emergency perforation

Editor's Corner

Your Wire Went Where? Coronary Perforation With Tamponade and What to Do Next

02/28/2019

Morton J. Kern, MD and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA

Dr. Seto is Chief, Cardiology, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California.

Morton J. Kern, MD and Arnold H. Seto...

A coronary perforation is a rare but frightening event in the cardiac cath lab.

A coronary perforation is a rare...

02/28/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Case Files by Dr. George

Optical Coherence Tomography — Guidance for Evaluation of Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Treatment with Covered Stent Placement

03/01/2018

Sandeep Dayanand, MD, Sean Janzer, MD, Sanjog Kalra, MD, Christian Witzke, MD, and Jon C. George, MD, Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sandeep Dayanand, MD, Sean Janzer, MD...

Placement of covered stents in the aneurysmal segment is evolving as a less-invasive percutaneous option of excluding the aneurysm, rather than surgical ligation. Covered stents, when placed optimally, effectively seal off flow to the...

Placement of covered stents in...

03/01/2018

Cath Lab Digest

SVG to Circumflex Stenting with Significant Distal and Proximal Disease: A Complex Case Utilizing a Covered Stent

01/07/2014

Richard J. Merschen, EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS, Jefferson School of Health Professions and Pennsylvania Hospital; Robert S. Fenning, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Rebecca Wascho, RCIS, Pennsylvania Hospital; Sheldon Goldberg, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Pennsylvania Hospital; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Richard J. Merschen, EdS, RT(R)(CV), ...

Due to the location and severity of the disease in the SVG to the circumflex artery, the procedure was stopped, and a multi-disciplinary strategy was coordinated to revascularize the patient.

Due to the location and severity...

01/07/2014

Cath Lab Digest