October 2009

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Volume 21 Issue 10
Anomalous Circumflex Coronary Artery Injury Caused by Mitral Annuloplasty: Role of 64-Multislice Computed Tomography
From the Cardiovascular Institute, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 14, 2009, provisional acceptance given April 11, 2009, and final…
Embolized Stent in the Coronary Circulation “Without Riding the Wire” and its Novel Management Strategy
From the Department of Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted February 24, 2009, provisional acceptance given May…
Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation due to Severe Aortic Regurgitation in a Degenerated Aortic Homograft
From the Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 5, 2009, provisional acceptance given April 30, 2009, and final version acc…
Rotational Atherectomy is Useful to Treat Restenosis Lesions due to Crushing of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent (Full title below)
Rotational Atherectomy is Useful to Treat Restenosis Lesions due to Crushing of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implanted in Severely Calcified Lesions: Experimental Study and Initial Clinical Experience From the Division of Cardiology, Sakurabashi Watan…
Use of a Novel Pericardial Covered Stent to Seal an Iatrogenic Coronary Perforation
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 14, 2009 and accepted April 21, 2009. Address…
Myocardial Infarction Due to Paradoxical Embolism in a Patient with Large Atrial Septal Defect
From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Disclosure: Bernhard Meier has received a research grant and is on the speakers bureau for AGA Medical, Corporation. Manuscript submitted April 6, 2009, provisional acceptanc…
Detection of Atherosclerotic Progression with Rupture of Degenerated In-Stent Intima (Full title below)
Detection of Atherosclerotic Progression with Rupture of Degenerated In-Stent Intima Five Years after Bare-Metal Stent Implantation Using Optical Coherence Tomography ABSTRACT: In-stent intimal hyperplasia peaks in the early phase (6–12 months) afte…
Anaphylactoid Reactions to Radiocontrast Agents: Prevention and Treatment in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
ABSTRACT: The use of iodinated contrast agents for angiography dates back to the 1920s.1 The initial prototype has undergone modifications to reduce the toxicity and discomfort associated with the early contrast molecules. More importantly, these cha…
Management of Radial and Brachial Artery Perforations during Transradial Procedures — A Practical Approach
ABSTRACT: We present a practical approach to the management of iatrogenic radial and brachial artery perforations during transradial catheterization and interventions. These perforations were treated successfully without abandoning the procedure in 1…
Retrograde PCI: What Will They Think of Next?
Contributions to the art and technique of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO-PCI) have been growing at an astounding rate in the last 10 years. CTO-specific wires, the parallel-wire technique, IVUS-guided side-branch acce…