Vol 5, No 6 (December 01, 2015) - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Clinical performance of a novel ultrathin strut, low-dose, sirolimus-eluting stent with abluminal-only biodegradable polymeric coating for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the daily practice

Guy F. A. Prado Jr, Expedito E. Ribeiro, Pedro H. M. C. Melo, Fabio A. Pinton, Antonio Esteves-Filho, Celso K. Takimura, Jose Mariani Jr, Luiz J. Kajita, Gilberto Marchiori, Breno de Alencar Araripe Falcao, Micheli Z. Galon, Paulo R. Soares, Silvio Zalc, Pedro A. Lemos

PDF Pages: 414-419 Full Text (4141) Open Access

Patterns of cardiovascular disease in a group of HIV-infected adults in Yaoundé, Cameroon

Alain Patrick Menanga, Christelle Kougang Ngomseu, Ahmadou M. Jingi, Brigitte BrigitteMoluMfangam Mfangam, Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Marie Ntep Gweth, Kathleen Ngu Blackett, Samuel Kingue

PDF Pages: 420-427 Full Text (5082) Open Access

A new look at acquired heart diseases in a contemporary sub-Saharan African pediatric population: the case of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Clovis Nkoke, Alain Menanga, Jerome Boombhi, David Chelo, Samuel Kingue

PDF Pages: 428-434 Full Text (4520) Open Access

Correlation of coronary plaque characteristics and obstructive stenosis with chronic kidney disease by coronary CT angiography

Chengming Wang, Guanxun Cheng, Yibo Duanmu, Yi Zhu, Lu Xu

PDF Pages: 435-443 Full Text (4219) Open Access

Cardiac anomalies in a group of HIV-infected children in a pediatric hospital: an echocardiographic study in Yaounde, Cameroon

David Chelo, Edvine Wawo, Valentin Siaha, Aurelien Anakeu, Francis Ateba Ndongo, Paul Olivier Koki Ndombo, Samuel Kingue

PDF Pages: 444-453 Full Text (4259) Open Access

Review Article

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound after endovascular aortic repair—current status and future perspectives

Sasan Partovi, Mathias Kaspar, Markus Aschwanden, Charles Lopresti, Shivanshu Madan, Heiko Uthoff, Stephan Imfeld, Daniel Staub

PDF Pages: 454-463 Full Text (7235) Open Access

Mini-Review

Overview of left ventricular outpouchings on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Arun Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar

PDF Pages: 464-470 Full Text (9712) Open Access

Perspective

DPP-4 inhibitors, heart failure and type 2 diabetes: all eyes on safety

Francesco Paneni

PDF Pages: 471-478 Full Text (6353) Chinese (4326) Open Access

Case Report

Abrupt progression of ventricular septal perforation after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Takuya Nakahashi, Kenji Sakata, Toyonobu Tsuda, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Miho Ohira, Mika Mori, Mutsuko Takata, Masa-aki Kawashiri, Hirofumi Takemura, Masakazu Yamagishi, Kenshi Hayashi

PDF Pages: 479-483 Full Text (Video) (3689) Open Access