Volume 19 - Issue 9 - September, 2007
Feature
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Alain Nitenberg, MD, †Éric Durand, MD, *Bertrand Delatour, MD, †Wissem Sdiri, MD,
†Saliha Raha, MD, †Antoine Lafont, MD, PhD
Alain Nitenberg, MD, †Éric Durand,...
The physiologic effects of the majority of coronary artery stenosis cannot be determined accurately by conventional angiographic approaches.1,2 Coronary flow reserve3,4 (CFR), and, more recently, fractional flow reserve5 (FFR) have been...
The physiologic effects of the majority of coronary artery stenosis cannot be determined accurately by conventional angiographic approaches.1,2 Coronary flow reserve3,4 (CFR), and, more recently, fractional flow reserve5 (FFR) have been...
The physiologic effects of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
The widespread popularity of drug-eluting stents (DES) had a dramatic impact on the modern interventional therapy of coronary artery disease; accordingly, the cardiac surgical volume has experienced a corresponding decrease. Like the...
The widespread popularity of drug-eluting stents (DES) had a dramatic impact on the modern interventional therapy of coronary artery disease; accordingly, the cardiac surgical volume has experienced a corresponding decrease. Like the...
The widespread popularity of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
*Nair Krishnakumar, DM, §Manohar R. Krishna, MCH, *J.A. Tharakan, DM
*Nair Krishnakumar, DM, §Manohar R. ...
Direct communication between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is an unusual variation of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. In fact, there are only about 50 cases reported in the literature.1 This is one condition in which...
Direct communication between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is an unusual variation of a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. In fact, there are only about 50 cases reported in the literature.1 This is one condition in which...
Direct communication between the...
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
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Babu Kunadian, MBBS, MRCP, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, MBBS, MRCP, Joel Dunning, MRCS, PhD,
Andrew Sutton, MA, MD, MRCP, Mark A. de Belder, MA, MD, FRCP
Babu Kunadian, MBBS, MRCP, Kunadian V...
Early restoration of infarct-related artery (IRA) blood flow and myocardial perfusion in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) is linked with preservation of left ventricular function, myocardial salvage and a...
Early restoration of infarct-related artery (IRA) blood flow and myocardial perfusion in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) is linked with preservation of left ventricular function, myocardial salvage and a...
Early restoration of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Robert J. Applegate, MD, Matthew T. Sacrinty, MPH, Michael A. Kutcher, MD, Talal T. Baki, MD,
Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, Frederic R. Kahl, MD, Renato M. Santos, MD, William C. Little, MD
Robert J. Applegate, MD, Matthew T. S...
Women have been shown historically to have a greater risk of complications than men following invasive procedures.1–5 The increased incidence of complications in women appears to occur independently of other factors known to influence the...
Women have been shown historically to have a greater risk of complications than men following invasive procedures.1–5 The increased incidence of complications in women appears to occur independently of other factors known to influence the...
Women have been shown...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
08/01/2008
Sabine Vecchio, MD, §Tania Chechi, MD, *Guido Vittori, MD, £Giuseppe G.L. Biondi Zoccai, MD,
*Alessio Lilli, MD, *Gaia Spaziani, MD, *Gabriele Giuliani, MD, §Elena Falchetti, MD,
§Massimo Margheri, MD
Sabine Vecchio, MD, §Tania Chechi, M...
Unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) is one of the most challenging lesion subsets for interventional cardiologists, and is still considered a strict surgical indication as long-term results of recent randomized trials are awaited....
Unprotected left main coronary artery (LMCA) is one of the most challenging lesion subsets for interventional cardiologists, and is still considered a strict surgical indication as long-term results of recent randomized trials are awaited....
Unprotected left main coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Department
Letters to the Editor
08/01/2008
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
Insights
Commentary
08/01/2008
Jacob Green, MD and Peter Block, MD
Jacob Green, MD and Peter Block, MD
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There is extensive literature demonstrating a disturbingly higher mortality rate, intraprocedural coronary artery injury rate and periprocedural vascular complication rate in women versus men. The disparity has been partially explained by...
There is extensive literature demonstrating a disturbingly higher mortality rate, intraprocedural coronary artery injury rate and periprocedural vascular complication rate in women versus men. The disparity has been partially explained by...
There is extensive literature...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
