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Volume 19 - Issue 9 - September, 2007

Feature

Case Report
08/01/2008
Dominique Joyal, MD and Lawrence Rudski, MD
Dominique Joyal, MD and Lawrence Ruds...
Despite meta-analyses showing either similar rates or only slightly increased rates of stent thrombosis in patients with a drug-eluting stent (DES),1–5 clinicians remain concerned about the risk of late stent thrombosis in these patients. It...
Despite meta-analyses showing either similar rates or only slightly increased rates of stent thrombosis in patients with a drug-eluting stent (DES),1–5 clinicians remain concerned about the risk of late stent thrombosis in these patients. It...
Despite meta-analyses showing...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Navin K. Kapur, MD, §John V. Conte, MD, *Jon R. Resar, MD
*Navin K. Kapur, MD, §John V. Conte,...
During the fourth week of gestation, the primitive atrium divides into right and left atria by forming two septa, the septum primum and secundum. As the septum primum grows from the dorsocranial wall, two openings develop, the foramen primum...
During the fourth week of gestation, the primitive atrium divides into right and left atria by forming two septa, the septum primum and secundum. As the septum primum grows from the dorsocranial wall, two openings develop, the foramen primum...
During the fourth week of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mark S. Patterson, MRCP, MSc, Azad Ghuran, MD, Gert Jan Laarman, MD, PhD
Mark S. Patterson, MRCP, MSc, Azad Gh...
Percutaneous revascularization of diseased saphenous vein bypass grafts (SVGs) remains a difficult challenge for the interventional cardiologist despite major advances in catheter-based reperfusion therapies, adjunctive pharmacology and stent...
Percutaneous revascularization of diseased saphenous vein bypass grafts (SVGs) remains a difficult challenge for the interventional cardiologist despite major advances in catheter-based reperfusion therapies, adjunctive pharmacology and stent...
Percutaneous revascularization...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Steve Ramcharitar, MRCP, DPhil, Jurgen Ligthart, BSc, Willem J. Van der Giessen, MD, PhD
Steve Ramcharitar, MRCP, DPhil, Jurge...
Stent thrombosis is rare, but very serious, with potentially fatal consequences following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Traditionally, it has been classified as acute, within 48 hours, subacute up to 30 days, and late,...
Stent thrombosis is rare, but very serious, with potentially fatal consequences following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Traditionally, it has been classified as acute, within 48 hours, subacute up to 30 days, and late,...
Stent thrombosis is rare, but...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Yoav Turgeman, MD, Khaled Suleiman, MD, Shaul Atar, MD
Yoav Turgeman, MD, Khaled Suleiman, M...
Coronary angiography in the early phase of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) usually identifies total thrombotic occlusion of a single infarct-related artery.1 However, simultaneous acute occlusion of all major epicardial...
Coronary angiography in the early phase of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) usually identifies total thrombotic occlusion of a single infarct-related artery.1 However, simultaneous acute occlusion of all major epicardial...
Coronary angiography in the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Yoshio Taketani, MD, Hideaki Kaneda, MD, PhD, Shigeru Saito, MD
Yoshio Taketani, MD, Hideaki Kaneda, ...
Treating chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the major challenges in interventional cardiology. In the last 20 years, as the procedural outcomes of intervention for CTOs have significantly increased as a function of improved...
Treating chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the major challenges in interventional cardiology. In the last 20 years, as the procedural outcomes of intervention for CTOs have significantly increased as a function of improved...
Treating chronic total...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Carlo Briguori, MD, PhD, §Lucio Selvetella, MD, §Maria Pia Baldassarre, MD
*Carlo Briguori, MD, PhD, §Lucio Sel...
Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare complication following carotid endarterectomy (CEA), with an incidence of less than 1% of cases.1 Treatment of this complication is challenging. The current standard of care is some form of repair rather...
Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare complication following carotid endarterectomy (CEA), with an incidence of less than 1% of cases.1 Treatment of this complication is challenging. The current standard of care is some form of repair rather...
Pseudoaneurysm formation is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
aLisa Emmans, MD, bTri M. Nguyen, MD, bNathan Laufer, MD
aLisa Emmans, MD, bTri M. Nguyen, MD,...
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory large-vessel disease of unknown etiology involving the aorta, its major branches and the pulmonary arteries.1,2 Resultant mixed areas of stenosis, occlusion, thrombosis and/or dilatation may...
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a chronic inflammatory large-vessel disease of unknown etiology involving the aorta, its major branches and the pulmonary arteries.1,2 Resultant mixed areas of stenosis, occlusion, thrombosis and/or dilatation may...
Takayasu’s arteritis (TA) is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Christos Graidis, MD, Dimokritos Dimitriadis, MD, Nikolaos Chamouratidis, MD
Christos Graidis, MD, Dimokritos Dimi...
Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations.1 The incidence of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery out of the right sinus of Valsalva ranges from under...
Coronary arterial anomalies occur in approximately 1% of the population, without other congenital cardiac malformations.1 The incidence of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery out of the right sinus of Valsalva ranges from under...
Coronary arterial anomalies...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Department

Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
Jack P. Chen, MD
Jack P. Chen, MD
To the Editor: The angiographic finding of noncritical coronary stenoses in the setting of acute coronary syndrome and even myocardial infarction has been well described. One potential etiology is Prinzmetal’s angina or coronary spasm.1 More...
To the Editor: The angiographic finding of noncritical coronary stenoses in the setting of acute coronary syndrome and even myocardial infarction has been well described. One potential etiology is Prinzmetal’s angina or coronary spasm.1 More...
To the Editor: The angiographic...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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