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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 75, Issue 3

    309-473
    15 February 2010
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Coronary Artery Disease

Original Studies

Three-year outcome of drug-eluting stent implantation for coronary artery bifurcation lesions†

Curtiss T. Stinis MD, FACC,  Stephen P.C. Hu MD,  Matthew J. Price MD, FACC,  Paul S. Teirstein MD, FACC, 
  • Pages: 309-314
  • First Published: 09 October 2009

Editorial Comment

Kissing versus crushing stents! Don't let the words deceive you!†

Issam D. Moussa MD, 
  • Pages: 315-316
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Original Studies

Systemic rapamycin without loading dose for restenosis prevention after coronary bare metal stent implantation†

Sinisa Stojkovic MD, PhD,  Miodrag Ostojic MD, PhD,  Milan Nedeljkovic MD, PhD,  Goran Stankovic MD, PhD,  Branko Beleslin MD, PhD,  Vladan Vukcevic MD,  Dejan Orlic MD,  Aleksandra Arandjelovic MD, PhD,  Jelena Kostic MD,  Miodrag Dikic MD,  Miloje Tomasevic MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 317-325
  • First Published: 09 October 2009

Editorial Comment

Systemic rapamycin to prevent restenosis: A glimpse to the past?†

Jorge Belardi MD, FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 326
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Original Studies

Comparison of 2-year clinical outcomes with sirolimus and paclitaxel-eluting stents for patients with diabetes: Results of the Registro Regionale AngiopLastiche Emilia-Romagna Registry† ‡

Marco Balducelli MD,  Paolo Ortolani MD,  Paolo Marzaroli Msc,  Giancarlo Piovaccari MD,  Alberto Menozzi MD,  Antonio Manari MD,  Pietro Sangiorgio MD,  Fabio Tarantino MD,  Rosario Rossi MD,  Aleardo Maresta MD,  Stefano Tondi MD,  Francesco Passerini MD,  Paolo Guastaroba MSc,  Roberto Grilli MD,  Antonio Marzocchi MD, 
  • Pages: 327-334
  • First Published: 09 October 2009

Editorial Comment

Is diabetes a leveler of efficacy of DES types?†

Adnan Kastrati MD, 
  • Pages: 335-337
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Original Studies

Clinical outcomes of drug-eluting versus bare-metal in-stent restenosis†

Inder M. Singh MD, MS,  Steven J. Filby MD,  Fredy El Sakr BS,  Eiran Z. Gorodeski MD, MPH,  A. Michael Lincoff MD, FACC,  Stephen G. Ellis MD, FACC,  Mehdi H. Shishehbor DO, MPH, 
  • Pages: 338-342
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Editorial Comment

Limitations of stints: A good, albeit imperfect, therapy; For a less than perfect world†

Douglass A. Morrison MD, PHD, 
  • Pages: 343-344
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Original Studies

Long term clinical outcomes after deployment of femoral vascular closure devices in coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention†

Stephen Wai-Luen Lee FACC,  Hee-Hwa Ho MRCP,  Shun-Ling Kong MSc,  Yui-Ming Lam MRCP,  Chung-Wah Siu MRCP,  Kin-Man Miu MRCP,  Linda Lam MRCP,  Hon-Wah Chan MRCP, 
  • Pages: 345-348
  • First Published: 09 October 2009

Editorial Comment

The short but not the long of it; How well does the artery heal after vascular closure?†

Zoltan G. Turi MD, 
  • Pages: 349-350
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Case Reports

Side-branch wire entrapment during bifurcation PCI: Avoidance and management†

Andrew T. Burns MBBS (Hons), BMedSci, MD, FRACP,  Jack Gutman MBBS, FRACP, FCSANZ,  Rob Whitbourn MBBS, BSc, FRACP, FCSANZ, 
  • Pages: 351-353
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Editorial Comment

Approach-avoidance of side-branch wire entrapment

Morton J. Kern MD, FSCAI, FAHA, FACC, 
  • Pages: 354-355
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Case Reports

Distal balloon deflation technique: A new method to facilitate entry of balloon catheter, stent, and guiding catheter to distal lesion†

Takashi Ashikaga MD,  Kaoru Sakurai MD,  Yasuhiro Satoh MD, 
  • Pages: 356-361
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Acute compartment syndrome of the forearm that occurred after transradial intervention and was not caused by bleeding or hematoma formation†

Tadashi Araki,  Hideki Itaya MD,  Masato Yamamoto MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 362-365
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Editorial Comment

Acute forearm muscle swelling post transradial catheterization and compartment syndrome: Prevention is better than treatment!†

Olivier F. Bertrand MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 366-368
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Interventional Rounds

Microvascular obstruction after percutaneous coronary intervention†

Chi-Hang Lee MBBS, FACC, FSCAI,  Hung-Fat Tse MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 369-377
  • First Published: 28 July 2009

Non-Invasive Angiography

Original Studies

The impact of hematocrit drop on long-term survival after cardiac catheterization: Insights from the Dartmouth Dynamic Registry

Calvin C. Leung MD,  Sajjad A. Sabir MD,  Jeremiah R. Brown MD, PhD,  Mandeep S. Sidhu MD,  Aaron V. Kaplan MD,  John E. Jayne MD,  Bruce J. Friedman MD,  Bruce D. Hettleman MD,  Nathaniel W. Niles MD,  James T. DeVries MD,  John F. Robb MD,  David J. Malenka MD,  Craig A. Thompson MD, MMSc, 
  • Pages: 378-386
  • First Published: 06 October 2009

Editorial Comment

Blood loss following invasive cardiac procedures: Going beyond the CBC†

Carey Kimmelstiel MD, 
  • Pages: 387-388
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Original Studies

Adverse event rates in congenital cardiac catheterization — A multi-center experience†

Lisa Bergersen MD,  Audrey Marshall MD,  Kimberlee Gauvreau ScD,  Robert Beekman MD,  Russel Hirsch MD,  Susan Foerster MD,  David Balzer MD,  Julie Vincent MD,  William Hellenbrand MD,  Ralf Holzer MD,  John Cheatham MD,  John Moore MD,  James Lock MD,  Kathy Jenkins MD, MPH, 
  • Pages: 389-400
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Editorial Comment

Defining adverse events†

Donald J. Hagler MD, 
  • Page: 401
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Original Studies

Coarctation of the aorta treated with the Advanta V12 large diameter stent: Acute results†

Elchanan Bruckheimer MBBS,  Einat Birk MD,  Raul Santiago MD,  Tamir Dagan MD,  Carlos Esteves MD,  Carlos A.C. Pedra MD, 
  • Pages: 402-406
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Editorial Comment

Large diameter covered stent treatment of aortic coarctation†

Victor Lucas MD, FSCAI, 
  • Page: 407
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Original Studies

Preclinical evaluation of a new self-expanding device for closure of muscular ventricular septal defects in a pig model†

Nora Lang MD,  Christoph Schmitz MD,  Anja Lehner MS,  Franziska Fuchs MS,  Alexandra Heath MD,  Franz Freudenthal MD,  Bernd J. Wintersperger MD,  Armin M. Huber MD,  Eckart Thein DVM,  Heinrich Netz MD,  Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann MD, 
  • Pages: 408-415
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Case Report

Ever heard of the obturator vein?†

Stephen C. Brown MMeD, FCP, DCH,  Marc Gewillig MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 416-419
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Peripheral Vascular Disease

Original Studies

Carotid stenting and bivalirudin with and without vascular closure: 3-year analysis of procedural outcomes†

Laurence M. Schneider MBBCh,  Sotir Polena MD,  Gary Roubin MD, PhD, FSCAI,  Sriram Iyer MD, FSCAI,  Jiri Vitek MD, PhD,  Georgia Panagopoulos PhD,  Christian J. Mussap MBBS, PhD,  Michael Vitellas MD,  Ramyar Mahdavi MD,  Christina Brennan MD, 
  • Pages: 420-426
  • First Published: 20 January 2010

Case Reports

Endovascular therapy for a ruptured popliteal aneurysm†

Luis Miguel Izquierdo Lamoca MD, EBVS,  Montserrat Blanch Alerany MD, RVT,  Luis Leiva Hernando MD, EBVS, 
  • Pages: 427-429
  • First Published: 06 October 2009

The OstialPro positioning system for a renal artery stenosis†

Oyidie Igbokidi MD,  Ion S. Jovin MD, 
  • Pages: 430-432
  • First Published: 09 October 2009

Clinical Decision Making

Indications and clinical outcomes for below knee endovascular therapy: Review article†

Lanfroi Graziani MD,  Alberto Piaggesi MD, 
  • Pages: 433-443
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases

Original Studies

Impact of rapid ventricular pacing during percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty in patients with critical aortic stenosis: Should we be using it?†

Christian Witzke MD,  Creighton W. Don MD, PhD,  Roberto J. Cubeddu MD,  Jesus Herrero-Garibi MD,  Eugene Pomerantsev MD,  Angel Caldera MD,  David McCarty MD, BCh,  Ignacio Inglessis MD,  Igor F. Palacios MD, 
  • Pages: 444-452
  • First Published: 06 October 2009

Editorial Comment

Optimizing technique and outcomes in structural heart disease interventions: Rapid pacing during aortic valvuloplasty?†

John D. Carroll MD, 
  • Pages: 453-454
  • First Published: 16 February 2010

Case Reports

Bronchopulmonary fistula closure with an Amplatzer Multi-Fenestrated Septal Occluder†

Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas MD,  Jason Elinoff MD,  Jon R. Resar MD, 
  • Pages: 455-458
  • First Published: 31 August 2009

Diagnosis and therapy for pulmonary arteriovenous fistula in patients with presumed patent foramen ovale†

Faisal Alqoofi MD,  Benjamin Tyrrell MD, FRCPC,  Ted Feldman MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 459-464
  • First Published: 31 August 2009

Retrieval of an embolized amplatzer septal occluder†

Kam Tim Chan MBBS, MRCP,  Boron Cheung Wah Cheng MBBS, MRCP, 
  • Pages: 465-468
  • First Published: 06 October 2009

Letters to the Editor

Size matters; Even with sheathless guide catheters†

Mamas A. Mamas PhD,  Douglas G. Fraser MD, 
  • Pages: 469-470
  • First Published: 07 August 2009

Rebuttal

Rebuttal: The times they are a-changin'†

Satoshi Takeshita MD, FACC,  Shigeru Saito MD, FACC, 
  • Page: 471
  • First Published: 07 August 2009

Covered Cheatham-Platinum stents for serial dilatation of severe native aortic coarctation†

Gianfranco Butera MD, PhD,  Jaspal Dua MD,  Massimo Chessa MD,  Mario Carminati MD, 
  • Page: 472
  • First Published: 24 September 2009

Rebuttal

Rebuttal: Covered cheatham-platinum stents for serial dilation of severe native aortic coarctation†

Elchanan Bruckheimer MBBS,  Tamir Dagan MD,  Gabi Amir MD,  Einat Birk MD, 
  • Page: 473
  • First Published: 24 September 2009