Volume 20 - Issue 2 - February, 2008
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Mark A. Walsh, MD, Colin J. McMahon, MD, Kevin P. Walsh, MD
Mark A. Walsh, MD, Colin J. McMahon, ...
Many centers are currently adopting the Sano modification of the Norwood operation for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.1 The insertion of a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit may increase aortic diastolic pressure and...
Many centers are currently adopting the Sano modification of the Norwood operation for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.1 The insertion of a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit may increase aortic diastolic pressure and...
Many centers are currently...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
§Daniel H. Gruenstein, MD, *Robert H. Beekman III, MD, *Robert L. Spicer, MD
§Daniel H. Gruenstein, MD, *Robert H...
Interventional catheterizations are an increasingly important component in the management of the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). The experience of interventions on adults with CHD from some centers has been...
Interventional catheterizations are an increasingly important component in the management of the growing population of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). The experience of interventions on adults with CHD from some centers has been...
Interventional catheterizations...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Farrukh Hussain, MD, Barry Rusnak, MD, James Tam, MD
Farrukh Hussain, MD, Barry Rusnak, MD...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male with previous two-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presented with an acute coronary syndrome. Angiography demonstrated a critical 95% stenosis in the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male with previous two-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) presented with an acute coronary syndrome. Angiography demonstrated a critical 95% stenosis in the ostium of the saphenous vein graft (SVG)...
Case Report. A 66-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Jaime Molden, MD, §John Kao, MD, *Atman P. Shah, MD
*Jaime Molden, MD, §John Kao, MD, *A...
Case Report. A 30-year-old male with no previous medical history presented to an emergency department at a community hospital with left-sided, substernal chest pain. The pain was pressure-like and nonradiating. It began shortly after...
Case Report. A 30-year-old male with no previous medical history presented to an emergency department at a community hospital with left-sided, substernal chest pain. The pain was pressure-like and nonradiating. It began shortly after...
Case Report. A 30-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Scott B. Baron, MD, Clifford Nielson, CVT
Scott B. Baron, MD, Clifford Nielson,...
Despite newer lower-profile stent technologies, placing coronary stents may still remain challenging when vessels are extremely tortuous. We describe a case of a very large-caliber right coronary artery (RCA) with a “shepherd’s crook”...
Despite newer lower-profile stent technologies, placing coronary stents may still remain challenging when vessels are extremely tortuous. We describe a case of a very large-caliber right coronary artery (RCA) with a “shepherd’s crook”...
Despite newer lower-profile...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
M.N. Attar, MD, MRCP, Roger K. Moore, MD, MRCP, Sarfraz Khan, FRCP, FCPS
M.N. Attar, MD, MRCP, Roger K. Moore,...
Case Report. A 62-year-old Caucasian male presented with recurring angina. He was experiencing angina attacks on walking 10 to 20 yards. The patient had suffered a myocardial infarction in the past and had undergone percutaneous intervention...
Case Report. A 62-year-old Caucasian male presented with recurring angina. He was experiencing angina attacks on walking 10 to 20 yards. The patient had suffered a myocardial infarction in the past and had undergone percutaneous intervention...
Case Report. A 62-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD, Ezio Aimè, MD, Mario Carminati, MD
Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD, Ezio Aim√...
Obstructions of the caval veins may develop in various clinical settings in subjects with tumoral lesions, after surgery on the caval veins — as in the Mustard/Senning operation, after radiation therapy, or due to central lines, dialysis...
Obstructions of the caval veins may develop in various clinical settings in subjects with tumoral lesions, after surgery on the caval veins — as in the Mustard/Senning operation, after radiation therapy, or due to central lines, dialysis...
Obstructions of the caval veins...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Kevin P. Cohoon, DO, William Howe, MD, Thomas Mc Kiernan, MD
Kevin P. Cohoon, DO, William Howe, MD...
Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is defined as being exclusively located in the heart and/or pericardium, and is extremely rare. This disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients and rarely in the immunocompetent. In a series of...
Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is defined as being exclusively located in the heart and/or pericardium, and is extremely rare. This disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients and rarely in the immunocompetent. In a series of...
Primary cardiac non-Hodgkin’s...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
*Nicholas J. Collins, BMed, FRACP, §J. Robert Beecroft, MD, FRCPC,
*Eric M. Horlick, MD, CM, FRCPC
*Nicholas J. Collins, BMed, FRACP, §...
Management of vascular complications remains an important component of both diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention. We report a unique case of extensive right subclavian artery dissection following attempted...
Management of vascular complications remains an important component of both diagnostic cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention. We report a unique case of extensive right subclavian artery dissection following attempted...
Management of vascular...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
08/01/2008
Rizwan A. Siddiqui, MD and Sachinder Hans, MD*
Rizwan A. Siddiqui, MD and Sachinder ...
Case Presentation. A 79-year-old female presented with pain and swelling of the left lower extremity. Physical examination revealed a swollen left calf and 1+ pitting edema over both ankles. There was no evidence of calf tenderness and...
Case Presentation. A 79-year-old female presented with pain and swelling of the left lower extremity. Physical examination revealed a swollen left calf and 1+ pitting edema over both ankles. There was no evidence of calf tenderness and...
Case Presentation. A 79-year-old...
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Journal of Invasive Cardiology
