Volume 19 - Issue 6 - June, 2007
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC, Tarek Kashour, MD, FRCPC, Roger Philipp, MD, FRCPC
Farrukh Hussain, MD, FRCPC, Tarek Ka...
Dislodgement of a coronary stent in a coronary artery is a dreaded complication that occurs in a minority of patients. Factors that can increase the chances of stent detachment from the balloon catheter within a coronary artery can include...
Dislodgement of a coronary stent in a coronary artery is a dreaded complication that occurs in a minority of patients. Factors that can increase the chances of stent detachment from the balloon catheter within a coronary artery can include...
Dislodgement of a coronary stent...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mazda Biria, MD, Peter Tadros, MD, Kamal Gupta, MD
Mazda Biria, MD, Peter Tadros, MD, ...
Vertebral artery (VA) stenting is an established method to treat occlusive disease in that artery. Available data indicate that it is a low-risk procedure with excellent periprocedural and long-term follow-up results.1–6 In most cases, the...
Vertebral artery (VA) stenting is an established method to treat occlusive disease in that artery. Available data indicate that it is a low-risk procedure with excellent periprocedural and long-term follow-up results.1–6 In most cases, the...
Vertebral artery (VA) stenting...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Jong-Seon Park, MD, Young-Jo Kim, MD, Geu-Ru Hong, MD
Jong-Seon Park, MD, Young-Jo Kim, MD...
The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) has become popular because of their favorable effects on clinical and angiographic outcomes.1–5 However, most clinical results have been reported on simple de novo lesions. In real-world practice, more...
The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) has become popular because of their favorable effects on clinical and angiographic outcomes.1–5 However, most clinical results have been reported on simple de novo lesions. In real-world practice, more...
The use of drug-eluting stents...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Yen-Dong Ho, MD, Tomomi Koizumi, MD, PhD, David P. Lee, MD
Yen-Dong Ho, MD, Tomomi Koizumi, MD,...
Case Report. A 46-year-old female presented to a community hospital with acute coronary syndrome. One week prior to presentation, the patient had experienced chest tightness lasting 1 hour, occurring 1 day after lifting furniture. On the day...
Case Report. A 46-year-old female presented to a community hospital with acute coronary syndrome. One week prior to presentation, the patient had experienced chest tightness lasting 1 hour, occurring 1 day after lifting furniture. On the day...
Case Report. A 46-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Prafulla Kerkar, MD, DM, Tilak Suvarna, MD, DM, Nitin Burkule, MD, DM, Ramakanta Panda, MS, MCh
Prafulla Kerkar, MD, DM, Tilak Suvar...
Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a well recognized clinical entity that is relatively more common in Asian countries than in the Western world.1,2 The unruptured aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva is usually asymptomatic, however, when...
Ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) is a well recognized clinical entity that is relatively more common in Asian countries than in the Western world.1,2 The unruptured aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva is usually asymptomatic, however, when...
Ruptured sinus of Valsalva...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Alan J. Simons, MD, Ayman S. Iskander, MD, Ronald P. Caputo, MD
Alan J. Simons, MD, Ayman S. Iskande...
Advancing technologies have allowed percutaneous interventional procedures to safely and efficaciously treat challenging stenoses in the coronary and peripheral vascular systems. The embolization of soft atherosclerotic debris in the...
Advancing technologies have allowed percutaneous interventional procedures to safely and efficaciously treat challenging stenoses in the coronary and peripheral vascular systems. The embolization of soft atherosclerotic debris in the...
Advancing technologies have...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Kimberly A. Skelding, MD and Cleon R. Hubbard, MD
Kimberly A. Skelding, MD and Cleon R....
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has been recognized as the leading cause of mortality in women. Previously, it had been thought that estrogen provided a protective CAD effect, explaining the later development of disease in women. The Women’s...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has been recognized as the leading cause of mortality in women. Previously, it had been thought that estrogen provided a protective CAD effect, explaining the later development of disease in women. The Women’s...
Coronary artery disease (CAD)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Nicolas Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FASCI
Nicolas Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FASCI
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We read with interest the manuscript published by Furuichi et al1 in the April 2007 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. The authors presented their experience with drug-eluting stents (DES) in trifurcation lesions in the coronary...
We read with interest the manuscript published by Furuichi et al1 in the April 2007 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. The authors presented their experience with drug-eluting stents (DES) in trifurcation lesions in the coronary...
We read with interest the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Antonio Colombo, MD, Shinichi Furuichi, MD, Flavio Airoldi, MD
Antonio Colombo, MD, Shinichi Furuic...
We thank Dr. Shammas for the interest he has shown our manuscript. We are pleased to see that operators from highly qualified centers share our interest about this complex and rare procedure.1,2 Unfortunately, along with the enthusiasm for...
We thank Dr. Shammas for the interest he has shown our manuscript. We are pleased to see that operators from highly qualified centers share our interest about this complex and rare procedure.1,2 Unfortunately, along with the enthusiasm for...
We thank Dr. Shammas for the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Ravi K. Mallavarapu, MD, Talley F. Culclasure, Jr, MD, FACC, Erskine A. James, MD, FACC
Ravi K. Mallavarapu, MD, Talley F. C...
In patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome, intracoronary thrombus removal is often required during percutaneous coronary intervention. The Pronto (Vascular Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota) catheter is a...
In patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome, intracoronary thrombus removal is often required during percutaneous coronary intervention. The Pronto (Vascular Solutions, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota) catheter is a...
In patients presenting with an...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
