Vol 5, No 4 (August 12, 2015): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Evaluation of prolonged safety and efficacy of biodegradable polymer coated sirolimus-eluting coronary stent system: 1-year outcomes of the INDOLIMUS Registry

Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Velam Vanajakshamma, Akula Vidyasagar, Kummaraganti Paramatma Ranganayakulu, Mannuva Boochi Babu, Chakali Sivasankara, Shivani Kothari, Ashok Thakkar

PDF Pages: 249-253 Full Text (4561) Open Access

Preclinical evaluation of a novel abluminal surface coated sirolimus eluting stent with biodegradable polymer matrix

Prakash Sojitra, Manish Doshi, Marco Galloni, Christina Vignolini, Ashwin Vyas, Bhavesh Chevli, Imad Sheiban

PDF Pages: 254-263 Full Text (5067) Open Access

Four-year clinical follow-up of the first-in-man randomized comparison of a novel sirolimus eluting stent with abluminal biodegradable polymer and ultra-thin strut cobalt-chromium alloy: the INSPIRON-I trial

Marcos Danillo Peixoto Oliveira, Expedito E. Ribeiro, Carlos M. Campos, Henrique B. Ribeiro, Bruno L. R. Faillace, Augusto C. Lopes, Rodrigo B. Esper, George X. Meirelles, Marco A. Perin, Alexandre Abizaid, Pedro A. Lemos

PDF Pages: 264-270 Full Text (5807) Open Access

Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the clinical practice of general medicine in Italy

Giuliano Tocci, Andrea Ferrucci, Graziella Bruno, Elmo Mannarino, Giulio Nati, Bruno Trimarco, Massimo Volpe

PDF Pages: 271-279 Full Text (4765) Open Access

Review Article

Inflammation, plaque progression and vulnerability: evidence from intravascular ultrasound imaging

Yu Kataoka, Rishi Puri, Stephen J. Nicholls

PDF Pages: 280-289 Full Text (6285) Open Access

Cardiac MR imaging: current status and future direction

Maythem Saeed, Tu Anh Van, Roland Krug, Steven W. Hetts, Mark W. Wilson

PDF Pages: 290-310 Full Text (20561) Open Access

Brief Report

Institution-level collaboration in cardiovascular research in sub-Saharan Africa

Remare R. Ettarh

PDF Pages: 311-315 Full Text (3899) Open Access

Perspective

A novel management program for hypertension

Chun-Song Hu, Ya-Ling Han, Jun-Bo Ge, Qing-Hua Wu, Yan-Na Liu, Chang-Sheng Ma, Tengiz Tkebuchava, Da-Yi Hu

PDF Pages: 316-322 Full Text (5226) Open Access

Case Report

Stent mal-apposition with resorption of intramural hematoma with spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Mathieu Lempereur, Anthony Fung, Jacqueline Saw

PDF Pages: 323-329 Full Text (Video) (7127) Open Access

Evading the fate of Pheidippides: acute coronary thrombosis in a young marathon runner with minimal atherosclerosis but sickle cell trait

Scott W. Murray, Robert M. Cooper, Joseph D. Mills, Nicholas D. Palmer

PDF Pages: 330-334 Full Text (Video) (4328) Open Access

Meet the Professor¹

Prof. Yean Leng Lim: evolution of percutaneous coronary intervention over 40 years

Eunice X. Xu

PDF Pages: 335-337 Full Text (2885) Open Access

Arts and Medicine²

Green landscapes in China

Yao-Hua Wu

PDF Pages: 338-339 Full Text (3080) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Meet the Professor” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding.

2. The series “Arts and Medicine” was commissioned by the editorial office, Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy without any sponsorship or funding.