Volume 18 - Issue 4 - April, 2006
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ugo Limbruno, MD, Alberto Genovesi Ebert, MD, Michele Galli, MD
Ugo Limbruno, MD, Alberto Genovesi E...
Recently, a number of clinical studies demonstrated that distal embolization occurs routinely during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) — not only on saphenous vein grafts, but also on native coronary arteries.1–9 During primary PCI,...
Recently, a number of clinical studies demonstrated that distal embolization occurs routinely during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) — not only on saphenous vein grafts, but also on native coronary arteries.1–9 During primary PCI,...
Recently, a number of clinical...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Leonardo Varotto, MD, Luigi La Vecchia, MD, Alessandro Fontanelli, MD
Leonardo Varotto, MD, Luigi La Vecch...
Accelerated allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients occurs commonly five or more years after transplantation and limits patient survival.1,2
Unlike native atherosclerosis, this peculiar vasculopathy has a diffuse pattern of...
Accelerated allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients occurs commonly five or more years after transplantation and limits patient survival.1,2
Unlike native atherosclerosis, this peculiar vasculopathy has a diffuse pattern of...
Accelerated allograft...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Micha F. Dorsch, MD, Peter H. Seidelin, MD, *Daniel J. Blackman, MD
*Micha F. Dorsch, MD, Peter H. Seide...
Percutaneous coronary intervention has revolutionized the management of coronary artery disease since its inception in 1977. Initial problems with acute vessel closure were largely solved with the advent of stenting.1 Recurrent stenosis...
Percutaneous coronary intervention has revolutionized the management of coronary artery disease since its inception in 1977. Initial problems with acute vessel closure were largely solved with the advent of stenting.1 Recurrent stenosis...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ripen K. Gupta, MD, Rakesh Sapra, MD, Upendra Kaul, MD
Ripen K. Gupta, MD, Rakesh Sapra, MD...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered in a new era in interventional cardiology with the availability of sirolimus-eluting Cypher™ (Cordis Corp., Miami, Florida) and paclitaxel-eluting Taxus® (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) stents...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered in a new era in interventional cardiology with the availability of sirolimus-eluting Cypher™ (Cordis Corp., Miami, Florida) and paclitaxel-eluting Taxus® (Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts) stents...
Drug-eluting stents have ushered...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Aamer H. Jamali, MD, Michael S. Lee, MD, Raj R. Makkar, MD
Aamer H. Jamali, MD, Michael S. Lee,...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As an increasing number of complex PCI procedures are undertaken with aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet...
Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). As an increasing number of complex PCI procedures are undertaken with aggressive anticoagulation and antiplatelet...
Coronary perforation is a rare...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM, Ajay Jagannath Swamy, MD, Anil Grover, DM
Rajesh Vijayvergiya, DM, Ajay Jagann...
The use of a second 0.014 inch coronary guidewire, along with the one being used to advance balloons or stents inside the coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), sometimes helps to address complex lesions — a method...
The use of a second 0.014 inch coronary guidewire, along with the one being used to advance balloons or stents inside the coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), sometimes helps to address complex lesions — a method...
The use of a second 0.014 inch...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
John Macdonald, MD, Manivannan Srinivasan, MD, Ranjit More, MD
John Macdonald, MD, Manivannan Srini...
Case Example. A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of dull, retrosternal chest pain that had lasted for 2 hours at rest. Over the previous 2 months, he had experienced exertional chest pain episodes that were increasing...
Case Example. A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital complaining of dull, retrosternal chest pain that had lasted for 2 hours at rest. Over the previous 2 months, he had experienced exertional chest pain episodes that were increasing...
Case Example. A 56-year-old man...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Mostafa Dastani, MD, Vahid Jorat, MD, Bernhard Meier, MD
Mostafa Dastani, MD, Vahid Jorat, MD...
An 84-year-old man underwent percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for repeated attacks of ischemic strokes with unknown origin. The transesophageal echocardiogram performed prior to the intervention showed a small fibrous...
An 84-year-old man underwent percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure for repeated attacks of ischemic strokes with unknown origin. The transesophageal echocardiogram performed prior to the intervention showed a small fibrous...
An 84-year-old man underwent...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Bonnie Ky, MD, Margaret Kasner, MD, Joseph R. Carver, MD
Bonnie Ky, MD, Margaret Kasner, MD, J...
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is one of the more common inherited bleeding disorders, with an incidence of up to 1% in the general population.1–3 Along the clinical spectrum are patients without any bleeding manifestations who are incidentally...
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is one of the more common inherited bleeding disorders, with an incidence of up to 1% in the general population.1–3 Along the clinical spectrum are patients without any bleeding manifestations who are incidentally...
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
08/01/2008
Edward J. Yoon, MD, Ernest Haeusslein, MD, Bruce Brent, MD
Edward J. Yoon, MD, Ernest Haeusslei...
Case Report. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department complaining of acute onset of precordial pain radiating to the left arm and neck. He denied any recent symptoms of exertional or nonexertional chest pain. The patient had...
Case Report. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department complaining of acute onset of precordial pain radiating to the left arm and neck. He denied any recent symptoms of exertional or nonexertional chest pain. The patient had...
Case Report. A 60-year-old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
