart rate variability) and subjective (State Trait Anxiety Inventory) metrics across the IC fellowship.
The study examined the stress...
04/01/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Intravascular Imaging
ECLIPSE Trial: Intravascular Imaging Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Stenting Procedures in Patients with High-Risk Calcified CAD
03/31/2025
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Aortic Stenosis
New Data Confirm Rapid, Unpredictable Progression of Severe Aortic Stenosis and Need for Urgent Referral and Evaluation of Patients
03/31/2025
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CAD in Women
New Intermountain Health Study Finds Gap Between Heart Disease Outcomes in Men and Women Has Narrowed Over Past 20 Years  
03/31/2025
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
AI
HeartFocus Clinical Trial Proves AI Can Empower Novices to Deliver Diagnostic-Quality Cardiac Ultrasounds
03/31/2025
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
plaque analysis
CONFIRM2 Registry: Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Cleerly's AI-QCT for Women’s Cardiovascular Risk at ACC.25
03/31/2025
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Statins
CorCal Outcomes Study: Who Needs a Statin? Intermountain Study Compares Prescribing Recommendations Based on Traditional Risk Factors vs. Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
03/31/2025
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest

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