Volume 18 - Issue 3 - March, 2006
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Alejandro R. Peirone, MD; Ana Spillman, MD; Carlos A.C. Pedra, MD
Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae, or malformations (PAVMs), are congenital or (rarely) acquired abnormal vascular connections between a pulmonary artery and a pulmonary vein. The fistula itself is typically a thin-walled aneurysmal vascular...
Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae, or malformations (PAVMs), are congenital or (rarely) acquired abnormal vascular connections between a pulmonary artery and a pulmonary vein. The fistula itself is typically a thin-walled aneurysmal vascular...
Pulmonary arteriovenous...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
IAGS (International Andreas Gruentzig Society) Proceedings
08/01/2008
Kirk N. Garrett; Alex Martin; Marcia Schallehn; Matthew Jenusaitis; Matthew Pollman; Brian Firth, MD, PhD, MBA; Jamey Jacobs
Brian Firth (Cordis Corporation): As you all probably know, Cordis, in its entirety, is a cardiovascular device company, and now a combination drug/device company. There are four major divisions: 1) Cordis Cardiology, 2) Cordis Endovascular,...
Brian Firth (Cordis Corporation): As you all probably know, Cordis, in its entirety, is a cardiovascular device company, and now a combination drug/device company. There are four major divisions: 1) Cordis Cardiology, 2) Cordis Endovascular,...
Brian Firth (Cordis...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Masato Nakamura, MD; Masanori Shiba, MD; Masamichi Wada, MD
Stenting has reduced restenosis and the need for repeat intervention following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 However, lesions at the coronary bifurcation still present a challenge to the interventional cardiologist.2 To overcome...
Stenting has reduced restenosis and the need for repeat intervention following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).1 However, lesions at the coronary bifurcation still present a challenge to the interventional cardiologist.2 To overcome...
Stenting has reduced restenosis...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mathew Tilem, MD; David E. Gossman, MD; Akio Kawamura, MD
Stroke is a relatively rare but catastrophic complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is the cause of substantial morbidity and mortality rates. The incidence of stroke after PCI is reported to be 0.3 to 0.5%, which has...
Stroke is a relatively rare but catastrophic complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and is the cause of substantial morbidity and mortality rates. The incidence of stroke after PCI is reported to be 0.3 to 0.5%, which has...
Stroke is a relatively rare but...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Eric Brochet, MD; Jean-Michel Juliard, MD; Pierre C. Aubry, MD
Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is a treatment option for secondary prevention in patients with paradoxical embolism. Several procedural and postprocedural complications have been reported with the use of transcatheter...
Percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is a treatment option for secondary prevention in patients with paradoxical embolism. Several procedural and postprocedural complications have been reported with the use of transcatheter...
Percutaneous patent foramen...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Buddhadeb Dawn, MD; Aaron Satran, MD; Massoud A. Leesar, MD, FACC
An ostial left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis is usually associated with underlying atherosclerotic disease. Uncommon nonatherosclerosis causes include congenital anomalies such as congenital atresia and hypoplasia of the LMCA, which...
An ostial left main coronary artery (LMCA) stenosis is usually associated with underlying atherosclerotic disease. Uncommon nonatherosclerosis causes include congenital anomalies such as congenital atresia and hypoplasia of the LMCA, which...
An ostial left main coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Vito Paolillo, MD; Innocenzo Scrocca, MD; Stefania Luceri, MD; Mauro De Benedictis, MD
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction and sudden death. It typically occurs in healthy women during the peripartum period or in the presence of connective tissue disorders.1–4 Although...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction and sudden death. It typically occurs in healthy women during the peripartum period or in the presence of connective tissue disorders.1–4 Although...
Spontaneous coronary artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Bernhard Meier, MD, FACC, FESC; Rolf Vogel, MD, PhD
The medical history of a 59-year-old male, summarized by a selected frame of his most recent angiogram of the heart in a left anterior oblique projection (Figure 1), illustrates the contemporary device armamentarium to fight cardiac disease....
The medical history of a 59-year-old male, summarized by a selected frame of his most recent angiogram of the heart in a left anterior oblique projection (Figure 1), illustrates the contemporary device armamentarium to fight cardiac disease....
The medical history of a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
John T. Coppola, MD, FACC, FSCAI; John Liuzzo, MD, PhD; Yong T. Shin, MD; Christopher Choi, MD; Sanjaykumar Patel, MD; Robert Braff, MD
Cardiogenic shock complicates 7% of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) in patients presenting to hospitals, with a concomitant mortality rate of 70%.1 In the age of reperfusion therapy, significant improvement in reducing this adverse outcome...
Cardiogenic shock complicates 7% of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) in patients presenting to hospitals, with a concomitant mortality rate of 70%.1 In the age of reperfusion therapy, significant improvement in reducing this adverse outcome...
Cardiogenic shock complicates 7%...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Takeshi Yamamoto; Koji Kato, MD; Naoki Sato, MD; Yasuo Miyagi, MD; Keiji Tanaka, MD; Teruo Takano, MD
The Angio-Seal™ Hemostatic Puncture Closure Device (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, Minnesota) uses a biodegradable anchor and resorbable collagen plug to achieve local hemostasis after cardiac catheterization with up to 8 Fr arterial sheaths....
The Angio-Seal™ Hemostatic Puncture Closure Device (St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, Minnesota) uses a biodegradable anchor and resorbable collagen plug to achieve local hemostasis after cardiac catheterization with up to 8 Fr arterial sheaths....
The Angio-Seal™ Hemostatic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
