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Volume 21 - Issue 11 - November, 2009

How Appropriate for Assessing Quality Are the 2009 Appropriateness Criteria for Coronary Revascularization?
11/09/2009
Lloyd W. Klein, MD
Lloyd W. Klein, MD
From Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Lloyd W. Klein MD, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Professional...
From Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Lloyd W. Klein MD, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Professional...
From Advocate Illinois Masonic...
11/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Feature

Case Report
Case of Dislodged Stent Lost in Septal Channel during Stent Delivery in Complex Chronic Total Occlusion of Right Coronary Artery
11/09/2009
Makoto Utsunomiya, MD, Tomoko Kobayashi, MD, Shigeru Nakamura, MD
Makoto Utsunomiya, MD, Tomoko Kobaya...
From the Cardiovascular center, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted May 4, 2009, provisional acceptance given May 28, 2009, and final version...
From the Cardiovascular center, Kyoto-Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted May 4, 2009, provisional acceptance given May 28, 2009, and final version...
From the Cardiovascular center,...
11/09/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Complex Intervention of an In-Stent Restenosis of Ostial Right Coronary Artery Stent Protruding into (SEE FULL TITLE BELOW)
11/06/2009
*Vikas Veeranna, MD, §Jyotiranjan Pradhan, MD, §Mahmood Ali, MD, £Luis Afonso, MD
*Vikas Veeranna, MD, §Jyotiranjan P...
TITLE: Complex Intervention of an In-Stent Restenosis of Ostial Right Coronary Artery Stent Protruding into Aortic Sinus of Valsalva: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature From the *Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical...
TITLE: Complex Intervention of an In-Stent Restenosis of Ostial Right Coronary Artery Stent Protruding into Aortic Sinus of Valsalva: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature From the *Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical...
TITLE: Complex Intervention of...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Pacemaker Lead Thrombus Causing Cryptogenic Stroke in a Patient Referred for Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
11/06/2009
Andrew D. Michaels, MD, MAS and Brad S. Burlew, MD
Andrew D. Michaels, MD, MAS and Brad ...
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted April 2, 2009 and accepted May 4, 2009. Address...
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted April 2, 2009 and accepted May 4, 2009. Address...
From the Division of Cardiology,...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
A Needle Through the Heart: Rare Complication of Inferior Vena Caval Filters
11/06/2009
*Jagadeesh K. Kalavakunta, MD, Christopher S. Thomas, BS, RCIS, Vishal Gupta, MD, MPH
*Jagadeesh K. Kalavakunta, MD, Chris...
From the *Borgess Heart Institute and Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Borgess Heart Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the *Borgess Heart Institute and Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and Borgess Heart Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the *Borgess Heart...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Novel Management Strategy for Coronary Steal Syndrome: Case Report of Occlusion of a LIMA Graft Side (see full title below)
11/06/2009
Brian G. Hynes, MD, Thomas J. Kiernan, MD, Eugene P. McFadden, MD
Brian G. Hynes, MD, Thomas J. Kierna...
TITLE: Novel Management Strategy for Coronary Steal Syndrome: Case Report of Occlusion of a LIMA Graft Side Branch with a Combination of Drug-Eluting and Covered-Stent Deployment From the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cork...
TITLE: Novel Management Strategy for Coronary Steal Syndrome: Case Report of Occlusion of a LIMA Graft Side Branch with a Combination of Drug-Eluting and Covered-Stent Deployment From the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cork...
TITLE: Novel Management Strategy...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Anomalous Origin of the RCA from the Proximal LAD and a Single Coronary Artery Anomaly: (see full title below)
11/06/2009
Rayan Hourani, MD, Nassim Haddad, MD, Marcel Zughaib, MD
Rayan Hourani, MD, Nassim Haddad, MD...
FULL TITLE: Anomalous Origin of the RCA from the Proximal LAD and a Single Coronary Artery Anomaly: Two Case Reports of Two Rare Coronary Anomalies _______________________________________________ From the Providence Heart Institute,...
FULL TITLE: Anomalous Origin of the RCA from the Proximal LAD and a Single Coronary Artery Anomaly: Two Case Reports of Two Rare Coronary Anomalies _______________________________________________ From the Providence Heart Institute,...
FULL TITLE: Anomalous Origin of...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Percutaneous Stabilization of a Helex Device following Locking-Loop Fracture: A Case Report
11/06/2009
Zaheer Ahmad, MD, *Neil Wilson, MD, Gruschen Veldtman, MD
Zaheer Ahmad, MD, *Neil Wilson, MD, ...
ABSTRACT: Though present in up to a quarter of adults a patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been implicated in a diverse range of medical conditions including cryptogenic stroke, migraine and decompression illness. A wide range of devices are...
ABSTRACT: Though present in up to a quarter of adults a patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been implicated in a diverse range of medical conditions including cryptogenic stroke, migraine and decompression illness. A wide range of devices are...
ABSTRACT: Though present in up...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
Use of Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
11/06/2009
Shih-fan Chen, DO, Adel El-Bialy, MD, Ray Matthews, MD, Leonardo Clavijo, MD, PhD
Shih-fan Chen, DO, Adel El-Bialy, MD...
From the Los Angeles County Hospital/University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Los Angeles, California. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript...
From the Los Angeles County Hospital/University of Southern California Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Los Angeles, California. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript...
From the Los Angeles County...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Covered Stent for the Treatment of Coronary Aneurysm after Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation (SEE FULL TITLE BELOW)
11/06/2009
Paul Fefer, MD, *Duncan Hogg, ChB, MRCP(UK), Sam Radhakrishnan, MD, FRCP(C)
Paul Fefer, MD, *Duncan Hogg, ChB, M...
Covered Stent for the Treatment of Coronary Aneurysm after Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis ABSTRACT:J INVASIVE CA
Covered Stent for the Treatment of Coronary Aneurysm after Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis ABSTRACT:J INVASIVE CA
Covered Stent for the Treatment...
11/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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