May 2008 Editorial Update
Original papers
Culprit Vessel PCI versus Traditional Cath and PCI for STEMI
Robert J. Applegate, M.D., Stacy H. Graham, MD, Sanjay K. Gandhi, MD, Michael A. Kutcher, MD, Matthew T. Sacrinty, MPH, Renato M. Santos, MD, William C. Little, M.D
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Commentary: Breaking with Tradition: Is Diagnostic Angiography Really Necessary Before Primary PCI?”
Adnan K. Chhatriwalla MD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
The CAIRP (CAndesartan for In-stent Restenosis Prevention) trial – A Multi-Center Study of AT1-receptor Blocker Therapy in Coronary Stenting
Jochen Krämer‡1, Rainer G. Ruf*1, Sibylle Schmidt*, Christoph Axthelm°, Ruth Strasser§, Gerhard Janssen$, Torsten Thieme^†, Angelika Kusch*, Jürgen Waigand#,
Rainer Dietz*#, C. Michael Gross*
*Franz-Volhard Clinic, Dept. of Molecular and Clinical Cardiology, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin, Charité Berlin, Campus Buch and #Campus Virchow Clinic,,‡IKS, Interventional Cardiology Spandau
°Oskar-Ziethen-Krankenhaus, Dept. of Cardiology, Berlin,,§University Hospital Dresden, Dept. of Cardiology,,$Städtische Kliniken Brandenburg, Dept. of Cardiology and Angiology, ^Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Dept. of Cardiology
High Speed Rotational Atherectomy During Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Mohaned Egred, Mohammed Andron, BSc MB ChB MRCP, Albert Alahmar, MSc MB ChB MRCP, Khaled Albouaini, Raphael A Perry BMBS FRCP MD BSc
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax Infirmary, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK
COMMENTARY:Paul Ho, MD
Three-dimensional Balloon Catheter Sizing Identifies Significant Underdeployed Stents Using Conventional Methods in Renal Artery Interventions
Raed A Aqel, MD, FACC*,†,§, Gilbert J Zoghbi, MD, FACC*,†,§, Fadi G Hage, MD*,†, Louis Dell’Italia MD*,†
* Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
† The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Invasive Measurements Of Atrioventricular Conduction Parameters Prior to And Following Ventricular Septal Defect Closure With The Amplatzer Device
Maria De Vita MD, Francesco Burzotta MD PhD, Carlo Trani MD, Enrico Romagnoli MD, Giovanni Paolo Talarico MD, Italo Porto MD, Antonio Maria Leone MD, Giuseppe GL Biondi-Zoccai MD, Giampaolo Niccoli MD, Antonio Giuseppe Rebuzzi MD, Rocco Mongiardo MD, Mario Attilio Mazzari MD, Giovanni Schiavoni MD, Filippo Crea MD
Institute of Cardiology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Commentary
Perimembraneous Ventricular Septal Defect Closure with the Amplatzer Device
P. Syamasundar Rao, MD
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School/Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
Angiographic Predictors of Difficult Carotid Stenting as Determined by Aortic Arch Angiograms
Surabhi Madhwal, MD, *Vivek Rajagopal, MD, Deepak Bhatt, MD, Christopher Bajzer, MD, Patrick Whitlow, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, and *Cardiac Disease Specialists, Atlanta, Georgia.
Rapid Communication
Stenting the Critical Calyceal Carotid Bifurcation – A Technical Update
Laurence M. Schneider MD, Jiri J. Vitek MD PhD, James R. Wilentz MD, Gary S. Roubin MD, PhD
Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute, New York, New York
Review
Samin K. Sharma, MD, FACC
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York
Clinical Images
Giant Unruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
Lloyd W. Klein MD, Jaime R Chavez, MD, Alvaro Montoya, MD
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum Diagnosed by 64-Detector CT Imaging
Amgad N. Makaryus MD*and M. Robert Peters MD+
*North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY and +Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, New York, NY
Online Articles
Rapid Communication
Development of a Novel Calcified Total Occlusion Model in Porcine Coronary Arteries
Kaori Suzuki, MD, Naritatsu Saito, MD, Geping Zhang, MD, Gerard Conditt, RCIS, Jennifer McGregor, BS, RLAT, Alyssa M. Flynn BS, Danielle Leahy BS, RLAT, Patricia Glennon, VMD, Martin B. Leon, MD, Motoya Hayase, MD
Jack H. Skirball Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York
Review
“Pharmacological and Mechanical Revascularization Strategies in STEMI: Integration of the Two Approaches”
Charles Pollack, Jr., MD, Pennsylvania Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Case Reports
Intracavitary Pressure Wire and Intravascular Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Combined Symmetric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Aortic Stenosis in a Patient with Dyspnea and Syncope: Treatment with Ethanol Septal Ablation
Joanna J. Wykrzykowska, MD, Gregory Piazza, MD, Roger J. Laham, MD
From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Limitations of Fractional Flow Reserve in Evaluating Coronary Artery Myocardial Bridge
Inder M. Singh, MD, MS*†, Roopa A. Subbarao, MD*‡, Saihari Sadanandan, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCAI†.
† Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana, and ‡Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
An Intravascular Ultrasound Guided High-Pressure Balloon Predilatation for Optimal Drug-Eluting Stent Deployment in Restenosis of a Stent Implanted 7 Years Earlier. Do We Know The Right Technique of In-Stent Restenosis Re-Stenting?
?ukasz Kali?czuk, MD, PhD, Marcin Demkow, MD, PhD, Witold Ru?y??o, MD, PhD, FESC
Department of Haemodynamics, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
Drug Eluting Stent Implantation for Acute Myocardial Infarction during Pregnancy with use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, Aspirin and Clopidogrel
Dr. Rafid F. Al-Aqeedi, MD, MACC, Abdulrahman D. Al-nabti, MD, FACC
Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Approach to percutaneous closure in patients with multiple atrial septal defects
Tywaun Tillman, MD, Reynaldo Mulingtapang MD, J Thompson Sullebarger, MD
Florida Cardiovascular Institute and the Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida
Coronary Aneurysm Formation in a Patient Early after Everolimus Eluting Stent Implantation
Rainer Zbinden, MD, Parham Eshtehardi, MD, Stéphane Cook, MD
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
The Provisional Reverse “Mini-Crush” Technique for Bifurcation Angioplasty
Farrukh Hussain, MD
St. Boniface General Hospital, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Chronic Total Occlusion — Use of a 5F Guiding Catheter in a 6F Guiding Catheter
Aadil Shaukat MRCP, M. Al-Bustami, MD, Paul JL Ong, MD MRCP
Cardiology Department, Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Ureteroarterial Fistula: A Rare Cause of Hematuria Managed in the Cardiac Cath Lab
1Reji Pappy MD, 2Mazen Abu-Fadel MD, 2Thomas Hennebry MB BCh BAO, FSCAI, FACC Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), 1Department of Internal
Medicine and 2Cardiovascular Section, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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