Structural heart disease

Original Contribution

Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Safe and Apparently Efficacious But Does Reporting of Aggregate Outcomes Hide Less-Favorable Results, Experienced by a Substantial Proportion of Patients?

06/29/2015

Robert M. Cooper , MBChB, MRCP;

Rodney H. Stables , DM, MA, BM, BCh, FRCP, MD;

Jessica Taulman , DPM;

Adeel Shahzad , MRCP, MBBS;

A retrospective case series reviewing all patients undergoing alcohol septal ablation at a United Kingdom tertiary referral center from 2000-2012 with the aim of describing aggregate and individual outcomes in terms of symptomatic and...

A retrospective case series...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Alcohol Septal Ablation: What Have We Learned From Multicenter Versus Single-Center Experience, and Aggregate Versus Individualized Outcomes?

06/29/2015

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Editorial from Dr Naidu discussing the study by Cooper et al along with the current state of alcohol septal ablation and the 2014 guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology.

Editorial from Dr Naidu...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

A Comparative Study of Defibrillator Leads at a Large-Volume Implanting Hospital: Results From the Pacemaker and Implantable Defibrillator Leads Survival Study ("PAIDLESS")

05/29/2015

Todd J. Cohen , MD, FACC, FHRS;

Dhimesh P. Patel , MD;

Wilbur J. Asheld , DO;

Joseph J. Germano , DO;

Shahidul Islam , PStat, MPH, CPH;

Implantable lead survival has been the subject of many multicenter studies over the past decade. The purpose of this study was to examine survival in the implantable defibrillator subset of implanted leads at a large-volume implanting...

Implantable lead survival has...

05/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Patients With Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Dysfunction: Early and Mid-Term Results

05/29/2015

Elżbieta Katarzyna Biernacka , MD, PhD;

Witold Rużyłło , PhD;

Marcin Demkow , PhD, MD;

Mirosław Kowalski , MD, PhD;

Mateusz Śpiewak , MD, PhD;

Walerian Piotrowski , PhD;

Mariusz Kuśmierczyk , MD, PhD;

Sławomir Banaś , MD, PhD;

Jacek Różanski , MD, PhD;

Piotr Hoffman , PhD;

Early and long-term results after TPVI in patients with full conduit or patched RV outflow tract dysfunction.

Early and long-term results...

05/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Expansion of the Indication of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – Feasibility and Outcome in "Off-Label" Patients Compared With "On-Label" Patients

04/29/2015

Karl-Heinz Kuck , MD;

Jury Schewel , MD;

Dimitry Schewel , MD;

Peter Wohlmuth ;

Tobias Schmidt , MD;

Felix Kreidel , MD;

Ralf Bader , MD;

Ulrich Schafer , MD;

Christian Frerker , MD;

This study compares both the feasibility and outcomes of “off-label” transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients (n=156) with a standard “on-label” TAVR population (n=435) at a single institution.

This study compares both the...

04/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Incidence, Predictors, and Impact on Prognosis of Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure and its Improvement After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Multicenter Registry

02/01/2015

Mauro Rinaldi , MD;

Pierfrancesco Agostoni , MD, PhD;

Federico Conrotto , MD;

Sebastiano Marra , MD;

Maurizio D'Amico , MD;

Fiorenzo Gaita , MD;

Claudio Moretti , MD;

Fabrizio D'Ascenzo , MD;

Marco Barbanti , MD;

Giuseppe Tarantini , MD, PhD;

Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai , MD, PhD;

Stefano Salizzoni , MD;

Pieter R. Stella , MD, PhD;

Marco Luciano Rossi , MD;

Freek Nijhoff , MD;

Valeria Gasparetto , MD;

Marco G. Mennuni , MD;

Pierluigi Omedè , MD;

Walter Grosso Marra , MD;

Giorgio Quadri , MD;

Francesca Giordana , MD;

Patrizia Presbitero , MD;

Massimo Napodanno , MD;

Corrado Tamburino , MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI;

Prognostic impact of elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) and its potential improvement after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) remains to be determined. This multicenter retrospective registry shows that this...

Prognostic impact of elevated...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Correction of Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome by Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

11/26/2014

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Stefan Blankenberg , MD;

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Moritz Seiffert , MD;

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Hermann Reichenspurner , MD;

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is gaining importance, but the influence of this new technique on acquired von Willebrand syndrome has never been examined. We conclude that acquired von Willebrand syndrome due to aortic valve...

Transcatheter aortic valve...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

TAVI in the Case of Preexisting Mitral Prosthesis: Tips & Tricks and Literature Review

10/27/2014

Christodoulos Stefanadis , MD;

Konstantinos Aznaouridis , MD, PhD;

Manolis Vavuranakis , MD, PhD;

Maria G. Kariori , MD;

Konstantinos Kalogerasa , MD;

Carmen Moldovan , MD;

Maria Lavda , MD;

Limited data exist on transcatheter aortic valve implantation in the setting of a preexisting mitral prosthesis. We report two cases of transfemoral TAVI with a self-expanding bioprosthesis in patients who had previously undergone mitral...

Limited data exist on...

10/27/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Multivessel Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysms in an Adult With an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Latent Finding of Kawasaki Disease

09/08/2014

Tsuyoshi Kaneko , MD;

Jane W. Newburger , MD, MPH;

Jane A. Leopold , MD;

We present a case of a patient with an acute coronary syndrome who had the exceptionally rare finding of multivessel giant coronary artery aneurysms (>8 mm) involving the left main and ostial right coronary arteries with concomitant...

We present a case of a patient...

09/08/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Collateral-Dependent‚ÄàIschemic Mitral Regurgitation

03/06/2014

Cara Tannenbaum , MD, FRCPC, MS;

Reuben Ilia , MD;

Jean Marc Weinstein , MRCP;

There is much debate on the pathogenesis of ischemic mitral regurgitation. We describe a case in which the MR was dynamic and directly related to changes in coronary collateral flow.

There is much debate on the...

03/06/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology