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Editor's Update

December 2008 Vol. 20, No. 12

Original Contributions

Hemodynamically 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, Wisconsin

Endothelialization 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.

Review

Very 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 Articles

Two 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


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