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Volume 19 - Issue 12 - December, 2007

Feature

Case Report
09/07/2009
Jack P. Chen, MD From Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. The author has no conflicts to declare, and no grants were received for the preparation of this manuscript. Manuscript submitted May 29, 2007, provisional acceptance given July 19, 2007, manuscript accepted August 24, 2007. Address for correspondence: Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, 5670 Peachtree, Dunwoody Road, #880, Atlanta, GA 30342. E-mail: chenjackapollo@yahoo.com
Jack P. Chen, MD From Saint Joseph‚...
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
Matthew A. Daka, MD, Raffay S. Khan, MD, Eric J. Deppert, MD From the Department of Cardiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York; Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscripts submitted May 14, 2007, provisional acceptance given June 20, 2007, manuscript accepted July 12, 2007. Address for correspondence: Matthew A. Daka, MD, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025. E-mail: mattmdmd@gmail.com
Matthew A. Daka, MD, Raffay S. Khan,...
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
Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Left Main Coronary Artery Compression by Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Marmar Vaseghi, MD, James S. Lee, MD, Jesse W. Currier, MD From the UCLA Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted May 23, 2007 and accepted June 8, 2007. Address for correspondence: Jesse Currier, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, Box 951679, BH-307 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1679.
Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary...
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
S. Ramamurthy, MD, DM, S. Anandaraja, MD, DM, Navin Matthew, MD, DM From the Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted May 24, 2007, provisional acceptance given July 18, 2007, manuscript accepted August 3, 2007. Address for correspondence: S. Anandaraja, MD, DM, Assistant Professor, Ste. 25, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 110029. E-mail: saraja79@yahoo.com
S. Ramamurthy, MD, DM, S. Anandaraja...
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
Focal In-Stent Restenosis and In-Stent Thrombosis within the Same Bare-Metal Stent 5 Years after Deployment in a Saphenous Vein Graft Francis A. Ponnuthurai, MBBCh, FRACP, DDU, William J. van Gaal, MBBS, FRACP, Keith M. Channon, MD, FRCP From John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 4, 2007, provisional acceptance given July 23, 2007, manuscript accepted August 15, 2007. Address for correspondence: Francis Ponnuthurai, MBBCh, FRACP, Department of Cardiology, Level 2, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. E-mail: larryponnuthurai@googlemail.com.
Focal In-Stent Restenosis and In-Sten...
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
*Navin K. Kapur, MD, §John V. Conte, MD, *Ilan S. Wittstein, MD From the *Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and §Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 20, 2007, provisional acceptance given August 1, 2007, manuscript accepted September 5, 2007. Address for correspondence: Navin K. Kapur, MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111. E-mail: Nkapur@Tufts-NEMC.org.
*Navin K. Kapur, MD, §John V. Conte...
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
*,†Alexander Goldberg, MD, †Roberto Klein, MD, *Alon Marmor, MD
From the *Heart Institute, Sieff Government Hospital, and the †Interventional Cardiology Unit, Sieff Government Hospital, Safed, Israel.
The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
Manuscript submitted June 11, 2007, provisional acceptance given July 11, 2007, manuscript accepted July 23, 2007.
Address for correspondence: Alexander Goldberg MD, Sieff Government Hospital, Cardiology, Safed, Israel. E-mail: rgoldberg@myway.com
*,†Alexander Goldberg, MD, †Robe...
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
Use of SafeCut Balloon‚Ñ¢ for Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis of a Previously Underexpanded Sirolimus-Eluting Stent with a Heavily Calcified Plaque Yoritaka Otsuka, MD, Yoichiro Kasahara, MD, Atsushi Kawamura, MD
From the National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
Manuscript submitted May 14, 2007, provisional acceptance given June 20, 2007, manuscript accepted July 30, 2007.
Address for correspondence: Yoritaka Otsuka, MD, FACC, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. E-mail: yotsuka@hsp.ncvc.go.jp.
Use of SafeCut Balloon‚Ñ¢ for Treatme...
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
Jason B. Lindsey, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
From the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas and the Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Disclosure: Emmanouil S. Brilakis receives support from the Clark R. Gregg Fund, Harris Methodist Health Foundation 6100 Western Place, Suite 1001, Fort Worth, Texas, and from a Veterans Affairs VISN 17 startup award, Waco, Texas.
Manuscript submitted June 29, 2007, provisional acceptance given July 23, 2007, manuscript accepted July 31, 2007.
Address for correspondence: Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, Dallas VA Medical Center (111A), 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216. E-mail: emmanouil.brilakis@utsouthwestern.edu
Jason B. Lindsey, MD, Subhash Banerj...
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
Sang-Wook Kim, MD, *Gary S. Mintz, MD, Kwang-Je Lee, MD, Jerzy Pregowski, MD, Pawel Tyczynski, MD, Esteban Escolar, MD, Aleksandra Michalek, MD, Li Lu, MS, Augusto D. Pichard, MD, Lowell F. Satler, MD, William O. Suddath, MD, Ron Waksman, MD, Neil J. Weissman, MD
Sang-Wook Kim, MD, *Gary S. Mintz, M...
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

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