Volume 18 - Issue 2 - February, 2006
Feature
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
S. Harikrishnan, MD, Anil Bhat, MD, Jaganmohan Tharakan, MD, Thomas Titus, MD, Ajith Kumar, MD, S. Sivasankaran, MD, K.M. Krishnamoorthy, MD
S. Harikrishnan, MD, Anil Bhat, MD, J...
Percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy (PTMC) has been established as an effective treatment for mitral stenosis (MS) and is now the procedure of choice.1–6 Of the procedures available to treat mitral stenosis, percutaneous valvotomy using...
Percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy (PTMC) has been established as an effective treatment for mitral stenosis (MS) and is now the procedure of choice.1–6 Of the procedures available to treat mitral stenosis, percutaneous valvotomy using...
Percutaneous transmitral...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Luis Gruberg, MD, Mahmoud Suleiman, MD, Michael Kapeliovich, MD, Haim Hammerman, MD, Ehud Grenadier, MD, Monther Boulus, MD, Shlomo Amikam, MD, Walter Markiewicz, MD, Rafael Beyar, MD
Luis Gruberg, MD, Mahmoud Suleiman, M...
Fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, even with the most efficient regimens available, is fraught with a substantial proportion of failures to re-establish normal blood flow in the occluded vessel.1,2 Failure to achieve prompt...
Fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, even with the most efficient regimens available, is fraught with a substantial proportion of failures to re-establish normal blood flow in the occluded vessel.1,2 Failure to achieve prompt...
Fibrinolytic therapy for acute...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
Ashish Awasthi, MD, Yassar Almanaseer, MD, Thomas LaLonde, MD, Thomas Davis, MD
Ashish Awasthi, MD, Yassar Almanaseer...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is commonly found in association with coronary artery disease (CAD) and is also considered a marker for CAD.1,2 There has been an increase in the treatment options for PAD with an increasing number of...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is commonly found in association with coronary artery disease (CAD) and is also considered a marker for CAD.1,2 There has been an increase in the treatment options for PAD with an increasing number of...
Peripheral artery disease (PAD)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Srihari S. Naidu, MD and Shing-Chiu Wong, MD
Srihari S. Naidu, MD and Shing-Chiu W...
Case Description. A 69-year-old female with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with a 2-month history of worsening exertional angina. Nuclear perfusion imaging indicated ischemia in the inferior and inferoposterior walls, with...
Case Description. A 69-year-old female with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with a 2-month history of worsening exertional angina. Nuclear perfusion imaging indicated ischemia in the inferior and inferoposterior walls, with...
Case Description. A 69-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Adrian F. Low, MD, Eugene Pomerantsev, MD, Margaret Ferrell, MD
Adrian F. Low, MD, Eugene Pomerantsev...
Case Presentation. A 59-year-old male was admitted for accelerated angina. Serial ECGs and cardiac enzymes ruled out a myocardial infarction. He had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting 4 years before, as well as coronary stenting of an...
Case Presentation. A 59-year-old male was admitted for accelerated angina. Serial ECGs and cardiac enzymes ruled out a myocardial infarction. He had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting 4 years before, as well as coronary stenting of an...
Case Presentation. A 59-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
John J. Young, MD and Dean J. Kereiakes, MD
John J. Young, MD and Dean J. Kereiak...
The treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) continues to evolve due to the adoption of antiplatelet and anticoagulation regimens in combination with pharmacologic (fibrinolysis) and/or mechanical reperfusion. Rapid,...
The treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) continues to evolve due to the adoption of antiplatelet and anticoagulation regimens in combination with pharmacologic (fibrinolysis) and/or mechanical reperfusion. Rapid,...
The treatment of ST-segment...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
The percutaneous treatment of bifurcation lesions remains suboptimal. A frequent problem, accounting for 10–20% of coronary lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the bifurcation is plagued by acute technical challenges,...
The percutaneous treatment of bifurcation lesions remains suboptimal. A frequent problem, accounting for 10–20% of coronary lesions undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the bifurcation is plagued by acute technical challenges,...
The percutaneous treatment of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Kursad Tokel, MD, Selman Vefa Yildirim, MD, Birgul Varan, MD, Enver Ekici, MD
Kursad Tokel, MD, Selman Vefa Yildiri...
Combined aortic valvular stenosis (AVS) and coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is uncommon.3–5 This combination was detected in 7% of a large group of children with CoA who underwent balloon angioplasty.2 The long-term results of percutaneous...
Combined aortic valvular stenosis (AVS) and coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is uncommon.3–5 This combination was detected in 7% of a large group of children with CoA who underwent balloon angioplasty.2 The long-term results of percutaneous...
Combined aortic valvular...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Coronary stenting has become the default device in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). Coronary stents are used as a mechanical means to overcome the major limitations of balloon angioplasty with enabling scaffolding and the...
Coronary stenting has become the default device in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). Coronary stents are used as a mechanical means to overcome the major limitations of balloon angioplasty with enabling scaffolding and the...
Coronary stenting has become the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial
08/01/2008
Roberto Baglini, MD, PhD, Duccio Baldari, MD, Giuseppe Mezzapelle, MD
Roberto Baglini, MD, PhD, Duccio Bald...
The Wikipedia term “crush” refers to a short-lived and unrequited love or limerence (“to crush on”). The primary characteristics of limerence can be summarized as intrusive, perhaps obsessive thinking about the limerent object and acute...
The Wikipedia term “crush” refers to a short-lived and unrequited love or limerence (“to crush on”). The primary characteristics of limerence can be summarized as intrusive, perhaps obsessive thinking about the limerent object and acute...
The Wikipedia term “crush”...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
