coronary intervention

Clinical Images

How Coronary Perforation Looks at Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging

01/01/2023

Giulia Gagno, MD; Enrico Fabris, MD, PhD; Giancarlo Vitrella, MD; Gianfranco Sinagra, MD

Giulia Gagno, MD; Enrico Fabris, MD,...

A 78-year-old woman admitted for anterior non-ST elevated myocardial infarction underwent coronary angiography, which showed a critical stenosis of the proximal and distal left anterior descending artery (LAD). After predilation, the distal...

A 78-year-old woman admitted for...

01/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Distal Transradial Access For Cardiac Catheterization in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

08/01/2022

Shohei Yokota, MD; Koki Shishido, MD; Kazuki Tobita, MD; Takahiro Hayashi, MD; Hirokazu Miyashita, MD; Hiroaki Yokoyama, MD; Noriaki Moriyama, MD; Futoshi Yamanaka, MD; Shingo Mizuno, MD; Masato Murakami, MD; Yutaka Tanaka, MD, PhD; Saeko Takahashi, MD; Shigeru Saito, MD

Shohei Yokota, MD; Koki Shishido, MD...

Although a distal radial artery (DRA) approach has recently been used in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, no studies have so far investigated the safety and feasibility of DRA in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD). We aimed to...

Although a distal radial artery...

08/01/2022

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Coronary Artery Air Embolism

07/23/2019

Rakesh Agarwal, MBBS, MD and D.P. Sinha, MBBS, MD, DM

Rakesh Agarwal, MBBS, MD and D.P. Sin...

Coronary artery air embolism can be fatal if not proficiently managed. Vasospasm is said to be protective in that it breaks the larger air bubbles, as occurred in the present case.

Coronary artery air embolism can...

07/23/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Characteristics of Late-Acquired Incomplete Stent Apposition: A Comparison With First-Generation and Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents

12/15/2015

Katsuhisa Waseda, MD, PhD; Junya Ako, MD, PhD; Teruyoshi Kume, MD, PhD; Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD; Yasuhiro Honda, MD

Katsuhisa Waseda, MD, PhD; Junya Ako...

This study investigated the morphometric parameters of late-acquired incomplete stent apposition after use of Cypher SES, Taxus PES, and Resolute ZES.

This study investigated the...

12/15/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology