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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 61, Issue 3

    293-435
    March 2004
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Peripheral Vascular Disease

Original Studies

Carotid angioplasty under cerebral protection with the percusurge guardwire system

Michel Henry MD,  Antonios Polydorou MD,  Isabelle Henry MD,  Adamantia Polydorou MD,  Michel Hugel, 
  • Pages: 293-305
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Case Reports

Exclusion of an isolated iliac artery aneurysm using a bifurcated endograft following failed covered stent exclusion

Peter S. Fail MD,  Henry F. Tripp Jr. MD,  Gary A. Chaisson, 
  • Pages: 306-309
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Angioplasty of an asymptomatic total occlusion of the left subclavian artery to provide access for coronary angiography and intervention: A case report

Liberty O. Yaneza MD,  Lao Lam Sun MD,  Nestor Lino A. Bagsit MD,  Andres N. Baysa MD,  Richard Nicandro Torres MD,  Timothy C. Dy MD, 
  • Pages: 310-313
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Renal artery aneurysm: Successful exclusion with a stent graft

Ashish Pershad MD,  Richard Heuser MD, 
  • Pages: 314-316
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Pheripheral Vascular Disease

Case Reports

Selective embolization of a pulmonary artery rupture caused by a Cournand catheter

Christoph A. Kaiser MD,  Rolf W. Hügli MD,  Laurent M. Haegeli MD,  Matthias E. Pfisterer MD, 
  • Pages: 317-319
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Coronary Artery Disease

Original Studies

Intravascular ultrasound study of the effect of β-emitting (55Co) stents on vascular remodeling and intimal proliferation

Pavel Červinka MD, PhD,  Josef Šťásek MD, PhD,  Marco Aurelio Costa MD, PhD,  Josef Štursa,  Miroslav Fišer,  Petr Vodňanský MD, PhD,  Michaela Kočišová MD,  Josef Veselka MD, PhD,  Miloslav Pleskot MD, PhD,  Jaroslav Malý MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 320-325
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Editorial Comment

Radioactive stents: Still in memory?

Christoph Hehrlein MD, 
  • Page: 326
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Original Studies

Reduced vascular complications after percutaneous coronary interventions with a nonmechanical suture device: Results from the randomized RACE study††

Timothy A. Sanborn MD,  J. David Ogilby MD,  James M. Ritter MD,  Gregg W. Stone MD,  Bruce D. Klugherz MD,  Ronald H. Fields MD,  Christopher C. White MD,  Robert L. Wilensky MD, 
  • Pages: 327-332
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Effectiveness of right or left radial approach for coronary angiography

Osamu Kawashima MD,  Norio Endoh MD,  Masayoshi Terashima MD,  Yuko Ito MD,  Sinnya Abe MD,  Tatsushi Ootomo MD,  Kazunori Ogata MD,  Hidehiko Honda MD,  Kaname Takizawa MD,  Yasusuke Miyazaki MD,  Daisuke Sugawara MD,  Masayuki Komatsu MD,  Yoichi Sawazi MD,  Takeshi Ozaki MD,  Tomoya Uchimuro MD,  Taiichiro Meguro MD,  Shogen Isoyama MD, 
  • Pages: 333-337
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Angiographic predictors of left ventricular ejection fraction after successful angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction: An angiographic risk score for use in the catheterization laboratory

Jose P.S. Henriques MD, PhD,,  Felix Zijlstra MD, PhD,  Jan Paul Ottervanger MD, PhD,  Menko-Jan de Boer MD, PhD,  Jan-Henk E. Dambrink MD, PhD,  A.T. Marcel Gosselink MD, PhD,  Arnoud W.J. van 't Hof MD, PhD,  Jan C.A. Hoorntje MD, PhD,  Harry Suryapranata MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 338-343
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Percutaneous treatment of focal vs. diffuse in-stent restenosis: A prospective randomized comparison of conventional therapies

Michael Ragosta MD,  Habib Samady MD,  Lawrence W. Gimple MD,  Ian J. Sarembock MD,  Michael Fenster MD,  Eric R. Powers MD, 
  • Pages: 344-349
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Gastroepiploic artery graft angiography via brachial approach using a Yumiko catheter

Hiroyuki Kamiya MD,  Teruaki Ushijima MD,  Chikako Ikeda MD,  Go Watanabe MD, 
  • Pages: 350-353
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Gamma radiation for in-stent restenosis: effect of lesion length on angiographic and clinical outcomes

Roxana Mehran MD,  Ioannis Iakovou MD,  George Dangas MD, PhD,,  Alexandra J. Lansky MD,  Gregg W. Stone MD,  Gary S. Mintz MD,  Kenneth M. Kent MD, PhD,  Augusto D. Pichard MD,  Lowell F. Satler MD,  Martin Fahy MSc,  Martin B. Leon MD,  Ron Waksman MD, 
  • Pages: 354-359
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Safety and feasibility of the use of a distal filter protection device in percutaneous revascularization of small coronary arteries

Wai-Hong Chen,  Pui-Yin Lee,  William Ng,  Chu-Pak Lau MD, 
  • Pages: 360-363
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Case Reports

Percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with immune thrombocytopenia purpura

George A. Stouffer MD,  Jana Hirmerova MD,  Stephan Moll MD,  Bryon Rubery MD,  Mark Napoli MD,  E. Magnus Ohman MD,  Ross Simpson MD, 
  • Pages: 364-367
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Synergistic use of sirolimus-eluting stents and intravascular ultrasound for the treatment of unprotected left main and vein graft disease

Marco A. Costa MD, PhD,  Osvaldo S. Gigliotti MD,  Martin M. Zenni MD,  Paul S. Gilmore MD,  Theodore A. Bass MD, 
  • Pages: 368-375
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Multiple plaque morphologies in a single coronary artery: insights from volumetric intravascular ultrasound

Neeta Panse MD,  Sasseen Brett MD,  Prasad Panse MD,  Kiran Kareti MD,  DeAnna Rewis,  Paul Gilmore MD,  Martin M. Zenni MD,  Norbert Wilke MD,  Theodore Bass MD,  Marco A. Costa MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 376-380
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

IVUS-guided wiring technique: Promising approach for the chronic total occlusion

Tetsuo Matsubara MD, PhD,  Akira Murata MD,  Hiromichi Kanyama MD,  Atsushi Ogino MD, 
  • Pages: 381-386
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

“Candy wrapper” effect after drug-eluting stent implantation: Déjà vu or stumbling over the same stone again?

Dominick J. Angiolillo MD,  Manel Sabatá MD, PhD,  Fernando Alfonso MD, PhD,  Carlos Macaya MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 387-391
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Paclitaxel prevented restenosis in a totally occluded small vessel with in-stent restenosis: A 9-month angiographic follow-up

Ali F. Aboufares MD,  Gary S. Roubin MD, PhD,  Paul S. Teirstein MD, 
  • Pages: 392-395
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Local intramural delivery of 60% ethyl alcohol for treatment of recalcitrant in-stent restenosis

H. Mehrdad Sadeghi MD,  William W. O'Neill MD, 
  • Pages: 396-399
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Percutaneous snare retrieval of a partially embedded wallstent

Peter J. Curran MD,  Jesse Currier MD,  Jonathan Tobis MD, 
  • Pages: 400-402
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Case Reports

Percutaneous closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects with the Amplatzer device: Technical and morphological considerations

Carlos A.C. Pedra MD,  Simone R.F. Pedra MD,  Cesar A. Esteves MD,  Sérgio C. Pontes Jr. MD,  Sérgio L.N. Braga MD,  S. Raul Arrieta MD,  M. Virgínia T. Santana MD,  Valmir F. Fontes MD,  Jozef Masura MD, 
  • Pages: 403-410
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Ventricular septal rupture following nonsurgical septal reduction for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Treatment with percutaneous closure

Constantine N. Aroney MD,  Tiow H. Goh MBBS,  Lisa A. Hourigan MBBS,  William Dyer MBBS, 
  • Pages: 411-414
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Transcatheter coil occlusion of residual shunt in a patient with recurrent cryptogenic stroke after PFO percutaneous closure

Andrea Donti MD,  Alessandro Giardini MD,  Roberto Formigari MD,  Gabriele Bronzetti MD,  Daniela Prandstraller,  Marco Bonvicini MD,  Fernando M. Picchio MD, 
  • Pages: 415-417
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

A constricting band: An unusual cause of incomplete expansion of Amplatzer septal occluder device

Vijay Trehan MD,  Vimal Mehta MD,  Saibal Mukhopadhyay MD,  Jamal Yusuf MD,  Ramesh Arora MD,  U.A. Kaul MD, 
  • Pages: 418-421
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Coronary Artery Disease

Basic Science

Evaluation of high-pressure retrograde coronary venous delivery of FGF-2 protein

William F. Fearon MD,  Fumiaki Ikeno MD,  Lynn R. Bailey BS,  Bonnie L. Hiatt MD,  Niall A. Herity MD,  Andrew J. Carter DO,  Peter J. Fitzgerald MD, PhD,  Mehrdad Rezaee MD, PhD,  Alan C. Yeung MD,  Paul G. Yock MD, 
  • Pages: 422-428
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Letters to the Editor

“It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future”

Richard A. Krasuski MD,  Thomas M. Bashore MD,  Michael H. Sketch Jr. MD, 
  • Page: 429
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Nonphysician cardiac catheterization: Caveat emptor

David E. Gossman MD, 
  • Page: 430
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

President's Page

Free Access

The survey

John McB. Hodgson MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 431-433
  • First Published: 19 February 2004

Society News

Legacy of SCAI founder comes full circle

  • Pages: 434-435
  • First Published: 19 February 2004