Editorial

Commentary

Side-Branch Occlusions in Coronary CTO-PCI: Avoid or Forget?

03/29/2016

The results of the Nguyen-Trong study are hypothesis generating and encourage further investigation into the importance of SB loss during CTO-PCI. Should additional studies find conclusively worse outcomes following SB loss, it will become...

The results of the Nguyen-Trong...

03/29/2016

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Commentary

Spontaneous Echo Contrast and TAVR: A Smoking Gun?

03/29/2016

Saif Anwaruddin , MD;

Paul N. Fiorilli , MD;

Overall, as the use of TAVR continues to expand, the role for identifying which patients are at a higher risk of an adverse outcome post procedure has become increasingly important.

Overall, as the use of TAVR...

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

Letters to the Editor

Treatment for Coronary Aneurysms: Twenty Years of Experience With Covered Stents

02/01/2015

Richard R. Heuser , MD, FACC, FACP, FESC, FSCAI;

Dr Heuser reflects on the evolution of coronary aneurysm treatment, from his experience as part of the team that place the first PTFE-covered stent in 1993, to today.

Dr Heuser reflects on the...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Letters to the Editor

Takotsubo Syndrome + Coronary Artery Disease Vs Takotsubo Syndrome + Acute Coronary Syndromes

02/01/2015

John E. Madias , MD;

Dr. Madias offers a thoughtful commentary on a June 2014 case report by Rawasia et al, and highlights that Takutsubo syndrome is an enigmatic disease that requires updated diagnostic criteria, including serial echocardiography.

Dr. Madias offers a thoughtful...

02/01/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold Subacute Thrombosis and the Kounis Syndrome

11/26/2014

Grigorios Tsigkas , MD, PhD;

Nicholas G. Kounis , MD, PhD, FESC, FACC;

George N. Kounis , MSc, MD;

George D. Soufras , MD, PhD;

A thoughtful commentary on a July 2014 JIC case report by Ruiz-Salmerón, et al, who provide a rebuttal to this letter.

A thoughtful commentary on a...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Has Its Time Come?

11/26/2014

Rami N. Khouzam , MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI;

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Mohamad Khaled Soufi , MD;

Ramy Nakhla , MD;

Abstract: In the context of the rising health-care costs in the United States and the fact that approximately 1 million percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures are performed in the United States annually with a cost approaching...

Abstract: In the context of the...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Invasive Thoughts

Inappropriate Use of the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) as a Guide for Reimbursement

09/27/2014

Dmitriy N. Feldman , MD;

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Peter L. Duffy , MD, MMM, FACC, FSCAI;

We discuss the difficulty of determining appropriateness of percutaneous coronary intervention in cases wherein clinical decision-making can vary.

We discuss the difficulty of...

09/27/2014