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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 71, Issue 7

    863-1005, S1-S26
    1 June 2008
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Coronary Artery Disease

Interventional Rounds

Thrombectomy during PCI for acute myocardial infarction: Are the randomized controlled trial data relevant to the patients who really need this technique?

David Antoniucci MD,  Renato Valenti MD,  Angela Migliorini MD, 
  • Pages: 863-869
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Original Studies

Feasibility of primary clot extraction prior to percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction

Raed Aqel MD,  Gilbert Zoghbi MD,  Fadi Hage MD,  George Philips MD,  Gilbert Perry MD,  Ami Iskandrian MD,  Louis Dell'Italia MD, 
  • Pages: 870-876
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

Feasibility of primary clot extraction prior to percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction†

Lowell Satler MD, 
  • Pages: 877-878
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Original Studies

The incidence of clinically significant contrast-induced nephropathy following non-emergent coronary angiography

Steven D. Weisbord MD, MSc,  Kathryn C. Hartwig MA,  Ali F. Sonel MD,  Michael J. Fine MD, MSc,  Paul Palevsky MD, 
  • Pages: 879-885
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Long-term clinical outcomes of real-world experience using sirolimus-eluting stents in saphenous vein graft disease

Ravi K. Ramana DO,  Adam Ronan MD,  Kevin Cohoon DO,  David Homan MD,  Jessica Sutherland MD,  Lowell Steen MD,  Jayson Liu MD,  Henry Loeb MD,  Bruce E. Lewis MD, 
  • Pages: 886-893
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

Drug-eluting stent in saphenous vein graft lesions

Ran Kornowski MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, 
  • Pages: 894-895
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Original Studies

Impact of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors on outcomes of diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions using sirolimus-eluting stents

Eugenia Nikolsky,  David R. Holmes,  Roxana Mehran,  George Dangas,  Erick Schampaert,  Marie-Claude Morice,  Joachim Schofer,  J. Eduardo Sousa,  Martin Fahy,  Yingbo Na,  Dennis J. Donohoe,  Jeffrey W. Moses,  Martin B. Leon, 
  • Pages: 896-906
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors: Is their future as bright as their past?

Massoud A. Leesar MD, FSCAI, FACC, 
  • Pages: 907-908
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Case Report

Difficult stent delivery: Use of an aspiration catheter as a “sheath”

Takashi Ashikaga MD,  Mitsuhiro Nishizaki MD,  Noriyoshi Yamawake MD, 
  • Pages: 909-912
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Protamine usage following implantation of drug-eluting stents: A word of caution

John Cosgrave MD,  Asif Qasim PhD,  Azeem Latib MD,  Tiziana C. Aranzulla MD,  Antonio Colombo MD, 
  • Pages: 913-914
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Original Studies

Percutaneous transthoracic ventricular puncture for diagnostic and interventional catheterization

D. Scott Lim MD,  Michael Ragosta MD,  John M. Dent MD, 
  • Pages: 915-918
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Valvular Heart Disease

Editorial Comment

Cupid's arrow

Samuel M. Butman MD, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 919
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

The shortest way to the heart

John Webb MD, 
  • Page: 920
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Original Studies

Feasibility of patent foramen ovale closure with no-device left behind: First-in-man percutaneous suture closure

Carlos E. Ruiz MD, PhD, FACC,  Nicholas Kipshidze MD, PhD,  Paul T.L. Chiam MBBS, MRCP,  Irakli Gogorishvili MD, 
  • Pages: 921-926
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

Closer to surgery, but not to truth

Peter C. Block MD, 
  • Page: 927
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Core Curriculum

Transcatheter treatment for systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt obstruction in infants and children

Matthew J. Gillespie MD,  Jonathan J. Rome MD, 
  • Pages: 928-935
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Original Article

Percutaneous transcatheter communication between the pulmonary artery and atrium following an extra-cardiac Fontan: An alternative approach to fenestration avoiding conduit perforation

C. Mehta MBBS, MD, MRCPCH,  T. Jones MD, FRCS(CTh),  J.V. De Giovanni MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, 
  • Pages: 936-939
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Case Reports

Transcatheter occlusion of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations using the amplatzer vascular plug II

Nora E. Tabori BA,  Barry A. Love MD, 
  • Pages: 940-943
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Hemodynamic Rounds

Valvular Heart Disease

Addressing the hemodynamic dilemma of combined mitral and aortic stenosis

William M. Suh MD,  Morton J. Kern MD, 
  • Pages: 944-949
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Original Studies

Carotid artery revascularization in high surgical risk patients with the NexStent and the Filterwire EX/EZ: 1-Year results in the CABERNET trial

L. Nelson Hopkins MD,  Subbarao Myla MD,  Eberhard Grube MD,  J. Christopher Wehman MD,  Elad I. Levy MD,  Robert M. Bersin MD,  James D. Joye DO,  Dominic J. Allocco MD,  Lynne Kelley MD,  Donald S. Baim MD, 
  • Pages: 950-960
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

The CABARNET trial more evidence…but what's next?

Issam D. Moussa MD, 
  • Pages: 961-962
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Original Studies

Catheter-based treatment of the subclavian and innominate arteries

Samir N. Patel MD,  Christopher J. White MD,  Tyrone J. Collins MD,  Gary A. Daniel MD,  J. Stephen Jenkins MD,  J.P. Reilly MD,  Rachael F. Morris BS,  Stephen R. Ramee MD, 
  • Pages: 963-968
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

“Dizzie-ness:” is it really “all that jazz?”†

Robert M. Schainfeld DO, 
  • Pages: 969-971
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Case Report

Utilization of an aspiration thrombectomy catheter (Pronto) to treat acute atherothrombotic embolization during percutaneous revascularization of the lower extremity

Nayab Zafar MD,  Anand Prasad MD,  Ehtisham Mahmud MD, 
  • Pages: 972-975
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Dorsalis pedis artery stenting for limb salvage

Osami Kawarada MD, FSCAI,  Yoshiaki Yokoi MD, PhD, FSCAI, FJCC, 
  • Pages: 976-982
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Case Reports

Hybrid treatment of a symptomatic popliteal pseudoaneurysm due to type-I endoleak after previous endovascular exclusion

Heleen D. de Koning MSc,  Clark J. Zeebregts MD, PhD,  Michel M.P.J. Reijnen MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 983-986
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Case Report

Carotid sheath rescue with a distal filter retrieval catheter

Paul T. L. Chiam MBBS, MRCP,  Gary S. Roubin MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 987-990
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

Dangerous trap: The deployed filter

Yoshiaki Yokoi MD, FSCAI, FACC, 
  • Page: 991
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Case Report

Percutaneous revascularization of subclavian artery chronic occlusion with dual cerebral artery protection

Nehal Shah MBBS,  Lisa M. Nee MD,  Amish N. Raval MD, 
  • Pages: 992-994
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Hemodynamic Rounds

Color-coded duplex ultrasound for diagnosis of renal artery stenosis and as follow-up examination after revascularization

Thomas Zeller MD,  Robert F. Bonvini MD,  Sebastian Sixt MD, 
  • Pages: 995-999
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Letters to the Editor

Clinical peer review: A plea for fairness

Wood Deming M.D., FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 1000-1001
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

President's Page

President's Page

Free Access

A conversation with Dr. Ted Feldman: Interventional treatment of structural heart disease

Ziyad Hijazi MD, FSCAI,  Ted Feldman M.D., FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 1002-1005
  • First Published: 23 May 2008

PICS/AIC Abstracts

PICS/AIC Abstracts

PICS & AICS abstracts: July 20–23, 2008

  • Pages: S1-S26
  • First Published: 23 May 2008