Volume 16 - Issue 9 - September, 2004
Feature
Case Report
08/01/2008
Vibhavasu Sharma, MD and Dan Mascarenhas, MD, FSCAI
Vibhavasu Sharma, MD and Dan Mascar...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary angioplasty and stent placement of the right coronary artery (RCA), primary wall stent of the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the left anterior...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary angioplasty and stent placement of the right coronary artery (RCA), primary wall stent of the saphenous vein graft (SVG) to the left anterior...
Case Report. A 75-year-old male...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
David M. Shavelle, MD, Ali Salami MD, Steve Burstein, MD
David M. Shavelle, MD, Ali Salami MD,...
Carotid angioplasty and stenting are emerging as new treatment options for patients with carotid stenosis that are considered high risk for surgical carotid endarterectomy. Neurologic deficits related to embolic debris are the main...
Carotid angioplasty and stenting are emerging as new treatment options for patients with carotid stenosis that are considered high risk for surgical carotid endarterectomy. Neurologic deficits related to embolic debris are the main...
Carotid angioplasty and stenting...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Practice Management and Economics
08/01/2008
Keelyn Meisinger, RN, MBA , Jere Palazzolo, MHA and Ronald Riner, MD, FACC
Keelyn Meisinger, RN, MBA , Jere Pala...
In times of increasing costs and declining reimbursement, physicians find themselves working harder for little or no increased financial reward. As revenues stagnate, compensation becomes an even timelier topic. Therefore, it is important to...
In times of increasing costs and declining reimbursement, physicians find themselves working harder for little or no increased financial reward. As revenues stagnate, compensation becomes an even timelier topic. Therefore, it is important to...
In times of increasing costs and...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
Jason H. Rogers, MD* and John M. Lasala, MD, PhD§
Jason H. Rogers, MD* and John M. Lasa...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly utilized in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Despite its numerous benefits, serious and potentially life-threatening complications of PCI can occur, including iatrogenic...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly utilized in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Despite its numerous benefits, serious and potentially life-threatening complications of PCI can occur, including iatrogenic...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Review
08/01/2008
David J. D’Agate, DO, Snehal Patel, MD, John T. Coppola, MD, John A. Ambrose, MD
David J. D’Agate, DO, Snehal Patel,...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has improved the treatment of coronary artery disease. However, unlike native coronary arteries, progress in the percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein bypass grafts (SVBG) has been disappointing,...
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has improved the treatment of coronary artery disease. However, unlike native coronary arteries, progress in the percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein bypass grafts (SVBG) has been disappointing,...
Percutaneous coronary...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Matthews Chacko, MD, Nassir F. Marrouche, MD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
Matthews Chacko, MD, Nassir F. Marrou...
Catheter-based radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an increasingly utilized modality for the treatment of symptomatic tachyarrhythmias. It is both safe and effective, but complications do infrequently occur. We present a case of asymptomatic...
Catheter-based radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an increasingly utilized modality for the treatment of symptomatic tachyarrhythmias. It is both safe and effective, but complications do infrequently occur. We present a case of asymptomatic...
Catheter-based radiofrequency...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Atila Iyisoy, MD, Hurkan Kursaklioglu, MD, Cem Barcin, MD
Atila Iyisoy, MD, Hurkan Kursaklioglu...
During functional evaluation of an intermediate lesion in the circumflex coronary artery by pressure wire, an angiographically false image of long dissection extending from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) to the second obtuse marginal...
During functional evaluation of an intermediate lesion in the circumflex coronary artery by pressure wire, an angiographically false image of long dissection extending from the left main coronary artery (LMCA) to the second obtuse marginal...
During functional evaluation of...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
Fernando Alfonso MD, Lucía Alvarez MD, Carlos Almería MD
Fernando Alfonso MD, Lucía Alvarez M...
Acute aortic dissection (AD) constitutes a life-threatening entity that requires early recognition and management.1–3 AD is a dynamic process with a broad clinical spectrum of presentation. In most patients AD occurs spontaneously as the...
Acute aortic dissection (AD) constitutes a life-threatening entity that requires early recognition and management.1–3 AD is a dynamic process with a broad clinical spectrum of presentation. In most patients AD occurs spontaneously as the...
Acute aortic dissection (AD)...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
08/01/2008
1,3Walter E. Mashman, MD, 2,3James R. Kauten, MD, 1,3Margaret Hinson-Williams, PA
1,3Walter E. Mashman, MD, 2,3James R...
Coronary artery bypass surgery is now a common operation in major tertiary centers with over 300,000 surgeries performed annually in the United States. Despite the refinement of the procedure and high volume experience of most surgeons,...
Coronary artery bypass surgery is now a common operation in major tertiary centers with over 300,000 surgeries performed annually in the United States. Despite the refinement of the procedure and high volume experience of most surgeons,...
Coronary artery bypass surgery...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
08/01/2008
Daniel Monakier, MD, Eric Horlick, MD, John Ross, MD, Anna Woo, MD, Harry Rakowski, MD, Leonard Schwartz, MD
Daniel Monakier, MD, Eric Horlick, MD...
Case Study. A 49-year-old female was investigated for a 2-year history of dyspnea, angina on exertion, and exertional presyncope. Physical examination revealed a 2/6 mid-systolic murmur at rest, increasing in intensity to 3/6 following the...
Case Study. A 49-year-old female was investigated for a 2-year history of dyspnea, angina on exertion, and exertional presyncope. Physical examination revealed a 2/6 mid-systolic murmur at rest, increasing in intensity to 3/6 following the...
Case Study. A 49-year-old female...
08/01/2008
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
