Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD

Rapid Communication

Minimal Contrast Use in Carotid Stenting: Avoiding Contrast Pitfalls

08/01/2008

Laurence M. Schneider , MBBCh, FRACP, MD;

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is now widely utilized as a less invasive alternative to carotid endarterectomy for the prevention of stroke caused by extracranial bifurcation carotid artery stenosis. The procedure involves diagnostic...

Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rapid Communication

Stenting the Critical Calyceal Carotid Bifurcation ‚Äî A Technical<br />
Update

08/01/2008

Laurence M. Schneider , MBBCh, FRACP, MD;

James R. Wilentz , MD;

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Jiri J. Vitek , MD, PhD;

Case Report. The patient was a symptomatic 78-year-old male with a prior history of hypertension, noninsulin-dependent type 2 diabetes, coronary artery bypass graft surgery and coronary and peripheral percutaneous intervention. The patient...

Case Report. The patient was a...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Editorial

The International Andreas Gruentzig Society: 20 Years of Progress on Cardiac and Vascular Intervention — A Legacy to Andreas

08/01/2008

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

The International Andreas Gruentzig Society was inaugurated in the years after Andreas Gruentzig’s passing in 1985. A small group of his mentors, colleagues and trainees struggled to find a way to hold the memory of this remarkable man and...

The International Andreas...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

IAGS 2002: The Intractable Angina Patient

08/01/2008

Philip Walker , MD;

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Howard A. Cohen , MD;

Some Patients Can’t Be Revascularized with PCI or CABG Despite the advances that have occurred in coronary revascularization, there is a growing population of patients who are not candidates for either coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...

Some Patients Can’t Be...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Saphenous Vein
Graft Occlusion: A Potential New Paradigm

08/01/2008

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Ioannis A. Stathopoulos , MD, PhD;

Case PresentationA 69-year-old male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, s/p coronary artery bypass graft in 1994 (saphenous vein graft [SVG] to the right coronary artery [RCA], SVG to the diagonal branch, SVG to the obtuse...

Case PresentationA 69-year-old...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Cutting Balloon to Treat Carotid In-Stent Stenosis: Technical Note

08/01/2008

Bernard R. Bendok , MD;

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Alan S. Boulos , MD;

Elad I. Levy , MD;

Thos Limpijankit , MD;

Adnan I. Qureshi , MD;

Lee R. Guterman , PhD, MD;

L. Nelson Hopkins , MD;

Barry T. Katzen , MD, FACC, FACR, FSIR;

Key words: angioplasty, carotid stent, cutting balloon, in-stent stenosis Carotid angioplasty with stenting for atherosclerotic stenosis is currently under examination in numerous trials as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and...

Key words: angioplasty, carotid...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

Spontaneous Right Coronary Artery Dissection: Evaluation by
64-Slice Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography

08/01/2008

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Vladimir Jelnin , MD;

Lev Lubarsky , DO;

Harvey S. Hecht , MD;

Case Presentation. This is the first report of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) initially diagnosed by 64-slice multidetector computed tomographic angiography (CTA) (Figures 1–3). The patient was a 53-year-old male with prior...

Case Presentation. This is the...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Indications for Multidetector Computed Tomographic CoronaryAngiography after Catheter-Based Coronary Angiography

08/01/2008

Vladimir Jelnin , MD;

Gary S. Roubin , MD, PhD;

Harvey S. Hecht , MD;

Multidetector computed tomographic coronary angiography (MDCTA) has rapidly gained in popularity and applicability.1 Most recently, the concept of MDCTA-guided percutaneous intervention has been introduced, with MDCTA evaluation of minimum...

Multidetector computed...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology