Vol. 3, No. 2, Apr 2012

Table of Contents

Review

Basic Concepts in Metastatic Cardiac Disease Abstract HTML PDF
Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios, Danai D. Daliani, Christos N. Papandreou 47-48
Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage in Atrial Fibrillation, Second Thoughts? Abstract HTML PDF
Philipp Wagdi, Frank Salzer 49-53

Original Article

Treating Refractory Cardiogenic Shock With the TandemHeart and Impella Devices: A Single Center Experience Abstract HTML PDF
Bryan G. Schwartz, Daniel J. Ludeman, Guy S. Mayeda, Robert A. Kloner, Christina Economides, Steven Burstein 54-66
Clopidogrel Therapy Discontinuation Following Drug Eluting Stent Implantation in Real World Practice in Israel Abstract HTML PDF
Miry Blich, Tawfiq Zeidan Shwiri, Sirouch Petcherski, Azriel B Osherov, Haim Hammerman 67-72
Quality Assessment in Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography: What are the Clinical Predictors Associated With a Non-Diagnostic Test? Abstract HTML PDF
Katie M. Hawthorne, Amer M. Johri, Rajeev Malhotra, Judy Hung, Aaron Baggish, Michael H. Picard 73-79
The Effects of Lowering Uric Acid Levels Using Allopurinol on Components of Metabolic Syndrome Abstract HTML PDF
Esther J. Heimbach, Rodney G. Bowden, Jackson O. Griggs, A. Alexander Beaujean, Eva I. Doyle, Robert D. Doyle 80-86
Smoking was a Possible Negative Predictor of Incident Hypertension After a Five-Year Follow-up Among a General Japanese Population Abstract HTML PDF
Masanori Kaneko, Eiji Oda, Hiromi Kayamori, Satomi Nagao, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takahiro Abe, Masahiro Ishizawa, Yasuyuki Uemura, Yoshifusa Aizawa 87-93

Case Report

A Type A Aortic Dissection Mimicking an Acute Myocardial Infarction Abstract HTML PDF
Antonio D'aloia, Enrico Vizzardi, Silvia Bugatti, Marco Magatelli, Ivano Bonadei, Riccardo Rovetta, Filippo Quinzani, Antonio Curnis, Livio Dei Cas 94-96