Vol 5, No 2 (April 21, 2015): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Appropriateness and diagnostic yield of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging from a tertiary referral center in the Middle East

Wael AlJaroudi, Hussain Isma’eel, Fadi El Merhi, Tony Assad, Mukbil Hourani

PDF Pages: 88-97 Full Text (4657) Open Access

Goal attainments and their discrepancies for low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (apo B) in over 2,000 Chinese patients with known coronary artery disease or type 2 diabetes

Yong-Ming He, Xiang-Jun Yang, Xin Zhao, Hai-Feng Xu

PDF Pages: 98-103 Full Text (4208) Open Access

Improved non-calcified plaque delineation on coronary CT angiography by sonogram-affirmed iterative reconstruction with different filter strength and relationship with BMI

Lei Zhao, Fabian Plank, Moritz Kummann, Philipp Burghard, Andrea Klauser, Wolfgang Dichtl, Gudrun Feuchtner

PDF Pages: 104-112 Full Text (5586) Open Access

A new polymer-free drug-eluting stent with nanocarriers eluting sirolimus from stent-plus-balloon compared with bare-metal stent and with biolimus A9 eluting stent in porcine coronary arteries

Celso K. Takimura, Micheli Z. Galon, Paulo S. Gutierrez, Prakash Sojitra, Ashwin Vyas, Manish Doshi, Pedro A. Lemos

PDF Pages: 113-121 Full Text (6629) Open Access

Review Article

Current diagnostic and treatment strategies for Lutembacher syndrome: the pivotal role of echocardiography

Leopold Ndemnge Aminde, Anastase Dzudie, Noah Fongwen Takah, Kathleen Blackett Ngu, Karen Sliwa, Andre Pascal Kengne

PDF Pages: 122-132 Full Text (11061) Open Access

Mini-Review

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: novel insights on diagnosis and management

Fernando Alfonso, Teresa Bastante, Javier Cuesta, Daniel Rodríguez, Amparo Benedicto, Fernando Rivero

PDF Pages: 133-140 Full Text (11138) Open Access

Case Report

Traumatic right atrial pseudoaneurysm

Prashant Nagpal, Sachin S. Saboo, Ashish Khandelwal, Maria Alejandra Duran-Mendicuti, Suhny Abbara, Michael L. Steigner

PDF Pages: 141-144 Full Text (Video) (4201) Open Access

Non-identical yet similar: presentation of coronary artery disease in dizygotic twins

Shivanand S. Patil, Rangraj Ramalingam, Kasamshetty Subramanyam, Deepak Pujar, Cholenahally Nanjappa Manjunath, Nirlep Gajiwala, Ashok Thakkar

PDF Pages: 145-149 Full Text (4478) Open Access

Commentary

Salt in the wound: ¹⁸F-fluoride positron emission tomography for identification of vulnerable coronary plaques

Philip D. Adamson, Alex T. Vesey, Nik V. Joshi, David E. Newby, Marc R. Dweck

PDF Pages: 150-155 Full Text (8156) Open Access

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: still connecting the dots between genotype and phenotype

Christine L. Jellis, Milind Y. Desai

PDF Pages: 156-159 Full Text (3156) Open Access

Technical Notes

Hemodynamic assessment of partial mechanical circulatory support: data derived from computed tomography angiographic images and computational fluid dynamics

Christof Karmonik, Sasan Partovi, Fabian Rengier, Hagen Meredig, Mina Berty Farag, Matthias Müller-Eschner, Rawa Arif, Aron-Frederik Popov, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Matthias Karck, Arjang Ruhparwar

PDF Pages: 160-165 Full Text (Video) (3471) Open Access

Perspective

Noninvasive testing strategies in symptomatic, intermediate-risk CAD patients: a perspective on the “PROMISE” trial and its potential implementation in clinical practice

Milind Y. Desai, Paul Schoenhagen

PDF Pages: 166-168 Full Text (2985) Chinese (1466) Open Access