Vol 8, No 2 (April 17, 2018): Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy

Original Article

Drug-eluting balloons with provisional bail-out or adjunctive stenting in de novo coronary artery lesions—a systematic review and meta-analysis
Smit Patel, Tatiana Svermova, Anne Burke-Gaffney, Richard G. Bogle
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:121-136
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In-hospital outcomes after switching from a bivalirudin- first strategy to an unfractionated heparin-first strategy for percutaneous coronary interventions
Rahul V. Jaswaney, Melissa C. Caughey, Christopher End, Patricia Sudar, Michael Yeung, Prashant Kaul, Joseph S. Rossi, George A. Stouffer, John P. Vavalle
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:137-145
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Impact of a hospital-based educational intervention on dietary salt-related knowledge and behaviour in a cardiac care unit population in Lebanon
Jason L. Walsh, Hussam Aridi, Jihan Fathallah, Laila Al-Shaar, Samir Alam, Lara Nasreddine, Hussain Isma’eel
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:146-155
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Simplifying the assessment of coronary artery stenosis by enhancing instantaneous wave free ratio
Vincent Spagnoli, Fabien Picard, Victor-Xavier Tadros, Daniel Cournoyer, Serge Doucet, Jean François Tanguay, Gilbert Gosselin, Pierre de Guise, Richard Gallo
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:156-163
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Value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of mortality in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement
Mirette Habib, Mohammad Thawabi, Amer Hawatmeh, Habib Habib, Walid ElKhalili, Fayez Shamoon, Medhat Zaher
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:164-172
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Case Report

Renovascular hypertension: endovascular therapy in complicated aortic Stanford type B dissection
Janosch Cupa, Hans-Jörg Hippe, Philipp Schäfer, Norbert Frey, Christoph Langer
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:173-175
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Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in young and middle-aged athletes (PAFIYAMA) syndrome in the real world: a paradigmatic case report
Gianfranco Cervellin, Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Ida Filice, Giuseppe Lippi
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:176-179
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Kounis syndrome induced by amoxicillin following vasospastic coronary event in a 22-year-old patient: a case report
Snehasis Pradhan, Martin Christ, Hans-Joachim Trappe
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:180-185
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Very late bare metal stent thrombosis in the setting of discontinuation of optimal medical therapy for 2 years
Kota Murai, Kenji Sakata, Tomohito Mabuchi, Masato Yamaguchi, Masayuki Mori, Kenshi Hayashi, Masa-Aki Kawashiri
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:186-189
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Procedural challenge of coronary catheterization for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patient who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement using the CoreValveTM
Yukio Aikawa, Yu Kataoka, Tomoaki Kanaya, Makoto Amaki, Yoshio Tahara, Yasuhide Asaumi, Hideaki Kanzaki, Teruo Noguchi, Tomoyuki Fujita, Junjiro Kobayashi, Satoshi Yasuda
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:190-195
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Arts and Medicine1

Imagination and concept intertwined
Valeriya N-Georg
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy  
2018;
8
(2)
:196-198
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Disclosure:

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