Editor's UpdateDecember 2008 Vol. 20, No. 12Original ContributionsHemodynamically Supported Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization Improves Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy at Very High Risk for Surgery: A Single Center Experience Giorgio Gimelli, MD and Matthew R. Wolff, MD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WisconsinEndothelialization of Sirolimus-Eluting Stents with Slow- and Extended-Drug Release in the Porcine Overstretch Model Daniela Frey, BA, Michael Billinger, MD, Pascal Meier, MD, Olgica Beslac, RN, Raphael Grossenbacher, RN, Beat Hänni, ST, Otto M. Hess, MD From Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Bern1, Experimental Surgery Institute Bern and Institute of Anatomy, Experimental Morphology Unit, University of Bern, Switzerland Five-year Outcome of Moderate or Ambiguous Left Main Coronary Artery Disease and the Intravascular Ultrasound Predictors of Events Teruo Okabe, MDa; Gary S. Mintz, MDb; Sung Yun Lee, MDa; Bongryeol Lee, MDa, Probol Roy, MDa; Daniel H Steinberg, MDa; Tina Pinto-Slottow, MDa; Kimberly A Smith, BSa; Zhenyi Xue, MSa; Lowell F. Satler, MDa; Kenneth M. Kent, MD,a Augusto D. Pichard, MDa; Joseph Lindsay, MDa, Ron Waksman, MDa, Neil J. Weissman, MDa. aCardiovascular Research Institute / MedStar Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. and bCardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York Commentary:Steve Goldberg, MD Impact of Body Mass Index on Long-term All Cause Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in African Americans. Shyam Poludasu, MD, Erdal Cavusoglu, MD, Waqas Khan, MD, Jonathan D. Marmur, MD SUNY Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of Small Vessel Lesions Treated with Novel Ultra-Low Profile, Guidewire Based Self-expanding Stent System Bon-Kwon Koo, 1 MD, PhD, Masao Yamasaki,1 MD, PhD; Junya Ako, 1 MD; Katsuhisa Waseda, 1 MD; Yasuhiro Honda, 1 MD, PhD; Peter J. Fitzgerald, 1 MD, PhD; Alexandre Abizaid, 2 MD, PhD; Robert J. Whitbourn, 3 MD From 1Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, 2Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 3 St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. ReviewVery Late Thrombosis of Drug-Eluting Stents: A Brief Literature Review and Case Example *Sanjeev K. Agarwal, MD, DM, †Fayaz Shawl, MD, *Venkatesh K Raman, MD, Azan Salim Binbrek, FRCP, FRCP From the *Department of Cardiology, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE, †Department of Cardiology, Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland
Clinical Images Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm An Old Picture in the Modern Era Laurence M. Schneider¹ MD, Vladimir Jelnin¹ MD, Carlos E. Ruiz¹ MD, PhD Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute, New York, New York¹ FOCUS on STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE. . .Guest Editor:P.Syamasundar Rao, MD University of Texas, Houston Medical School, Pediatric Cardiology, Houston, Texas Transcatheter Therapy and its Role in Coarctation Satinder K. Sandhu, MD University of Miami, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Lab Holtz Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects in the Elderly: hemodynamic and Technical Considerations Ziyad Hijazi, MD Rush Center for Congenital & Structural Heart Disease, Pediatric Cardiology, Chicago, Illinois Current Role of Percutaneous Cardiac Interventions in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Review Vishal Gupta, MD Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan When and How to Close Atrial Septal Defects in Adults P.S. Rao, MD University of Texas, Houston Medical School, Pediatric Cardiology, Houston, Texas Type IV Dual Left Anterior Descending Artery Associated with Anomalous Origin of the Left Circumflex Coronary Artery from the Right Coronary Artery: A Case Report Sedat Turkoglu, MD, Serhat Balcioglu, MD, Murat Ozdemir, MD Department of Cardiology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey An Unusual Thrombotic Complication during Percutaneous Closure of Atrial Septal Defect S. Bijulal, MD, DM, S. Sivasankaran, MD, DM, V.K. Ajitkumar, MD, DM Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India Cardiac Perforation during Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Sealed with an Amplatzer PFO Occluder Paul T. L. Chiam, MBBS, MRCP, Laurence M. Schneider, MBBS, FRACP, Carlos E. Ruiz, MD, PhD, FACC, FSCAI Dept of Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Services, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York Online ArticlesTwo Patients with Very-Very Late (8 and 12 Years) Bare Metal Stent Thrombosis. The Risk Never Completely Disappears! Roberto Martin-Reyes, MD, David Dobarro, MD, Raul Moreno, MD University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain Coronary Artery Air Embolism Causing Pulmonary Edema Secondary to Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Diver Mark Adrian Sammut MD, Andrew Cassar MD, Herbert Felice MD Cardiology Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Tal-Qroqq, Malta Use of Cutting Balloon Angioplasty in a Hybrid Setting. A New Application of the Hybrid Approach Gianfranco Butera, MD, Mario Carminati, MD, Giuseppe Pomé, MD Istituto Policlinico San Donato, Pediatric Cardiology, San Donato Milanese, Italy Bail-out reverse Controlled Antegrade and Retrograde Subintimal Tracking Accompanied by Multiple Complications in Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Jon Suh, MD, Yoon Haeng Cho, MD, PhD, Nae Hee Lee, MD, PhD Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, SoonChunHyang University Bucheon Hospital, University of SoonChunHyang College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea Implantable Defibrillation in a Patient with a Tricuspid Valve Bioprosthesis Todd J. Cohen, MD, William Kokotos, MD, and Rogers Kersten, DO Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York Chemotherapy Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Luke Kim, MD, Maria Karas, MD, and S. Chiu Wong, MD Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York A Rare and Late Angiographic Presentation of DES Fracture Keysun Alizadehranjbar, MD, FESC, P.K. Cheung, MD, FRCP(C), William Hui, MBBS, FRCP(C), FRCP (Edin), FACC, FHKAM, FHKCP From the Interventional Cardiology Research Group, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Important Dates Reservations due: November 14, 2008 Materials due: November 18, 2008 Mail date: December 4, 2008 Contact
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