Vol 7, No 1 (February 01, 2017): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Editorial

Early transcatheter valve prosthesis degeneration and future ramifications
Sameer Arora, Cassandra J. Ramm, Jacob A. Misenheimer, John P. Vavalle
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Minimalist immediate mechanical intervention in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: is it time to redefine targets?
Philip Francis Dingli, Javier Escaned
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the SAPIEN 3 valve: preparing the field for the final expansion
Jean-Michel Paradis, Josep Rodés-Cabau
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Original Article

Infarct related artery only versus complete revascularization in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multi vessel disease: a meta-analysis
Satyanarayana R. Vaidya, Santhosh R. Devarapally, Sameer Arora
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Epidemiological and mortality trends in infective endocarditis, a 17-year population-based prospective study
Alberto Cresti, Mario Chiavarelli, Marco Scalese, Cesira Nencioni, Silvia Valentini, Francesco Guerrini, Incoronata D’Aiello, Andrea Picchi, Francesco De Sensi, Gilbert Habib
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Outcomes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with and without atrial fibrillation: a survival meta-analysis
Ahmad Masri, Mohamed Kanj, Maran Thamilarasan, Oussama Wazni, Nicholas G. Smedira, Harry M. Lever, Milind Y. Desai
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Effect of serial infusions of reconstituted high-density lipoprotein (CER-001) on coronary atherosclerosis: rationale and design of the CARAT study
Jordan Andrews, Alex Janssan, Tracy Nguyen, Anthony D. Pisaniello, Daniel J. Scherer, John J. P. Kastelein, Bela Merkely, Steven E. Nissen, Kausik Ray, Gregory G. Schwartz, Stephen G. Worthley, Connie Keyserling, Jean-Louis Dasseux, Julie Butters, Jacinta Girardi, Rosemary Miller, Stephen J. Nicholls
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Stenotic flow reserve derived from quantitative coronary angiography has modest but incremental value in predicting functionally significant coronary stenosis as evaluated by fractional flow reserve
Elizabeth L. Potter, Colin Machado, Colin Machado, Om Narayan, Brian S. H. Ko, Peter J. Psaltis, Kiran Munnur, James D. Cameron, Ian T. Meredith, Dennis Thiam Leong Wong
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Review Article

Cardiovascular burden and percutaneous interventions in Russian Federation: systematic epidemiological update
Alexander N. Kharlamov
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Case Report

Post-traumatic ventricular septal defect: a rare indication for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant
María Alejandra Restrepo-Córdoba, Francisco José Hernández-Pérez, Manuel Francisco Gómez-Bueno, Juan Manuel Escudier-Villa, Evaristo Castedo, Javier Segovia, Luis Antonio Alonso-Pulpón
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Isolated rupture of bicuspid aortic valve following blunt chest trauma: a case report and systematic review of literature
Hemindermeet Singh, Sajid Ali, Faraz Khan Luni, Fayyaz Hashmi, Mohammed Taleb
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Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in a patient with a chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery: “beware of collateral damage”
Quentin de Hemptinne, Fabien Picard, Philippe L. L’Allier
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Opinion

The Cardio-PadTM project: progress and remaining challenges
Jean Jacques N. Noubiap, Joseph Kamtchum-Tatuene, Chris Nadège Nganou-Gnindjio, Ahmadou M. Jingi
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Commentary

Use of CT angiography among patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
Charles Eisenberg, Edward Hulten, Marcio Sommer Bittencourt, Ron Blankstein
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Meet the Professor1

Prof. Arie Pieter Kapptein: the European TAVR/TAVI experience
Silvia L. Zhou
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Arts and Medicine2

Mannequin moods
Nina Ventura
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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.