Volume 19 - Issue 5 - May, 2007
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Despite extensive advances in cardiology over the past 50 years, the definitive treatment for aortic stenosis remains unchanged. Aortic valve replacement, while employing enhanced prostheses, continues as an imperfect therapy with inherent...
Despite extensive advances in cardiology over the past 50 years, the definitive treatment for aortic stenosis remains unchanged. Aortic valve replacement, while employing enhanced prostheses, continues as an imperfect therapy with inherent...
Despite extensive advances in...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Only two therapies for acute stroke intervention have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and the Merci retriever (Concentric Medical, Mountainview, California). Many patients...
Only two therapies for acute stroke intervention have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and the Merci retriever (Concentric Medical, Mountainview, California). Many patients...
Only two therapies for acute...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
HIV Disease Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection results from one of two similar retroviruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) that destroy CD4+ lymphocytes and impair cell-mediated immunity, affecting multiple organ systems, increasing the risk of...
HIV Disease Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection results from one of two similar retroviruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) that destroy CD4+ lymphocytes and impair cell-mediated immunity, affecting multiple organ systems, increasing the risk of...
HIV Disease Human...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Case Presentation. A 58-year-old male presented with substernal chest pain that started while mowing his lawn. The chest pain radiated to the left shoulder and was not relieved with sublingual nitroglycerin. He had controlled hypertension and...
Case Presentation. A 58-year-old male presented with substernal chest pain that started while mowing his lawn. The chest pain radiated to the left shoulder and was not relieved with sublingual nitroglycerin. He had controlled hypertension and...
Case Presentation. A 58-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Percutaneous diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures rely on intravascular use of iodinated radiocontrast agents for visualization in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The use of radiocontrast agents has been associated...
Percutaneous diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures rely on intravascular use of iodinated radiocontrast agents for visualization in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The use of radiocontrast agents has been associated...
Percutaneous diagnostic and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Significant left main coronary stenosis occurs in 5–7% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 Patients with “unprotected” left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease treated medically have an estimated 3-year mortality rate of ...
Significant left main coronary stenosis occurs in 5–7% of patients undergoing coronary angiography.1,2 Patients with “unprotected” left main coronary artery (ULMCA) disease treated medically have an estimated 3-year mortality rate of ...
Significant left main coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Advances in interventional cardiology are reflected in the increased complexity of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). This leads to an increasing use of fluoroscopic guidance in these procedures with a concomitant increase in concern...
Advances in interventional cardiology are reflected in the increased complexity of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). This leads to an increasing use of fluoroscopic guidance in these procedures with a concomitant increase in concern...
Advances in interventional...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Endovascular treatment has become the predominant method of revascularization for arterial obstructive disease for both coronary and peripheral vascular disease. As such, radiation exposure and fluoroscopy times during percutaneous coronary...
Endovascular treatment has become the predominant method of revascularization for arterial obstructive disease for both coronary and peripheral vascular disease. As such, radiation exposure and fluoroscopy times during percutaneous coronary...
Endovascular treatment has...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Cardiogenic shock is the leading cause of death in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who reach the hospital alive.1,2 The reported incidence of cardiogenic shock in patients with AMI is 7–10%.1,3 The mortality rate in these...
Cardiogenic shock is the leading cause of death in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who reach the hospital alive.1,2 The reported incidence of cardiogenic shock in patients with AMI is 7–10%.1,3 The mortality rate in these...
Cardiogenic shock is the leading...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Technological advancements have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology by introducing newer devices and better pharmacological agents. The incidence of cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
Technological advancements have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology by introducing newer devices and better pharmacological agents. The incidence of cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
Technological advancements have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
