Volume 18 - Issue 3 - March, 2006
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Pierre C. Aubry, MD, Jean-Michel Juliard, MD, Eric Brochet, MD
Pierre C. Aubry, MD, Jean-Michel Juli...
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
Aaron Satran, MD, Buddhadeb Dawn, MD, Massoud A. Leesar, MD
Aaron Satran, MD, Buddhadeb Dawn, MD...
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
08/01/2008
Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) undergoing percutaneous peripheral interventions (PPI) are at high risk for thrombotic complications. Though not approved for use in PPI, heparin is the most commonly used anticoagulant, despite...
Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) undergoing percutaneous peripheral interventions (PPI) are at high risk for thrombotic complications. Though not approved for use in PPI, heparin is the most commonly used anticoagulant, despite...
Patients with peripheral artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
1Eberhard Grube, MD, 2Gabor Sütsch, MD, 1Victor Y. Lim, MD, 1Lutz Buellesfeld, MD, 3Ioannis Iakovou, MD, 3Giancarlo Vitrella, MD, 3Antonio Colombo, MD
1Eberhard Grube, MD, 2Gabor Sütsch, ...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains one of the more difficult technical challenges for interventional cardiologists, despite the progress made in the field of PCI in the past decade. CTOs (found...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains one of the more difficult technical challenges for interventional cardiologists, despite the progress made in the field of PCI in the past decade. CTOs (found...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Biswajit Kar, MD, Matthew Forrester, BS, Courtney Gemmato, BS, Andrew Civitello, MD, Pranav Loyalka, MD, Timothy Myers, BS, Reynolds Delgado, MD
Biswajit Kar, MD, Matthew Forrester, ...
Although coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the preferred treatment for disease in an unprotected left main coronary artery or left main equivalent, patients with serious comorbid conditions may be unsuitable for surgical intervention....
Although coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is the preferred treatment for disease in an unprotected left main coronary artery or left main equivalent, patients with serious comorbid conditions may be unsuitable for surgical intervention....
Although coronary artery bypass...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Scott Gall, MD, *Aamir Tarique, MD, Arun Natarajan, MD, Azfar Zaman, MD
Scott Gall, MD, *Aamir Tarique, MD, A...
Individual protocols for mobilization after diagnostic cardiac catheterization differ widely between units. Prolonged bed rest increases patient discomfort, limits total numbers of procedures and increases healthcare costs. The current trend...
Individual protocols for mobilization after diagnostic cardiac catheterization differ widely between units. Prolonged bed rest increases patient discomfort, limits total numbers of procedures and increases healthcare costs. The current trend...
Individual protocols for...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
*Salman Ashfaq, MD, Ziyad Ghazzal, MD, John S. Douglas, MD, Douglas C. Morris, MD, Emir Veledar, MD, William S. Weintraub, MD
*Salman Ashfaq, MD, Ziyad Ghazzal, MD...
While an increasing proportion of the grafts used during coronary artery bypass (CABG) procedures are arterial, the majority of grafts implanted at most centers have been and continue to be saphenous vein grafts. On long-term follow up, up to...
While an increasing proportion of the grafts used during coronary artery bypass (CABG) procedures are arterial, the majority of grafts implanted at most centers have been and continue to be saphenous vein grafts. On long-term follow up, up to...
While an increasing proportion...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Yoriyasu Suzuki, MD, Fumiaki Ikeno, MD, Alan C. Yeung, MD
Yoriyasu Suzuki, MD, Fumiaki Ikeno, M...
Recent studies have shown that the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) to deliver antiproliferative agents directly to the vessel wall dramatically reduces the rate of restenosis. However, differences among stent designs, drug delivery vehicles,...
Recent studies have shown that the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) to deliver antiproliferative agents directly to the vessel wall dramatically reduces the rate of restenosis. However, differences among stent designs, drug delivery vehicles,...
Recent studies have shown that...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
James Hopkins, MD and William Weintraub, MD
James Hopkins, MD and William Weintra...
In this issue of the Journal, Biswajit Kar, et al. report their initial experience using the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device (CardiacAssist, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in patients who were undergoing a high-risk...
In this issue of the Journal, Biswajit Kar, et al. report their initial experience using the TandemHeart Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device (CardiacAssist, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in patients who were undergoing a high-risk...
In this issue of the Journal,...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Adnan K. Chhatriwalla MD and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
Adnan K. Chhatriwalla MD and Deepak L...
There has been an impressive decrease in the incidence of vascular complications following cardiac catheterization in recent years;1 however, excess bleeding from the access site, hematoma, arteriovenous fistula and arterial pseudoaneurysm...
There has been an impressive decrease in the incidence of vascular complications following cardiac catheterization in recent years;1 however, excess bleeding from the access site, hematoma, arteriovenous fistula and arterial pseudoaneurysm...
There has been an impressive...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
