Journal of Interventional Cardiology

The Journal of Interventional Cardiology (JOIC) was awarded its first impact factor and achieved a score of 1.387. We would like to thank our authors for publishing high quality articles and future authors who choose to make JOIC the home for their next paper. Learn more about submitting to JOIC here.

The top 3 most cited articles were:

Short-term effects of biocorrodible iron stents in porcine coronary arteries
Waksman R, Pakala R, Baffour R, et al.

Fluoroscopy-Guided Femoral Artery Puncture Reduces the Risk of PCI-Related Vascular Complications
Fitts J, Lee PV, Hofmaster P, et al.

Contrast-induced nephropathy
Bartorelli AL, Marenzi G

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A New Stent Design May Put Patients at Risk
Some stents that keep blood vessels open to treat heart disease are poorly designed to resist shortening, according to publications in the Journal of Interventional Cardiology. A case report published in the journal by Dr. Cindy Grines, of the Detroit Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute, and her colleagues describes a patient who experienced a heart attack after the recently marketed Ion stent (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA) in his artery shortened and accordioned. The articles indicate that some stents are susceptible to becoming deformed, which could result in adverse clinical consequences. Read the complete press release here.

Free access to articles in this press announcement:

Deformation, Longitudinal Shortening, and Accordion of an Ion Stent
ANTWON D. ROBINSON M.D., THEODORE L. SCHREIBER M.D., CINDY L. GRINES M.D.