Vol 6, No 2 (April 01, 2016): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Efficacy and safety of vorapaxar for the prevention of adverse cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis
Guangyi Tan, Jian Chen, Mao Liu, James Yeh, Wenyi Tang, Jianting Ke, Wei Wu
PDF Pages: 101-108 Full Text (4908) Open Access Get Permission
Association of body mass index with all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes: a systemic review and meta-analysis
Hsiao-Wen Chang, Yi-Hwei Li, Chang-Hsun Hsieh, Pang-Yen Liu, Gen-Min Lin
PDF Pages: 109-119 Full Text (6740) Open Access Get Permission
Association between rs1761667 polymorphism of CD36 gene and risk of coronary atherosclerosis in Egyptian population
Ahmed Boghdady, Usama Ahmed Arafa, Eman A. Sabet, Eman Salama, Ahmed El Sharawy, Mahmoud I. Elbadry
PDF Pages: 120-130 Full Text (5573) Open Access Get Permission
Relationship of dental diseases with coronary artery diseases and diabetes in Bangladesh
Arup Ratan Choudhury, Kamrun Nahar Choudhury, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam
PDF Pages: 131-137 Full Text (4545) Open Access Get Permission
Assessment of the effect of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery on right ventricle function using strain and strain rate imaging
Mohammad Khani, Mahsa Hosseintash, Mahnoosh Foroughi, Mohammadreza Naderian, Isa Khaheshi
PDF Pages: 138-143 Full Text (4001) Open Access Get Permission

Review Article

Peri-procedural imaging for transcatheter mitral valve replacement
Navin Natarajan, Parag Patel, Thomas Bartel, Samir Kapadia, Jose Navia, William Stewart, E. Murat Tuzcu, Paul Schoenhagen
PDF Pages: 144-159 Full Text (10889) Open Access Get Permission
Mortality after percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: a contemporary review
Friso A. Kortlandt, Thomas de Beenhouwer, Martin J. Swaans, Marco C. Post, Jan A. S. van der Heyden, Frank D. Eefting, Benno J. W. M. Rensing
PDF Pages: 160-165 Full Text (4124) Open Access Get Permission

Case Report

A case of ascending aortic dissection mimicking acute myocardial infarction and complicated with pericardial tamponade
Amer Hawatmeh, Ahmad Abu Arqoub, Ahmad Isbitan, Fayez Shamoon
PDF Pages: 166-171 Full Text (8361) Open Access Get Permission
Real-time transesophageal echocardiography facilitates antegrade balloon aortic valvuloplasty
Yoshihisa Shimada, Kazato Ito, Kentaro Yano, Chiharu Tanaka, Tomohiro Nakashoji, Daisuke Tonomura, Kosuke Takehara, Naoto Kino, Masataka Yoshida, Toshiya Kurotobi, Takao Tsuchida, Hitoshi Fukumoto
PDF Pages: 172-179 Full Text (Video) (4105) Open Access Get Permission
A heart team and multi-modality imaging approach to percutaneous closure of a post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect
Sunil Iyer, Thurston Bauer, Michael Yeung, Cassandra Ramm, Andy C. Kiser, Thomas G. Caranasos, John P. Vavalle
PDF Pages: 180-184 Full Text (Video) (3972) Open Access Get Permission

Imaging in Cardiology

Recanalized chronic coronary thrombus: unraveling a hazy coronary lesion by intravascular ultrasound
Grigoris V. Karamasis, Shayna Chotai, Azhar A. Khokhar, Paul A. Kelly
PDF Pages: 185-187 Full Text (Video) (4417) Open Access Get Permission

Meet the Professor1

Prof. David S. Bach: heart valve disease
Silvia L. Zhou
PDF Pages: 188-190 Full Text (2872) Open Access Get Permission

Arts and Medicine2

Art under the microscope
Shimin Zhang, Yahong Bai
PDF Pages: 191-192 Full Text (2996) Open Access Get Permission

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.