Editorial

Commentary

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

03/29/2016

Peter P. Monteleone, MD, MS, and Farouc A. Jaffer, MD, PhD

Peter P. Monteleone, MD, MS, and Faro...

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

Paul N. Fiorilli, MD and Saif Anwaruddin, MD

Paul N. Fiorilli, MD and Saif Anwarud...

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

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

George N. Kounis, MSc, MD¹; George D. Soufras, MD, PhD²; Grigorios Tsigkas, MD³; Nicholas G. Kounis, MD, PhD¹

George N. Kounis, MSc, MD1; George D...

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, MD¹; Mohamad Khaled Soufi, MD²; Ramy Nakhla, MD³; Srihari S. Naidu, MD⁴

Rami N. Khouzam, MD1; Mohamad Khaled...

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, MD¹; Srihari S. Naidu, MD²; Peter L. Duffy, MD³

Dmitriy N. Feldman, MD1; Srihari S. ...

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

Journal of Invasive Cardiology