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Volume 20 - Issue 7 - July, 2008

Feature

Review
Pharmaceutical Interventions for the Management of No-Reflow
08/01/2008

Tim A. Fischell, MD

Tim A. Fischell, MD
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is an effective therapy for restoring vessel caliber and improving blood flow to ischemic myocardium. At least 1.25 million PCIs are performed annually in...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is an effective therapy for restoring vessel caliber and improving blood flow to ischemic myocardium. At least 1.25 million PCIs are performed annually in...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Isolated Acute Iatrogenic Aortic Dissection during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention without Involvement of the Coronary Arteri
08/01/2008
Christophe A. Wyss, MD, Jan Steffel, MD, Thomas F. Lüscher, MD
Christophe A. Wyss, MD, Jan Steffel,...
Case Presentation. A 63-year-old Caucasian male with multiple cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, history of smoking and a positive family history experienced an antero-apical myocardial infarction (MI) 12 years...
Case Presentation. A 63-year-old Caucasian male with multiple cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension, dyslipidemia, history of smoking and a positive family history experienced an antero-apical myocardial infarction (MI) 12 years...
Case Presentation. A 63-year-old...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Long-Term Survival Using Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump and Percutaneous Right Ventricular Assist Device for Biventricular Mechanical
08/01/2008
Brett D. Atwater, MD, Lisa M. Nee, MD, Giorgio Gimelli, MD
Brett D. Atwater, MD, Lisa M. Nee, M...
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
Unintentional Extraction of a Coronary Stent Deployed 4 Months Earlier during Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty for In-Stent Restenosi
08/01/2008
Thorsten Reffelmann, MD, Astrid Hummel, MD, Stephan B. Felix, MD
Thorsten Reffelmann, MD, Astrid Humm...
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
Clinical Images
Acute Stent Thrombosis after Bifurcation Stenting with the Crush Technique Visualized with 64-Slice Computed Tomography
08/01/2008
*Thomas S. Kristensen, MD, §Klaus F. Kofoed, MD, §Thomas Engstrøm, MD
*Thomas S. Kristensen, MD, §Klaus F...
Among percutaneous coronary interventional procedures, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with stents in both the main vessel (MV) and the side branch (SB) is one of the most complex. Several techniques have been suggested including T-, V-,...
Among percutaneous coronary interventional procedures, the treatment of bifurcation lesions with stents in both the main vessel (MV) and the side branch (SB) is one of the most complex. Several techniques have been suggested including T-, V-,...
Among percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
A Rare Type of Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery Distribution Demonstrated by Multislice Cardiac Computerized Tomography in a
08/01/2008
Narayanan Namboodiri, MD, Valaparambil Ajitkumar, MD, Jaganmohan Tharakan, MD
Narayanan Namboodiri, MD, Valaparamb...
Dual left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) (or dual anterior interventricular artery) distribution with either of the vessels originating from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) and the right aortic sinus of Valsalva is an...
Dual left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) (or dual anterior interventricular artery) distribution with either of the vessels originating from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) and the right aortic sinus of Valsalva is an...
Dual left anterior descending...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Accurate Determination of High-Risk Coronary Lesion Type by Multidetector Cardiac Computed Tomography
08/01/2008

Mirvat Alasnag, MD, Branavan Umakanthan, MD, Gary P. Foster, MD

Mirvat Alasnag, MD, Branavan Umakant...
Invasive coronary arteriography (CA) has been the standard method for imaging coronary lesions since its beginnings in 1958. Multidetector cardiac computerized tomography (MDCT) has undergone rapid developments over the last decade and now...
Invasive coronary arteriography (CA) has been the standard method for imaging coronary lesions since its beginnings in 1958. Multidetector cardiac computerized tomography (MDCT) has undergone rapid developments over the last decade and now...
Invasive coronary arteriography...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes in Diabetic Patients following Single or Multivessel Stenting in the COSTAR II Randomized Tr
08/01/2008
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, John L. Petersen, MD, Wayne B. Batchelor, MD, Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, Roxana Mehran, MD, Alexandra Lansky, MD, Ichizo Tsujino, MD, Joachim Schofer, MD, Christophe Dubois, MD, Stefan Verheye, MD, Ecaterina Cristea, MD, Jyotsna Garg, MD, William Wijns, MD, Mitchell W. Krucoff, MD
Dean J. Kereiakes, MD, John L. Peters...
The prevalence of diabetes has reached epidemic proportion in many sectors of the world.1 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has been correlated with the presence, duration and severity of diabetes.2,3 In addition, both clinical and...
The prevalence of diabetes has reached epidemic proportion in many sectors of the world.1 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has been correlated with the presence, duration and severity of diabetes.2,3 In addition, both clinical and...
The prevalence of diabetes has...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Postdilatation following Coronary Stent Deployment: Lesion and Procedural Characteristics Associated with an Increase in Stent D
08/01/2008

*Shahid Aziz, MD, MRCP, John L. Morris, MD, FRCP, Raphael A. Perry, MD, FRCP, §Rodney H. Stables, MD, FRCP

*Shahid Aziz, MD, MRCP, John L. Morr...
First-generation balloon-expandable stents such as the Palmaz-Schatz stent were often deployed at low pressure using compliant delivery balloons. Overhang of the deployment balloon outside the stent increased the risk of edge dissection when...
First-generation balloon-expandable stents such as the Palmaz-Schatz stent were often deployed at low pressure using compliant delivery balloons. Overhang of the deployment balloon outside the stent increased the risk of edge dissection when...
First-generation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Postdilatation following Coronary Stent Deployment: Lesion and Procedural Characteristics Associated with an Increase in Stent D
08/01/2008
*Shahid Aziz, MD, MRCP, §John L. Morris, MD, FRCP, §Raphael A. Perry, MD, FRCP, §Rodney H. Stables, MD, FRCP
*Shahid Aziz, MD, MRCP, §John L. Mo...
First-generation balloon-expandable stents such as the Palmaz-Schatz stent were often deployed at low pressure using compliant delivery balloons. Overhang of the deployment balloon outside the stent increased the risk of edge dissection when...
First-generation balloon-expandable stents such as the Palmaz-Schatz stent were often deployed at low pressure using compliant delivery balloons. Overhang of the deployment balloon outside the stent increased the risk of edge dissection when...
First-generation...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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