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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 72, Issue 5

    591-760
    1 November 2008
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Coronary Artery Disease

Original Studies

A randomized comparison of sirolimus-eluting versus bare metal stents in the treatment of diabetic patients with native coronary artery lesions: The DECODE study†

Charles Chan MD,  Robaayah Zambahari MD,  Upendra Kaul MD, DM,  CP Lau MD,  Hall Whitworth MD,  Sidney Cohen MD, PhD,  Maurice Buchbinder MD, 
  • Pages: 591-600
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Comparison of sirolimus-eluting stent and paclitaxel-eluting stent for long-term cardiac adverse events in diabetic patients: The Korean multicenter angioplasty team (KOMATE) registry†

Jung-Sun Kim MD, PhD,  Byoung Ho Lee MD,  Young-Guk Ko MD,  Donghoon Choi MD, PhD,  Yangsoo Jang MD, PhD, FACC,  Pil-Ki Min MD,  Young-Won Yoon MD, PhD,  Bum Kee Hong MD, PhD,  Hyuck Moon Kwon MD, PhD,  Min-Soo Ahn MD,  Seung-Hwan Lee MD, PhD,  Jung Han Yoon MD, PhD,  Byoung Kwon Lee MD, PhD,  Byung Ok Kim MD, PhD,  Byeong-Kuk Kim MD, PhD,  Sung Jin Oh MD,  Dong Woon Jeon MD,  Joo Young Yang MD, PhD,  Jung Rae Cho MD,  Jae-Hun Jung MD,  Seung-Ki Ryu MD, 
  • Pages: 601-607
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Editorial Comment

Native vessel PCI in the diabetic: DES whenever feasible†

William Hillegass MD, MPH, FACC, FSVMB, 
  • Pages: 608-609
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

A sweet summer for drug-eluting stents in patients with diabetes mellitus†

Marco A. Costa MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 610-611
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Original Studies

Concurrence of angiographic coronary artery disease in patients with apical ballooning syndrome (tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy)†

David E. Winchester MD,  Michael Ragosta MD,  Angela M. Taylor MD, 
  • Pages: 612-616
  • First Published: 16 September 2008

Editorial Comment

Don't Yell At Me!†

Samuel Butman MD, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 617
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Apical ballooning syndrome and coronary artery disease—Chance or association†

B.K. Goyal MD, FAMS, FRCP, FSCAI, FACC, 
  • Page: 618
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Original Studies

Early and late outcomes in patients excluded from same-day home discharge after transradial stenting and maximal antiplatelet therapy†

Olivier F. Bertrand MD, PhD,  Josep Rodés-Cabau MD,  Éric Larose DVM, MD,  Guy Proulx MD,  Onil Gleeton MD,  Can Manh Nguyen MD,  Isabelle Nault MD,  Louis Roy MD,  Paul Poirier MD, PhD,  Olivier Costerousse PhD,  Robert De Larochellière MD, 
  • Pages: 619-625
  • First Published: 16 June 2008

Editorial Comment

Here today, gone today: Time for same-day discharge after PCI†

James C. Blankenship MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 626-628
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Original Studies

Transradial versus transfemoral approach for coronary angiography and intervention in patients above 75 years of age†

Stephan Achenbach MD,  Dieter Ropers MD,  Lisa Kallert MD,  Nesrin Turan MD,  Robert Krähner MD,  Tobias Wolf MD,  Christoph Garlichs MD,  Frank Flachskampf MD,  Werner G. Daniel MD,  Josef Ludwig MD, 
  • Pages: 629-635
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Coronary Artery Disease

Case Report

Percutaneous saphenous vein graft intervention with sequential embolic protection devices: Complementing lesion anatomy with embolic protection device

Parker Grow MD,  S. Tanveer Rab MD, FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 636-640
  • First Published: 22 May 2008

Editorial Comment

Beyond embolic protection for saphenous vein graft disease†

Lowell F. Satler MD, 
  • Pages: 641-642
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Case Report

The use of tapered self-expanding stents and embolic protection devices in the treatment of stenotic ectatic coronary arteries: A report of two cases†

Vu Le MD,  Mazen Abu-Fadel MD,  Thomas A. Hennebry MB, BCh, BAO, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 643-646
  • First Published: 16 September 2008

Editorial Comment

Ectatic coronary arteries: “Experienced innovation”†

Ashok Seth FRCP, FACC, FSCAI, DSc, 
  • Pages: 647-649
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Core Curriculum

An evidence-based approach to the use of rotational and directional coronary atherectomy in the era of drug-eluting stents: When does it make sense?†

Trung Tran MD,  Michael Brown MD, MS,  John Lasala MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 650-662
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Core Curriculum

Interventional therapy for neonates with critical congenital heart disease†

Shelby Kutty MD,  Evan M. Zahn MD, FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 663-674
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Original Studies

Comparison of two transcatheter device strategies for occlusion of the patent ductus arteriosus

Todd M. Gudausky MD,  Russel Hirsch MD,  Philip R. Khoury MS,  Robert H. Beekman III MD, 
  • Pages: 675-680
  • First Published: 16 June 2008

Editorial Comment

Devices for congenital heart disease: No child left behind†

Walter A. Tan MD, MS, 
  • Pages: 681-682
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Original Studies

Transcatheter coil occlusion of perimembranous ventricular septal defects†

Shunji Nogi MD, PhD,  Noriyuki Haneda MD, PhD,  Hideshi Tomita MD, PhD,  Kenji Yasuda MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 683-690
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus and aorto-pulmonary vessels using non-ferromagnetic Inconel MReye embolization coils†

Ronald G. Grifka MD,  Arnold L. Fenrich MD,  Jason B. Tapio RN, 
  • Pages: 691-695
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Atrial septal interventions in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome†

Ralf J. Holzer MD, MSc,  Amy Wood MSN, CNP,  Joanne L. Chisolm RN,  Sharon L. Hill MSN, ACNP,  Alistair Phillips MD,  Mark Galantowicz MD,  John P. Cheatham MD, 
  • Pages: 696-704
  • First Published: 16 June 2008

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Case Report

Catheter-based therapy for acute ischemic stroke: A national unmet need†

James T. DeVries MD, FSCAI,  Christopher J. White MD, FSCAI,  Michael C. Cunningham MD,  Steven R. Ramee MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 705-709
  • First Published: 05 May 2008

Percutaneous treatment of a popliteal bifurcation—The value of coronary devices and strategies†

Riccardo Colantonio MD,  Azeem Latib MB BCh,  Giuseppe M. Sangiorgi MD, FESC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 710-713
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Editorial Comment

Infrapopliteal artery angioplasty: PCI like, but not a coronary artery†

Yoshiaki Yokoi MD, FSCAI, FACC, 
  • Pages: 714-715
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Original Studies

Endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysms with anaconda limbs: Technique and early results†

C.S. Cinà MD,  R. Moore MD,  R. Maggisano MD,  D. Kucey MD,  A. Dueck MD,  T. Rapanos MD, 
  • Pages: 716-724
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

Dopamine-induced changes in renal blood flow in normals and in patients with renal dysfunction†

Benny Drieghe MD,  Ganesh Manoharan MD,  Guy R. Heyndrickx MD, PhD,  Juraj Madaric MD,  Jozef Bartunek MD, PhD,  Giovanna Sarno MD,  Marc Vanderheyden MD,  Bernard De Bruyne MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 725-730
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Valvular Heart Disease

Hemodynamic Rounds

Low gradient aortic stenosis: Assessment, treatment, and outcome

James R. Higgins MD,  Raluca Arimie MD,  Jesse Currier MD, 
  • Pages: 731-738
  • First Published: 11 April 2008

Severe heart failure in the setting of relatively mild mitral stenosis: The role of invasive hemodynamic assessment†

Paul Sorajja MD,  Barry A. Borlaug MD, 
  • Pages: 739-748
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Clinical presentation of patients with late target lesion revascularization†

Hideaki Kaneda MD, PhD, 
  • Page: 749
  • First Published: 16 June 2008

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Intravascular ultrasound guidance may be an option for coronary interventions†

Tomasz Pawlowski MD, PhD,  Robert Gil MD, PhD, FESC, 
  • Pages: 750-751
  • First Published: 23 July 2008

SCAI President's Page

SCAI President's Page

Free Access

A Conversation With the Program Chairs of SCAI's 2009 Scientific Sessions, May 6–9, Las Vegas, Nevada

Ziyad Hijazi MD, MPH, FSCAI,  Ted Feldman MD, FSCAI,  James Hermiller MD, FSCAI,  Robert N. Vincent MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 752-754
  • First Published: 23 October 2008

Society News

Society News

SCAI helps shape reporting about issues in interventional cardiology

  • Pages: 755-760
  • First Published: 23 October 2008