Journal of Invasive Cardiology

March 2012 Vol. 24, No. 3

Original Contributions:
In Vivo Comparison of Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Intravascular Ultrasonography
Sathyadeepak Ramesh, Aristotelis Papayannis, MD, Abdul-rahman Abdel-karim, MD, Subhash Banerjee, MD, Emmanouil Brilakis, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern and VA North Texas Healthcare System, Dallas, Texas.

Optical Coherence Tomography Evaluation of in-stent Restenotic Lesions with Visible Microvessels
Byeong-Keuk Kim, MD1, Jung-Sun Kim, MD1, Dong-Ho Shin, MD1, Young-Guk Ko, MD1, Donghoon Choi, MD1, Yangsoo Jang, MD1,2, Myeong-Ki Hong, MD1,2
1Division of Cardiology, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Severance Biomedical Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Net Clinical Benefit of Pre-Hospital Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients With ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and High Risk of Bleeding
Effect of Tirofiban in Patients at High Risk of Bleeding Using CRUSADE Bleeding Score
Renicus S Hermanides, MD1, Jan Paul Ottervanger, MD PhD1, Jurrien M ten Berg, MD2 PhD, AT Marcel Gosselink, MD PhD1, Gert van Houwelingen, MD3, Jan-Henk E Dambrink, MD PhD1, Pieter R Stella4, MD PhD, Christian Hamm, MD PhD5, Arnoud WJ van ‘t Hof, MD PhD1, on behalf of the On-TIME 2 trial investigators
1Isala klinieken, Dept of Cardiology, Zwolle, The Netherlands, 2St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Dept of Cardiology, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, 3Medisch Spectrum Twente, Dept of Cardiology, Enschede, The Netherlands, 4Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Dept of Cardiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 5Kerckhoff-Klinik, Dept of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Different Spectrum of Vascular Complications After Angio Seal Deployment or Manual Compression
Alessandro Lupi, MD1, Andrea Rognoni, MD1, Gioel Gabrio Secco, MD2, Maurizio Lazzero, MD1, Laura Plebani, MD1, Giuseppe Cossa, MD3, Danilo Reale, MD3, Federico Nardi, MD4, Mara Sansa, MD1, Angelo S Bongo, MD1
1 Hospital Cardiology, “Maggiore della Carità” Hospital, Novara, Italy
2 Division of Cardiology, University of Eastern Piedmont, “Maggiore della Carità” Hospital, Novara, Italy
3 Division of Cardiology, “S.Andrea” Hospital, Vercelli, Italy
4 Division of Cardiology, “Castelli” Hospital, Verbania, Italy

Commentary: Hitinder S. Gurm, MD, University of Michigan

Steroids for the Prevention of Mortality and Restenosis in Bare Metal Stents-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Partha Sardar MD1, Saurav Chatterjee MD2, Debabrata Mukherjee MD, MS3, Kirk N. Garratt MD1
1Lenox Hill Cardiovascular Institute, New York, New York; 2Dept of Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; 3Dept of Internal Medicine,Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas

Gender-Based Analysis of the 3-year Outcome of Bioactive Stents Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Insight from the TITAX AMI Trial
Petri O. Tuomainen, MD, PhD1; Antti Ylitalo, MD, PhD2; Matti Niemelä, MD, PhD3; Kari Kervinen, MD, PhD3; Mikko Pietilä, MD, PhD4; Jussi Sia, MD5; Kai Nyman, MD6; Wail Nammas, MD, PhD2; K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, MD, PhD4; Pasi P. Karjalainen, MD, PhD2
1Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; 2 Satakunta Central Hospital, Pori, Finland; 3 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland;
4 Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; 5 Kokkola Central Hospital, Kokkola, Finland;
6 Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland

Commentary: Nick Shammas, MD

New Technique
Percutaneous Repair of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Perforation
Usman Javed MD*, Thomas W. Smith MD*, Jason H. Rogers* MD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center

Brief Communication
Collateral Myocardial Blush in Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction: A New Diagnostic Tool to Differentiate Between Occluded Right Coronary and Circumflex Arteries
Reuben Ilia, MD, Arik Wolak, MD and Jean Marc Weinstein, MRCP (UK)
Cardiology Department, Soroka Medical Center and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

New Technique Percutaneous Repair of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Perforation
Usman Javed MD*, Thomas W. Smith MD*, Jason H. Rogers* MD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center

Clinical Images
Tumor Blush: Left Ventricular Cardiac Hemangioma with Supply Both from the Left Anterior Descending and Circumflex Arteries
Avinash Murthy, MD, Ankit Jain, MD, Anthony G. Nappi, MD
Division of Cardiology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York

Commentary: Tumor Blush in Primary Cardiac Tumors
Rajinder Marok MD and Lloyd W. Klein MD
Advocate Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

New!!Radial Access
Section editors: Samir B. Pancholy, MD and Tejas M. Patel, MD

Nitrogycerin Plus Diltiazem Versus Nitrogycerin Alone for Spasm Prophylaxis with Transradial Approach
Surya Dharma, Sanjay Shah, Rajnikant Radadiya, Chirayu Vyas, Samir Pancholy, Tejas Patel
Jakarta, Indonesia Sanjay Shah, TCVS Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad, India; Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA, USA

Myocardial and Pericardial Staining by Transradial Optitorque Jacky Shape Catheter During Left Ventriculogram
Abdul Basit, MD, Raja Nazir, MD, Harvey Hahn, MD
Kettering Medical Center, Kettering Ohio, and Wright State University/Boonshoft School of Medicine Dayton Ohio and Loma Linda University, Loma Linda California

New!!Transaortic Valve Replacement
Section editor: Howard Herrmann, MD

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Improved Heart Failure after Left Bundle Branch Block during Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Kentaro Meguro, MD, PhD, Nicolas Lellouche, MD, PhD, Emmanuel Teiger, MD, PhD
Interventional cardiology Unit, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Val-de-Marne University, Creteil, France

Online Exclusive

Multiple Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a 41-Year Old Male Patient Presenting with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Jassim Al Suwaidi, MB, ChB, Awad Al-Qahtani, Mb, ChB
Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Qatar

Recurrent Cardiac Tamponade Following Unusual Micro Leak after Successful Closure of the Primary Leak
Dibya Kumar Baruah, Adi Lakshmi, Vidya Chandrashekaran
Apollo Hospitals, Andhra Pradesh, India

Guide Catheter Suction with Novel Double Wire Technique for Successful Management of Large Thrombus in Occluded Right Coronary Artery
MP Girish, MD, DM, Mohit D. Gupta, MD, DM, Sanjay Tyagi, MD, DM
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital and associated Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Successful Treatment of SVC Syndrome Using Isolated Pharmaco-Mechanical Thrombolysis
Chadi Dib, MD and Thomas Hennebry MB BCh
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Usefulness of the Corsair Micro-catheter for Treatment of Complex Chronic Total Occlusion
Yoritaka Otsuka, MD, FACC, FESC; Keita Nakamura, MD; Taro Saito, MD
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Percutaneous Treatment of Lutembacher Syndrome in a Case with Difficult Mitral Valve Crossing
Anupam Bhambhani, MD, DM, Somanath HS, MD, DM
Department of Cardiology, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, India.

Distal “Open Sesame” and “Hairpin Wire” Techniques to Facilitate a Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention
Tesfaldet Michael, MD, MPH, Subhash Banerjee, MD, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD
VA North Texas Healthcare System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

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February 2012 Vol. 24, No. 2

Original Contributions:
Mechanism of Edge Restenosis After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation 
Eiji Ichimoto, MD, Yoshihide Fujimoto, MD, Kenichirou Kubo, MD, Tomoaki Miyayama, MD, Yo Iwata, MD, Hideki Kitahara, MD, Yoshio Kobayashi, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.

Buddy Balloon Technique for Final Kissing Balloon Dilatation after Crush Stenting of the Left Main Coronary Artery
Akihiko Takahashi, MD, PhD, Shingo Sakamoto, MD, Norimasa Taniguchi, MD, PhD, Yukio Mizuguchi, MD, Takeshi Yamada, MD, Shunsuke Nakajima, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiology, Sakurakai Takahashi Hospital, Oikecho, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo

Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Myocardial and Renal Injury: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Gaurav Alreja, MD1, Diogo Bugano, MD2, Amir Lotfi, MD1
1Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, and 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Use of an Objective Tool to Assess Platelet Inhibition Prior to Off-Pump Coronary Surgery to Reduce Blood Usage
Mariano E. Brizzio, MD, Richard E. Shaw, PhD, Beth Bosticco, PA-C, Mary Collins CNP, Juan B. Grau, MD, Andrew W. C. Mak, Alex Zapolanski, MD
The Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, Ridgewood, New Jersey

Commentary:
Sandeep Nathan, MD

New!!Transaortic Valve Replacement
Section editor: Howard Herrmann, MD

Short-term Efficacy of Palliative Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in Selected Patients with High Operative Risk
Michael J. Daly, MBBCh MRCP, Monica Monaghan, MBBCh PhD MRCP, Andrew Hamilton, MD MRCP, Christopher Lockhart, MD MRCP, Vivek Kodoth, MBBCh MRCP, Shevanthi Pillai, MD MRCP, Ganesh Manoharan, MD FRCP, Mark S Spence, MD FRCP.
The Heart Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast United Kingdom

New!! Radial Access Techniques
Section editors: Samir B. Pancholy, MD and Tejas M. Patel, MD

New Technique: Transradial Measurement of Transvalvular Pressure Gradient in the Setting of Mechanical Aortic and Mitral Valve Prostheses Using a Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve Guidewire
Lori Vales, MD, Sanjay Cherukuri, MD, Tak Kwan, MD

Case Report: Successful Transradial Retrieval of Broken Catheter Fragment During Transradial Coronary Angiography
Ji-Hoon Kim, MD, Gee-Hee Kim, MD, Keon-Woong Moon, MD, PhD

Review:
Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention: A Review
Vindhya Hindnavis, MD, Sung-Hae Cho, MD, Sheldon Goldberg, MD
From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Brief Communication
Successful Use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, Heparin and IABP during PCI, in a Post Neurosurgical Patient with STEMI and Cardiogenic Shock due to Very Late Bare Metal Stent Thrombosis
Nuri Akkus, MD, Saurabh Rajpal, MBBS, MD, Sajata Agnani, MD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport

Clinical Images
Coronary Imaging and Intervention During Cardiovascular Collapse: Use of the LUCAS Mechanical CPR Device in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Nazanin Azadi MD1, James T. Niemann MD2, Joseph L. Thomas MD1
1 Division of Cardiology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance CA

Online Exclusive
An Unusual Complication After Coronary Catheterization
Dominique Grisoli, MD1, Vlad Gariboldi MD1, Jacques Quilici MD2
Departments of 1Cardiac Surgery and 2Cardiology, Hôpital de la Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France.

Transcatheter closure of a large aortopulmonary window with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension beyond infancy
Anurakti Srivastava, MD and Anil Sivadasan Radha, MD, D.N.B.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, India.

Deferring Coronary Stenting for Myocardial Bridging by Fractional Flow Reserve and Optical Coherence Tomography
Atsushi Mizuno MD, Yutaro Nishi MD, Koichiro Niwa MD
Cardiovascular Center, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Novel Use of a GuideLiner catheter for selective coronary angiography to visualize the distal left anterior descending artery after the left internal mammary artery anastamosis
Asif Serajian, DO
Department of Cardiology, West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park, Illinois

Successful transradial retrieval of broken catheter fragment during transradial coronary angiography
Ji-Hoon Kim, MD, Gee-Hee Kim, MD, Keon-Woong Moon
St.Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, South Korea

Transcatheter repair of Fontan baffle stenosis and fenestration in 2 patients using Cook Zenith Aortic Endografts
Nitin Madan, MD, Sharif Ellozy, MD, Barry Love, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Usefulness of the Corsair Micro-catheter for Treatment of Complex Chronic Total Occlusion
Yoritaka Otsuka, MD,; Keita Nakamura, MD; Taro Saito, MD
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka Wajiro Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan