Abstract Severe radial artery spasm is a complication of transradial cardiac catheterization. We describe a case of severe radial artery spasm causing catheter entrapment. The spasm was refractory and resistant…
Highlights • During percutaneous interventions equipment related complications can occur. • This can be life-threatening especially in high risk procedures like TAVI. • We report severely kinked TAVI sheath in…
Abstract Stent placement guided by angiography alone is often inexact, but of increased importance with bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We describe a novel technique using optical coherence tomography (OCT)-guided…
The fascinating case of the 76-year-old woman, reported by Y-Hassan [ ], with severe three-vessel coronary artery disease who suffered acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with associated takotsubo syndrome (TTS), reflects…
Thanks to Dr. Madias [ ] for his valuable and encouraging comments on the case of a 76-years-old woman who presented with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with severe 3-vessel disease…
Abstract Inherited disorders of lipid metabolism may cause a heavy burden of cardiovascular disease early in life. Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) with abnormalities of LDL metabolism results in marked LDL elevations…
Abstract We report the case of a 63-year-old woman who presented with typical angina (crushing chest pain) and recurrent frank syncope two years after her heart transplant. She was observed…
Abstract Atherosclerotic disease of the abdominal aorta is relatively common. However chronic stenosis of the infrarenal aorta is a fairly rare condition that has been traditionally treated with open endarterectomy…
Abstract Post-ischemic myocardial stunning (PIMS) is defined as a prolonged and reversible left ventricular dysfunction induced by an acute coronary ischemic insult. Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is a recognized acute cardiac…
1 Summary Heavily calcified lesions are encountered with increasing frequency during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Although stent implantation is feasible in most cases, severely calcified coronary lesions pose a specific…
