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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 52, Issue 4

    409-536
    April 2001
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Original Studies

Acute renal failure requiring dialysis after percutaneous coronary interventions

Luis Gruberg MD,  Roxana Mehran MD,  George Dangas MD,  Gary S. Mintz MD,  Ron Waksman MD,  Kenneth M. Kent MD,  Augusto D. Pichard MD,  Lowell F. Satler MD,  Hongsheng Wu PhD,  Martin B. Leon MD, 
  • Pages: 409-416
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Editorial Comments

No CAN?

Jeffrey A. Brinker MD, 
  • Pages: 417-419
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Original Studies

Intravascular ultrasound findings in patients with abnormal coronary flow reserve after stenting

Toshiya Muramatsu MD,  Reiko Tsukahara MD,  Mami Ho MD,  Yoshiaki Ito MD,  Hiroshi Ishimori MD,  Naozumi Saiki MD, 
  • Pages: 420-424
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

A comparative study of light transmission aggregometry and automated bedside platelet function assays in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and receiving abciximab, eptifibatide, or tirofiban†

Daniel I. Simon MD,  Christopher B. Liu PAC,  Peter Ganz MD,  James M. Kirshenbaum MD,  Robert N. Piana MD,  Campbell Rogers MD,  Andrew P. Selwyn MD,  Jeffrey J. Popma MD, 
  • Pages: 425-432
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Editorial Comments

IIb or not IIb: When, how, and which GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor?

Tomasz A. Swierkosz MD, PhD,  Nicholas Valettas MD,  Howard C. Herrmann MD, 
  • Pages: 433-434
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Original Studies

Long-term outcome of patients with proximal left anterior descending coronary artery in-stent restenosis treated with rotational atherectomy

Raúl Moreno MD,  Eulogio García MD,  Javier Soriano MD,  Julio Acosta MD,  Manuel Abeytua MD, 
  • Pages: 435-442
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Direct coronary stent implantation: Safety, feasibility, and predictors of success of the strategy of direct coronary stent implantation

GertJan Laarman MD, PhD,  Tamil S. Muthusamy MD,  Henk Swart MD,  Iris Westendorp MD,  Ferdinand Kiemeneij MD, PhD,  Ton Slagboom MD,  Ron van der Wieken MD, 
  • Pages: 443-448
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Impact of coronary plaque morphology as assessed by IVUS computer-aided analysis on mechanisms of balloon angioplasty and stenting

Philippe Garot MD,  Gabriel Pelle PhD,  Emmanuel Teiger MD, PhD,  Abdel Belarbi MD,  Eduardo Aptecar MD,  Lotfi Boudali MD,  Jean Luc Dubois-Randé MD, PhD,  Patrick Dupouy MD, 
  • Pages: 449-456
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Interventional Rounds

Provisional stenting for symptomatic intracranial stenosis using a multidisciplinary approach: Acute results, unexpected benefit, and one-year outcome

Stephen R. Ramee MD,  Robert Dawson MD,  Kevin L. McKinley MD,  Robert Felberg MD,  Tyrone J. Collins MD,  J. Stephen Jenkins MD,  Mohammed I. Awaad MD,  Christopher J. White MD, 
  • Pages: 457-467
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Case Reports

Lepirudin as a safe alternative for effective anticoagulation in patients with known heparin-induced thrombocytopenia undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Case reports

Joseph A. Manfredi,  Rivers P. Wall,  David C. Sane,  Gregory A. Braden MD, 
  • Pages: 468-472
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Editorial Comments

From confusion to clarity: Direct thrombin inhibitors for patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

John A. Bittl MD, 
  • Pages: 473-475
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Case Reports

Right heart catheterization in the presence of an inferior vena cava filter

William G. Kussmaul III MD,  Roberto Secaira MD,  Daniel J. McCormick DO,  Marc Cohen MD, 
  • Pages: 476-478
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Editorial Comments

All roads lead to Rome

Tsung O. Cheng MD, 
  • Pages: 479-480
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Case Reports

Use of a 0.052″ Gianturco coil to embolize a persistent right superior vena cava following extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection

Hideshi Tomita MD,  Yuichi Ishikawa MD,  Satoshi Hasegawa MD,  Yasuo Ono MD,  Osamu Yamada MD,  Kohji Kimura MD,  Hideki Uemura MD,  Toshikatsu Yagihara MD,  Shigeyuki Echigo MD, 
  • Pages: 481-483
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

An unusual case of groin discomfort

Ajay Tuli MD,  Sung S. Lim MD,  A. Maziar Zafari MD, PhD, FACC, 
  • Pages: 484-485
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Severe delayed thrombocytopenia associated with abciximab (ReoPro) therapy

Mohan S. Reddy MD,  Thomas James Carmody MD,  Dean J. Kereiakes MD, 
  • Pages: 486-488
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Retrieval of dislodged and disfigured transradially delivered coronary stent: Report on a case using forcep and antegrade brachial sheath insertion

Moo Hyun Kim MD,  Kwang Soo Cha MD,  Jong Seong Kim MD, 
  • Pages: 489-491
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Successful stenting of a complex inferior vena cava stenosis using a modified sharp recanulization technique

Tejas Patel MD,  Sanjay Shah MD,  Kintur Sanghvi,  Keith Fonseca, 
  • Pages: 492-495
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Three separate coronary artery ostia arising from the right coronary cusp: A case report

Joseph E. Lauer MD,  Michael E. Ritchie MD, 
  • Pages: 496-499
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Torn-off balloon tip of Z-5 atrial septostomy catheter

Teiji Akagi MD,  Yoshifumi Tananari MD,  Yasuki V. Maeno MD,  Wakako Himeno MD,  Jun Furui MD,  Masahiro Ishii MD,  Hirohisa Kato MD, 
  • Pages: 500-503
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Pediatric Interventions

Changes in coil morphology following transcatheter coil occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus using a modified snare technique

Nancy C. Dobrolet MD,  José A. Ettedgui MD, 
  • Pages: 504-509
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Outcomes of transcatheter embolization in the treatment of coronary artery fistulas

Mataichi Okubo MD,  David Nykanen MD,  Lee N. Benson MD, 
  • Pages: 510-517
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Basic Science

Basic science review: Radiotherapy for prevention of restenosis

Grzegorz L. Kałuża MD, PhD,  Wojciech Mazur MD,  Albert E. Raizner MD, 
  • Pages: 518-529
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Equipment and Technology

Balloon atrial septostomy in end-stage pulmonary hypertension guided by a novel intracardiac echocardiographic transducer

Mauro Moscucci MD,  Ismail T. Dairywala MD,  Stanley Chetcuti MD,  Biju Mathew MD,  Peng Li MD, PhD,  Melvyn Rubenfire MD,  Mani A. Vannan MBBS, 
  • Pages: 530-534
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Letters to the Editor

PACE, but with grace

Mohsen Sharifi MD,  Michael Koch MD,  Robert Steele MD,  Vincent Pompili MD, 
  • Page: 535
  • First Published: 28 March 2001

Reply to letter to the editor by Sharifi et al.

Tony M. Chou MD, 
  • Page: 536
  • First Published: 28 March 2001