Volume 19 - Issue 12 - December, 2007
Feature
Case Report
09/07/2009
ABSTRACT: The marked reduction of in-stent restenosis of drug-eluting stents (DES) has dramatically affected modern interventional therapy for coronary artery disease. The promises of this potential panacea, however, have been recently...
ABSTRACT: The marked reduction of in-stent restenosis of drug-eluting stents (DES) has dramatically affected modern interventional therapy for coronary artery disease. The promises of this potential panacea, however, have been recently...
ABSTRACT: The marked reduction...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/07/2009
ABSTRACT: Left ventricular apical ballooning is an increasingly reported phenomenon with an onset that is usually triggered by severe and often acute emotional incidents. We report a rare case of acute left ventricular apical ballooning...
ABSTRACT: Left ventricular apical ballooning is an increasingly reported phenomenon with an onset that is usually triggered by severe and often acute emotional incidents. We report a rare case of acute left ventricular apical ballooning...
ABSTRACT: Left ventricular...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/07/2009
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2007;19:E375–E377
Angina is a common symptom among patients with primary and secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension and has commonly been attributed to right ventricular (RV) ischemia due to RV dilatation and...
J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2007;19:E375–E377
Angina is a common symptom among patients with primary and secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension and has commonly been attributed to right ventricular (RV) ischemia due to RV dilatation and...
J INVASIVE CARDIOL...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/07/2009
ABSTRACT: Current guidelines recommend implantation of permanent pacemakers for advanced atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction (MI) when the block is present beyond the usual hospital course. In patients with...
ABSTRACT: Current guidelines recommend implantation of permanent pacemakers for advanced atrioventricular block complicating acute myocardial infarction (MI) when the block is present beyond the usual hospital course. In patients with...
ABSTRACT: Current guidelines...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/07/2009
ABSTRACT: Complications of percutaneous coronary intervention include in-stent restenosis (ISR) and in-stent thrombosis (IST) which have different underlying pathophysiological processes and different treatment strategies. ISR is primarily...
ABSTRACT: Complications of percutaneous coronary intervention include in-stent restenosis (ISR) and in-stent thrombosis (IST) which have different underlying pathophysiological processes and different treatment strategies. ISR is primarily...
ABSTRACT: Complications of...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/07/2009
ABSTRACT: Systemic complications of native-valve endocarditis include embolism, abscess formation and development of mycotic aneurysms. To date, only two cases of mycotic coronary aneurysm (MCA) detected by transesophageal echocardiography...
ABSTRACT: Systemic complications of native-valve endocarditis include embolism, abscess formation and development of mycotic aneurysms. To date, only two cases of mycotic coronary aneurysm (MCA) detected by transesophageal echocardiography...
ABSTRACT: Systemic complications...
09/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/06/2009
ABSTRACT: The inability to cross tortuous, calcified or previously stented segments with an angioplasty balloon or coronary stent remains one of the frequent causes of the procedural failure. Numerous techniques have been developed to...
ABSTRACT: The inability to cross tortuous, calcified or previously stented segments with an angioplasty balloon or coronary stent remains one of the frequent causes of the procedural failure. Numerous techniques have been developed to...
ABSTRACT: The inability to cross...
09/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/06/2009
ABSTRACT: Calcified lesions are a cause of stent underexpansion which significantly increases the subsequent risks of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis, even when drug-eluting stents are used. In this report, we describe a novel balloon...
ABSTRACT: Calcified lesions are a cause of stent underexpansion which significantly increases the subsequent risks of in-stent restenosis and thrombosis, even when drug-eluting stents are used. In this report, we describe a novel balloon...
ABSTRACT: Calcified lesions are...
09/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
09/06/2009
ABSTRACT: Stent underexpansion is a catastrophic complication of stent implantation that can usually be treated with high-pressure balloon dilatation. We report a case of emergency, unprotected distal left main coronary artery stenting, in...
ABSTRACT: Stent underexpansion is a catastrophic complication of stent implantation that can usually be treated with high-pressure balloon dilatation. We report a case of emergency, unprotected distal left main coronary artery stenting, in...
ABSTRACT: Stent underexpansion...
09/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
09/05/2009
ABSTRACT: Background. Stents are used to treat the first and even successive episodes of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Methods. In 18 patients (19 lesions), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was performed after placement of a stent for a...
ABSTRACT: Background. Stents are used to treat the first and even successive episodes of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Methods. In 18 patients (19 lesions), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was performed after placement of a stent for a...
ABSTRACT: Background. Stents are...
09/05/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
