March 2012

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Volume 24 Issue 3
Tumor Blush: Left Ventricular Cardiac Hemangioma with Supply From Both the Left Anterior Descending and Circumflex Arteries
Abstract: A fifty-year-old male had an echocardiogram for an abnormal electrocardiogram; it revealed a left ventricular mass. A cardiac catheterization revealed normal coronary arteries and a fine tumor blush of the cardiac tumor with feeding arterie…
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Improved Heart Failure After Left Bundle Branch Block During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Abstract: After transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in a 75-year-old male, chronic wide left bundle branch block (LBBB) developed. He experienced repeated episodes of decompensated systolic heart failure with severe systolic left ventricul…
Collateral Myocardial Blush in Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction: A New Diagnostic Tool to Differentiate Between Occluded Right Coronary and Circumflex Arteries
Abstract: Objectives. The infarct-related artery (IRA) in inferior wall myocardial infarction (IMI) may be problematic to identify due to occasional instances in which the right coronary (RCA) and left circumflex (CX) arteries are both occluded. We s…
Myocardial and Pericardial Staining by Transradial Optitorque Jacky Shape Catheter During Left Ventriculogram
Abstract: A 69-year-old male presented with inferior wall ischemia. Transradial coronary angiogram with an Optitorque Jacky shape catheter showed unobstructed coronary arteries (Terumo Medical Corporation). Left ventriculography was complicated with…
Preventing Spasm During Transradial Angiography: Sometimes Less is More
Transradial coronary angiography (TRA) was introduced over 2 decades ago and has been adopted by many clinicians worldwide.1 It is becoming increasingly popular in elective and emergency situations because of lower vascular access site complication r…
Nitroglycerin Plus Diltiazem Versus Nitroglycerin Alone for Spasm Prophylaxis with Transradial Approach
Abstract: Objectives. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of nitroglycerin and diltiazem versus nitroglycerin alone in preventing radial artery spasm (RAS) during transradial coronary procedures. Background. Spasm after transradial acce…
Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of In-Stent Restenotic Lesions with Visible Microvessels
Abstract: Objective. We sought to evaluate the characteristics of in-stent restenosis (ISR) lesions with microvessels, detected by an optical coherence tomography (OCT). Background. No sufficient in vivo data exist regarding microvessel characteristi…
In Vivo Comparison of Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Intravascular Ultrasonography
Abstract: Background. We sought to evaluate the findings of Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) and intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) used for the in vivo assessment of coronary lesions. Methods. We identified 19 lesions in 15 pat…
Outcomes in Contemporary Coronary Interventions with Drug-Eluting Stents for Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Gender Role
In a post hoc gender-based analysis of the TITAX-AMI trial,1 Tuomainen et al noted that at 3-year follow-up, females had a higher trend of major adverse events than males for the composite endpoint of cardiac death, recurrent myocardial infarction (M…
Gender-Based Analysis of the 3-Year Outcome of Bioactive Stents Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Insight from the TITAX-AMI Trial
Abstract: Background. The TITAX-AMI trial demonstrated a better clinical outcome of titanium-nitride-oxide-coated bioactive stents (BAS) as compared with paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) undergoing ear…