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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 55, Issue 3

    277-419
    March 2002
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Original Studies

Carotid and cerebral angiography performed by cardiologists: Cerebrovascular complications

Akram M. Fayed MD,  Christopher J. White MD,  Stephen R. Ramee MD,  J. Stephen Jenkins MD,  Tyrone J. Collins MD, 
  • Pages: 277-280
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Percutaneous repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms using the AneuRx stent graft and the percutaneous vascular surgery device

Marcus Howell MD,  Kathy Doughtery,  Neil Strickman MD,  Zvonimir Krajcer MD, 
  • Pages: 281-287
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Editorial Comments

Percutaneous femoral arterial closure in AAA endograft: Advantages and disadvantages

Hugo F. Londero MD, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 288
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Original Studies

Percutaneous coronary intervention with bivalirudin anticoagulation, immediate sheath removal, and early ambulation: A feasibility study with implications for day-stay procedures

John A. Ormiston,  Bronwyn L. Shaw,  Monique J. Panther,  Peter N. Ruygrok,  Gerard P. Devlin,  Ralph A.H. Stewart,  Mark W.I. Webster, 
  • Pages: 289-293
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Unrestricted availability of intracoronary stents is associated with decreased abrupt vascular closure rates and improved early clinical outcomes

W. Warren Suh MD, MPH,  Diane E. Grill MS,  Charanjit S. Rihal MD,  Malcolm R. Bell MB, BS,  David R. Holmes Jr. MD,  Kirk N. Garratt MD, 
  • Pages: 294-302
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Stenting very small coronary narrowings (< 2 mm) using the biocompatible phosphorylcholine-coated coronary stent

Ehud Grenadier MD,  Ariel Roguin MD,  Izhack Hertz MD,  Benjamin Peled MD,  Monther Boulos MD,  Eugenia Nikolsky MD, PhD,  Shlomo Amikam MD,  Arthur Kerner MD,  Silviu Cohen,  Rafael Beyar MD, DSc, 
  • Pages: 303-308
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Stenting vs. balloon angioplasty with provisional stenting for the treatment of vessels with small reference diameter †

Pedro A. Lemos MD,  Eulogio E. Martinez MD,  Edgard Quintella MD,  Lari C. Harrell,  Jose A.F. Ramires MD,  Expedito E. Ribeiro MD,  Marcus N. da Gama MD,  Pedro E. Horta MD,  Luiz J. Kajita MD,  Antonio Esteves MD,  Marco A. Perin MD,  Paulo R. Soares MD,  Silvio Zalc MD,  Igor F. Palacios MD, 
  • Pages: 309-314
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Heparin and coumadin versus acetylsalicylic acid for prevention of restenosis after coronary angioplasty

Ali Reza Garachemani MD,  Martin Fleisch MD,  Stephan Windecker MD,  Dorothy Pfiffner PhD,  Bernhard Meier MD, 
  • Pages: 315-320
  • First Published: 12 April 2002

Diabetic patients treated with abciximab and intracoronary stenting

Brian L. Walton MD,  Kim Mumm,  Megumi Taniuchi MD, PhD,  Howard I. Kurz MD,  John M. Lasala MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 321-325
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent and coronary artery aneurysms

Carlo Briguori MD, PhD,  Cristiano Sarais MD,  Ginevra Sivieri,  Takuro Takagi MD,  Carlo Di Mario MD, PhD,  Antonio Colombo MD, 
  • Pages: 326-330
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Clinical and angiographic determinants of adverse cardiac events in patients with stent restenosis

Lung-Ching Chen MD,  Ying-Hwa Chen MD,  Shing-Jong Lin MD, PhD,  Wan-Leong Chan MD,  Nai-Wei Hsu MD,  Ju-Pin Pan MD,  Min-Ji Charng MD, PhD,  Shi-Pu Wang MD,  Philip Yu-An Ding MD, PhD,  Mau-Song Chang MD, 
  • Pages: 331-337
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Editorial Comments

Post-PCI cardiac events? The answer is the lumen, or is it in the wall?

Theodore A. Bass MD, 
  • Pages: 338-339
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Original Studies

Mini-invasive strategy in acute coronary syndromes: Direct coronary stenting using 5 Fr guiding catheters and transradial approach

Martial Hamon MD,  Rémi Sabatier MD,  Quanming Zhao MD,  Rodica Niculescu MD,  Benoît Valette MD,  Gilles Grollier MD, 
  • Pages: 340-343
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Four-dimensional analysis of cyclic changes in coronary artery shape

Robert Liao MD,  S.-Y. James Chen PhD,  John C. Messenger MD,  Bertron M. Groves MD,  J.E.B. Burchenal MD,  John D. Carroll MD, 
  • Pages: 344-354
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Pediatric Interventions

Catheter therapy of Swiss cheese ventricular septal defects using the Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder

David J. Waight MD,  Emile A. Bacha MD,  Madelyn Kahana MD,  Qi-Ling Cao MD,  Mary Heitschmidt,  Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, 
  • Pages: 355-361
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Case Reports

Transradial coronary brachytherapy with the Novoste beta-rail system

Olivier F. Bertrand MD, PhD,  Robert De Larochellière MD,  Onil Gleeton MD,  Sylvain Plante MD,  Michel Tessier MD, MSc,  Jean Guimond MD, 
  • Pages: 362-366
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Simplified intracardiac electrocardiography for Ebstein's anomaly

David Holmes MD,  Morton J. Kern MD, 
  • Pages: 367-368
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

An unusual case of left internal mammary artery ostial disease: Clarifying role of intravascular ultrasound

Wiwun Tantibhedhyangkul MD,  Warren K. Laskey MD, 
  • Pages: 369-372
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

First use of intracoronary beta-radiation to prevent recurrent in-stent restenosis in a transplanted heart

Stephen T. Thew MD,  R. Jeffery Snell MD,  Lloyd W. Klein MD, 
  • Pages: 373-375
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Successful balloon valvuloplasty in an adult patient with severe pulmonic stenosis and aneurysmal poststenotic dilatation

Valerian Fernandes MD,  Grzegorz L. Kałuża MD, PhD,  Pawet T. Zymek MD,  Clement A. DeFelice MD,  Robert Hust MD,  Albert E. Raizner MD, 
  • Pages: 376-380
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Postoperative coronary revascularization on LVAD support for surgically inaccessible myocardial ischemia

Andras Kollar MD, PhD,  Vijay Misra MD,  Richard N. Pierson III MD, 
  • Pages: 381-384
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Left ventricular aneurysm as a consequence of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Patrick H. McNulty MD,  Benjamin Sun MD,  Gerald V. Naccarelli MD,  Steven M. Ettinger MD, 
  • Pages: 385-388
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Editorial Comments

The ever fascinating hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

On Topaz MD, 
  • Pages: 389-391
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Basic Investigations

Incomplete retention after direct myocardial injection

P. Michael Grossman MD,  Zhenguo Han MD,  Maria Palasis PhD,  James J. Barry PhD,  Robert J. Lederman MD, 
  • Pages: 392-397
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Peripheral Vascular Disease

CO2 angiography

Philip R. Huber MD,  Mark E. Leimbach MD,  W. Lance Lewis MD,  J. Jeffrey Marshall MD, 
  • Pages: 398-403
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Basic Science Review

Stent-based antirestenotic coatings (sirolimus/paclitaxel)

Martin Oberhoff MD,  Christian Herdeg MD,  Andreas Baumbach MD,  Karl R. Karsch MD, 
  • Pages: 404-408
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

Basic Science Reviews

Drug-eluting stents for the prevention of restenosis: In quest for the holy grail

Bonnie L. Hiatt MD,  Fumaiki Ikeno MD,  Alan C. Yeung MD,  Andrew J. Carter DO, 
  • Pages: 409-417
  • First Published: 21 February 2002

President's Page

Free Access

Better information, better communication

Joseph D. Babb MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 418-419
  • First Published: 21 February 2002