Steven L. Goldberg, MD

Case Report

Successful Percutaneous Closure of an Aortic Graft Pseudo- Aneurysm with a Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder Device

08/01/2008

Case Report. A 22-year-old female presented to an outside hospital with back pain radiating to the epigastrum. The patient had a history of hypertension and Takayasu’s arteritis. At age 17 she underwent resection of an ascending aortic...

Case Report. A 22-year-old...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

Coronary Thrombosis in the Time of COVID-19 – A Puzzling Entity (With Video Discussion)

05/03/2021

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

Bernhard Meier , MD, FACC, FESC;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Arnold H. Seto , MD, MPA, CCDS, FACC, FSCAI;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

David J. Cohen , MD, MPH, MSc;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

We had a puzzling case. A 37-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with 1 day of anterior chest pain at rest, somewhat positional. Three months ago, he had COVID-19 flu syndrome without hospitalization.

We had a puzzling case. A...

05/03/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

COMMENTARY: The Trouble with Bubbles

08/01/2008

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Why do residual shunts exist after patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure devices are placed? Possible explanations include the use of a device too small for the defect, inability of the placed device to adequately conform to the defect, leakage...

Why do residual shunts exist...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

11/03/2020

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

I read with interest the group discussion regarding the role of community hospitals in the performance of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure (Conversations in Cardiology: How Should Complex Procedures in Small Community Hospitals Be...

I read with interest the group...

11/03/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Teaching Collection

Late-Term Myocardial Infarction After Surgical Ligation of a Giant Coronary Artery Fistula

08/01/2008

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Joel Manchester , MD;

Joseph Perloff , MD;

Large coronary artery fistulae have been associated with complications such as congestive heart failure, myocardial ischemia, endocarditis, rupture and arrhythmias.1 To reduce the risk of complications, large coronary artery fistulae are...

Large coronary artery fistulae...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Futility in Patients With STEMI – Do All for All? (Includes Video Discussion)

03/02/2021

Stephen R. Ramee , MD;

Timothy D. Henry , MD;

Mitchell W. Krucoff , MD;

George W. Vetrovec , MD;

Samuel M. Butman , MD;

Jeffrey Marshall ;

Paul S. Teirstein , MD, FACC;

Spencer B. King III, MD;

Bonnie H. Weiner , MD, MBA, FSCAI, FACC;

Carl L. Tommaso , MD;

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Richard Chazal , MD;

Steven R. Bailey , MD;

Michael Ragosta , MD;

Kirk N. Garratt , MD, MSc;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

How should we manage the ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patient coming to the emergency department (ED) who appears to be so critically ill that further care would be futile?

How should we manage the...

03/02/2021

Cath Lab Digest

Invasive Thoughts

Moving to (More) Universal Health Care

07/30/2012

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

This week the United States Supreme Court decided upon the constitutionality of the individual mandate component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as ObamaCare. Therefore, it seems an appropriate time to revisit the controversial topic...

This week the United States...

07/30/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Invasive Thoughts

A Respectable Result? Or Do We Need More Closure?

11/29/2012

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

The results of the RESPECT randomized trial are full of compelling data regarding benefit of PFO closure to prevent recurrent stroke, but because the primary endpoint had a P-value of 0.08, we may not be able to make use of the data.

The results of the RESPECT...

11/29/2012

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Invasive Thoughts

Should We Abandon Femoral Access for STEMIs?

04/25/2013

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

What are the implications that two trials suggested a mortality benefit when the radial approach was used to access the arterial system during a STEMI?

What are the implications that...

04/25/2013

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Why Don‚Äôt We Practice Evidence-based Medicine?

08/01/2008

Steven L. Goldberg , MD;

Despite several studies showing an advantage of early treatment with clopidogrel in the patient presenting with acute coronary syndrome, or prior to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),1–6 this treatment is frequently not given early...

Despite several studies showing...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology