Volume 18 - Issue 9 - September, 2006
Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Is There a Need for a Technology that Will Promote
Positive Remodeling and Mild Plaque Increase?
“Favorable vessel remodeling observed in this study is consistent with the result of the previous gamma radiation study noted above,1 as well...
Is There a Need for a Technology that Will Promote
Positive Remodeling and Mild Plaque Increase?
“Favorable vessel remodeling observed in this study is consistent with the result of the previous gamma radiation study noted above,1 as well...
Is There a Need for a Technology...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jayanth R. Arnold, MD, William J. van Gaal III, MBBS, Adrian P. Banning, MD
Jayanth R. Arnold, MD, William J. van...
Compared with bare metal stents (BMS), drug-eluting stents (DES) significantly reduce the risk of restenosis and the subsequent need for revascularization.1 Stent thrombosis remains a serious complication with either BMS or DES, with an...
Compared with bare metal stents (BMS), drug-eluting stents (DES) significantly reduce the risk of restenosis and the subsequent need for revascularization.1 Stent thrombosis remains a serious complication with either BMS or DES, with an...
Compared with bare metal stents...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Roque B. Arteaga, MD, Jonathan Tronolone, MD, Mahendra Mandawat, MD
Roque B. Arteaga, MD, Jonathan Tronol...
Coronary arteries originating from a single coronary ostium (CO) in the aorta, in the absence of congenital heart disease (CHD), are rare.1 In several large series, the incidence ranged from 0.024% to 0.066%.2–4 In 1979, Lipton et al proposed...
Coronary arteries originating from a single coronary ostium (CO) in the aorta, in the absence of congenital heart disease (CHD), are rare.1 In several large series, the incidence ranged from 0.024% to 0.066%.2–4 In 1979, Lipton et al proposed...
Coronary arteries originating...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
*Sunil V. Rao, MD, Emily Honeycutt, MD, David Kandzari, MD
*Sunil V. Rao, MD, Emily Honeycutt, ...
Treatment with drug-eluting stents (DES) has revolutionized percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) due to their substantial efficacy in reducing restenosis and the need for repeat revascularization procedures. Despite this benefit, the...
Treatment with drug-eluting stents (DES) has revolutionized percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) due to their substantial efficacy in reducing restenosis and the need for repeat revascularization procedures. Despite this benefit, the...
Treatment with drug-eluting...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
David E. Kandzari, MD, Robert H. Tuttle, MSPH, James P. Zidar, MD, James G. Jollis,
David E. Kandzari, MD, Robert H. Tut...
Randomized clinical trials evaluating coronary stents versus balloon angioplasty have demonstrated marked improvements in the short- and long-term safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by reducing restenosis and the...
Randomized clinical trials evaluating coronary stents versus balloon angioplasty have demonstrated marked improvements in the short- and long-term safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by reducing restenosis and the...
Randomized clinical trials...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Pranab Das, MD, *David J. Moliterno, MD, Richard Charnigo, MD, Debabrata Mukherjee, MD,
Steven R. Steinhubl, MD, J. Darrell Sneed, MD, David C. Booth, MD, Khaled M. Ziada, MD
Pranab Das, MD, *David J. Moliterno,...
Several randomized trials have demonstrated the efficacy of drug-eluting stents (DES) in reducing restenosis and the need for target vessel revascularization (TVR) in comparison to bare metal stents (BMS).1-3 Patient and lesion subsets...
Several randomized trials have demonstrated the efficacy of drug-eluting stents (DES) in reducing restenosis and the need for target vessel revascularization (TVR) in comparison to bare metal stents (BMS).1-3 Patient and lesion subsets...
Several randomized trials have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Rajpal K. Abhaichand, MD, K.A. Sambasivam, MD, P.R. Vydianathan, MD, P. Raveendran, MD,
M. Saigopalan, MD, Sundar Gomathi, *Mathew Anil, MD
Rajpal K. Abhaichand, MD, K.A. Samba...
The percutaneous radial artery approach for coronary angiography (CAG) was first reported in 1989–19991 and subsequently transradial coronary angioplasty was reported in 1995 by Kiemeneij et al.2 The advantages of the radial artery approach...
The percutaneous radial artery approach for coronary angiography (CAG) was first reported in 1989–19991 and subsequently transradial coronary angioplasty was reported in 1995 by Kiemeneij et al.2 The advantages of the radial artery approach...
The percutaneous radial artery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Shahid Aziz, MRCP and David Ramsdale, MD, FRCP
Shahid Aziz, MRCP and David Ramsdale,...
Ideally, cardiologists would like a stent that is easy to deliver, causes no acute thrombosis, provides insignificant late loss due to intimal hyperplasia and offers no risk of late thrombosis should antiplatelet therapy have to be withdrawn....
Ideally, cardiologists would like a stent that is easy to deliver, causes no acute thrombosis, provides insignificant late loss due to intimal hyperplasia and offers no risk of late thrombosis should antiplatelet therapy have to be withdrawn....
Ideally, cardiologists would...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Anthony A. Bavry, MD, MPH and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
Anthony A. Bavry, MD, MPH and Deepak ...
Urgent coronary reperfusion unequivocally saves lives in the setting of acute coronary syndromes, however for most patients, the goal of percutaneous coronary intervention remains the control of anginal symptoms.1,2 As a standalone procedure,...
Urgent coronary reperfusion unequivocally saves lives in the setting of acute coronary syndromes, however for most patients, the goal of percutaneous coronary intervention remains the control of anginal symptoms.1,2 As a standalone procedure,...
Urgent coronary reperfusion...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
08/01/2008
Luis Gruberg, MD and Rafael Beyar, MD, DSc
Luis Gruberg, MD and Rafael Beyar, MD...
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death at all stages of chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis (ESRD) in adults; it accounts for almost 50% of the mortality of these patients, with an annual mortality...
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death at all stages of chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis (ESRD) in adults; it accounts for almost 50% of the mortality of these patients, with an annual mortality...
Cardiovascular disease is the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
