Jack P. Chen, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP

Performance Improvement Strategies Speed Up Treatment Times in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Pa

07/30/2008

Haleh Eskandari , RN, MSN, CCRN, RCIS;

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Sara Moseley , RN, MS;

Deryck Yarde , RN, BSN, CCRN;

For patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the early use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to restore coronary perfusion is associated with significant reductions in mortality and morbidity. The American...

For patients with ST-elevation...

07/30/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Recurrent Coronary Stent Thromboses and Myocardial Infarctions

08/01/2008

Angampally G. Rajeev , MD;

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Case Report. A 64-year-old male was transferred from an outside facility after sustaining a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Cardiovascular risk factors included noninsulin- dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension....

Case Report. A 64-year-old male...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Difficult Anatomies: Just Hold Your (Patient‚Äôs) Breath

08/01/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

To the Editor: Today’s vast armamentarium of percutaneous coronary interventional devices has both simplified and complicated the procedure. While user-friendly catheters, wires and stents have allowed the seasoned interventionalist to...

To the Editor: Today’s vast...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Floating Wire Technique for Treatment of Aorto-Ostial Lesions

06/19/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Case Presentation and Description of Technique A 63-year-old gentleman underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization at an outside hospital for acute coronary syndrome. He was found to have an eccentric, 95% right coronary AOL with preserved...

Case Presentation and...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Dual-Guidewire Percutaneous Intervention of Anomalous
Coronary Artery Facilitated by Steerable Guidewire

08/01/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Case Report. A 56-year-old male without previous cardiovascular history was admitted with chest pain suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. He reported experiencing exertional angina over the previous several days. His past medical and social...

Case Report. A 56-year-old male...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

The Steerable Guidewire: A Simple Method to Recross Deployed Stents

08/01/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Recrossing a deployed stent with a guidewire is sometimes required when a distal lesion is recognized after wire withdrawal, or when a second “buddy wire” is required to facilitate distal advancement of another device. A popular technique is...

Recrossing a deployed stent with...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Release from Stent-jail: Beneficial Snow-Plowing?

06/19/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Case Report A 56-year-old woman presented with an acute inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. She was treated with intravenous metoprolol, heparin and eptifibatide, along with oral clopidogrel and aspirin. Emergent cardiac...

Case Report A 56-year-old woman...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Global Akinesis: Inadvertent Left Ventricular ‚ÄúPseudoaneurysmogram‚Äù

08/01/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

Case Report A 65-year old male with a history of bipolar illness had sustained a large myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by Dressler’s syndrome at an outside hospital. Based upon cardiac catheterization findings, surgical intervention...

Case Report A 65-year old male...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Resurrecting ‚ÄúLaser-us‚Äù

01/28/2011

Edward Proctor , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

To the Editor: Despite advancements in stent technology, procedural success in complex lesion morphologies is often dependent upon pre-stent lesion preparation. Lesion subtypes such as bifurcation, thrombotic, chronic total occlusion, and...

To the Editor: Despite...

01/28/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Core Curriculum and Standardization of Training for the Catheterization Laboratory Specialist

09/16/2008

Jack P. Chen , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP;

The author has no conflicts to declare, and no grants were received for the preparation of this manuscript. In 1977, amidst immense skepticism, Professor Andreas Gruentzig performed the world’s first angioplasty in Zurich, Switzerland....

The author has no conflicts to...

09/16/2008

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