Volume 17 - Issue 11 - November, 2005
Feature
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
A 42-year-old man presented with heavy chest pain of four hours’ duration. Physical examination was unremarkable. The ECG showed an acute septoapical infarction. Nitroglycerin, aspirin, clopidogrel and heparin were administered, and an...
A 42-year-old man presented with heavy chest pain of four hours’ duration. Physical examination was unremarkable. The ECG showed an acute septoapical infarction. Nitroglycerin, aspirin, clopidogrel and heparin were administered, and an...
A 42-year-old man presented with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare event in pre-menopausal women, with only 0.7% of the total number of AMIs appearing in young women.1 The incidence of AMI in the Framingham study for women 35 to 44 years of age was 5.2 cases per...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a rare event in pre-menopausal women, with only 0.7% of the total number of AMIs appearing in young women.1 The incidence of AMI in the Framingham study for women 35 to 44 years of age was 5.2 cases per...
Acute myocardial infarction...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Symptomatic aortic stenosis can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality.1 Accurate assessment of the severity is important both to determine the association of symptoms with aortic stenosis and for optimal timing of surgical...
Symptomatic aortic stenosis can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality.1 Accurate assessment of the severity is important both to determine the association of symptoms with aortic stenosis and for optimal timing of surgical...
Symptomatic aortic stenosis can...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
The Cutting Balloon® (CB) (Interventional Technologies, Letterkerry, Ireland) employs three to four longitudinally mounted microblades that produce clean incisions into plaque or neointima, enhancing lesion dilatation.1 Its use has been...
The Cutting Balloon® (CB) (Interventional Technologies, Letterkerry, Ireland) employs three to four longitudinally mounted microblades that produce clean incisions into plaque or neointima, enhancing lesion dilatation.1 Its use has been...
The Cutting Balloon® (CB)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Anomalous coronary arteries arising from the opposite sinus of Valsalva (ACAOS) are a rare anomaly associated with increased mortality, particularly when the right coronary artery (RCA) courses between the aorta and pulmonary trunk.1–4 An...
Anomalous coronary arteries arising from the opposite sinus of Valsalva (ACAOS) are a rare anomaly associated with increased mortality, particularly when the right coronary artery (RCA) courses between the aorta and pulmonary trunk.1–4 An...
Anomalous coronary arteries...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Rotational atherectomy remains a valuable tool with specific niche indications in the percutaneous interventional management of obstructive coronary disease.1 Recent studies suggest that plaque modification of severely calcified coronary...
Rotational atherectomy remains a valuable tool with specific niche indications in the percutaneous interventional management of obstructive coronary disease.1 Recent studies suggest that plaque modification of severely calcified coronary...
Rotational atherectomy remains a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Congenital coronary anomalies are asymptomatic and usually go unrecognized until the time of sudden cardiac death, especially in young athletes participating in competitive sports.1 The incidence of anomalous origin of coronary arteries...
Congenital coronary anomalies are asymptomatic and usually go unrecognized until the time of sudden cardiac death, especially in young athletes participating in competitive sports.1 The incidence of anomalous origin of coronary arteries...
Congenital coronary anomalies...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
The recurrence of coronary in-stent restenosis has been significantly reduced by brachytherapy.1–3 Patients treated with brachytherapy are characterized by poor outcomes in concomitant stent deployment, mainly because of late vessel...
The recurrence of coronary in-stent restenosis has been significantly reduced by brachytherapy.1–3 Patients treated with brachytherapy are characterized by poor outcomes in concomitant stent deployment, mainly because of late vessel...
The recurrence of coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Coronary artery perforation (CP) is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). CP has historically been reported to occur in 0.1–3.0% of PCI procedures.1–5 Although CP can be caused by...
Coronary artery perforation (CP) is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). CP has historically been reported to occur in 0.1–3.0% of PCI procedures.1–5 Although CP can be caused by...
Coronary artery perforation (CP)...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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The Fontan operation was first described for management of univentricular heart disease in 1971. Since it was first described, there have been several modifications to the original operation.1 In 1988, de Laval2 first proposed the concept of...
The Fontan operation was first described for management of univentricular heart disease in 1971. Since it was first described, there have been several modifications to the original operation.1 In 1988, de Laval2 first proposed the concept of...
The Fontan operation was first...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
