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Volume 21 - Issue 9 - September, 2009

Feature

Case Report
In-Stent Deployment of a Stripped Stent during Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a Right Coronary Artery
09/01/2009
Leslie Wilke, DO; Vijay G. Divakaran, MD, MPH; Sudhir Mungee, MD
From the *Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois; the §Department of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and £Heartcare Midwest, OSF St. Francis Medical...
From the *Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois; the §Department of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and £Heartcare Midwest, OSF St. Francis Medical...
From the *Department of Internal...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Patient with Factor XI Deficiency
09/01/2009
Avi Shimony, MD; Etai Levi, MD; Doron Zahger, MD
From the *Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; and the §Department of Hematology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva,...
From the *Department of Cardiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel; and the §Department of Hematology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva,...
From the *Department of...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Very Late Stent Thrombosis of Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Combined with Late Stent Malapposition and Aneurysm Formation
09/01/2009
Young-Hak Kim, MD; Seung-Jung Park, MD, PhD; Sun-Yang Min, MD
From the Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted...
From the Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted...
From the Department of Medicine,...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Improvement of Renal Function after Opening Occluded Atherosclerotic Renal Arteries
09/01/2009
Hiroshi Kanamori, MD, PhD; Masanao Toma, MD; Atsushi Fukatsu, MD, PhD
From the *Department of Nephrology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, and the §Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. The authors report no conflicts of interest...
From the *Department of Nephrology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, and the §Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. The authors report no conflicts of interest...
From the *Department of...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Use of Rotational Atherectomy in the Body of a Saphenous Vein Coronary Graft
09/01/2009
Igor F. Palacios, MD; Creighton W. Don, MD, PhD; Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, MHCDS
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab and *Vascular Medicine and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab and *Vascular Medicine and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content...
From the Department of Medicine,...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Treatment of the Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) Caused by Membranous Obstruction of Inferior Vena Cava (Full title below)
09/01/2009
Mahmoud Ebrahimi, MD
Treatment of the Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) Caused by Membranous Obstruction of Inferior Vena Cava with Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Report of an Amazing Relation between Undiagnosed BCS and Infertility From the Cardiovascular...
Treatment of the Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) Caused by Membranous Obstruction of Inferior Vena Cava with Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Report of an Amazing Relation between Undiagnosed BCS and Infertility From the Cardiovascular...
Treatment of the Budd-Chiari...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Myocardial Infarction — Fusion or Confusion?
09/01/2009
Sivakumar Ardhanari, MD; Ashok J. Shah, MD; Ranjan K. Thakur, MD, MPH
From the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Sparrow Health System & Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted February 12, 2009,...
From the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute, Sparrow Health System & Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted February 12, 2009,...
From the Thoracic and...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Related to Incomplete Stent Endothelialization: (Full title below)
09/01/2009
Angel Sánchez-Recalde, MD, PhD; Raúl Moreno-Gómez, MD, PhD; Santiago Jimenez-Valero, MD, PhD
Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Related to Incomplete Stent Endothelialization: In-Vivo Demonstration by Optical Coherence Tomography ________________________ ABSTRACT: Very late drug-eluting stent (DES) thrombosis is a rare but...
Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Related to Incomplete Stent Endothelialization: In-Vivo Demonstration by Optical Coherence Tomography ________________________ ABSTRACT: Very late drug-eluting stent (DES) thrombosis is a rare but...
Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
Post-Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defects — Review of the Literature and a Novel Technique for Percutaneous Closure
09/01/2009
Robert J. Chisholm, MD, FRCPC; Asim N. Cheema, MD, PhD; Reda Ibrahim, MD; Nicholas J. Collins, BMed, FRACP, MD; Payam Dehghani, MD, FRCPC; David Latter, MD
ABSTRACT: Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is infrequent, with clinical sequelae ranging from imminent death to complete spontaneous resolution. The most appropriate management strategy is unclear. Careful observation has been...
ABSTRACT: Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is infrequent, with clinical sequelae ranging from imminent death to complete spontaneous resolution. The most appropriate management strategy is unclear. Careful observation has been...
ABSTRACT: Post-traumatic...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Column

Editorial
Physician-Hospital Alignment: Finding the Sweet Spot
09/01/2009
David E. Steckler, JD, LLM, MD; Fielding Epstein, MHSA, JD; Ronald N. Riner, MD, FACC
Many group practices, specialists and primary-care physicians are having their practices assessed in order to determine whether the practice should: (a) remain independent; (b) merge with another practice; or (c) agree to become employed by a...
Many group practices, specialists and primary-care physicians are having their practices assessed in order to determine whether the practice should: (a) remain independent; (b) merge with another practice; or (c) agree to become employed by a...
Many group practices,...
09/01/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

News

Intravascular Imaging
ECLIPSE Trial: Intravascular Imaging Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Stenting Procedures in Patients with High-Risk Calcified CAD
03/31/2025
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Aortic Stenosis
New Data Confirm Rapid, Unpredictable Progression of Severe Aortic Stenosis and Need for Urgent Referral and Evaluation of Patients
03/31/2025
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CAD in Women
New Intermountain Health Study Finds Gap Between Heart Disease Outcomes in Men and Women Has Narrowed Over Past 20 Years  
03/31/2025
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
AI
HeartFocus Clinical Trial Proves AI Can Empower Novices to Deliver Diagnostic-Quality Cardiac Ultrasounds
03/31/2025
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
plaque analysis
CONFIRM2 Registry: Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Cleerly's AI-QCT for Women’s Cardiovascular Risk at ACC.25
03/31/2025
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Statins
CorCal Outcomes Study: Who Needs a Statin? Intermountain Study Compares Prescribing Recommendations Based on Traditional Risk Factors vs. Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
03/31/2025
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CardiAMP Procedure
Cell Therapy
BioCardia Phase 3 CARDIAMP-HF Trial of Novel Cardiac Cell Therapy for Ischemic Heart Failure Shows Increased Survival, Decreased Cardiac Events, and Improved Quality of Life at Two Years
03/31/2025
"In this rigorous CardiAMP-HF Trial, patients who received the novel cell therapy adjunctive to medication experienced decreased mortality and MACCE, with improved quality of life, when compared to those on medication alone," said...
"In this rigorous CardiAMP-HF Trial, patients who received the novel cell therapy adjunctive to medication experienced decreased mortality and MACCE, with improved quality of life, when compared to those on medication alone," said...
"In this rigorous CardiAMP-HF...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Peripheral Arterial Disease
New Study Finds Peripheral Artery Disease Often Underdiagnosed and Undertreated; Opportunity to Improve Treatments and Lower Death Rates
03/31/2025
Researchers identified 7,522 patients who had a symptomatic peripheral artery disease diagnosis at Intermountain Health facilities between January 2006 and December 2021 and were seen once in follow-up within at least 18 months of their...
Researchers identified 7,522 patients who had a symptomatic peripheral artery disease diagnosis at Intermountain Health facilities between January 2006 and December 2021 and were seen once in follow-up within at least 18 months of their...
Researchers identified 7,522...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
TAVR
Evolut Low Risk Trial: Medtronic Evolut TAVR System Shows Durable Clinical Outcomes and Outstanding Valve Performance at 5 Years in Low-Risk AS Patients
03/31/2025
"Results at five years support Evolut's supra-annular, self-expanding TAVR as a safe, effective, and durable alternative to surgery for patients with severe aortic stenosis, regardless of their surgical risk," said Michael J. Reardon, MD.
"Results at five years support Evolut's supra-annular, self-expanding TAVR as a safe, effective, and durable alternative to surgery for patients with severe aortic stenosis, regardless of their surgical risk," said Michael J. Reardon, MD.
"Results at five years support...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Calcium Score
Low Coronary Artery Calcium Score is Associated with An Excellent Prognosis Regardless of a Person’s Age, New Intermountain Health Study Finds
03/31/2025
“We found that a zero-plaque burden is not only highly prognostic of good heart health at any age, but also of excellent overall survival,” said Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, principal investigator of the study.
“We found that a zero-plaque burden is not only highly prognostic of good heart health at any age, but also of excellent overall survival,” said Jeffrey L. Anderson, MD, principal investigator of the study.
“We found that a zero-plaque...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest

CRT Conference Coverage
Disparities in Interventional Cardiology
04/02/2025
Laura Simson
At the Sunday afternoon "Disparities in Interventional Cardiology" session at CRT 2025, experts presented compelling data and discussed the barriers that limit diverse representation in the field, ranging from clinical trials and...
At the Sunday afternoon "Disparities in Interventional Cardiology" session at CRT 2025, experts presented compelling data and discussed the barriers that limit diverse representation in the field, ranging from clinical trials and...
At the Sunday afternoon...
04/02/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
CRT Conference Coverage
Artificial Intelligence in Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis and Intervention
04/02/2025
Laura Simson
In his Sunday morning session and ensuing panel discussion at CRT 2025, Dr Ran Kornowski of the Rabin Medical Center in Petach-Tikva, Israel, detailed how AI is transforming clinical practice and research in interventional cardiology.
In his Sunday morning session and ensuing panel discussion at CRT 2025, Dr Ran Kornowski of the Rabin Medical Center in Petach-Tikva, Israel, detailed how AI is transforming clinical practice and research in interventional cardiology.
In his Sunday morning session...
04/02/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Polidocanol Ablation in Midventricular Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Novel Approach and Early Outcomes
04/01/2025
Limited data exist regarding polidocanol use for septal ablation, particularly in the context of midventricular obstruction (MVO) . This study presents the first reported use of polidocanol for septal ablation in patients with MVO.
Limited data exist regarding polidocanol use for septal ablation, particularly in the context of midventricular obstruction (MVO) . This study presents the first reported use of polidocanol for septal ablation in patients with MVO.
Limited data exist regarding...
04/01/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Heart Rate Variability of Interventional Cardiology Fellows and Attendings and Changes Over Time
04/01/2025
The study examined the stress levels of interventional cardiology (IC) fellows and attendings using both objective (heart rate variability) and subjective (State Trait Anxiety Inventory) metrics across the IC fellowship.
The study examined the stress levels of interventional cardiology (IC) fellows and attendings using both objective (heart rate variability) and subjective (State Trait Anxiety Inventory) metrics across the IC fellowship.
The study examined the stress...
04/01/2025
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Intravascular Imaging
ECLIPSE Trial: Intravascular Imaging Can Improve Outcomes for Complex Stenting Procedures in Patients with High-Risk Calcified CAD
03/31/2025
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that use of intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide coronary stenting in severely calcified lesions prevents death, stent thrombosis, and unplanned repeat procedures in this high-risk patient population,” says first...
“The ECLIPSE trial shows that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Aortic Stenosis
New Data Confirm Rapid, Unpredictable Progression of Severe Aortic Stenosis and Need for Urgent Referral and Evaluation of Patients
03/31/2025
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the EARLY TAVR Trial were presented at ACC.25 in Chicago, addressing the critical needs of patients with structural heart disease.
New data from DETECT AS and the...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
CAD in Women
New Intermountain Health Study Finds Gap Between Heart Disease Outcomes in Men and Women Has Narrowed Over Past 20 Years  
03/31/2025
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older with more comorbidities (like high blood pressure, diabetes, and history of stroke and heart failure), have more stable chest pain, and experience less severe chest pain or heart attack when they came into the...
Women studied tended to be older...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
AI
HeartFocus Clinical Trial Proves AI Can Empower Novices to Deliver Diagnostic-Quality Cardiac Ultrasounds
03/31/2025
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of exams conducted by novices using HeartFocus met the diagnostic standards for all primary endpoints, with a strong correlation to expert-acquired scans across qualitative and quantitative assessments.
Results showed that 100% of...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
plaque analysis
CONFIRM2 Registry: Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results Demonstrate the Predictive Power of Cleerly's AI-QCT for Women’s Cardiovascular Risk at ACC.25
03/31/2025
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that AI-QCT features of coronary artery disease (CAD), as detected by Cleerly’s AI-QCT, can identify women at high risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and improves risk stratification - a population...
The findings demonstrate that...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest
Statins
CorCal Outcomes Study: Who Needs a Statin? Intermountain Study Compares Prescribing Recommendations Based on Traditional Risk Factors vs. Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring
03/31/2025
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal Outcomes, a large, randomized clinical trial at Intermountain Health that is comparing the PCE versus CAC score guidance to initiate a statin prescription for patients for primary prevention of coronary heart...
The research is part of CorCal...
03/31/2025
Cath Lab Digest

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