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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 60, Issue 4

    433-577
    December 2003
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Editorial

Editorial Consultants—2003

  • Pages: 433-442
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Coronary Artery Disease

Original Studies

Evaluation of the percusurge guardwire plus temporary occlusion and aspiration system during primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction†

Zheng Huang MD, PhD,  Osamu Katoh MD,  Shigeru Nakamura MD, PhD,  Shinji Negoro MD, PhD,  Tomoko Kobayashi MD,  Jun Tanigawa MD, 
  • Pages: 443-451
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Randomized study to compare balloon angioplasty and elective stent implantation in venous bypass grafts: The Venestent Study

Clara E.E. Hanekamp MD,  Jacques J. Koolen MD, PhD,  Peter den Heijer MD, PhD,  Martin J. Schalij MD, PhD,  Jan J. Piek MD, PhD,  Frits W.H.M. Bär MD, PhD,  Iwan De Scheerder MD, PhD,  Hans J.R.M. Bonnier MD, PhD,  Nico H.J. Pijls MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 452-457
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Prophylaxis of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients undergoing coronary angiography

Briain D. MacNeill,  Scott A. Harding,  Hasan Bazari MD,  Kristen K. Patton MD,  Pedro Colon-Hernadez MD,  Denise deJoseph,  Ik-Kyung Jang MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 458-461
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Blood flow velocity in donor coronary artery depends on the degree and pattern of collateral vessel development: A study using thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count method†

Plamen Gatzov MD,  Athanassios Manginas MD,  Vassilis Voudris MD,  Gregory Pavlides MD,  Gencho D. Genchev PhD,  Dennis V. Cokkinos MD, 
  • Pages: 462-468
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Intracoronary electrocardiogram and angina pectoris during percutaneous coronary interventions as an assessment of myocardial viability: Comparison with low-dose dobutamine echocardiography

Adnan Abaci MD,  Abdurrahman Oguzhan MD,  Ramazan Topsakal MD,  Ergun Seyfeli MD,  Yucel Yilmaz MD,  Namık Kemal Eryol MD,  Emrullah Basar MD,  Ali Ergin MD, 
  • Pages: 469-476
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Nonionic low-osmolar contrast media have no impact on major adverse cardiac events in patients undergoing coronary stenting with appropriate antiplatelet therapy

Gian B. Danzi MD,  Cinzia Capuano MD,  Marco Sesana MD,  Simonetta Predolini,  Roberto Baglini MD, 
  • Pages: 477-482
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Impact of the acute results on the long-term outcome after the treatment of in-stent restenosis: A serial intravascular ultrasound study

Zhiyong Wu MD,  Taya L. McMillan,  Gary S. Mintz MD,  Akiko Maehara MD,  Daniel Canos,  Anh B. Bui MD,  Ron Waksman MD,  Neil J. Weissman MD, 
  • Pages: 483-488
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Editorial Comment

Too much may be too much

Raoul Bonan MD, 
  • Pages: 489-490
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Case Report

Delayed recovery of left ventricular function after recanalization of a chronic coronary occlusion

Gerald S. Werner MD,  Stefan Betge MD,  Friedhelm Küthe MD,  Hans R. Figulla MD, 
  • Pages: 491-495
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Restenosis due to underexpansion of sirolimus-eluting stent in a bifurcation lesion

Hideo Takebayashi MD,  Yoshio Kobayashi MD,  George Dangas MD,  Kenichi Fujii MD,  Gary S. Mintz MD,  Gregg W. Stone MD,  Jeffrey W. Moses MD,  Martin B. Leon MD, 
  • Pages: 496-499
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Editorial Comment

Bifurcation lesions: A continuing challenge for the treatment du jour

David A. Clark MD, 
  • Page: 500
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Case Report

Successful stent ablation with rotational atherectomy

Alfonso Medina MD,  José Suárez de Lezo MD,  Francisco Melián MD,  Enrique Hernández MD,  Manuel Pan MD,  Miguel Romero MD, 
  • Pages: 501-504
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Late stent thrombosis after implantation of a sirolimus-eluting stent

Arthur Kerner MD,  Luis Gruberg MD,  Michael Kapeliovich MD, PhD,  Ehud Grenadier MD, 
  • Pages: 505-508
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Hemodynamic Round

Hemodynamic complications of ventricular septal rupture after acute myocardial infarction

Brett M. Sasseen MD,  Osvaldo S. Gigliotti MD,  Steven Lavine MD,  Paul S. Gilmore MD,  Robert Percy MD,  Theodore A. Bass MD, 
  • Pages: 509-514
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Basic Science Review

The porcine coronary model of in-stent restenosis: Current status in the era of drug-eluting stents

Harry C. Lowe FRACP, PhD,  Robert S. Schwartz MD,  Briain D. Mac Neill,  Ik-Kyung Jang MD, PhD,  Motoya Hayase MD,  Campbell Rogers MD,  Stephen N. Oesterle MD, 
  • Pages: 515-523
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Original Studies

Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale associated with paradoxical embolism using the amplatzer PFO occluder: Initial and intermediate-term results of the U.S. multicenter clinical trial

Thomas E. Hong MD,  David Thaler MD,  James Brorson MD,  Mary Heitschmidt,  Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, 
  • Pages: 524-528
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Case Report

Balloon angioplasty of postoperative coarctation in the transverse arch in infants: Protecting the common carotid artery

Hideshi Tomita MD,  Satoshi Yazaki MD,  Kohji Kimura MD,  George Hayashi MD,  Hideki Fujita MD,  Yoko Okada MD,  Ken Watanabe MD,  Ken-ichi Kurosaki MD,  Yasuo Ono,  Toshikatsu Yagihara MD,  Shigeyuki Echigo MD, 
  • Pages: 529-533
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Editorial Comment

Balloon angioplasty in recoarctation involving transverse aortic arch: Should protective balloon in the carotid artery be used?

P. Syamasundar Rao MD, 
  • Pages: 534-535
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Case Report

Percutaneous transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure using the right internal jugular venous approach

Mark A. Sader MD, PhD,  Michael De Moor MD,  Eugene Pomerantsev MD, PhD,  Igor F. Palacios MD, 
  • Pages: 536-539
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Migraine with aura related to the percutaneous closure of an atrial septal defect

Josep Rodés-Cabau MD,  Carlos Molina MD,  Carmen Serrano-Munuera MD,  Jaume Casaldáliga MD,  José Alvarez-Sabin MD,  Arturo Evangelista MD,  Jordi Soler-Soler MD, 
  • Pages: 540-542
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Novel technique to prevent prolapse of the Amplatzer septal occluder through large atrial septal defect

H. Abdul Wahab MD,  Amjad R. Bairam MD,  Qi-Ling Cao MD,  Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, 
  • Pages: 543-545
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Vascular Heart Disease

Board Review

Pulmonic valvular stenosis in adults: Diagnosis and treatment

Francis Q. Almeda MD,  Clifford J. Kavinsky MD, PhD,  Stephen G. Pophal MD,  Lloyd W. Klein MD, 
  • Pages: 546-557
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Case Report

Percutaneous recanalization of chronic subclavian artery occlusion using optical coherence reflectometry-guided radiofrequency ablation guidewire

Pui-Yin Lee,  Wai-Hong Chen,  William Ng,  Chu-Pak Lau MD, 
  • Pages: 558-561
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

An unusual cause of claudication

James A. Shaw MBBS, PhD,  Edwin C. Gravereaux MD,  Gayle L. Winters MD,  Andrew C. Eisenhauer MD, 
  • Pages: 562-565
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Carotid stenting in the bovine arch

James A. Shaw MBBS, PhD,  Edwin C. Gravereaux MD,  Andrew C. Eisenhauer MD, 
  • Pages: 566-569
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Editorial

Unanswered issues for carotid stenting in 2003

Mark H. Wholey MD, 
  • Pages: 570-572
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

President's Page

Free Access

The midpoint

John McB. Hodgson MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 573-575
  • First Published: 10 November 2003

Society News

SCAI expands options for international membership and participation

  • Pages: 576-577
  • First Published: 10 November 2003