February 2009

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Volume 21 Issue 2
Large Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Left Circumflex Treated with Antibiotics and Covered Stent
From the *Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and §Heart Care Group, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitte…
Separate Origin of Major Coronary Arteries from the Right Sinus with Angioplasty and Stenting of Anomalous LCx and LAD Arteries
From the Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscrript submitted August 28, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 24, 2008, manuscript accep…
Very Late Stent Thrombosis after Bare-Metal Stent Implantation: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. Disclosures: Dr. Waksman reports receiving speaker honoraria from Biotronik, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific, and has received research g…
Radial Artery Perforation and Its Management during PCI
From *Sri Ramachandra Medical University, Chennai, and §Mythri Prime Hospital, Hyderabad, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted August 8, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 1…
A Case of Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm after Placement of a Heparin-Coated Stent
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 12, 2008, provisional acceptance given Augu…
StentBoost Used to Guide Management of a Critical Ostial Right Coronary Artery Lesion
From the §Department of Interventional Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. *Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, B.C., Canada; £Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest…
An Unusual Thrombotic Complication during Percutaneous Closure of Atrial Septal Defect
From the Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 3, 2008, provision…
When and How Should Atrial Septal Defects Be Closed in Adults?
From the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas-Houston Medical School/Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas. *Presented in part at the Concepts in Contemporary Cardiology, Houston, Texas, Apri…
Transcatheter Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defect in the Elderly
From the Rush Center For Congenital & Structural Heart Disease, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois. Disclosure: Dr. Hijazi is a non-paid consultant to Occlutech, a German device company. Manuscript submitted November 10, 2008 and…
FOCUS: Atrial Septal Defects — Structural Heart Disease in Adults
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School/Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas E-mail: p.syamasundar.rao@uth.tmc.edu _________________________________ J INVASIVE CAR…