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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 46, Issue 1

    1-122
    January 1999
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EDITORIAL

Behind the scenes in the editor's office

Frank J. Hildner MD, 
  • Pages: 1-3
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

ORIGINAL STUDIES

Primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction: A 30-day follow up study

Upendra Kaul MD, DM,  Balbir Singh MD, DM,  Dinesh Sudan MD, DM,  Rakesh Sapra MD, DM,  Ram Dev Yadav MD, DM,  Tapan Ghose MD, DNB,  N.S. Dixit MD, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 4-10
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Routine use of stents in acute myocardial infarction

Clifford J. Kavinsky MD, PhD,  Lloyd W. Klein MD, 
  • Pages: 11-12
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

ORIGINAL STUDIES

Stent thrombosis: Incidence and related factors in the R.I.S.E. registry (Registro Impianto Stent Endocoronarico)

Stefano De Servi MD,  Sergio Repetto MD,  Silvio Klugmann MD,  Irene Bossi MD,  Antonio Colombo MD,  Roberto Piva MD,  Luigi Giommi MD,  Antonio Bartorelli MD,  Alessandro Fontanelli MD,  Giuseppe Mariani MD,  Catherine Klersy MD, 
  • Pages: 13-18
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Toward the elimination of stent thrombosis

Thomas J. Linnemeier MD, 
  • Pages: 19-20
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

ORIGINAL STUDIES

Revised guidelines for the performance of peripheral vascular intervention

J.D. Babb,  T.J. Collins,  M.J. Cowley,  G. Dorros,  R.J. Freedman Jr.,  J. Galichia,  I.A. Iannone,  M.J. Kern,  C.L. Tommaso,  S.R. Ramee,  K. Rosenfield,  G.S. Roubin,  R.A. Weintraub,  R.A. White,  Christopher J. White MD, 
  • Pages: 21-23
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Lessons learned from the review of cardiac catheterization laboratories: A report from the laboratory survey committee of the society for cardiac angiography and interventions

Gregory J. Dehmer MD,  Djavad Arani MD,  Thomas Noto MD,  Patrick Scanlon MD,  Frank Hildner MD,  David Clark MD,  William Sheldon MD, 
  • Pages: 24-31
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Utility of standby cardiopulmonary support for elective coronary interventions

Erminia M. Guarneri MD,  Joseph R. Califano MD,  Richard A. Schatz MD,  Nancy B. Morris RN,  Paul S. Teirstein MD, 
  • Pages: 32-35
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Cardiopulmonary support for cath lab catastrophes

Carl L. Tommaso MD, 
  • Page: 36
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

ORIGINAL STUDIES

Transradial coronary intervention in Japanese patients

Shigeru Saito MD, FASCAI,  Shogo Miyake MD,  George Hosokawa MD,  Shinji Tanaka MD,  Katsunori Kawamitsu MD,  Hideaki Kaneda MD,  Hajime Ikei MD,  Takaaki Shiono MD, 
  • Pages: 37-41
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Radial angioplasty: Feasible but should this be the standard?

George W. Vetrovec MD, 
  • Page: 42
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

PEDIATRIC INTERVENTIONS

Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defects using the Rashkind device: Initial experience

Satej Janorkar MD, DIP, NB,  Tiow Goh FRACP, FACC,  James Wilkinson FRCP, FACC, 
  • Pages: 43-48
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defects: Are we there yet?

Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, MPH, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 49-50
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

PEDIATRIC INTERVENTIONS

A new technique for sizing of atrial septal defects

Xiaoping Gu MD,  Young-Min Han MD,  James Berry RDMS,  Myra Urness,  Kurt Amplatz MD, 
  • Pages: 51-57
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Measurement of the stretched diameters of atrial septal defects

Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, MPH, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 58
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

PEDIATRIC INTERVENTIONS

Right coronary artery occlusion as a complication of accessory pathway ablation in a 12-year-old treated with stenting

Sanjaya Khanal MD,  Paulo A. Ribeiro MD, PhD,  Marc Platt MD,  Micheal A. Kuhn MD, 
  • Pages: 59-61
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Utility of cardiac catheterization in pediatric cardiac patients on ECMO

Susan E. desJardins MD,  Dennis C. Crowley MD,  Robert H. Beekman MD,  Thomas R. Lloyd MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 62-67
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Intravascular ultrasound imaging before and after balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis

Toshio Nakanishi MD,  Kimimasa Tobita MD,  Manaki Sasaki MD,  Chisato Kondo MD,  Yoshiki Mori MD,  Hirofumi Tomimatsu MD,  Makoto Nakazawa MD,  Yasuharu Imai MD,  Kazuo Momma MD, 
  • Pages: 68-78
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

CASE REPORTS

Rotational atherectomy for left anterior descending artery septal perforator stenosis

Ian D. Cohen MD,  S. Khosla MD,  Thomas N. Levin MD,  Ted Feldman MD, 
  • Pages: 79-82
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Rotational atherectomy for the septal perforator: Drilling into a deep frontier

Masakiyo Nobuyoshi MD, 
  • Pages: 83-84
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

CASE REPORTS

Revascularization of a thrombosed, previously stented aorto-renal graft using combined directional atherectomy and AngioJet thrombectomy

Ashok Seth MD, FRCP, FSCAI, FACC,  Atul Mathur MD, DM,  Praveen Chandra MD, DM,  Praveer Aggarwal MD, DM,  Narendra Khanna MD, DM, 
  • Pages: 85-88
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Rescue PTCA complicated by pulmonary artery rupture after tPA and abciximab

Hal L. Chadow MD,  Mahender K. Gaba MD,  Arshad Safi MD,  Ernest Afflu MD,  Alan Feit MD, 
  • Pages: 89-91
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY

X-ray generation and control

Stephen Balter PhD, 
  • Pages: 92-97
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

PRELIMINARY REPORTS

Use of vibrational angioplasty for the treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions: Preliminary results

Lampros K. Michalis MD,  Michael R. Rees MD,  John A.S. Davis,  Eugenia C. Pappa MD,  Katerina K. Naka MD,  Stelios Rokkas MD,  Nickos Agrios MD,  Sotirios Loukas PhD,  John Goudevenos MD,  Demetrios Sideris MD, 
  • Pages: 98-104
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EDITORIAL COMMENTS

Good vibrations

Alan W. Heldman MD,  Jeffrey A. Brinker MD, 
  • Pages: 105-106
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

PRELIMINARY REPORTS

Adjunctive abciximab improves outcomes during recanalization of totally occluded saphenous vein grafts using transluminal extraction atherectomy †

J. Thompson Sullebarger MD,  Robert D. Dalton MD,  Ali Nasser MD,  Fadi A. Matar MD, 
  • Pages: 107-110
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Use of the perclose device in the brachial artery after coronary intervention

Daniel L. Kulick MD, FSCAI,  Donald E. Rediker MD, 
  • Pages: 111-112
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

Obliteration of a Coronary Artery Aneurysm With a PTFE-Covered Stent: Endoluminal Graft for Coronary Disease Revisited

Richard R. Heuser MD,  Scott Woodfield MD,  Alejandro Lopez MD, 
  • Pages: 113-116
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the editor: Re Manjunath et al.

Rajpal K. Abhaichand MD, DM,  George Joseph MD, DM, 
  • Page: 117
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Reply to the letter to the editor by Abhaichand and Joseph

C.N. Manjunath MD, DM,  K.H. Srinivasa MD, DM, 
  • Pages: 117-118
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Gastroepiploic bypass graft stenting

Steven Feld MD,  Richard W. Smalling MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 118-119
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Spasm and gastroepiploic bypass graft stenting: Reply to the letter to the editor by Feld and Smalling

Ricardo Roriz MD, 
  • Page: 119
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

To the editor: Re Sandoval et al.

Aditya Kapoor,  Satyendra Tewari, 
  • Pages: 119-120
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Iatrogenic brain attack: Treatment and/or prevention?

Felipe A. Ceceña M.D., FACC, FSCAI,  David H. Hoelzinger M.D., FACC, 
  • Page: 120
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Reply to the letter to the editor by Kapoor and Tewari

Anthony E. Sandoval MD,  Nathan Laufer MD, 
  • Page: 121
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Coronary stenting without predilatation: A clinical routine with Jomed delivery system

Josef Veselka MD, PHD,  David Tesar MD,  Martin Mates MD, 
  • Pages: 121-122
  • First Published: 15 January 1999

Reply to the letter to the editor by Veselka et al.

H.-R. Figulla MD,  G. Werner MD, 
  • Page: 122
  • First Published: 15 January 1999