abstract：BACKGROUND:Paradoxical embolization from right-to-left shunt (RLS) resulting in neurological events is well described and patients with cryptogenic neurological disease are commonly evaluated for this condition. In the course of testing for RLS by bubble contrast transcranial Doppler (TCD), we observed that some patien...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Sorensen SG,Aguilar H,Reichert W,Goldstein M,Thoen D,Thomas H,Muhlestein JB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES) has been documented as significantly reducing restenosis and target lesion revascularization (TLR) requirement compared to bare metal stents (BMS). METHODS:In this single-centered, prospective study we sought to evaluate the short- and medium-term outcomes of ZES placemen...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Fernández-Guerrero JC,Herrador-Fuentes J,Sánchez-Gila J,Guzmán-Herrera M,Lozano C

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The following retrospective observational study assesses the long-term results of intracoronary beta-radiation therapy for patients with in-stent restenosis. BACKGROUND:Beta-radiation has been used to treat patients with coronary in-stent restenosis. However, long-term clinical success using this technique h...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Vlachojannis GJ,Fichtlscherer S,Spyridopoulos I,Auch-Schwelk W,Schopohl B,Zeiher AM,Schächinger V

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV patients on protease inhibitors have greater risk of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) but little is known about treatment-naïve patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Authors conducted a prospective single-center study from Soweto, South Africa, comparing the clinical and angiographic features of treatment-naïve H...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Becker AC,Sliwa K,Stewart S,Libhaber E,Essop AR,Zambakides CA,Essop MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional two-dimensional angiography lacks the ability to properly image the true bifurcation geometry, and its percutaneous coronary intervention-induced changes in the clinical setting. METHODS AND RESULTS:A novel three-dimensional reconstruction system was investigated by retrospectively analyzing 39...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Galassi AR,Tomasello SD,Capodanno D,Seminara D,Canonico L,Occhipinti M,Tamburino C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify differences between various occluder types regarding thromboembolic event rates and existence of residual shunts during medium-term follow-up. METHODS:Three hundred nine consecutive patients with presumed paradoxical embolism and scheduled for percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale or atria...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Becker M,Frings D,Schröder J,Ocklenburg C,Mühler E,Hoffmann R,Franke A,Lepper W

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary angiography, despite its inherent invasiveness and need for contrast media and radiographic exposure, is still routinely employed every year for the diagnostic and therapeutic management of millions of patients with or at risk for coronary artery disease. Whereas approximate visual estimation is the most comm...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Garrone P,Biondi-Zoccai G,Salvetti I,Sina N,Sheiban I,Stella PR,Agostoni P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hemostasis following transradial cardiac catheterization is achieved by external pressure application using various devices, TR Band being one. There is no standardized protocol for the application and removal of such devices. OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and feasibility of a more rapid (1 hour) initiat...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Carrington C,Mann R,El-Jack S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Study the new Amplatzer Duct Occluder II (ADO II). Limitations were encountered with the preexisting devices in nonconical ducts, large ducts, or in small infants. These include failure, residual shunts, protrusion, migration, and vascular damage. METHODS:Between June 2008 and March 2009, 20 consecutive pati...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Saliba Z,El-Rassi I,Abi-Warde MT,Chehab G,Daou L,Khater D,Gerbaka B,Jebara V

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In patients on oral anticoagulation (OAC) undergoing coronary stenting (PCI-S), procedural management and in-hospital outcome have never been specifically and prospectively investigated. Also, the contribution of early bleeding to the relevant hemorrhagic rate reported at follow-up with triple therapy of OAC, a...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Rubboli A,Colletta M,Valencia J,Capecchi A,Franco N,Zanolla L,La Vecchia L,Piovaccari G,Di Pasquale G,WARfarin and Coronary STENTing (WAR-STENT) Study Group.

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the absorption of 300 mg clopidogrel administered crushed via nasogastric (NG) tube versus whole tablets taken orally in healthy volunteers. BACKGROUND:Earlier antiplatelet therapy has proven benefits in treatment of myocardial infarction and in patients undergoing PCI. Aspirin can be delivered e...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Zafar MU,Farkouh ME,Fuster V,Chesebro JH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and morbidity associated with stent fracture are unknown. Recommendations and evidence-based treatment are lacking. We report a case of symptomatic fracture of a sirolimus-eluting stent advancing from the left main into the circumflex coronary artery, forming an acute angle with calcifications at the hin...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Tizón-Marcos H,De Larochellière R,Larose E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Drug-eluting stents have been shown to reduce the incidence of restenosis and target vessel revascularization (TVR) compared with bare metal stents (BMSs); however, the long-term efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has not been w...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Ogita M,Nakamura T,Fujiwara N,Sakakura K,Funayama H,Sugawara Y,Kubo N,Ako J,Momomura S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (ARCA) from the left sinus of Valsalva (LSOV) has been reported in 6-27% of patients with coronary anomalies. The unusual location and course of this anomaly poses a technical challenge for the interventionalist. Appropriate guiding catheter selection is criti...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Sarkar K,Sharma SK,Kini AS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The economic impact of bleeding in the setting of nonemergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is poorly understood and complicated by the variety of bleeding definitions currently employed. This retrospective analysis examines and contrasts the in-hospital cost of bleeding associated with this proce...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Ewen EF,Zhao L,Kolm P,Jurkovitz C,Fidan D,White HD,Gallo R,Weintraub WS

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 312 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation lesions at 12 centers in China, Singapore, Thailand, Israel, India, and Japan were enrolled in a prospective, randomized DKCRUSH-1 trial. The goal of the study was to compare the double kissing (DK) crush technique with the classi...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Chen SL,Kwan TW

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare metal stent (BMS) deployment causes plaque disruption and a rise in systemic levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin (IL)-6, and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1. Our aim is to study whether PCI with sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) use attenuat...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Rebeiz AG,Zoghbi E,Harb R,Youhanna S,Skouri HN,Dimassi A,Abou-Nader G,Nasrallah A,Sawaya J,Gharzuddine W,Alam S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine use of adjunctive devices to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of patients of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is questionable. Also, the clinical characteristics of STEMI patients that can modulate the treatment benefits of adjunctive devices are not fully ...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Amin AP,Mamtani MR,Kulkarni H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous intervention of tortuous coronary arteries can be challenging. We describe four cases that illustrate complications associated with coronary tortuosity (coronary dissection and stent loss) and strategies that can improve procedural success (such as use of soft delivery catheters, deep guide intubation, me...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Saeed B,Banerjee S,Brilakis ES

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy (PMT) for treatment of massive pulmonary embolism (PE) has been shown to be technically feasible, although the complication rate of the procedure appears relatively high. Whether a conservative treatment approach defined by an early termination of the PMT procedure once...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Spies C,Khandelwal A,Smith TH,Jolly N,Kavinsky CJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the introduction of drug-eluting stents (DES), the angiographic rates of restenosis have reduced dramatically but less prominently in diabetic patients. We compared the effects of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) versus paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) on 6-month angiographic and clinical outcomes in Korea...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Kim MH,Hong SJ,Cha KS,Park HS,Chae SC,Hur SH,Gwon HC,Bae JH,Lim DS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent observational study of coronary artery graft (CABG) versus drug-eluting stents (DES) performed in the state of New York reported that CABG was superior to DES for multivessel disease. Our comment provides rational criticism of this study, reviews the data that support a role for DES in the management of multi...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Harjai KJ,Grines CL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients undergoing coronary stenting must take dual antiplatelet therapy during a variable period. The combination of chronic oral anticoagulants (COA) with antiplatelet therapy has been related to an increased risk of hemorrhage. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of the antiplatelet therapy obse...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Valencia J,Mainar V,Bordes P,Pineda J,Gómez S,Sogorb F

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel rupture and perforation are important complications of percutaneous treatment of coronary and peripheral arterial disease. These complications can result in abrupt vessel closure, distal organ injury, bleeding into the surrounding tissue, and death. Prompt management of such complications is therefore criticall...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Yeo KK,Rogers JH,Laird JR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies between 5 French guiding catheter and others of larger size using the transfemoral approach to coronary stenting have not been described. Coronary stent implantation was performed in 90 patients in a randomized trial. The primary end-point was to compare the incidence of successful uncomplicated st...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Büchler JR,Ribeiro EE,Falcão JL,Martinez EE,Büchler RD,Feres F,Maielo JR,Haddad N,Ramires JF,Ellis SG

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report and subsequent literature review describes the management difficulties in a patient who developed abciximab-induced thrombocytopenia and gastrointestinal bleeding. Abciximab was used to treat the no-reflow phenomenon, which occurred during insertion of three sequential Taxus coronary artery stents. Re...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Nowakowski K,Rogers J,Nelson G,Gunalingam B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) in the treatment of saphenous vein graft (SVG) disease. BACKGROUND:Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of SVG lesions with bare metal stents (BMS) is associated with frequent in-stent restenosis, progression of dise...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Minutello RM,Bhagan S,Sharma A,Slotwiner AJ,Feldman DN,Cuomo LJ,Wong SC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paravalvular leaks are a recognized complication of valve replacement surgery. We report a 47-year-old man with left atrial isomerism, interrupted left sided inferior caval vein with unilateral left sided superior caval vein, a common atrium, and anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the coronary sinus, who had rec...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Kalantre A,Vettukattil J,Haw M,Veldtman GR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Despite its prognostic importance, accurate assessment of microvascular perfusion in patients with ST elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) is difficult. As a new tool, the index of microvascular resistance (IMR) measurement provides us a new opportunity for interrogating microvascular condition afte...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Sezer M,Umman B,Okcular I,Nisanci Y,Umman S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We compared two procedures for local myocardial treatment: transepicardial versus transendocardial catheter injection. Transepicardial injections were performed under direct surgical visualization whereas transendocardial injections were performed using electrophysiological guidance. METHODS:A left ventricle (LV)...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Chachques JC,Azarine A,Mousseaux E,El Serafi M,Cortes-Morichetti M,Carpentier AF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prognostic value of identifying the retinal status of diabetic patients undergoing coronary implantation of drug-eluting stents is unknown. METHODS:We evaluated the outcomes of 318 consecutive patients undergoing implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents for coronary artery disease. Patients were divid...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Ohno T,Takamoto S,Ando J,Morita T,Fujita H,Hirata Y,Shigeeda T,Hirose A,Nagai R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:While the efficacy of drug-eluting coronary stents (DES) has been demonstrated by several clinical trials, the impact of DES on health-care costs and recipient quality of life (QOL) is controversial. We performed a systematic review of the published literature on DES costs and the QOL effects of restenosis a...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Groeneveld PW,Suh JJ,Matta MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy still exists regarding closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) in patients >40 years of age who are largely asymptomatic or do not have large shunts (LS). If left unrepaired, the majority of patients will experience symptoms and will have a shorter life span compared to patients who undergo repai...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Patel A,Lopez K,Banerjee A,Joseph A,Cao QL,Hijazi ZM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine if advances in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are associated with better outcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients with DM enrolled in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) early PTCA Registry (1985-1986) were compared to those in the subsequent cont...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Freeman AM,Abbott JD,Jacobs AK,Vlachos HA,Selzer F,Laskey WK,Detre KM,Williams DO

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Clinical results following stent implantation in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) are limited due to restenosis, often caused by stent fractures. Therefore new stent devices are desirable. The present study details our initial experience with the routine use of the novel Protégé EverFlex long self-expanding ni...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Ruef J,Hofmann M,Haase J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to identify potential predictors, including clinical, procedural, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) parameters, for recurrent in-stent restenosis (ISR) following beta-radiation 90Strontium/Yttrium (90Sr/Y) in a large multicenter trial. BACKGROUND:Although adjunct...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Kaneda H,Honda Y,Morino Y,Lansky AJ,Yock PG,Bonan R,Fitzgerald PJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from clinical trials of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa(GPIIb/IIIa) inhibitors during the past decade have established their current role in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome and in percutaneous coronary interventions. However, there are still unanswered questions on optimal use of GPIIb/...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Tricoci P,Peterson ED

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving controlled flow between the systemic and pulmonary venous circulations is desirable in many complex congenital heart diseases. This includes the Fontan circulation, primary pulmonary hypertension, double inlet ventricles, or hypoplastic left heart with obstruction to the atrioventricular valve. As no specifi...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Sivaprakasam M,Kiesewetter C,Veldtman GR,Salmon AP,Vettukattil J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:These days no codified multidisciplinary protocol has been reported to manage all the different patent foramen ovale (PFO)-mediated syndromes. We sought to propose a multidisciplinary program of diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of all PFO-mediated syndromes based on an in-hospital multidisciplinary task f...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Rigatelli G,Braggion G,Chinaglia M,Cardaioli P,Roncon L,Giordan M,Cuppini S,Aggio S,Bortolazzi A,Zonzin P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) have demonstrated low target vessel revascularizations and low incidence of angiographic restenosis in several clinical scenarios. The aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy and safety of SES for the treatment of proximal left anterior descending coronary artery ...

journal_title：Journal of interventional cardiology

authors： Valencia J,Berenguer A,Mainar V,Bordes P,Gómez S,Tello A,López-Aranda MA,Caturla J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00