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Editorial Note
Editorial Note Ron Waksman page 215 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (68 KB)
Clinical Originals
Early and mid-term clinical outcomes with the CATANIA coronary stent system vs. bare metal stents in patients with coronary artery disease Davide Capodanno, Alessio La Manna, Maria Elena Di Salvo, Alessandra Sanfilippo, Thierry Corcos, Corrado Tamburino pages 216-220 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (180 KB)
Safety and efficacy of carotid artery stenting in persons aged 80 years and above George S. Chrysant, Santosh T. Prabhu, Aimee Tebow, Georgianne M. Snowden pages 221-223 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (96 KB)
Prophylactic use of manual thrombectomy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction Bernard Abi-Saleh, Peyman Soltani, Nadeem M. Husain, Malik Ali, Shazib N. Khawaja, S. Hinan Ahmed pages 224-228 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (257 KB)
Biology Original
Preliminary observations using optical coherence tomography to assess neointimal coverage of a metal stent in a porcine model James S. Mills, Colleen Stack N'diaye, Eric Yow, Mark Urtz, Thomas J. Povsic, Joseph C. Greenfield, Harry R. Phillips pages 229-235 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (530 KB)
Review
Late-acquired incomplete stent apposition: morphologic characterization Seung-Ho Hur, Junya Ako, Yasuhiro Honda, Krishnankutty Sudhir, Peter J. Fitzgerald pages 236-246 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (1091 KB)
Novel Technology
Biomaterial optimization in a percutaneous aortic valve stent using finite element analysis Gideon V. Praveen Kumar, Lazar Mathew pages 247-251 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (588 KB)
Case Reports
Multiple coronary artery aneurysm formation one year and four years after sirolimus-eluting coronary stent implantation Kenan Övünç, Hikmet Yorgun, Necla Özer pages 252-254 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (166 KB)
Funneling: enhancing results of small-vessel stenting Edo Kaluski, Christine Gerula, Preet Randhawa, Marc Klapholz pages 255-258 Abstract | Full Text | Full-Text PDF (245 KB)
Special Feature
Successful use of a novel PCI guiding catheter with an extra lumen in an animal model David Rott, David Leibowitz, Mickey Harlev page 259 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (120 KB)
Outcomes in patients with intra-aortic balloon pump who met the same inclusion criteria in the PROTECT II (a prospective feasibility trial investigating the use of the impella recover LP 2.5 system in patients undergoing high risk percutaneous coronary intervention) Study Asmir I. Syed, Amit Kakkar, Yanlin Li, Sara D. Collins, Itsik Ben-Dor, Gabriel Manuela, Gilles Lemesle, Mickey Scheinowitz, Rebecca Torguson, Kimberly Kaneshige, Zhenyi Xue, Joseph Lindsay, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler, William O. Suddath, Augusto D. Pichard, Ron Waksman page 259 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (121 KB)
Sol-gel silica, polymer free, bioabsorbable coating for delivery of paclitaxel from stent Natalija Sotirovska, John Birtles, Kenneth Colley, Majid Akhavan, Brandon Crouse, Tara Falkenberg, Anna Venegoni, Richard Klein pages 259-260 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (138 KB)
Hemodynamic impact of ascending aortic aneurysm repair on the aortic distensibility index Jose G. Diez, Archana Rao, Homam Ibrahim, Faisal Siddiqui, James M. Wilson, Gerald Adams, Scott A. LeMaire, Joseph S. Coselli page 260 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
Rapid Evaluation of Vessel hEaling After angiopLasty (REVEAL) study: an optical coherence tomography comparative study versus bare and drug-eluting stent at 7 and 30 days Davide Capodanno, Alessio La Manna, Marilena Di Salvo, Alessandra Sanfilippo, Francesco Prati, Corrado Tamburino page 260 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
One-year clinical outcomes from the ATLANTA first-in-man with a new class of stent: the CATANIA coronary stent with Polyzene-F Davide Capodanno, Corrado Tamburino, Alessio LaManna, Maria Elena DiSalvo, Giorgio Sacchetta, Thierry Corcos, Francesco Prati pages 260-261 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Small balloon, single freeze, cryo isolation of the pulmonary veins is highly effective in treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and can be minimized to a PTCA-like procedure Boris Keweloh, Martin Winterhalter, Stephanos Siaplaouras, Gabriele Calmez, Franz Xaver Kleber page 261 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
Mid-term clinical outcome of CATANIA coronary stent system with nanothin Polyzene-F in a real-world unselected population Davide Capodanno, Alessio La Manna, Marilena Di Salvo, Alessandra Sanfilippo, Anna Caggegi, Irene Cascone, Corrado Tamburino page 261 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
Efficiency of drug delivery to the coronary arteries is dependent on the route of administration in swine: assessment of luminal, intimal, and adventitial intra-coronary and venous delivery modes with non-radioactive isotopic labels John W. Karanian, Jennifer Peregoy, Alberto Chiesa, Chul Ahn, William F. Pritchard pages 261-262 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (67 KB)
Real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiogram guidance of percutaneous atrial septal defect closure reduces radiation exposure Marvin H. Eng page 262 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
Interatrial septum puncture in lateral view is the best technique during percutaneous mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue method even in difficult situation Afzalur Rahman, Habib Sadat Chaudhury, Suja Ali Mohammed Husnayen, Abul Kalam Mohammad Mohibullah page 262 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
The effect of alcohol septal ablation on B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy Valerian Fernandes, Korkonikitas Panagiotis, Christopher D. Nielsen, Kelly J. Hunt, William H. Spencer pages 262-263 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (62 KB)
Gender-based differences in the association of atherosclerosis and severe calcific aortic stenosis Sachin S. Goel, Akin Cam, E. Murat Tuzcu, Samir R. Kapadia page 263 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (47 KB)
Long-term result after successful mitral balloon vulvotomy—experience of 1033 patients Ak F. Haque pages 263-264 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (63 KB)
Occlusion of PFO with a dedicated adjustable device: influence on 1-year outcome Franz X. Kleber, Anna Stretz, Ingo Schmehl, Leonhard Bruch, Anne Winkelmann, Steffen Sonntag, Grit Rademacher, Paul Sparenberg page 264 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (51 KB)
Impact of heart failure on survival among diabetics with coronary artery disease Farhan Aslam, Attiya Haque page 264 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (50 KB)
High-dose tirofiban vs abciximab in acute STEMI patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention Mohammed A. Balghith, Sharif Zain, Omaimah Alaomary pages 264-265 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (73 KB)
Is there a difference in mortality rates between diabetic and nondiabetic patients who present with acute myocardial infarction and are treated with drug-eluting stents? Asmir I. Syed, Sara D. Collins, Yanlin Li, Itsik Ben-Dor, Mickey Scheinowitz, Gabriel Manuela, Gilles Lemesle, Rebecca Torguson, Kimberly Kaneshige, Zhenyi Xue, Joseph Lindsay, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler, William O. Suddath, Augusto D. Pichard, Ron Waksman page 265 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
“I wish I knew that!”—beyond door-to-intervention time…or “everything you wanted to know about your STEMI patient pre-PCI and never dared to ask” Edo Kaluski, Christine Gerula, James Maher, Marc Klaplholz page 265 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (59 KB)
The obesity paradox in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in a contemporary database: overweight and obese patients have better outcomes Luis Gruberg, Srihari Naidu, Richard A. Shlofmitz, Sorin Brenner, Allen Jeremias, Thomas Pappas, Kevin Marzo, David L. Brown pages 265-266 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (119 KB)
Anticoagulation strategies during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction and moderate to severe chronic kidney disease Luis Gruberg, Allen Jeremias, Srihari S. Naidu, Sorin Brenner, Richard A. Shlofmitz, Thomas Pappas, Kevin Marzo, Lisa Wilbert, David L. Brown page 266 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (97 KB)
Intravascular ultrasound use in STEMI patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention reduces adverse clinical outcomes at one year Ramona Mehrinfar, Atman Shah page 266 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
Drug-eluting stents are associated with a high rate of stent thrombosis compared to bare metal stents in an underserved Hispanic population presenting with acute ST segment myocardial infarction Ramona Mehrinfar, Atman Shah page 267 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (134 KB)
Bivalirudin versus heparin and eptifibatide in patients undergoing rescue percutaneous coronary intervention Ramona Mehrinfar, Atman Prabodh Shah page 267 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (134 KB)
Is depression a risk factor for mortality following myocardial infarction: a meta analysis Farhan Aslam, Attiya Haque page 267 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (138 KB)
Automated wireless network enhances STEMI patient triage, reduces door to intervention time, and improves patient outcome James Maher, Edo Kaluski, Christine Gerula, Marc Klapholz page 268 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (222 KB)
“False-positive” cardiac catheterization laboratory activation among patients with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction Darach O. h-Ici, Ernesto Oqueli, Brian Zakhem, Yean Lim page 268 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (222 KB)
Bifurcation balloon and stent platform: simple, comprehensive, anatomically correct Edo Kaluski, Marc Klapholz, Christine Gerula page 268 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (224 KB)
Short- and long-term clinical outcomes of diabetics and nondiabetics receiving bare-metal stents versus drug-eluting stents Vijay S. Ramanath, Jeremiah R. Brown, David J. Malenka, Mandeep S. Sidhu, Alina M. Robert, John F. Robb, John E. Jayne, Bruce D. Hettleman, Bruce J. Friedman, Nathaniel W. Niles, Aaron V. Kaplan, Craig A. Thompson page 269 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (147 KB)
Short- and long-term outcomes of diabetics and nondiabetics receiving bare-metal stents vs. drug-eluting stents: insights from the Dartmouth Dynamic Registry Vijay S. Ramanath, Jeremiah R. Brown, David J. Malenka, Mandeep S. Sidhu, Alina M. Robert, John F. Robb, John E. Jayne, Bruce D. Hettleman, Bruce J. Friedman, Nathaniel W. Niles, Aaron V. Kaplan, Craig A. Thompson page 269 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (147 KB)
Transfemoral artery administration of autologous unfractionated bone marrow in patients with peripheral arterial disease: Phase I Jose H. Vicario pages 269-270 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (166 KB)
Value of duplex scanning in differentiating embolic occlusion on atherosclerosed artery from thrombotic occlusion in acute limb ischemia Mahmoud F. Elmahdy, Waleed Ammaar, Hussein Heshmat, Karim Said, Essam Baligh, Soliman Ghareeb page 270 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Bare nitinol stent enabled recanalization of long segment chronic total occlusion of superficial femoral and adjacent proximal popliteal artery in diabetic patients presenting with critical limb ischemia Manish Taneja, Atul Dewan, Mathew Sebastian, Shanker Pasupathy, Kiang Hiong Tay, Sheuh En Lin, Terence Teo, Richard Lo, Seck Guan Tan, Bien Soo Tan page 270 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Using duplex scanning as an alternative to conventional arteriography in differentiating embolic from thrombotic arterial occlusion in acute limb ischemia Mahmoud F. Elmahdy, Waleed Ammaar, Hussein Heshmat, Karim Said, Essam Baligh, Soliman Ghareeb pages 270-271 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
A novel endovascular large animal model for testing catheter-based thrombolytics and devices used in acute limb ischemia Vallabh Janardhan, James P. Steel, Richard T. Marshall, Vikram Janardhan page 271 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
Impact of percutaneous coronary intervention on health related quality of life in acute coronary syndrome patients Bryan Yan, Ruijie Li, Mang Zhang, Thomas J. Kiernan, Nicholas J. Ruggiero, Qianhuan Zhang, Qing Zhang, Gabriel W. Yip, Ming Dong, Cheuk-Man Yu page 271 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
Minimally invasive delivery of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells transplantation in heart failure and refractory angina: three-year follow-up Jorge Tuma, Roberto Fernández-Viña, Carlos Cruz, Alvaro Carrillo, José Ercilla, Carlos Yarleque, Samuel Chirinos pages 271-272 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (345 KB)
Mast cell granules regulate angiogenesis and cell survival in a myocardial infarction rat model Jin Sook Kwon, Yong Sook Kim, Kye Hun Kim, Young Joon Hong, Hyung Wook Park, Ju Han Kim, Myung Ho Jeong, Jeong Gwan Cho, Jong Chun Park, Jung Chaee Kang, Youngkeun Ahn page 272 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (328 KB)
T-cell receptor repertoire diversity improves after intramyocardial injection of bone marrow cells in patients with severe coronary artery disease Luis Henrique W. Gowdak, Nathalia M. Santos, Kelen C.R. Malmegrim, Patricia B. Esteves, Isolmar T. Schettert, Jose Eduardo Krieger, Jorge Kalil, Kellen C. Fae, Veronica Coelho pages 272-273 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (393 KB)
Differential potential of endothelial progenitor cells to promote arteriogenesis and angiogenesis Haruhiko Sugimori, Masumi Nagano, Toshiharu Yamashita, Fujio Sato, Osamu Ohneda, Shonosuke Matsushita, Yuzuru Sakakibara page 273 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (52 KB)
Three-year follow-up in an open-label, pilot study of transendocardial autologous bone marrow in chronic myocardial infarction using a helical needle catheter Luis de la Fuente, Simon Stertzer, Eduardo Penaloza, Julio Argentieri, Jorge Miano, Benjamin Koziner, Christian Bilos, Licia Battaglia, Graciela Lucero, Jessica Stertzer, Didier Rouy, Peter Altman page 273 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Analysis of 19 mouse strains demonstrates that genetic variations in pial collateral dimensions are the major determinants of severity of infarct volume after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) Hua Zhang, Sehoon Keum, Douglas Marchuk, Robert Sealock, James Faber pages 273-274 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
Overexpression of endothelial NO-synthase restores neovascularization capacity of endothelial progenitor cells from patients with coronary artery disease Michael R. Ward, Kathleen Thompson, Kathryn Isaac, Jonathan Vecchiarelli, Duncan J. Stewart, Michael J.B. Kutryk page 274 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
Transcriptional differences of osteoprotegrin in circulating monocytes of coronary artery disease patients with different extents of collateralization Hoorieh Saghafi, Arash Hossein-Nezhad, Mohammad Jaafar Mahmoodi, Bagher Larijani page 274 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (53 KB)
The evaluation of creatinine clearance, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and serum creatinine in predicting contrast-induced acute kidney injury among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention Alina M. Robert, Jeremiah R. Brown, Mandeep S. Sidhu, Vijay S. Ramanath, James T. DeVries, John E. Jayne, Bruce D. Hettleman, Bruce J. Friedman, Nathaniel W. Niles, Aaron V. Kaplan, John F. Robb, David J. Malenka, Craig A. Thompson pages 274-275 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (70 KB)
Level and value of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary angioplasty Ali Youssef Moustafa, Hsueh-Wen Chang, Hon-Kan Yip page 275 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
Genetic background of endothelium dysfunction in Uzbek hypertensive patients Marietta Eliseyeva, Gulnoz Khamidullaeva page 275 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (55 KB)
First 5 years' follow-up of first group of South American patients with repaired myocardial infarction by autologous intracoronary bone marrow stem cells implant Roberto J. Fernandez Vina, Jorge Saslavsky, Francisco Vrsalovic, Oberdan Andrin, Federico Fernandez Vina, Liliana Camozzi, Janaina Ferreira da Silva Lima pages 275-276 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (57 KB)
Image of the Issue
Fibromuscular dysplasia of ostial left main coronary artery depicted by intravascular ultrasound Amir H. Najafi, Zuyue Wang, Kenneth M. Kent pages 277-279 Full Text | Full-Text PDF (747 KB)
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