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Radial vs. femoral approach for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians. Michael Koutouzisa, Gran Matejkaa, Gran Olivecronab, Lars Gripa, Per Albertssona. Background: The transradial approach is associated with fewer bleeding complications during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) but is more technically challenging and associated with prolonged times during intervention. The aim of this study is to…

Successful Percutaneous Endovascular Management of Acute Post-traumatic Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection Using a Transradial Approach. Patel T, Kuladhipati I, Shah S. Acute aortic dissection extending into the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) following a blunt trauma is an extremely rare complication. We report a case of acute post-traumatic SMA dissection presented with an acute abdominal syndrome. Computed…

Treatment for LMCA ostial stenosis using a bifurcation technique with a retrograde approach. Shinichi Shirai, Tatsuki Doijiri, Masashi Iwabuchi, Division of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan. A 69-year-old man who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery in February 2008. The surgery included grafting of the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) to the diagonal branch (D1)…

The way to the heart is through the wrist. New procedure reduces recovery time. Michael Glover, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue springs. Blue Springs, MO – Dr. Daniel Dunker, a cardiologist at St. Mary’s Medical Center, specializes in a catheterization procedure that is safer and more comfortable for patients. It’s called transradial catheterization. It’s…

Open Sesame Technique for chronic total occlusion. Shigeru Saito, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Division of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories, Heart Center of Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, 1202-1 Yamazaki, Kamakura City, Japan. Angioplasty for chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the coronary artery is still technically challenging. New techniques to improve the success rate are still required. The…

Arterial access and door-to-balloon times for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients presenting with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Aaron N. Weaver, Rick A. Henderson, Ian C. Gilchrist, Steven M. Ettinger, Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State University, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Wake Forest University, Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem,…

Coronary intervention with 4-French catheters. Satoshi Takeshita, Shinji Tanaka, Shigeru Saito, Department of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratory, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kamakura, Japan.   OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether 4-Fr percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with technical difficulties that might have an unfavorable impact on procedural parameters. BACKGROUND: Four-Fr PCI is often associated…

Sanneke P.M. de Boer, Cynthia M. Westerhout, R. John Simes, Christopher B. Granger, Felix Zijlstra, Eric Boersma, for the PCAT-2 (Primary Coronary Angioplasty Versus Thrombolysis-2) Trialists Collaborators Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, National Health and Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Centre, Sydney, Australia, Duke University Medical Center,…