Volume 19 - Issue 3 - March, 2007
Feature
Case Report
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Case Report A 65-year old male with a history of bipolar illness had sustained a large myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by Dressler’s syndrome at an outside hospital. Based upon cardiac catheterization findings, surgical intervention...
Case Report A 65-year old male with a history of bipolar illness had sustained a large myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by Dressler’s syndrome at an outside hospital. Based upon cardiac catheterization findings, surgical intervention...
Case Report A 65-year old male...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
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*Mihai Iacob, MD, *Florina Pinte, MD, §Ion Tintoiu, MD
*Mihai Iacob, MD, *Florina Pinte, MD,...
Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are occasionally reported among patients undergoing coronary angiography, with an incidence varying from 0.3% to approximate 5%.1,2 More than half of CAAs are due to coronary atherosclerosis, but occasionally...
Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are occasionally reported among patients undergoing coronary angiography, with an incidence varying from 0.3% to approximate 5%.1,2 More than half of CAAs are due to coronary atherosclerosis, but occasionally...
Coronary artery aneurysms...
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Case Report
08/01/2008
Peiman Jamshidi, MD, Richard Kobza, MD, Paul Erne, MD
Peiman Jamshidi, MD, Richard Kobza, M...
We report a case on the use of percutaneous thrombus aspiration of pulmonary artery with an Aspirex® 11 Fr catheter (Straub Medical, Wangs, Switzerland) followed by local fibrinolytic therapy to treat a submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) in...
We report a case on the use of percutaneous thrombus aspiration of pulmonary artery with an Aspirex® 11 Fr catheter (Straub Medical, Wangs, Switzerland) followed by local fibrinolytic therapy to treat a submassive pulmonary embolism (PE) in...
We report a case on the use of...
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Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Hideaki Kaneda, MD, PhD, Yoshio Taketani, MD, Shigeru Saito, MD
Hideaki Kaneda, MD, PhD, Yoshio Taket...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old male with a history of myocardial infarction and primary stenting (left circumflex artery in July 1997 and right coronary artery in September 2005) was admitted to undergo angioplasty for his totally...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old male with a history of myocardial infarction and primary stenting (left circumflex artery in July 1997 and right coronary artery in September 2005) was admitted to undergo angioplasty for his totally...
Case Presentation. A 43-year-old...
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Original Contribution
08/01/2008
ßAkiko Matsuo, MD, *Naoto Inoue, MD, *Kenji Suzuki, MD, §Reo Nakamura, MD,ßHiroshi Fujita, MD, øShinji Miki, MD, æYoshiaki Yokoi, MD
ßAkiko Matsuo, MD, *Naoto Inoue, MD,...
Early reperfusion is critically important in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a reperfusion strategy in AMI has been established. Despite the success of early...
Early reperfusion is critically important in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a reperfusion strategy in AMI has been established. Despite the success of early...
Early reperfusion is critically...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
William B. Hillegass, MD, MPH, Himanshu Gupta, MD, Raghunath Katragadda, MD,Johnnie Knoblauch, CVRT, Cecil Coghlan, MD, Vijay K. Misra, MD
William B. Hillegass, MD, MPH, Himans...
Coronary aneurysms are a rare finding in adults undergoing angiography. There have been very few reports of coronary artery aneurysm rupture reaching medical attention. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of coronary aneurysm...
Coronary aneurysms are a rare finding in adults undergoing angiography. There have been very few reports of coronary artery aneurysm rupture reaching medical attention. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of coronary aneurysm...
Coronary aneurysms are a rare...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Rapid Communication
08/01/2008
Massimo Chessa, MD, PhD, Gianfranco Butera, MD, Mario Carminati, MD
Massimo Chessa, MD, PhD, Gianfranco B...
The secundum type atrial septal defect is the fourth most common congenital heart defect, with an incidence of 3.78 per 10,000 live births,1 corresponding to 5.9% of the diagnosed congenital heart disease in children.2 Over the past decade,...
The secundum type atrial septal defect is the fourth most common congenital heart defect, with an incidence of 3.78 per 10,000 live births,1 corresponding to 5.9% of the diagnosed congenital heart disease in children.2 Over the past decade,...
The secundum type atrial...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
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Yoshinobu Murasato, MD, PhD and Kyoko Okamatsu, MD
Yoshinobu Murasato, MD, PhD and Kyoko...
Case Presentation. An 82-year-old female with several coronary risk factors was referred to our hospital for management of angina pectoris. She had undergone unsuccessful primary angioplasty for inferior myocardial infarction 7 years earlier,...
Case Presentation. An 82-year-old female with several coronary risk factors was referred to our hospital for management of angina pectoris. She had undergone unsuccessful primary angioplasty for inferior myocardial infarction 7 years earlier,...
Case Presentation. An...
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Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Editor-in-Chief
Richard E. Shaw, PhD, FACC, FACA
Edit...
Dear Readers,This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology coincides with the 56th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology and includes original research articles, commentaries, letters to the editor, articles from...
Dear Readers,This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology coincides with the 56th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology and includes original research articles, commentaries, letters to the editor, articles from...
Dear Readers,This issue of the...
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Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Konstantinos Toutouzas, MD, Eleftherios Tsiamis, MD, Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD
Konstantinos Toutouzas, MD, Eleftheri...
Dear Editor, We read with great interest the article recently published in the Journal by Worthley et al regarding the use of the Radi PressureWire® high-sensitivity thermistor (Radi Medical Systems, Inc., Uppsala, Sweden) for the detection...
Dear Editor, We read with great interest the article recently published in the Journal by Worthley et al regarding the use of the Radi PressureWire® high-sensitivity thermistor (Radi Medical Systems, Inc., Uppsala, Sweden) for the detection...
Dear Editor, We read with great...
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