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Volume 21 - Issue 5 - May, 2009

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Electrophysiology 2009: Making Practical Decisions in Difficult Economic Times
05/04/2009
Guest Editor: Todd J. Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS
Guest Editor: Todd J. Cohen, MD, FAC...
Electrophysiology continues to make advances. However, we have to place these advances in the context of an economy that has slipped into a deep recession (both in the United States and worldwide). For years, electrophysiology has seen...
Electrophysiology continues to make advances. However, we have to place these advances in the context of an economy that has slipped into a deep recession (both in the United States and worldwide). For years, electrophysiology has seen...
Electrophysiology continues to...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
An Unusual Complication of Transradial Coronary Angiography
05/04/2009
Margaret B. McEntegart, PhD, MRCP, Jonathan R. Dalzell, MRCP, M. Mitchell Lindsay, MD, MRCP
Margaret B. McEntegart, PhD, MRCP, Jo...
From the Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 16, 2008, provisional acceptance given February...
From the Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, G11 6NT, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 16, 2008, provisional acceptance given February...
From the Department of...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
IVUS-Guided Management of Late Stent Malaposition with Peri-Stent Restenosis with Coronary Artery Aneurysm (full title below)
05/04/2009
*Charan P. Lanjewar, MD, DM, *Amit Sharma, MD, DM, §Tej Sheth, MD, FRCPC, FACC
*Charan P. Lanjewar, MD, DM, *Amit Sh...
From *Mumbai University, Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India, and §McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The authors report no conflicts of interest...
From *Mumbai University, Seth G. S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India, and §McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The authors report no conflicts of interest...
From *Mumbai University, Seth G....
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusion of Left Anterior Descending Artery (full title below)
05/04/2009
*Akio Kawamura, MD, §Masahiro Jinzaki, MD, §Sachio Kuribayashi, MD
*Akio Kawamura, MD, §Masahiro Jinzak...
Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusion of Left Anterior Descending Artery Using Contralateral Injection via Isolated Conus Artery From the *Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of...
Percutaneous Revascularization of Chronic Total Occlusion of Left Anterior Descending Artery Using Contralateral Injection via Isolated Conus Artery From the *Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of...
Percutaneous Revascularization...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Conservative Approach for Perforation and Early Pseudoaneurysm of Left Anterior Descending Artery during Overlapped Stenting
05/04/2009
Mohammad Alidoosti, MD, Abbas Soleimani, MD, *Ali Abbasi, MD
Mohammad Alidoosti, MD, Abbas Soleima...
From the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, and the *Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. The authors...
From the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, and the *Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. The authors...
From the Department of...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance of Multiple Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Lesions Associated with Coronary Aneurysms
05/04/2009
Godfrey Aleong, MD, Camino Bañuelos, MD, Fernando Alfonso, MD, PhD
Godfrey Aleong, MD, Camino Bañuelos...
From the Interventional Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 8, 2008 provisional...
From the Interventional Cardiology Department, Cardiovascular Institute, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 8, 2008 provisional...
From the Interventional...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
05/04/2009
Danai Kitkungvan, MD, *Sandeep Sharma, MD, *Luigi Pacifico, DO, *David H. Spodick, MD, DSc From the Department of Medicine, and the *Division of Cardiology, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 16, 2008, provisional acceptance given February 5, 2009, and final version accepted February 11, 2009. Address for correspondence: Danai Kitkungvan, MD, Department of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA 01608. E-mail: kitkungvan@hotmail.com
Danai Kitkungvan, MD, *Sandeep Sharma...
Case Presentation. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department with exertional dyspnea. His past medical history was significant for hypertension and renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which had been diagnosed 2 years previously. He...
Case Presentation. A 60-year-old male presented to the emergency department with exertional dyspnea. His past medical history was significant for hypertension and renal cell carcinoma (RCC), which had been diagnosed 2 years previously. He...
Case Presentation. A 60-year-old...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
Advances in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
05/04/2009
Alicia Darge, RPA-C, *Matthew R. Reynolds, MD, MSc, Joseph J. Germano, DO From Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York, and *Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Disclosure: Dr. Reynolds is a consultant to Biosense Webster; Dr. Germano has received speaker honnoraria from Boston Scientific Corp., Medtronic, Inc., and St. Jude Medical. Address for correspondence: Joseph Germano, DO, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health Science Center, SUNY Stony Brook, Winthrop-University Hospital, 120 Mineola Blvd, Suite 500, Mineola, NY 11501.
Alicia Darge, RPA-C, *Matthew R. Reyn...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an increasingly common and costly medical problem.1–3 Given the disappointing efficacy and side effects associated with pharmacological therapy for AF, new treatment options are needed. Over the last decade,...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an increasingly common and costly medical problem.1–3 Given the disappointing efficacy and side effects associated with pharmacological therapy for AF, new treatment options are needed. Over the last decade,...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
Current Procedural Terminology Coding in Electrophysiology: Focus on 2009 Updates
05/04/2009
Manish Undavia, MD From the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York. The author reports no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Manish Undavia, MD, 242 Merrick Road, Suite 402, Rockville Center, NY 11570.
Manish Undavia, MD From the Mount Si...
ABSTRACT: This article highlights the major changes in the current procedural terminology codes (CPT codes) that were announced by the American Medical Association in January 2009. These new CPT codes were developed to more accurately reflect...
ABSTRACT: This article highlights the major changes in the current procedural terminology codes (CPT codes) that were announced by the American Medical Association in January 2009. These new CPT codes were developed to more accurately reflect...
ABSTRACT: This article...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Department

Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
05/04/2009
Fever after BioSTAR® Implantation: Is It a Systemic Reaction to the Collagen Matrix? “The BioSTAR® septal repair implant for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is an exciting development, as it uses a bioabsorbable collagen matrix layer,...
Fever after BioSTAR® Implantation: Is It a Systemic Reaction to the Collagen Matrix? “The BioSTAR® septal repair implant for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is an exciting development, as it uses a bioabsorbable collagen matrix layer,...
Fever after BioSTAR®...
05/04/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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Out-of-Hospital Care
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