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Volume 22 - Issue 4 - April, 2010

Feature

Case Report
04/07/2010
ABSTRACT: Myocardial bridging is a common congenital coronary anomaly that is clinically silent in the majority of cases. Case reports suggest myocardial ischemia and infarction can be caused by myocardial bridging. The proposed mechanisms by...
ABSTRACT: Myocardial bridging is a common congenital coronary anomaly that is clinically silent in the majority of cases. Case reports suggest myocardial ischemia and infarction can be caused by myocardial bridging. The proposed mechanisms by...
ABSTRACT: Myocardial bridging is...
04/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
04/07/2010
Retrograde Approach to a Totally Occluded Right Coronary Artery via a Septal Perforator Artery: The Tale of a Long and Winding Wire ABSTRACT: Retrograde recannalization of chronic total occlusions has developed as a viable alternative to...
Retrograde Approach to a Totally Occluded Right Coronary Artery via a Septal Perforator Artery: The Tale of a Long and Winding Wire ABSTRACT: Retrograde recannalization of chronic total occlusions has developed as a viable alternative to...
Retrograde Approach to a Totally...
04/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
04/07/2010
Successful Percutaneous Endovascular Management of Acute Post-traumatic Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection Using a Transradial Approach ABSTRACT: Acute aortic dissection extending into the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) following a...
Successful Percutaneous Endovascular Management of Acute Post-traumatic Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection Using a Transradial Approach ABSTRACT: Acute aortic dissection extending into the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) following a...
Successful Percutaneous...
04/07/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
04/01/2010
ABSTRACT: Significant paravalvular aortic regurgitation is among the most important limitations of the interventional revalving techniques for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis. We report on the treatment of a patient with severe...
ABSTRACT: Significant paravalvular aortic regurgitation is among the most important limitations of the interventional revalving techniques for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis. We report on the treatment of a patient with severe...
ABSTRACT: Significant...
04/01/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
04/01/2010
ABSTRACT: A 7-year-old girl with Williams-Beuren syndrome had undergone multiple percutaneous interventions for resistant peripheral pulmonary arterial stenoses with primarily conventional high-pressure balloon dilatation, but also with use...
ABSTRACT: A 7-year-old girl with Williams-Beuren syndrome had undergone multiple percutaneous interventions for resistant peripheral pulmonary arterial stenoses with primarily conventional high-pressure balloon dilatation, but also with use...
ABSTRACT: A 7-year-old girl with...
04/01/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
04/01/2010
Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery and Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review ABSTRACT: Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the...
Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery and Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review ABSTRACT: Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the...
Anomalous Origin of Right...
04/01/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
04/01/2010
ABSTRACT: We present the case of a 54-year-old male with a St. Jude aortic valve replacement who presented with fever and a new diastolic murmur. An echocardiogram identified a pseudoaneurysm that appeared to originate from the left sinus of...
ABSTRACT: We present the case of a 54-year-old male with a St. Jude aortic valve replacement who presented with fever and a new diastolic murmur. An echocardiogram identified a pseudoaneurysm that appeared to originate from the left sinus of...
ABSTRACT: We present the case of...
04/01/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
03/31/2010
ABSTRACT: Background. We investigated the safety, feasibility and efficacy of the Occlutech® devices for patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD) closure in a prospective trial. Methods. The retention discs of the PFO device...
ABSTRACT: Background. We investigated the safety, feasibility and efficacy of the Occlutech® devices for patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD) closure in a prospective trial. Methods. The retention discs of the PFO device...
ABSTRACT: Background. We...
03/31/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Tips and Techniques
04/01/2010
ABSTRACT: Background. The recently released Amplatzer Ductal Occluder 2 (ADO2) was designed specifically for use in small children with moderate-sized shunts and larger children with small patent ductus arterioses (PDA). We report our initial...
ABSTRACT: Background. The recently released Amplatzer Ductal Occluder 2 (ADO2) was designed specifically for use in small children with moderate-sized shunts and larger children with small patent ductus arterioses (PDA). We report our initial...
ABSTRACT: Background. The...
04/01/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
03/31/2010
Several devices have been developed over the past four decades for transcatheter occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) starting with the first reported success in the mid-1970s by King, Mills and their...
Several devices have been developed over the past four decades for transcatheter occlusion of atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) starting with the first reported success in the mid-1970s by King, Mills and their...
Several devices have been...
03/31/2010
Journal of Invasive Cardiology