April 2020

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Volume 32 Issue 4 E
April 2020 Table of Contents
APRIL 2020 TOC and ISSUE PDF
Han Figure 1
A 67-Year-Old Man With a Mass Shadow in His Heart Chamber During Coronary Angiography
A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to chest tightness induced by activity that had started about 2 months earlier. To clarify the causes of chest pain in this patient, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed, resulting in a…
Liu Figure 1
Radial Artery Spiral Dissection Confirmed by OCT Without Guidewire Shadow
A novel technique was used to eliminate the guidewire shadow artifact by removing the guidewire in frequent domain optical coherence tomography interpretation in vivo. This technique allowed us to observe a rare iatrogenic spiral dissection of the…
Quevedo Figure 1
Impella-Induced Left Ventricular Microbubbles, A Potential Sign for Hemolysis
We observed left ventricular microbubbles associated with Impella support in the setting of a high-risk coronary intervention. Left ventricular microbubbles may indicate exaggerated shear stress and cavitation phenomenon, potentially leading to…
Macaya Figure 1
Adjunctive Rotational Atherectomy and Intravascular Lithotripsy for Heavily Calcified Left Main Disease Via Radial Access
Coronary angiography demonstrated severe distal left main disease in a patient with heavy concentric calcification extending into the left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries. Rotational atherectomy and lithotripsy were used to debulk…
Alpha-Loop for Permanent Pacemaker Implantation in Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
High-grade and complete heart block commonly occurs in adult patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy, and requires aggressive monitoring and prophylactic pacemaker/defibrillator. There are limited data on the procedural details of pacemaker…
Role of Intravascular Ultrasound in Managing a Rare Case of Delayed Stent Deformity

J INVASIVE CARDIOL 2020;32(4):E97.

Key words: cardiac imaging, stent deformity, stent-in-stent implantation

A 62-year-old male with a history of previous mid left anterior descending (LAD)…

Cardiogenic Shock: A Systemic Review of Clinical Trials Registered With ClinicalTrials.gov

Abstract: Background. Despite a range of devices, medical interventions, and revascularization techniques utilized in cardiogenic shock (CS), there is a lack of evidence guiding management. We sought to characterize the…

COVID-19: An Unintended Force for Medical Revolution?
Our healthcare systems are facing unprecedented pressure to come up with innovative solutions to help combat coronavirus disease 2019.
Failed ISCHEMIA Trial or Failed Ischemia Testing?
We believe there was a fundamental problem in the algorithm used to detect ischemia with initial non-invasive stress testing in the recently published ISCHEMIA trial. In this editorial, we discuss some of the limitations involved with the trial…