Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007 Volume 59,                                         
From the Editor’s Desk

Interventional Cardiology in a “Flat World”
DR SUMAN BHANDARI
MD, DM, FCSI, FACC, FESC, FSCAI, FIMSA
Director Interventional Cardiology (Research)
Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre
Okhla Road, New Delhi, India

Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement A, 2007; B1-B3

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Interventional Cardiology: The Past, Present, and the Future
David R. Holmes, Jr1* and Barry F. Uretsky2
1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
2Sparks Health System, Fort Smith, AR, USA

Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B4-B8
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Diverse DES Usage: Indian Perspective and Data

Vineet Bhatia1,2 and Upendra Kaul1,2*
1Department of Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Noida, New Delhi, India
2Department of Cardiology, Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, Sector B, Pocket 1,
Aruna Asif Ali Marg, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India

Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007: B9-B15
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in China:
Registries and Trials

Runlin Gao*
Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement B,  2007: B16-B19

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Interventional Practice in Australia and New Zealand:
Current Trends


Manjeet S. Juneja1 and Darren L. Walters1,2*
1Department of Cardiology, The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, QLD 4032, Australia
2Interventional Working Group, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia

Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B20-B24
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Computed Tomography Scan for Cardiac Interventions
Kui-Hian Sim1*, Tiong-Kiam Ong1, Sze-Piaw Chin2, and Martin Wong3
1Department of Cardiology, Sarawak General Hospital, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce, Kuching
93596, Sarawak, Malaysia
2Division of Medicine, International Medical University, Malaysia
3Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia
Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B25-B32
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Intravascular Ultrasonography: Using Imaging Endpoints
in Coronary Atherosclerosis Trials

Paul Schoenhagen*
Cardiovascular Imaging, Division of Radiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,
The Cleveland Clinic, USA
Indian Heart Journal  Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B33-B40
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Pathology of Drug-Eluting Stents:
Implications for Coronary Intervention

Aloke V. Finn1, Gaku Nakazawa2, and Renu Virmani2*
1Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
2CVPath Institute, Inc., 19 Firstfield, Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B41-B49
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Taxus vs. Cypher: Making Sense of the ‘Evidence-Based’ Data
Suman Bhandari*, Aseem Dhall, and Vivek Tandon, Subramanyam. K.
Department of Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B50-B58
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Newer Stents: Looking at the Horizon
Steve Ramcharitar and Patrick W. Serruys*
Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Ba 583, Erasmus Medical Center,
Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B59-B71
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Diabetic Multivessel Disease: Stenting vs. Coronary Artery
Bypass Grafting

Sameer Bansilal, Michael Farkouh, Samin Sharma, and Valentin Fuster*
The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place,
PO Box 1030, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B72-B82
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Revascularizing Diabetics: The CARDia Trial
Roger Hall*
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Visiting Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Imperial College School of Medicine,
Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B83-B85
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Revascularizing Diabetics: The CARDia Trial
Roger Hall*
School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Visiting Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Imperial College School of Medicine,
Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B83-B85
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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial
Infarction: Current Strategy in the Lab

Sai Prashanth Haranath1 and Cindy Grines2*
1Merit Care Clinic and Hospital, USA
2William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W. Thirteen Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B86-B98
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Bifurcation Stenting with Drug-Eluting Stents
Azeem Latib, John Cosgrave, and Antonio Colombo*
Invasive Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute and EMO Centro Cuore Columbus, 48 Via M.
Buonarroti, 20145 Milan, Italy
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B99-B104
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Is Stenting a Preferred Option for Unprotected Left Main
Coronary Artery Disease in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era?

Seung-Jung Park*
Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul
National University Hospital, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B105-B112
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Late Stent Thrombosis with Drug-Eluting Stents:
The Price to Pay to Prevent Restenosis?

Dharam J. Kumbhani1, Anthony A. Bavry2, and Deepak L. Bhatt*2
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk F25, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland,
OH 44195, USA
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B113-B117
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Percutaneous Aortic Valves: Emerging
Alain Cribier1*, Helene Eltchaninoff1, Neeraj Jolly2, and Lowell Gerber3
1Department of Cardiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
2Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, USA
3 Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B118-B132
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Stem-Cell Therapy for Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
Vidyadhar Lad, Vivek Rao*, Mitesh Badiwala, and Jessica Jackman
Heart Transplant Program, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of
Toronto, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 2C4
Indian Heart Journal Vol 59 Supplement B, 2007; B133-B142
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