Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

Volume 3, Issue 2
01 July 2018
Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications
Compuscript Publishing

Table of contents

Intravascular Ultrasound–Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Updated Review127
The Role of Cardiac Catheterization after Cardiac Arrest137
The Current State of Transradial Access: A Perspective on Transradial Outcomes, Learning Curves, and Same-Day Discharge149
Use of Bivalirudin for Anticoagulation in Interventional Cardiovascular Procedures163
Modern Antiplatelet Therapy: When Is Clopidogrel the Right Choice?175
Current Status of Coronary Atherectomy203
The Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Prevention of Stroke and Systemic Embolic Events in East Asian Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation215
Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in the Midportion of the Left Anterior Descending Artery for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in a Cardiac Transplant Patient227
Development of a Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Program: Focus on Exercise233
Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Identifies Impaired Longitudinal Strain as a Common Deficit in Various Cardiac Diseases237
Persisting Angina after Successful Surgical Removal of a Large Coronary Artery Aneurysm Attached to the Proximal Portion of the Left Circumflex Artery: Role of Coronary Artery Spasm251
The Contemporary Role of Femoral Artery Access255
Chronic Pericarditis263
Anomalous Coronary Arteries: Some thoughts about Clinical Relevance265
Ventricular Function267