Sommaire

• • ·Postangioplasty restenosis: Platelet activation and the coagulation-fibrinolysis system as possible factors in the pathogenesis of restenosis

    Page :387-392

    Sugao Ishiwata, Toshiyasu Tukada, Sigemoto Nakanishi, Sinichiro Nishiyama, Akira Seki

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·The natural history of single-vessel chronic coronary occlusion: A 25-year experience

    Page :393-399

    Joseph A. Puma, Michael H. Sketch, James E. Tcheng, Laura H. Gardner, Charlotte L. Nelson, Harry R. Phillips, Richard S. Stack, Robert M. Califf, From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center.

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Improved Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the left atrial appendage by peripheral vein injection of sonicated albumin microbubbles

    Page :400-405

    Siu-Sun Yao, Arzu Ilercil, Jay S. Meisner, Joel A. Strom, Jamshid Shirani, From the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Correlation of adenosine thallium 201 perfusion patterns with markers for inducible ischemia

    Page :406-412

    Michael S. Fenster, Marc D. Feldman, Gustavo Camarano, William H. Johnson, Mark Ellis, Joel Linden, George A. Beller, From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center.

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan
• • ·A critical reappraisal of the oximetric assessment of intracardiac left-to-right shunting in adults

    Page :413-417

    Mark J. Pirwitz, John E. Willard, Charles Landau, L.David Hillis, Richard A. Lange, From the Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Parkland Memorial Hospital.

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Follow-up results of balloon aortic valvuloplasty in children with special reference to causes of late aortic insufficiency

    Page :418-427

    Omar Galal, P.Syamasundar Rao, Fadel Al-Fadley, Allen D. Wilson

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Anomalous right or left coronary artery from the contralateral coronary sinus: “High-risk” abnormalities in the initial coronary artery course and heterogeneous clinical outcomes

    Page :428-435

    Allen J. Taylor, John P. Byers, Melvin D. Cheitlin, Renu Virmani

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Coronary artery involvement early and late after radiofrequency current application in young pigs

    Page :436-440

    Thomas Paul, Regina Bökenkamp, Britta Mahnert, Hans-Joachim Trappe

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Multicenter comparative study of the efficacy and safety of sotalol in the prophylactic treatment of patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachyarrhythmias

    Page :441-446

    Richard Sebastian Wanless, Kelley Anderson, Michael Joy, Simon Philip Joseph, From: Bristol-Myers Squibb International Limited.

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Effects of exercise training and activity restriction on 6-minute walking test performance in patients with chronic heart failure

    Page :447-453

    Katharina Meyer, Matthias Schwaibold^a, Samuel Westbrook, Ralph Beneke, Ramiz Hajric, Manfred Lehmann, Helmut Roskamm

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Asymptomatic large coronary artery saphenous vein bypass graft aneurysm: A case report and review of the literature

    Page :454-460

    Joseph N. Wight, Deeb Salem, Mani A. Vannan, Natesa G. Pandian, Mark Bankoff, Marc I. Rozansky, Joseph P. Semple, Michael C. Dohan, Hassan Rastegar

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Stenting within a stent: Treatment for repeat in-stent restenosis in a venous graft

    Page :460-463

    Nadia Debbas, Jean-Christophe Stauffer, Eric Eeckhout, Pierre Vogt, Lukas Kappenberger, Jean-Jacques Goy, From the Division of Cardiology, Center Hospitalier Universitaitc Vaudois.

     
• • ·Acquired myocardial bridging

    Page :463-465

    Wanpen Vongpatanasin, John E. Willard, L.David Hillis, Richard A. Lange, Charles Landau, From the Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Parkland Memorial Hospital.

     
• • ·Primary leiomyosarcoma of the heart presenting as obstruction to the pulmonary trunk

    Page :465-466

    V.Rajan Nannan Panday, Maarten-Jan M. Cramer, Hans R.J. Elbers, Aart Brutel de la Riviere, Sjef M.P.G. Ernst, H.W.Thijs Plokker, From the Departments of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Pathology, St. Antonius Hospital.

     
• • ·Intracardiac actinomycosis

    Page :467-468

    Tali T. Bashour, Craig Gord, Naoum Baladi, Dean T. Mason

     
• • ·Bullet embolism to the heart

    Page :468-470

    Karanbir S. Grewal, Colleen F. Sintek, Michael B. Jorgensen, From the Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center.

    Plan Plan  
• • ·Long segment coarctation of the thoracic aorta: Treatment with multiple balloon-expandable stent implantation

    Page :470-473

    Basil Vasilios Thanopoulos, Filippos Triposkiadis, Andreas Margetakis, Charles E. Mullins

     
• • ·Myocardial infarction caused by coronary artery myocardial bridge

    Page :473-477

    Tali T. Bashour, Ernesto Espinosa, Joseph Blumenthal, Tony Wong, Dean T. Mason, From The Western Heart Institute, St. Mary's Medical Center at Golden Gate Park, and San Francisco Heart Institute, Seton Medical Center.

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Brain natriuretic peptide concentrations in patients with aortic stenosis

    Page :477-479

    Neeraj Prasad^a, Alan B. Bridges^b, Chim C. Lang^b, Peter B.M. Clarkson^a, Catherine MacLeod^a, Terence H. Pringle^b, Alan D. Struthers^b, Thomas M. MacDonald^b

     
• • ·Role of mitral regurgitation in preventing mitral orifice occlusion in a patient with a free-floating left atrial thrombus and mitral stenosis

    Page :479-481

    Rasvan M. Carp, Gerald I. Cohen, From the Department of Cardiology, Sinai Hospital.

    Plan Plan  
• • ·Left ventricular narrow-neck large diverticulum caused by ischemic heart disease

    Page :481-483

    Tali T. Bashour, Ernesto Espinosa, Ruth Hoddinott, Norma Waxman, Dean T. Mason, From The Western Heart Institute, St. Mary's Medical Center at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, and The San Francisco Heart Institute at Seton Medical Center, Daly City.

    Plan Plan  
• • ·Assessment of regional sympathetic nerve activity in vasospastic angina: Analysis of iodine 123–labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy

    Page :484-489

    Kazuyuki Sakata, Fumiharu Miura, Hiroshi Sugino, Tomohiro Saegusa, Manabu Shirotani, Hiroshi Yoshida, Tsuneo Hoshino, Chinori Kurata

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan  
• • ·Adaptation to myocardial ischemia during coronary angioplasty demonstrated by clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, and metabolic parameters

    Page :490-496

    Hélène Eltchaninoff, Alain Cribier, Christophe Tron, Geneviève Derumeaux, René Koning, Bernadette Hecketsweiller, Brice Letac, From Hôpital Charles Nicolle, University of Rouen (Vacomed Research Group).

    Résumé Résumé Plan Plan