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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 58, Issue 3

    275-418
    March 2003
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Coronary Artery Disease

Original Studies

Four French catheters for diagnostic coronary angiography

Haresh Mehta MD,  Tushar Chatterjee MD,  Stephan Windecker MD,  Franz R. Eberli MD,  Martin Fleisch MD,  Christian Seiler MD,  Otto M. Hess MD,  Bernhard Meier MD, 
  • Pages: 275-280
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Evaluation of a spasmolytic cocktail to prevent radial artery spasm during coronary procedures

Ferdinand Kiemeneij MD, PhD,  Bhavesh U. Vajifdar MD,  Simon C. Eccleshall,  GertJan Laarman MD, PhD,  Ton Slagboom MD,  Ron van der Wieken MD, 
  • Pages: 281-284
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Effect of a closure device on complication rates in high-local-risk patients: Results of a randomized multicenter trial

Bernard Chevalier MD,  Bernard Lancelin MD,  Rene Koning MD,  Michel Henry MD,  Antoine Gommeaux MD,  Remy Pilliere MD,  Meyer Elbaz MD,  Thierry Lefevre MD,  Kamel Boughalem MD,  Jean Marco MD,  Patrick Dupouy MD, 
  • Pages: 285-291
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

Closure device euphoria?

Gary M. Ansel MD, 
  • Page: 292
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Original Studies

Influence of stent treatment strategies in the long-term outcome of patients with long diffuse coronary lesions

Manuel Pan MD,  José Suárez de Lezo MD,  Alfonso Medina MD,  Miguel Romero MD,  Sandra González MD,  José Segura MD,  Djordje Pavlovic MD,  Marcos Rodríguez MD,  Juan Muñoz MD,  Soledad Ojeda MD,  Enrique Hernández MD,  Eduardo Caballero MD,  Antonio Delgado MD,  Francisco Melián MD, 
  • Pages: 293-300
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Procedural outcomes of repeated transradial coronary procedure

Byung-Su Yoo MD,  Seung-Hwan Lee MD,  Ji-Yean Ko MD,  Bong-Ki Lee MD,  Seung-Nyun Kim,  Myung-Ok Lee,  Sung-Oh Hwang MD,  Kyung-Hoon Choe MD,  Junghan Yoon MD, 
  • Pages: 301-304
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

Right or left side?

Shigeru Saito MD, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 305
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Original Studies

Increased secretion of insulin during oral glucose tolerance test can be a predictor of stent restenosis in nondiabetic patients

Erhan Babalık MD,  Tevfik Gürmen MD,  Lütfullah Orhan MD,  Hüseyin Bulur PhD,  Murat Gülbaran MD,  Murat Ersanlı MD,  Servet Öztürk MD, 
  • Pages: 306-312
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Percutaneous suture-mediated closure of femoral access sites deployed through the procedure sheath: Initial clinical experience with a novel vascular closure device

Holger Eggebrecht MD,  Christoph Naber MD,  Uta Woertgen,  Sonia Ringe,  Thomas F.M. Konorza MD,  Axel Schmermund MD,  Clemens von Birgelen MD, PhD,  Michael Haude MD,  Knut Kroeger MD,  Raimund Erbel MD,  Dietrich Baumgart MD, 
  • Pages: 313-321
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Intracoronary beta-brachytherapy in chronic total occlusions: A subgroup analysis from the RENO registry

Deepak Jain MD,  Volker Geist MD,  Hans-Peter Lorenzen MD,  Franz Hartmann MD,  Karl Wegscheider MD,  Raoul Bonan MD,  Philip Urban MD,  Gert Richardt MD, 
  • Pages: 322-329
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

Brachytherapy in total coronary occlusions: Quidquid agis, prudenter agas, et respice finem

Christoph Hehrlein MD, 
  • Page: 330
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Original Studies

Debulking does not benefit patients undergoing intracoronary beta-radiation therapy for in-stent restenosis: Insights from the START trial

Theodore A. Bass MD,  Paul Gilmore MD,  Martin Zenni MD,  Brett Sasseen MD,  Michael Savage MD,  Raoul Bonan MD,  Warren Laskey MD,  Jeffrey J. Popma MD,  Marco A. Costa MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 331-335
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Oral acetylcysteine does not protect renal function from moderate to high doses of intravenous radiographic contrast

Fernando Boccalandro MD,  Muhammad Amhad MD,  Richard W. Smalling MD, PhD,  Stefano Sdringola MD, 
  • Pages: 336-341
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

Protection from contrast-induced nephropathy: Is the answer in?

Larry S. Dean MD, 
  • Pages: 342-343
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Original Studies

New balloon-thermography catheter for in vivo temperature measurements in human coronary atherosclerotic plaques: A novel approach for thermography?

Christodoulos Stefanadis MD,  Konstantinos Toutouzas MD,  Manolis Vavuranakis MD,  Eleftherios Tsiamis MD,  Sophia Vaina MD,  Pavlos Toutouzas MD, 
  • Pages: 344-350
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

In-hospital outcomes of contemporary percutaneous coronary interventions in the very elderly

Olga Dynina,  Babak A. Vakili MD,  James N. Slater MD,  Warren Sherman MD,  Kumar L. Ravi MD,  Stephen J. Green MD,  Timothy A. Sanborn MD,  David L. Brown MD, 
  • Pages: 351-357
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Case Reports

Gadolinium-based percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with renal insufficiency†

Syed W. Bokhari MD,  Yung-Hsi J. Wen MD,  Rex J. Winters MD, 
  • Pages: 358-361
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

War against the iodinated renal assault

Julius H. Grollman Jr. MD, 
  • Pages: 362-363
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Case Reports

Use of filterwire EX for distal embolic protection during complex percutaneous coronary interventions: Four case studies

Ran Kornowski MD,  Abid Assali MD, 
  • Pages: 364-369
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Successful treatment of distal coronary guidewire-induced perforation with balloon catheter delivery of intracoronary thrombin

Tim A. Fischell MD,  Elie H. Korban MD,  Michael A. Lauer MD, 
  • Pages: 370-374
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Basic Investigation

Intrapericardial administration of basic fibroblast growth factor: Myocardial and tissue distribution and comparison with intracoronary and intravenous administration

Roger J. Laham MD,  Mehrdad Rezaee MD, PhD,  Mark Post MD, PhD,  Xunyu Xu MD,  Frank W. Sellke MD, 
  • Pages: 375-381
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

I dream of gene(y)

Steven R. Bailey MD, 
  • Page: 382
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Featured Topic

Fluoroscopic image quality in the film and filmless eras: A standardized comparison performed in coronary interventional facilities

Warren Laskey MD,  Merrill Wondrow,  Charles Chambers MD, 
  • Pages: 383-390
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Approach to manuscript preparation and submission: How to get your paper accepted

Morton J. Kern MD,  Heidi N. Bonneau, 
  • Pages: 391-396
  • First Published: 19 February 2003
Free Access

SCAI statement on drug-eluting stents: Practice and health care delivery implications†

John McB. Hodgson MD,  Spencer B. King III MD,  Ted Feldman MD,  Michael J. Cowley MD,  Lloyd W. Klein MD,  Joseph D. Babb MD, 
  • Pages: 397-399
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Original Studies

Prevalence of renal artery stenosis requiring revascularization in patients initially referred for coronary angiography

Sandeep Khosla MD,  Binu Kunjummen MD,  Ravi Manda MD,  Rizwan Khaleel MD,  Rajnishpaul Kular MD,  Marina Gladson MD,  Mansour Razminia MD,  Mayra Guerrero MD,  Atul Trivedi MD,  Vasundhara Vidyarthi MD,  Monther Elbzour MD,  Aziz Ahmed MD, 
  • Pages: 400-403
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

Drive-by renal angiography: Searching for an algorithm on an unlighted path

Zoltan G. Turi MD, 
  • Pages: 404-405
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Case Reports

Percutaneous closure of a ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm using the Amplatzer duct occluder

Savitri Fedson MD,  Neeraj Jolly MD,  Roberto M. Lang MD,  Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, 
  • Pages: 406-411
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Editorial Comments

Nonsurgical closure of rupture of aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva

Tsung O. Cheng MD, 
  • Page: 412
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

Case Reports

Treatment of recurrent stroke and pulmonary thromboembolism with percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale and placement of inferior vena cava filter

Andrea Donti MD,  Alessandro Giardini MD,  Roberto Formigari MD,  Gabriele Bronzetti MD,  Daniela Prandstraller MD,  Marco Bonvicini MD,  Fernando M. Picchio MD, 
  • Pages: 413-415
  • First Published: 19 February 2003

President's Page

Free Access

Instructions for use: Instructions for whom?

Ted Feldman MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 416-418
  • First Published: 19 February 2003