Volume 18 - Issue 6 - June, 2006
Feature
Review
08/01/2008
The elderly patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) poses unique challenges in clinical management. The basic problem is that there are insufficient data from dedicated clinical trials to provide a framework for decision making. Clinical...
The elderly patient with coronary artery disease (CAD) poses unique challenges in clinical management. The basic problem is that there are insufficient data from dedicated clinical trials to provide a framework for decision making. Clinical...
The elderly patient with...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Continued (Part II of II)
Cardiogenic Shock
Although several registries suggest that elderly patients who present with cardiogenic shock have a significant improvement in survival with PCI, neither the SHOCK trial nor the Northern New...
Continued (Part II of II)
Cardiogenic Shock
Although several registries suggest that elderly patients who present with cardiogenic shock have a significant improvement in survival with PCI, neither the SHOCK trial nor the Northern New...
Continued (Part II of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Abdul Rashid, MD, George Dale, MD, Thomas Hennebry, MD
Abdul Rashid, MD, George Dale, MD, ...
Diagnostic coronary angiography in the current era is a remarkably safe procedure, yet major complications do occur. Many of these complications are related to vascular access. Although discomfort at the site of access is frequent and minor...
Diagnostic coronary angiography in the current era is a remarkably safe procedure, yet major complications do occur. Many of these complications are related to vascular access. Although discomfort at the site of access is frequent and minor...
Diagnostic coronary angiography...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Andre C. Olivier, MD and Jay L. Hollman, MD
Andre C. Olivier, MD and Jay L. Hollm...
Recent case reports of late stent thrombosis following the discontinuation of aspirin have raised the concern that drug-eluting stents might be more prone to this complication. McFadden et al reported on 4 patients, 2 who received a...
Recent case reports of late stent thrombosis following the discontinuation of aspirin have raised the concern that drug-eluting stents might be more prone to this complication. McFadden et al reported on 4 patients, 2 who received a...
Recent case reports of late...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Abdul Rashid, MD, George Dale, MD, Thomas Hennebry, MD
Abdul Rashid, MD, George Dale, MD, ...
Diagnostic coronary angiography in the current era is a remarkably safe procedure, yet major complications do occur. Many of these complications are related to vascular access. Although discomfort at the site of access is frequent and minor...
Diagnostic coronary angiography in the current era is a remarkably safe procedure, yet major complications do occur. Many of these complications are related to vascular access. Although discomfort at the site of access is frequent and minor...
Diagnostic coronary angiography...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Ashish Pershad, MD, David Hoelzinger, MD, *Shirish Patel, MD
Ashish Pershad, MD, David Hoelzinger,...
The aim in the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction is the early restoration of TIMI 3 blood flow in the infarct related artery.1 Primary angioplasty during an acute myocardial infarction achieves this objective but is associated...
The aim in the treatment of patients with myocardial infarction is the early restoration of TIMI 3 blood flow in the infarct related artery.1 Primary angioplasty during an acute myocardial infarction achieves this objective but is associated...
The aim in the treatment of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Angel Sanchez-Recalde, MD, Luis Calvo Orbe, MD, Guillermo Galeote, MD
Angel Sanchez-Recalde, MD, Luis Calvo...
Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction is associated with high mortality.1,2 Early recognition and coronary revascularization are crucial to improve its poor prognosis. Successful early reperfusion of the infarct-related...
Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction is associated with high mortality.1,2 Early recognition and coronary revascularization are crucial to improve its poor prognosis. Successful early reperfusion of the infarct-related...
Cardiogenic shock complicating...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Timothy Mixon, MD and Patrick Fitzsimmons, MD
Timothy Mixon, MD and Patrick Fitzsim...
Left main coronary artery stenosis occurs in 3–5% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Percutaneous treatment has been limited by major adverse cardiovascular events during the follow-up period. Studies suggest bare metal stents have...
Left main coronary artery stenosis occurs in 3–5% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Percutaneous treatment has been limited by major adverse cardiovascular events during the follow-up period. Studies suggest bare metal stents have...
Left main coronary artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Eisei Yamamoto, MD, Hitoshi Takano, MD, Morimasa Takayama, MD
Eisei Yamamoto, MD, Hitoshi Takano, ...
Exposure to contrast media occasionally induces acute renal disturbance, often called contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).1–3 Although the impairment is transient and function spontaneously recovers in most cases, irreversible damage occurs in...
Exposure to contrast media occasionally induces acute renal disturbance, often called contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).1–3 Although the impairment is transient and function spontaneously recovers in most cases, irreversible damage occurs in...
Exposure to contrast media...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
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Dear Readers,
The first of our feature articles in the June issue is from Pierfrancesco Agostoni and colleagues of the University Verona and AZ Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium and assesses the safety of percutaneous left heart...
Dear Readers,
The first of our feature articles in the June issue is from Pierfrancesco Agostoni and colleagues of the University Verona and AZ Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium and assesses the safety of percutaneous left heart...
Dear Readers,
The first of our...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
