Editor's Update

April 2010 Vol. 22, No. 4

Original Contributions

The Occlutech Figulla PFO and ASD Occluder: A New Nitinol Wire Mesh Device for Closure of Atrial Septal Defects
Florian Krizanic, MD1, Horst Sievert, MD2a,2b, Dietrich Pfeiffer, MD3, Thomas Konorza, MD4, Markus Ferrari, MD1, Ziyad Hijazi, MD5, Christian Jung, MD1, Alexander Lauten, MD1, Hans Reiner Figulla, MD, PhD1
From the 1Clinic of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Jena, Germany
2aCardioVascular Center, Frankfurt/M., Germany and 2bWashington Hospital Center, Washington DC, 3Department of Cardiology, University of Leipzig, Germany
4Heart Center Essen, Department of Cardiology , University of Essen, Germany
5Ziyad Hijazi, 5Rush University Medical Center, Chicago.

Commentary: P. S. Rao, MD

Drug-Eluting Stent versus Bare-Metal Stent in Acute ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. A Single Center Experience with a Long-term Follow-up
Cataldo Palmieri, MD, Marcello Ravani, MD, Giuseppe Trianni, MD, Jacopo Gianetti, MD, PhD, Marco Vanghetti, MD, Antonio Rizza, MD, Umberto Paradossi, MD, Arton Beqiri, MD, Sergio Berti, MD
From the “Gabriele Monasterio” Foundation, and Institute of Clinical Physiology CNR, National Research Council “G. Pasquinucci” Hospital. Massa. Italy.

Commentary: Matt Budoff, MD

Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty for Severe Aortic Stenosis as a Bridge to High-Risk Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Gian Paolo Ussia, MD*, Davide Capodanno, MD*†, Marco Barbanti, MD*, Marilena Scarabelli, MD*, Sebastiano Immè, MD*, Valeria Cammalleri, MD*, Massimiliano Mulè, MD*, Anna Pistritto, MD*, Patrizia Aruta, MD*, Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD*†
From the *Department of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, and the †ETNA Foundation, Catania, Italy.
Disclosures: Dr. G. Ussia is a physician proctor for the CoreValve ReValving® Incorporation.

Commentary: Peter Block, MD

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Aggressive vs. Conservative Therapy?
Behrooz K, Shamloo, MD, Rajesh S, Chintala, MD, Ali Nasur, MD, Mohammad Ghazvini, MD, Parastoo Shariat*, James A, Diggs, MD, Steven N, Singh, MD
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Howard University Hospital, Rockville, Maryland, and *University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland.

Commentary: Angela Hoye, MD

Progression of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis after Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Angiographic Study
Michal Hawranek, MD, Mariusz Gasior, PhD, Marek Gierlotka, MD, Krzysztof Wilczek, MD, Andrzej Lekston, PhD, Bozena Szygula-Jurkiewicz, MD, Artur Spatuszko, Lech Polonski, PhD
From Silesian Center for Heart Disease, IIIed Department of Cardiology, Zabrze, Poland

Vascular Complications After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Following Hemostasis With the Mynx Vascular Closure Device Versus the AngioSeal Vascular Closure Device
Shah Azmoon†, MD, Anthony L. Pucillo†, MD, Wilbert S. Aronow†, MD, Ramin Ebrahimi €, MD, Joseph Vozzolo †, MD, Archana Rajdev†, MD, Kumar Kalapatapu †, MD, Jae H. Ro†, MD, Craig Hjemdahl-Monsen†, MD
† New York Medical College, Department Cardiology, 95 Grasslands Road, Macy Pavilion, Valhalla, New York.
€ UCLA, Department of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California.

Commentary: Lawrence Garcia, MD

Unprotected Left Main Angioplasty in Nonagenarians: Clinical Characteristics, Procedural Features and Outcome: A Case Series Study
Sofiene Rekik, MD, Jérôme Brunet, MD, Gilles Bayet, MD, François Xavier Hager, MD,
Laurent Meille, MD, Jean Michel Quatre, MD, Joël Sainsous, MD
The Cardiovascular Department, Clinique Rhône Durance, Avignon, France.

Racial Difference in Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Public Health Service Patient Population
Sirikarn Napan, MD, Ramesh Kashinath, MD, Maria Orig, MD, Sameer Kadri, MD, Suhail Khadra, MD
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County

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New Technique

Initial Experience and Sizing Considerations Using the Three Lobed Amplatzer Ductal Occluder 2
David Meerkin MBBS, Benjamin Farber MD, Amiram Nir MD
Department of Cardiology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

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Clinical Images

Sinus of Valsalva Pseudoaneurysm and Mechanical Aortic Valve Endocarditis
James J. Jang, MD, Kenneth S. Battaglia MD, Valerie C. Kwai Ben, MD
Div. of Cardiology, San Jose Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, California

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Letter to the Editor

Long-term Outcomes of Plaque Debulking with Rotational Atherectomy in Side-branch Ostial Lesions to Treat Bifurcation Coronary Disease.
Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona

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Online Exclusive

Correction of CoreValve Position Using Snare Traction From a Right Brachial Artery Access
Rainer Hoffmann, MD, Benjamin Rieck, Guido Dohmen, MD
University Aachen, Medical Clinic I, Aachen, Germany. Benamin Rieck is employed by Medtronic.

Coronary Artery Occlusion and Myocardial Infarction Caused by Vasospasm within a Myocardial Bridge
Lori Vales MDa, Yumiko Kanei MDa and John Fox MDa
Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

Endo Arterial Scoring- A Novel Treatment for Resistant Pulmonary Arterial Lesions Associated with Williams-Beuren Syndrome
Laisha Gogola MBChB MRCP and Gruschen R Veldtman MBChB FRCP
Wessex Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Anomalous Origin of Right Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery and Severe Mitral Regurgitation due to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review
Harshit Modi, MD, Aekarach Ariyachaipanich, MD, Muhyaldeen Dia, MD.
University of Illinois at Chicago/ Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Retrograde Approach to a Totally Occluded Right Coronary Artery via a Septal Perforator Artery: The Tale of a Long and Winding Wire
Rajesh Sachdeva, MD, Bradley Hughes, MD, Barry F. Uretsky, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas

Successful Percutaneous Endovascular Management of Acute Posttraumatic Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection using Transradial Approach
Tejas Patel, MD, Indra Kuladhipati, MD, Sanjay Shah, MD
Total Cardiovascular Solutions Private Limited, Ahmedabad, India & Department of Cardiology, Sheth V.S. General Hospital, Ahmedabad, India

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