Shuichi Yoneda, Kota Murai, Yasuhide Asaumi, Teruo Noguchi
{"title":"Intravascular ultrasound-guided retrograde dissection and reentry using a Conquest Pro 12 Sharpened Tip in a case of coronary chronic total occlusion","authors":"Shuichi Yoneda, Kota Murai, Yasuhide Asaumi, Teruo Noguchi","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2024.100007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crmic.2024.100007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Conquest Pro 12 Sharpened Tip (CP12ST) is a novel guidewire used in intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion, with strong penetration force for hard plaques. Antegrade dissection and reentry techniques using the CP12ST have been reported, and their success and safety have been established. This report describes successful retrograde dissection and reentry using the CP12ST under intravascular ultrasound guidance in a situation in which reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde tracking was difficult to perform.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275624000030/pdfft?md5=311a84aba35eef368a12c79ca5079886&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275624000030-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139539192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesse A. Kane , Jasleen Tiwana , William L. Lombardi , Lorenzo Azzalini
{"title":"Vascular healing following subintimal tracking and reentry for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention","authors":"Jesse A. Kane , Jasleen Tiwana , William L. Lombardi , Lorenzo Azzalini","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2024.100006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmic.2024.100006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 78-year-old man with angina and ischemic cardiomyopathy presented for LAD CTO PCI. After several failed techniques, the LAD was recanalized with subintimal tracking and reentry (STAR) with subsequent balloon angioplasty of the false lumen. No stent was deployed and the patient did not follow-up for 10-months for definitive PCI. On follow-up, IVUS findings suggested the presence of a new external elastic lamina in the false lumen (side-by-side to the true lumen), indicating favorable healing. PCI was performed with an excellent angiographic result. Our case highlights a mechanism of vascular healing following dissection and re-entry-based recanalization of an LAD CTO.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275624000029/pdfft?md5=8cdb62b0b66a3112b62bb15ca2e30550&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275624000029-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139487535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronic aortic sub-adventitial hematoma following supra-annular TAVR","authors":"Surya Teja Chaturvedula , Ramprakash Devadoss , Tsuyoshi Kaneko","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2024.100005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.crmic.2024.100005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We describe a case of sub-adventitial hematoma of the ascending aorta at the level of the crown of supra-annular TAVR presenting 4 months post procedure. Acute aortic syndromes following TAVR portend grave prognosis and warrant emergent reconstructive surgery. However, the less known, chronic aortic complications may have an indolent presentation. Our patient underwent aortic reconstructive surgery with TAVR explant and bio-prosthetic AVR implantation and had a favorable outcome.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275624000017/pdfft?md5=f5c6b5bd00c83164a57fb93cfa5d03d0&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275624000017-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139393378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcelo Harada Ribeiro , Michael S. Megaly , Luis Augusto Palma Dallan , Tays Berti , Lucas Ogliari , Lorenzo Azzalini
{"title":"Rotational atherectomy of the left anterior descending artery via a left internal mammary artery bypass","authors":"Marcelo Harada Ribeiro , Michael S. Megaly , Luis Augusto Palma Dallan , Tays Berti , Lucas Ogliari , Lorenzo Azzalini","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2023.100004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmic.2023.100004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rotational atherectomy (RA) is a necessary procedure for severely calcified lesions. We describe for the first time a case of RA through the left upper limb into LIMA to LAD in a last remaining vessel.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275623000047/pdfft?md5=aac53f6b56882813fae4cbdb80b05005&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275623000047-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139108453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ilan Merdler, Brian C. Case, Mohamad N. Al-Otaibi, Sukhdeep Bhogal, Pavan K. Reddy, Itsik Ben-Dor, Ron Waksman
{"title":"Myocardial infarction as the initial presentation of essential thrombocytosis in a young patient","authors":"Ilan Merdler, Brian C. Case, Mohamad N. Al-Otaibi, Sukhdeep Bhogal, Pavan K. Reddy, Itsik Ben-Dor, Ron Waksman","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2023.11.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmic.2023.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 38-year-old male presented with recurrent myocardial infarction (MI). Subsequent investigations led to the diagnosis of essential thrombocytosis (ET) with a positive JAK2-V617F mutation. ET should be ruled out in young patients presenting with MI, even in the presence of typical cardiac risk factors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275623000011/pdfft?md5=86852a4bee08d81c3e9d31a59e2a1d1d&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275623000011-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139038558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transcatheter mitral valve replacement in rheumatic mitral stenosis under 3-dimensional printing","authors":"Yu Mao, Ping Jin, Yang Liu, Jian Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2023.100003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmic.2023.100003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rheumatic mitral stenosis has a large patient base and a certain incidence in developing countries. Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is one of the main treatments for such patients, but this method is limited by the degree of mitral regurgitation. Here, we describe a 74-year-old patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis without calcification observed by transthoracic echocardiography and computed cardiac tomography, and no calcification was found in the mitral annulus. The score of Society of Thoracic Surgeons was 14.2%, with Wilkins score of 12. Under the guidance of 3-dimensional printing technology, transcatheter mitral valve replacement was successfully performed. Before discharge, the stability and function of the bioprosthesis were confirmed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275623000035/pdfft?md5=5996cc200e0c8610d46b02c969935c67&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275623000035-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139038559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachael M. Hall, Hannah Kempton, Stephanie Wilson, David Roy
{"title":"Coronary artery fistula causing myocardial ischemia after heart transplantation","authors":"Rachael M. Hall, Hannah Kempton, Stephanie Wilson, David Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.crmic.2023.100002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crmic.2023.100002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present a case of symptomatic left anterior descending (LAD) artery to right ventricle fistula formation, following orthotopic heart transplant. Closure of the shunt with a covered stent in the LAD was a satisfactory initial management strategy, however long-term is limited by recurrent severe in-stent restenosis. The etiology, as well as the best long-term management strategy for this unusual complication is not well defined.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100217,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Interesting Cases","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950275623000023/pdfft?md5=1b64415a937aecef111c62210b3d22d7&pid=1-s2.0-S2950275623000023-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138769503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}