Publications by authors named "Jui-Sung Hung"

Background: Refractory pulmonary edema is an infrequent but serious complication in patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for myocardial failure. Left atrial (LA) decompression in this setting is important. Although a few methods have been reported, the experience is mostly limited to children.

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Unlabelled: Inoue-balloon percutaneous transvenous mitral valvuloplasty is conventionally performed via the right femoral vein. However, atrial transseptal access can be technically challenging. Herein, we describe a 54-year-old male who had balloon mitral valvuloplasty performed via the left femoral vein because of an anomalous inferior vena cava course, including the technical issues encountered using this approach.

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We describe a patient suffering from late stent thrombosis in a paclitaxel-eluting stent which had an underexpanded ring due to the three-hundred-sixty-degree circumferential calcified plaque. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) revealed rotational atherectomy could successfully ablate both the metallic ring and the calcified ring. The ablated segment was scaffolded with a new paclitaxel-eluting stent, well expanded and documented by IVUS.

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Background: The Inoue balloon has been in use for many years for mitral valvuloplasty. Aortic valvuloplasty using the Inoue balloon via transseptal approach was developed in the hope of providing better results with less potential vascular access complications.

Methods And Results: In this study, we present our experience in percutaneous valvuloplasty using the Inoue balloon in 14 patients with combined rheumatic mitral and aortic stenosis (AS) in a single stage procedure via antegrade transseptal approach.

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A retained fractured segment of an intravascular ultrasound catheter in the coronary artery during percutaneous coronary intervention is a rare occurrence. We describe our experience with successful retrieval of a fractured IVUS catheter fragment in a previously stented left anterior descending artery using a distal embolic protection device.

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Oxidative stress and apoptosis are 2 major characteristics of the progression of atherosclerosis. Both lovastatin and Magnolia officinalis are hypocholesterolemic agents. Therefore, we investigated the effect of M.

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The pathological mechanism of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty-induced restenosis has been attributed to outgrowth of vascular smooth muscle cells. Pretreatment with antioxidants has been shown to reduce restenosis. Magnolol, an active compound of Magnolia officinalis, has exhibited approximately 1,000 times more potent antioxidant effects than alpha-tocopherol.

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Background: Difficulty in isolating the cephalic vein contributes to failed pacemaker and intracardiac cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation via the cephalic venous approach. The deltopectoral groove is used as a rough landmark, but the vein is often not found here. We evaluated the benefit of pre-procedural duplex ultrasonography in isolating the cephalic vein.

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Slow/no-reflow phenomenon is a serious problem complicating primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and is associated with a poor prognosis. From January 2002 to November 2002, 11 of the 70 consecutive patients with ST elevation AMI who were subjected to primary PCI using balloon angioplasty and/or stenting developed slow/no-reflow phenomenon (TIMI 1 flow in 2, TIMI 2 in 8, and TIMI 2.5 in 1).

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Data accrued to date indicate that stent placement in small vessels (< 3.0 mm reference diameter) suffers from the same disadvantage as other non-stent interventional devices in that the restenosis rate is significantly higher than observed following intervention involving large vessels. Randomized trials comparing systematic bare metal stenting versus conventional balloon angioplasty in the setting of small coronary arteries, however, show that the former therapeutic modality is probably superior to the latter treatment in its acute and mid-term angiographic and clinical results.

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This report describes a patient who underwent implantation of an atriobiventricular pacemaker following AV junction ablation and insertion of a temporary right ventricular (RV) pacemaker. During implantation, intermittent loss of sinus P wave tracking occurred when the three permanent leads were connected to the generator. Analysis of marker annotation disclosed intermittent abnormal ventricular sensing that reinitiated postventricular atrial blanking and caused failure of P wave tracking.

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Background: Collagen structure is a key element in mitral valves. Collagen defects were proposed as the primary events causing floppy mitral valves (FMV). The role of collagen genetic variant in floppy mitral valve/mitral valve prolapse (FMV/MVP) has not been well studied.

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Convincing end point data demonstrating the anatomic and clinical superiority of stent placement compared with balloon angioplasty together with significant improvement in stenting technique and poststent management have resulted in an explosion in stenting procedures and the emergence of more than 40 stent types with disparate designs and material composition in clinical use. Structural nuances in design, composition, and coating of different stent models, however, have been shown to have a major influence on the risk of stent thrombosis, the degree of vessel wall injury, and subsequent intimal proliferation in the experimental model. There is now substantial amount of evidence to indicate that the same relationship between stent structural characteristics and vessel wall outcome holds true in humans.

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Multiple intracardiac catheters are often necessary for electrophysiological study (EPS) and radiofrequency (RF) ablation therapy. Therefore, multiple venous sheath placement in one femoral vein is always required for multiple intracardiac catheter insertion. The vascular complications incurred by placement of multiple sheaths have not been fully studied.

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Background: Failure of the cephalic venous approach in pacemaker and defibrillator implantation is always due to the small size and difficulty in isolation of the cephalic vein. We propose that pre-procedure imaging of the proximal cephalic vein is valuable to achieve successful access of cephalic vein. However, the feasibility and accuracy of duplex ultrasonographic imaging of the proximal cephalic vein are unknown.

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We report 7 symptomatic patients with stenotic double-orifice mitral valve of incomplete bridge type. In each patient, the fibrous bridge tissue between the valve leaflets was successfully split using an Inoue balloon valvuloplasty technique with stepwise dilations applied only to the posteromedial orifice.

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Background And Aim Of The Study: It has been reported that patients with mitral valve prolapse syndrome (MVPS) also have a disorder in autonomic or neuroendocrine function which can cause many related symptoms. Although a potential role of the reninangiotensin system in the pathogenesis of MVPS has been addressed, the role of the angiotensinogen (AGT) genetic variant in MVPS has not been studied. Thus, a case-controlled study was performed to investigate the possible relationship between AGT gene polymorphisms and MVPS.

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Introduction: Cellular mechanisms of adenosine include a direct effect on the activation of the adenosine-sensitive potassium current (I(K,Ado)) and an indirect effect on antagonism of catecholamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. However, previous studies evaluating the influence of catecholamine activity on the electrophysiologic effects of adenosine have yielded conflicting results. We tested the hypotheses that if adenosine exerts its atrioventricular (AV) nodal blocking effects directly by activating the I(K,Ado) potassium current, rather than indirectly by reversing the catecholamine effects, then pretreatment with beta-adrenergic blockade would not potentiate the effects of adenosine in terminating AV nodal-dependent supraventricular tachycardia (SVT).

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