Endovascular Intervention of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 79-year-old man was referred for evaluation due to severe right calf pain on ambulation for 2 to 3 years and a recent nonhealing ulcer…
Alcohol Septal Ablation
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man was referred for management of symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). For the past 20 years, he has had a history of syncope…
Interventional Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common condition that, if left untreated, results in progressive heart failure, left ventricular (LV) cavity dilation and systolic dysfunction, left…
In-Stent Restenosis
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 67-year-old man with a past medical history significant for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease was admitted with typical angina (Canadian Cardiovascular…
Defects of the Atrial Septum
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 34-year-old woman was seen in the outpatient clinic for a 1-year history of worsening dyspnea on exertion (New York Heart Association class III), 2-pillow…
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis and Pulmonary Valvuloplasty
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen CASE 1 History A full-term neonate, the product of an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery, presents with cyanosis after normal spontaneous vaginal delivery. There is no…
Supported Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen An 85-year-old man with a history of tobacco use, hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, prior cerebrovascular accident, previous myocardial infarction (MI), coronary artery…
Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 62-year-old man with past medical history significant for childhood rheumatic fever presents with chronic dyspnea that has progressed over the past 6 months. He…
Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 31-year-old man is referred for evaluation of severe pulmonary regurgitation. He has a history of tetralogy of Fallot with AV canal defect, initially repaired…
Mitral Paravalvular Leak Closure
PATIENT CASE Print Section Listen A 70-year-old man presents to his primary care physician with worsening shortness of breath on minimal exertion over the past 6 months. He has a…
