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Volume 21 - Issue 4 - April, 2009

Original Contribution
Combined, Superselective Pharmacological Management of Large Coronary Thrombus Burden
04/07/2009
Bernardo Cortese, MD; Andrea Micheli, MD; Andrea Picchi, MD; Ugo Limbruno, MD, PhD
From Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted September 2, 2008, provisional acceptance given...
From Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted September 2, 2008, provisional acceptance given...
From Interventional Cardiology,...
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Rapid Communication
Role of Invasive Evaluation with Cineradiography and Intracardiac Echocardiography (Full title below)
04/07/2009
Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, MD; Harry M. Lever, MD; Gosta Pettersson, MD; Samir R. Kapadia, MD
From the Departments of *Cardiovascular Medicine and §Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 3, 2008, provisional...
From the Departments of *Cardiovascular Medicine and §Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 3, 2008, provisional...
From the Departments of...
04/07/2009
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Original Contribution
Impact of Nitroglycerin and Verapamil on Coronary Arterial Distensibility as Assessed by Intravascular Ultrasound
04/06/2009
Rajendra Makkar, MD; Toshihiko Nishioka, MD; Suhail Dohad, MD; Kiyoshi Iida, MD; Sorel Goland, MD; Huai Luo, MD; Robert J. Siegel, MD; Saibal Kar, MD; Takashi Akima, MD
From the Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Robert J. Siegel, MD, Division of Cardiology,...
From the Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Address for correspondence: Robert J. Siegel, MD, Division of Cardiology,...
From the Division of Cardiology,...
04/06/2009
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Original Contribution
Intravascular Blood Sampling Using the Export Catheter Does Not Induce Artifactual Platelet Activation
04/06/2009
Andy S.C. Young, MBBS; Gabrielle J. Pennings, BSc, PhD; Tommy Chung, MBBS, PhD; David Brieger, MD, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; Harry C. Lowe, MD, MBChB, PhD, FRACP; Leonard Kritharides, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
From the *Department of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia, and the §Vascular Biology Group, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, Australia. The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest...
From the *Department of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia, and the §Vascular Biology Group, ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, Australia. The authors report no financial relationships or conflicts of interest...
From the *Department of...
04/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Commentary
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Regression after Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement – A Sign of More Good Things to Come?
04/06/2009
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI; Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA
From the VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Disclosure: Dr. Bhatt has served as a consultant for the following: Arena, Astellas, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cardax, Centocor,...
From the VA Boston Healthcare System and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Disclosure: Dr. Bhatt has served as a consultant for the following: Arena, Astellas, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cardax, Centocor,...
From the VA Boston Healthcare...
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Original Contribution
Early Regression of Left Ventricular Wall Thickness following Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (Full title below)
04/06/2009
Elaine Logtens, BSc; Jan Kovac, MUDr; Hasan Jilaihawi, MBChB, MD; Mohamed Jeilan, MD, MB, MRCP; Tomasz Spyt, MD; Derek Chin, MD
From the *Department of Cardiology and the §Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted November 17, 2008,...
From the *Department of Cardiology and the §Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted November 17, 2008,...
From the *Department of...
04/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Original Contribution
Treatment of Multilesion Coronary Artery Disease with Simultaneous Drug-Eluting (Full title below)
04/06/2009
Piera Capranzano, MD; Davide Capodanno, MD; Corrado Tamburino, MD, PhD, FESC, FSCAI; Francesca Mirabella, MD; Bruno Francaviglia, MD; Maria Elena Di Salvo, MD; Gian Paolo Ussia, MD; Alfredo Ruggero Galassi, MD
From the Department of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted October 29, 2008, provisional acceptance given...
From the Department of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted October 29, 2008, provisional acceptance given...
From the Department of...
04/06/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Bridging with GP IIb/IIIa Inhibitors after Abdominal Surgery (Full title below)
04/07/2009
Ron Waksman, MD; Itsik Ben-Dor, MD
From the Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted November 4, 2008, provisional acceptance given December 8, 2008,...
From the Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted November 4, 2008, provisional acceptance given December 8, 2008,...
From the Division of Cardiology,...
04/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Use of the RCB Guide in PCI of a Chronic Total Occlusion in an Anomalous Right Coronary Artery with High Anterior Takeoff
04/07/2009
Okan Turgut, MD; Izzet Tandogan, MD; Rafet Dizman, MD
From the Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 3, 2008 and accepted February 13,...
From the Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted December 3, 2008 and accepted February 13,...
From the Department of...
04/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology
Case Report
Lipotamous Cardiac Disorders: Two Unusual Cases and a Review of the Literature
04/07/2009
Ravi K. Ramana, DO; Amir Darki, MD; Ferdinand Leya, MD; Michael Havens, MD; Eva Wojcik, MD; Doug Brylka, MD; M. Mukkarram Singh, MD
From the Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted January 16, 2009, provisional acceptance given January 20,...
From the Division of Cardiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted January 16, 2009, provisional acceptance given January 20,...
From the Division of Cardiology,...
04/07/2009
Journal of Invasive Cardiology

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