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Volume 29 - Issue 4 - April, 2017

Feature

Review
03/30/2017
Lawrence A. Garcia, MD, FACC, FAHA; Maxwell E. Afari, MD; Tariq M. Bhat, MD
The physiological force and shear stress from angioplasty and stenting have made peripheral arterial disease (PAD) treatment challenging. This article presents a review of the current literature for the atherectomy devices used in...
The physiological force and shear stress from angioplasty and stenting have made peripheral arterial disease (PAD) treatment challenging. This article presents a review of the current literature for the atherectomy devices used in...
The physiological force and...
03/30/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
03/30/2017
Wolfgang Rottbauer, MD; Birgid Gonska, MD; Sinisa Markovic, MD; Julia Seeger, MD; Jochen Wohrle, MD; Patrick Moller; Dominik Scharnbeck, MD; Daniel Walcher, MD
This study compares early device success, procedural success, and 30-day safety endpoint according to the new Mitral Valve Academic Research Consortium criteria (MVARC) in severe primary and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) patients.
This study compares early device success, procedural success, and 30-day safety endpoint according to the new Mitral Valve Academic Research Consortium criteria (MVARC) in severe primary and secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) patients.
This study compares early device...
03/30/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Clinical Images
03/30/2017
Andres Iniguez-Romo, MD, PhD; Victor Alfonso Jimenez-Diaz, MD, MPH; Etelberto Hernández Hernández, MD; Jorge Alberto Vitela Rodríguez, MD; Jorge Andrade Pacheco, MD; Jose Antonio Baz-Alonso, MD; Antonio De-Miguel-Castro, MD; Guillermo Bastos-Fernandez, MD; Alberto Ortiz-Saez, MD; Saleta Fernandez-Barbeira, MD
One of the most frequent causes of acute coronary syndromes in patients with previous PCI is stent thrombosis. Intracoronary loss of unexpanded stents is rather an infrequent but serious complication that can trigger an acute cardiovascular...
One of the most frequent causes of acute coronary syndromes in patients with previous PCI is stent thrombosis. Intracoronary loss of unexpanded stents is rather an infrequent but serious complication that can trigger an acute cardiovascular...
One of the most frequent causes...
03/30/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
03/15/2017
Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD; Roxana Mehran, MD; Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM; Bjorn Redfors, MD, PhD; Philippe Généreux, MD; Girma Minalu Ayele, PhD; Dominic P. Francese, MPH; Adriano Caixeta, MD, PhD; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC, FSCAI
This study evaluates the contribution of chronic total occlusion (CTO)-related SYNTAX score (SS) to the overall SS for patients with CTO and compares the traditional SS to a simplified variant.
This study evaluates the contribution of chronic total occlusion (CTO)-related SYNTAX score (SS) to the overall SS for patients with CTO and compares the traditional SS to a simplified variant.
This study evaluates the...
03/15/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
01/15/2017
James W. Choi, MD; Ehtisham Mahmud, MD; Mitul P. Patel, MD; Khaldoon Alaswad, MD; Jeffrey W. Moses, MD; Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD; Ziad A. Ali, MD, DPhil; Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD; Manish A. Parikh, MD; Robert W. Yeh, MD, MBA, MSc; Aris Karatasakis, MD; Michael R. Wyman, MD; Barbara Anna Danek, MD; J. Aaron Grantham, MD; Judit Karacsonyi, MD, PhD; Nicholas J. Lembo, MD; Bavana V. Rangan, BDS, MPH, MD; Anthony H. Doing, MD; Ajay J. Kirtane, MD, SM; Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI; Craig A. Thompson, MD, MMSc; Barry F. Uretsky, MD; Subhash Banerjee, MD, FSCAI; Rahel Iwnetu, MD; William L. Lombardi, MD; David E. Kandzari, MD; Catalin Toma, MD
We sought to determine the effect of age and sex on procedural outcomes and efficiency of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
We sought to determine the effect of age and sex on procedural outcomes and efficiency of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
We sought to determine the...
01/15/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/30/2017
Nicolas W. Shammas, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FACP, FSVM; Bassel Bou Dargham, MD, BS; Rayan Jo Rachwan, MD; Ghassan E. Daher, MD; Jon Robken, MD
We report 1 case and review the literature on transcollateral retrograde crossing of the SFA from the profunda femoris. The procedural steps and devices (wires and crossing catheters) utilized by various operators are outlined.   
We report 1 case and review the literature on transcollateral retrograde crossing of the SFA from the profunda femoris. The procedural steps and devices (wires and crossing catheters) utilized by various operators are outlined.   
We report 1 case and review the...
03/30/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/30/2017
Philippe Généreux, MD; Simon Bérubé, MD; Marc-Antoine Despatis, MD, MSc; Eric Therasse, MD; Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI; Marianne Brodmann, MD; Andrew Benko, MD; Louis-Philippe Riel, MSc; Martin Brouillette, PhD
The current report describes the first use of the SoundBite Crossing System in the recanalization of human ex vivo occluded arteries below the knee during a simulated procedure performed under fluoroscopy.
The current report describes the first use of the SoundBite Crossing System in the recanalization of human ex vivo occluded arteries below the knee during a simulated procedure performed under fluoroscopy.
The current report describes the...
03/30/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
03/30/2017
Francesca Del Furia, MD; Francesco Giannini, MD; Antonio Colombo, MD; Matteo Montorfano, MD; Azeem Latib, MD, BCh, MBBCh; Antonio Mangieri, MD; Damiano Regazzoli, MD; Richard J. Jabbour, MD
We report on first-in-man percutaneous LAA closure with the Amplatzer Amulet device in the presence of LAA thrombus using the TriGuard EPD as a cerebral protection device.
We report on first-in-man percutaneous LAA closure with the Amplatzer Amulet device in the presence of LAA thrombus using the TriGuard EPD as a cerebral protection device.
We report on first-in-man...
03/30/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Insights

Commentary
03/15/2017
Salman A. Arain, MD; H. Vernon Anderson, MD
The authors offer their thoughts on the limitations of the SYNTAX score when treating chronic total occlusions.
The authors offer their thoughts on the limitations of the SYNTAX score when treating chronic total occlusions.
The authors offer their thoughts...
03/15/2017
Journal of Invasive Cardiology