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    Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions: Volume 84, Issue 3

    341-518, E18-E29
    01 September 2014
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Coronary Artery Disease

Original Studies

The impact of main branch restenosis on long term mortality following drug-eluting stent implantation in patients with de novo unprotected distal left main bifurcation coronary lesions: The Milan and New-Tokyo (MITO) registry

Kensuke Takagi MD,  Alfonso Ielasi MD,  Sandeep Basavarajaiah MD,  Alaide Chieffo MD,  Joanne Shannon MD,  Cosmo Godino MD,  Tasuku Hasegawa MD,  Toru Naganuma MD,  Yusuke Fujino MD,  Azeem Latib MD,  Mauro Carlino MD,  Matteo Montorfano MD,  Sunao Nakamura MD,  Antonio Colombo MD, 
  • Pages: 341-348
  • First Published: 02 September 2013

Editorial Comment

Distal left main restenosis: Dodging that bullet

Jorge A. Belardi MD, FACC, FSCAI,  Mariano Albertal MD, PHD, FACC, 
  • Pages: 349-350
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Original Studies

A prospective intravascular ultrasound investigation of the necessity for and efficacy of postdilation beyond nominal diameter of 3 current generation DES platforms for the percutaneous treatment of the left main coronary artery

James A. Shand MD, MRCP,  Divyesh Sharma MBBS, MRCP,  Colm Hanratty MD, FRCP,  Anthony McClelland MD, MRCP,  Ian B.A. Menown MD, FRCP,  Mark S. Spence MD, FRCP,  Geoffrey Richardson MD, FRCP,  Niall A. Herity MD, FRCP,  Simon J. Walsh MD, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 351-358
  • First Published: 25 October 2013

Editorial Comment

Precise vessel sizing: A trivial but crucial issue during left main stenting

Carlos M. Campos MD,  Pedro A. Lemos MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 359-360
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Editor's Choice

Free Access

Long-term (8 year) outcomes and predictors of major adverse cardiac events after full metal jacket drug-eluting stent implantation

Cheol Whan Lee MD,  Jung-Min Ahn MD,  Jong-Young Lee MD,  Won-Jang Kim MD,  Duk-Woo Park MD,  Soo-Jin Kang MD,  Seung-Whan Lee MD,  Young-Hak Kim MD,  Seong-Wook Park MD, PhD,  Seung-Jung Park MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 361-365
  • First Published: 21 October 2013

Editorial Comment

One Stent, Two Stent, Three Stent, more

Samuel Butman MD, 
  • Pages: 366-367
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Original Studies

Optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy following treatment with the endeavor zotarolimus-eluting stent in real-world Japanese patients with coronary artery disease (OPERA): Study design and rationale

Masato Nakamura MD,  Shinsuke Nanto MD,  Atsushi Hirayama MD,  Tadateru Takayama MD,  Masakatsu Nishikawa MD,  Kazuo Kimura MD,  Satoshi Morita PhD,  Tadanori Aizawa MD,  Ryuta Asano MD,  Yuji Matsumaru MD,  Chikuma Hamada PhD,  Takaaki Isshiki MD,  for the OPERA Steering Committee and Investigators , 
  • Pages: 368-374
  • First Published: 08 November 2013

Editorial Comment

The OPERA study: The tenor or baritone of shorter duration of DAPT?

Josephine L. Warren,  Roxana Mehran MD, 
  • Pages: 375-376
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Original Studies

Diagnostic accuracy of intravascular ultrasound-derived minimal lumen area compared with fractional flow reserve—Meta-analysis: Pooled accuracy of IVUS luminal area versus FFR

Bruno R. Nascimento MD, MSc,  Marcos R. de Sousa MD, MSc, PhD,  Bon-Kwon Koo MD, PhD,  Habib Samady MD,  Hiram G. Bezerra Md, PhD,  Antônio L.P. Ribeiro MD, PhD,  Marco A. Costa MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 377-385
  • First Published: 04 June 2013

Editorial Comment

Can intravascular ultrasound-derived minimal lumen area predict functional significance of coronary artery stenosis?

Seung-Jung Park MD, PhD,  Soo-Jin Kang MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 386-387
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Original Studies

Prevalence and anatomical features of acute longitudinal stent deformation: An intravascular ultrasound study

Shinji Inaba MD,  Giora Weisz MD,  Nobuaki Kobayashi MD, PHD,  Shigeo Saito MD,  Tomotaka Dohi MD,  Liang Dong MD,  Lin Wang MD,  Joyce A. Moran CCRC,  LeRoy E. Rabbani MD,  Manish A. Parikh MD,  Martin B. Leon MD,  Jeffrey W. Moses MD,  Gary S. Mintz MD,  Akiko Maehara MD, 
  • Pages: 388-396
  • First Published: 29 January 2014

In vivo evaluation of axial integrity of coronary stents using intravascular ultrasound: Insights on longitudinal stent deformation

Danny Dvir MD,  Hironori Kitabata MD,  Israel M. Barbash MD,  Sa'ar Minha MD,  Salem Badr MD,  Joshua P. Loh MBBS,  Fang Chen PhD,  Rebecca Torguson MPH,  Ron Waksman MD, 
  • Pages: 397-405
  • First Published: 13 November 2013

Impact of myocardial supply area on the transstenotic hemodynamics as determined by fractional flow reserve

Yasutsugu Shiono MD,  Takashi Kubo MD, PhD,  Atsushi Tanaka MD, PhD,  Hironori Kitabata MD, PhD,  Yasushi Ino MD, PhD,  Takashi Tanimoto MD, PhD,  Teruaki Wada MD,  Shingo Ota MD,  Yuichi Ozaki MD,  Makoto Orii MD,  Kunihiro Shimamura MD,  Kohei Ishibashi MD,  Takashi Yamano MD,  Tomoyuki Yamaguchi MD,  Kumiko Hirata MD, PhD,  Toshio Imanishi MD, PhD,  Takashi Akasaka MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 406-413
  • First Published: 22 November 2013

Editorial Comment

Seeing and not believing: Understanding the visual-functional mismatch between angiography and FFR

Morton J. Kern MD, MSCAI, FAHA, FACC, 
  • Pages: 414-415
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Original Studies

Variations of coronary hemodynamic responses to intravenous adenosine infusion: Implications for fractional flow reserve measurements

Arnold H. Seto MD, MPA,  David M. Tehrani MS,  Murtaza I. Bharmal BS,  Morton J. Kern MD, 
  • Pages: 416-425
  • First Published: 27 November 2013

Feasibility and safety of a virtual 3-Fr sheathless-guiding system for percutaneous coronary intervention

Daisuke Tonomura MD,  Yoshihisa Shimada MD, PhD, FAPSIC, FSCAI,  Kentaro Yano MD,  Kazato Ito MD,  Kosuke Takehara MD,  Naoto Kino MD,  Keiichi Furubayashi MD, PhD,  Toshiya Kurotobi MD, PhD,  Takao Tsuchida MD, PhD,  Hitoshi Fukumoto MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 426-435
  • First Published: 08 January 2014

Initial experience with the glidesheath slender for transradial coronary angiography and intervention: A feasibility study with prospective radial ultrasound follow-up

Adel Aminian MD,  Dariouch Dolatabadi MD,  Pascal Lefebvre MD,  Robert Zimmerman MSC,  Philippe Brunner MD,  Georges Michalakis MD,  Jacques Lalmand MD, 
  • Pages: 436-442
  • First Published: 06 October 2013

Editorial Comment

Smaller is better for the radialist

Giselle A. Baquero MD,  Ian C. Gilchrist MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 443-444
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Non-Invasive Angiography

Original Studies

A CT-based medina classification in coronary bifurcations: Does the lumen assessment provide sufficient information?

Stella-Lida Papadopoulou MD,  Chrysafios Girasis MD,  Frank J. Gijsen PhD,  Alexia Rossi MD,  Jade Ottema MD,  Alina G. van der Giessen PhD,  Johan C. Schuurbiers BSC,  Hector M. Garcia-Garcia MD, PhD,  Pim J. de Feyter MD, PhD,  Jolanda J. Wentzel PhD, 
  • Pages: 445-452
  • First Published: 24 March 2014

Editorial Comment

Coronary CT angiography—A rosetta stone for understanding and treating bifurcation lesions?

Michael D. Shapiro MD, FACC, FSCCT,  Joaquin E. Cigarroa MD, FACC, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 453-454
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Original Studies

Comparison of residual shunt rates in five devices used to treat patent foramen ovale

Koichiro Matsumura MD,  Rubine Gevorgyan MD,  Daniel Mangels MS,  Reza Masoomi MD,  Mohammad Khalid Mojadidi MD,  Jonathan Tobis MD FACC, 
  • Pages: 455-463
  • First Published: 19 February 2014

Immediate and short-term outcomes after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure using the new nit-occlud ASD-R device

Alejandro Peirone MD,  Alejandro Contreras MD,  Adolfo Ferrero MD,  Rodrigo Nieckel da Costa MD,  Simone Fontes Pedra MD, PhD,  Carlos A.C. Pedra MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 464-470
  • First Published: 12 February 2014

Editorial Comment

Another atrial septal occluder?

Donald J. Hagler MD, FSCAI, 
  • Pages: 471-472
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Case Report

Transcatheter closure of sinus venosus atrial septal defect with anomalous drainage of right upper pulmonary vein into superior vena cava—An innovative technique

Gaurav Garg MD,  Himanshu Tyagi MD,  Anil Sivadasan Radha MD, DNB, 
  • Pages: 473-477
  • First Published: 18 April 2014

Editorial Comment

Sinus venous defect, new important indication for structural interventional cardiology

Bernhard Meier MD, 
  • Page: 478
  • First Published: 20 August 2014

Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases

Original Studies

Association of ischemic stroke, hormone therapy, and right to left shunt in postmenopausal women

Nancy C. Greep MD,  David S. Liebeskind MD,  Rubine Gevorgyan MD,  Tam Truong MD,  Bennett Cua MD,  Chi-Hong Tseng PhD,  David W. Dodick MD,  Bart M. Demaerschalk MD,  David E. Thaler MD,  Jonathan M. Tobis MD, 
  • Pages: 479-485
  • First Published: 12 February 2014

Valve-in-valve implantation of a novel and small self-expandable transcatheter heart valve in degenerated small surgical bioprostheses: The Hamburg experience

Patrick Diemert MD,  Moritz Seiffert MD,  Christian Frerker MD,  Thomas Thielsen MD,  Felix Kreidel MD,  Ralf Bader MD,  Johannes Schirmer MD,  Lenard Conradi MD,  Dietmar Koschyk,  Renate Schnabel MD, MSC,  Hermann Reichenspurner MD, PHD,  Stefan Blankenberg MD,  Karl-Heinz Kuck MD,  Hendrik Treede MD,  Ulrich Schaefer MD, 
  • Pages: 486-493
  • First Published: 06 October 2013

Case Reports

Iatrogenic erosion of the septum primum resulting in an atrial septal defect with left-to-right shunt: A rare pitfall of patent foramen ovale percutaneous closure

Paolo Scacciatella MD,  Lorenza Michela Biava MD,  Sebastiano Marra MD, FESC, 
  • Pages: 494-496
  • First Published: 10 December 2013

Management of a large atrial septal occluder embolized to the left ventricular outflow tract without the use of cardiac surgery

Joshua P. Loh MBBS,  Lowell F. Satler MD,  Michael C. Slack MD, 
  • Pages: 497-502
  • First Published: 09 January 2014

Valve-in-valve implantation with a 23-mm balloon-expandable transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of a 19-mm stentless bioprosthesis severe aortic regurgitation using a strategy of “extreme” underfilling

Florent Chevalier MD,  Jonathon Leipsic MD,  Philippe Généreux MD, 
  • Pages: 503-508
  • First Published: 08 January 2014

Simultaneous transapical aortic and mitral valve-in-valve implantation for double prostheses dysfunction: Case report and technical insights

Augusto D'Onofrio MD, PhD,  Fabio Zucchetta MD,  Gino Gerosa MD, 
  • Pages: 509-512
  • First Published: 27 March 2014

Aorto-right atrial fistula secondary to rupture of an occluded old saphenous venous graft to right coronary artery

Carlos Sebastian Balestrini MD,  José Federico Saaibi MD,  Santiago Navas Ortiz MD, 
  • Pages: 513-518
  • First Published: 13 February 2013

Coronary Artery Disease

Case Reports

Noninfarct related artery embolic protection during primary PCI

D.J. Kelly BMedSci, MBChB (Hons.), MD, MRCP,  C. White BSc (Hons.),  G. Richardson MBBS, PhD, FRCP, 
  • Pages: E18-E20
  • First Published: 06 December 2013

A journey from CABG to drug-eluting balloon

Sajid Dhakam MD, FACC, FSCAI,  Nasir Rahman MBBS, FCPS, 
  • Pages: E21-E25
  • First Published: 30 November 2013

Valvular and Structural Heart Diseases

Case Report

Unjailing of the septal perforator using a rotational atherectomy device prior to alcohol septal ablation in a patient with symptomatic hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Mir Babar Basir DO,  Adam Greenbaum MD, FACC,  William O'Neill MD, FACC, 
  • Pages: E26-E29
  • First Published: 16 April 2014