Case Report

We report a patient presenting with new onset heart failure in which a fistula between the left anterior descending and the pulmonary artery was incidentally diagnosed. Issues regarding the diagnosis, management and long-term surveillance of...

We report a patient presenting...

09/03/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report and Brief Review

Large Bowel Obstruction With Cecal Perforation: What’s the Cause?

08/25/2018

A 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of abdominal pain.

A 58-year-old man presented to...

08/25/2018

Gastroenterology

Commentary

Commentary to "CTO PCI: Complexity Begets Complexity": If At First You Don’t Succeed… A Tour-de-Force in Complex CTO Intervention

05/06/2018

Tim A. Fischell , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

In this issue, Najar et al have reported a truly heroic effort of grit, skill, and determination in tackling a complex chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the right coronary artery.

In this issue, Najar et al have...

05/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Commentary

Commentary to "CTO PCI: Complexity Begets Complexity": If At First You Don’t Succeed… A Tour-de-Force in Complex CTO Intervention

05/06/2018

Tim A. Fischell , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

In this issue, Najar et al have...

05/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

In-Stent Neoatherosclerosis as a Cause for High-Risk Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

05/06/2018

Tomasz P. Stys , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Chirag K. Desai , MD;

Aiham Jbeli , MD;

Adam T. Stys , MD, FACC;

We present a case of a patient diagnosed with very late stent ‘thrombosis’ (VLST) that may have been caused by hyperplastic tissue versus progressive atherosclerosis and late plaque rupture, despite chronic immunosuppressant use.

We present a case of a patient...

05/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Intravascular Lithotripsy for Infrapopliteal Stenosis in Critical Limb Ischemia

04/06/2018

Sarang Mangalmurti , MD;

This case demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in infrapopliteal calcified stenosis to achieve improved acute results.

This case demonstrates the...

04/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Study

Intravascular Lithotripsy for Infrapopliteal Stenosis in Critical Limb Ischemia

04/06/2018

Sarang Mangalmurti , MD;

This case demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in infrapopliteal calcified stenosis to achieve improved acute results.

This case demonstrates the...

04/06/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Myocardial Bridging in the Setting of Dilated Myocardiopathy

04/04/2018

Virginia Perez-Andreu , MD, PhD;

Michael Tedla , MD;

Hossein Akhondi , MD, FACP;

Dominic Robine , DO, FACC;

Ali R. Rahimi , MD, FACP, AGSF;

Navid Kazemi , MD, FACC;

Myocardial bridge (MB) is a congenital anatomic variant that occurs when one of the coronary arteries tunnels through the myocardium instead of having a normal epicardial course.1

Myocardial bridge (MB) is a...

04/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case & Technique

How to Wire a Complex Coronary Trifurcation: A Novel Guidewire Contrast Surfing Technique

04/03/2018

Filip Oleszak ;

Maheedhar Gedela , MD;

Adam T. Stys , MD, FACC;

Jeffrey Wilson , MD;

Tomasz P. Stys , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Unfavorable coronary anatomy, especially involving bifurcations, can preclude guidewire passage even when there is flow distal to the stenosis.1