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Volume 25 - Issue 1 - January 2013

Feature

Original Contribution
01/03/2013

Ghassan Dalloul, MD,  Dustin Feldman, DO,  Nassim Haddad, MD,  Sachin Kumar Amruthlal Jain, MD, Jamal Zarghami, MD,  Marcel Zughaib, MD

Ghassan Dalloul, MD,  Dustin Feldman,...
Abstract: Background. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an effective procedure for reducing the risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis. The evolution of carotid artery stenting (CAS) has made this a viable alternative to...
Abstract: Background. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an effective procedure for reducing the risk of stroke in patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis. The evolution of carotid artery stenting (CAS) has made this a viable alternative to...
Abstract: Background. Carotid...
01/03/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
01/03/2013

Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, MD1,  Kyomars Abbasi, MD2,  Elham Hakki Kazazi, MD3, Akbar Soltanzadeh, MD4, Mohammad Alidoosti, MD1,  Abbasali Karimi, MD2,  Shapour Shirani, MD5,  Mojtaba Salarifar, MD1, Seyed Hossein Ahmadi, MD2,  Ali mohammad Hajizeinali, MD1,  Kayvan Razmjoo, MD4 

Seyed Ebrahim Kassaian, MD1,  Kyomars...
Abstract: Background. We aimed to compare the outcomes of patients who underwent carotid artery stenting (CAS) followed by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with the outcomes of those who underwent isolated CABG without carotid...
Abstract: Background. We aimed to compare the outcomes of patients who underwent carotid artery stenting (CAS) followed by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with the outcomes of those who underwent isolated CABG without carotid...
Abstract: Background. We aimed...
01/03/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
01/03/2013

Zoltan G. Turi, MD1,  Dale C. Wortham, MD2*,  Gregory C. Sampognaro, MD3,  Frank D. Kresock, MD4, John S. Held, MD5,  Ray D. Smith, MD6,  Kalyan K. Veerina, MD7,  Tomoaki Hinohara, MD8,  Amir Kaki, MD9

Zoltan G. Turi, MD1,  Dale C. Wortham...
Abstract: Objective. To present results of a registry of a novel vascular access device. Background. Arterial access has been largely unchanged for 60 years. The Arstasis device creates a novel shallow-angle arterial access designed to...
Abstract: Objective. To present results of a registry of a novel vascular access device. Background. Arterial access has been largely unchanged for 60 years. The Arstasis device creates a novel shallow-angle arterial access designed to...
Abstract: Objective. To present...
01/03/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
01/03/2013

Kaffer Kara, MD1,  Amir A. Mahabadi, MD1,  Marie H. Berg, MD2,  Philipp Kahlert, MD1,  Detlev Longwitz, MD3,  Raimund Erbel, MD1,  Matthias Bollow, MD3 

Kaffer Kara, MD1,  Amir A. Mahabadi, ...
Abstract: Background. Collagen-based vascular closure devices (VCD) are commonly used after catheterization with femoral access. However, data about complication rates due to the utilization of VCDs in patients with known peripheral artery...
Abstract: Background. Collagen-based vascular closure devices (VCD) are commonly used after catheterization with femoral access. However, data about complication rates due to the utilization of VCDs in patients with known peripheral artery...
Abstract: Background....
01/03/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
01/03/2013

William Ng, MBBS1,  Robert Lundstrom, MD1,  Edward McNulty, MD1,2

William Ng, MBBS1,  Robert Lundstrom,...
Abstract: Objectives. We aimed to assess the associations of stenting strategy and bifurcation anatomy with outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for distal unprotected left main (ULM) coronary disease. Background. There are...
Abstract: Objectives. We aimed to assess the associations of stenting strategy and bifurcation anatomy with outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for distal unprotected left main (ULM) coronary disease. Background. There are...
Abstract: Objectives. We aimed...
01/03/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
01/03/2013

Mrinal Saha, MD, Petra Poliacikova, MD, Adam de Belder, MD, Stephen Holmberg, MD, Michael Clarke, Ronak Rajani, MD, David Hildick-Smith, MD

Mrinal Saha, MD, Petra Poliacikova, M...
Abstract: Objectives. To determine whether longer periods of stent balloon inflation result in greater minimal luminal diameter (MLD) as measured by quantitative coronary analysis (QCA), and to determine whether measured size correlated with...
Abstract: Objectives. To determine whether longer periods of stent balloon inflation result in greater minimal luminal diameter (MLD) as measured by quantitative coronary analysis (QCA), and to determine whether measured size correlated with...
Abstract: Objectives. To...
01/03/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
01/02/2013

Tomas Kovarnik, MD, PhD1,  Ales Kral, MD1,  Hana Skalicka, MD, PhD1,  Gary S. Mintz, MD2,  Lubomir Kralik3Martin Chval, PhD4,  Jan Horak, MD, PhD1,  Lenka Skalicka, MD, PhD1,  Milan Sonka, PhD, Professor5,  Andreas Wahle, PhD5,  Richard W. Downe, Msc5,  Jana Uhrova, Mgr6,  Hana Benakova, RNDr6,  Lenka Cernohousova6,  Pavel Martasek, MD, PhD, Professor3,  Jan Belohlavek, MD, PhD1,  Michael Aschermann, MD, PhD, Professor1,  Ales Linhart, MD, PhD, Professor1

Tomas Kovarnik, MD, PhD1,  Ales Kral,...
Abstract: Objective. Prediction of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with stable angina based on non-invasive examinations. Methods. Pro-inflammatory markers, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) polymorphism, lipid levels, Framingham risk score (FRS),...
Abstract: Objective. Prediction of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with stable angina based on non-invasive examinations. Methods. Pro-inflammatory markers, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) polymorphism, lipid levels, Framingham risk score (FRS),...
Abstract: Objective. Prediction...
01/02/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
01/02/2013

Yacine Elhmidi, MD,  Sabine Bleiziffer, MD, Nicolo Piazza, MD, PhD, Hendrik Ruge, MD, Markus Krane, MD, Markus-Andr√© Deutsch, MD, Ina Hettich, MD, Bernhard Voss, MD, Domenico Mazzitelli, MDR√ºdiger Lange, MD, PhD 

Yacine Elhmidi, MD,  Sabine Bleiziffe...
Abstract: Aims. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been found to correlate with the severity of aortic valve stenosis and to provide prognostic information in aortic stenosis patients undergoing surgical aortic valve...
Abstract: Aims. N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) has been found to correlate with the severity of aortic valve stenosis and to provide prognostic information in aortic stenosis patients undergoing surgical aortic valve...
Abstract: Aims. N-terminal...
01/02/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
01/02/2013

Manolis Vavuranakis, MD,  Konstantinos I. Kalogeras, MD,  Dimitrios A. Vrachatis, MD,  Maria G. Kariori, MD, Konstantinos Aznaouridis, MD,  Carmen Moldovan, MD,  Christodoulos Stefanadis, MD

Manolis Vavuranakis, MD,  Konstantino...
Abstract: Background. We describe a vascular closure technique, convenient in practice, that permits effective femoral artery closure after CoreValve (Medtronic) implantation during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Vascular...
Abstract: Background. We describe a vascular closure technique, convenient in practice, that permits effective femoral artery closure after CoreValve (Medtronic) implantation during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Vascular...
Abstract: Background. We...
01/02/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Tips and Techniques
01/02/2013

George Suzuki, MD, Yoichi Nozaki, MD, Masayuki Sakurai, MD

George Suzuki, MD, Yoichi Nozaki, MD,...
Abstract: Guidewire manipulation to negotiate branches originating at an acute angle from the parent artery is a frequently encountered challenge by the interventional cardiologist in clinical practice. To date, several methods have been...
Abstract: Guidewire manipulation to negotiate branches originating at an acute angle from the parent artery is a frequently encountered challenge by the interventional cardiologist in clinical practice. To date, several methods have been...
Abstract: Guidewire manipulation...
01/02/2013
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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