Opinion

Bleeding Heart and Coronary Cameral Fistulae

04/26/2018

This letter addresses an article regarding coronary-cameral fistula after septal myomectomy published in the December 2017 issue of the Journal of Invasive Cardiology and authored by Walters D, et al.

This letter addresses an article...

04/26/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Bleeding Heart and Coronary Cameral Fistulae

04/26/2018

Bhupendra Kumar Sihag , MD, DM;

Rajesh Vijayvergiya , MD, DM;

This letter addresses an article...

04/26/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Relationship Between Morphology of the Valve and Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Patients With Aortic Valve Stenosis

09/02/2016

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH;

Tarek A. Helmy , MD;

A commentary on this month's article by Gao, et al. Drs Helmy and Hijazi discuss aortic valve stenosis and the importance of comprehensive morphologic characterization of valves, which in turn may be useful in defining functional valve...

A commentary on this month's...

09/02/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

A Paradigm Shift Toward Forearm Arterial Access Requires Establishing Preprocedure Adequacy of Hand Collateralization or Patency of Collateralizing Forearm Arteries

03/29/2016

Yashasvi Chugh , MD;

Sunita Chugh , MBBS, MASE;

Sanjay Chugh , MD, DM;

The authors offer their opinion on forearm arterial access and the January 2016 article by Gokhroo et al.

The authors offer their opinion...

03/29/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clopidogrel and Genotyping

07/31/2015

Neville F. Ford, MD, PhD

Dr Ford discusses the United States FDA’s “black box” warning on clopidogrel, and whether this designation was warranted based on the evidence at hand.

Dr Ford discusses the United...

07/31/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Invasive Thoughts

Board Games

06/29/2015

Alexander G. Truesdell , MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM;

Dr Truesdell discusses the explosion of specialty and subspecialty certifications required. As he prepares to register for his eighth postresidency certification or “board” exam, he starts to question his enthusiasm for pursuing more and more...

Dr Truesdell discusses the...

06/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Rotational Atherectomy in the Era of Cost Containment

03/31/2015

Michael J. DeSarno , MS;

Gabriele Ghetti , MD;

Nevin C. Baker , DO;

Interventional cardiologists are frequently asked to reduce procedural costs, and devices that are initially thought to be more expensive can sometimes reduce overall costs. This was the case at our institution with direct Rotawire and...

Interventional cardiologists are...

03/31/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Commentary: Differential Hemodynamic Profile of High-Capacity Intraaortic Balloon Pumps – New Promise for an Antiquated Technology?

03/31/2015

Sandeep Nathan , MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI;

Jonathan Lai ;

IABPs likely still have a role in the management of high-risk patients with and without cardiogenic shock. The 50 cc balloon appears to offer both an enhanced as well as more consistent hemodynamic response when compared with the 40 cc...

IABPs likely still have a role...

03/31/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Commentary: CTO-PCI: An Emerging New Subspecialty in Interventional Cardiology

02/24/2015

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Ibrahim Shah , MD;

CTO-PCI has emerged as a new subspecialty of interventional cardiology; modern CTO operators have set a new benchmark for CTO success rates of above 90%. With appropriate training and dissemination of the hybrid approach to new operators in...

CTO-PCI has emerged as a new...

02/24/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

The Power of the Story in an Era of Big Data and Huge Databases

01/09/2015

James C. Blankenship , MD;

Dr Blankenship opines on the enduring value of the case report in scientific literature.

Dr Blankenship opines on the...

01/09/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology