Volume 20 - Issue 7 - July, 2008
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Most obstructions in femoral artery are due to atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is most prevalent in the renal, carotid, and iliac arteries and its known cause of renal artery stenosis. FMD exists in multiple...
Most obstructions in femoral artery are due to atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is most prevalent in the renal, carotid, and iliac arteries and its known cause of renal artery stenosis. FMD exists in multiple...
Most obstructions in femoral...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Coronary perforation is an uncommon complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The reported incidence is approximately 0.4–1.2%.1 Coronary perforations are typically graded from 1 to 3, the latter representing a frank...
Coronary perforation is an uncommon complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The reported incidence is approximately 0.4–1.2%.1 Coronary perforations are typically graded from 1 to 3, the latter representing a frank...
Coronary perforation is an...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Arterial puncture and sheath placement in the subclavian artery is an infrequent complication of central venous access. The incidence of arterial puncture during subclavian vein access has been estimated at 2.7–4.9%; it is probably higher in...
Arterial puncture and sheath placement in the subclavian artery is an infrequent complication of central venous access. The incidence of arterial puncture during subclavian vein access has been estimated at 2.7–4.9%; it is probably higher in...
Arterial puncture and sheath...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Patients with cardiogenic shock resulting from acute myocardial infarction (MI) experience greater than 50% in-hospital mortality despite aggressive invasive and medical management.1 Right ventricular (RV) ischemia or infarction has been...
Patients with cardiogenic shock resulting from acute myocardial infarction (MI) experience greater than 50% in-hospital mortality despite aggressive invasive and medical management.1 Right ventricular (RV) ischemia or infarction has been...
Patients with cardiogenic shock...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Coronary stents dislodged or embolized prior to complete expansion in the target vessel may be retrieved with special devices such as snares, baskets and embolization protection devices.1,2 Rare cases of partially expanded or fractured stents...
Coronary stents dislodged or embolized prior to complete expansion in the target vessel may be retrieved with special devices such as snares, baskets and embolization protection devices.1,2 Rare cases of partially expanded or fractured stents...
Coronary stents dislodged or...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Percutaneous coronary intervention of bifurcation lesions is associated with lower procedural success rates and an increased incidence of subsequent major adverse cardiac events and restenosis.1,2 Several reasons may be offered. The...
Percutaneous coronary intervention of bifurcation lesions is associated with lower procedural success rates and an increased incidence of subsequent major adverse cardiac events and restenosis.1,2 Several reasons may be offered. The...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Cardiogenic shock is a devastating complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) with an in-hospital mortality between 40–76%.1,2 Cardiogenic shock from right ventricular infarction is uncommon, though it has a mortality rate equal to that...
Cardiogenic shock is a devastating complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI) with an in-hospital mortality between 40–76%.1,2 Cardiogenic shock from right ventricular infarction is uncommon, though it has a mortality rate equal to that...
Cardiogenic shock is a...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Coronary arteries are usually located on the surface of the cardiac muscle. Myocardial bridges have been described in a variable number of autopsy cases ranging from 5.4% to 85.7% of cases examined, depending on the population sampled.1,2 In...
Coronary arteries are usually located on the surface of the cardiac muscle. Myocardial bridges have been described in a variable number of autopsy cases ranging from 5.4% to 85.7% of cases examined, depending on the population sampled.1,2 In...
Coronary arteries are usually...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Column
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology continues our series of special focus sections to provide a more detailed examination of important topics in cardiovascular medicine. This month’s focus is on the various uses of...
Dear Readers, This issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology continues our series of special focus sections to provide a more detailed examination of important topics in cardiovascular medicine. This month’s focus is on the various uses of...
Dear Readers, This issue of the...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Editorial Message
08/01/2008
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) really arrived on the cardiology scene at the dawn of the 21st century. Though much important work on cardiac CT had been taking place for years before that time, the publication of a few key articles...
Cardiac computed tomography (CT) really arrived on the cardiology scene at the dawn of the 21st century. Though much important work on cardiac CT had been taking place for years before that time, the publication of a few key articles...
Cardiac computed tomography (CT)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
