Sept  - October, 2001 Volume 53, No.5 ISSN 0019-4832
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ABSTRACTS
53rd Annual Conference
of
The Cardiological Society of India
December 6-9, 2001
Hyderabad

Coronary Heart Disease
Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  565-590, Article No. 1-74 
Coronary Interventions
Indian Heart Journal Sept-Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  590-605, Article No. 75-115 
Rheumatic and Valvular Heart Disease
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  605-614, Article No. 116-141
Congenital Heart Disease
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  614-629, Article No. 142-179 
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  629-634, Article No. 180-195 
Pacing and Arrhythmias
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  634-645, Article No. 196-225 
Echocardiography
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  645-649, Article No. 226-238
Miscellaneous
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  650-659, Article No. 239-265 
Award Papers
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  659-662, Article No. 266-271 
Author Index
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  663-668,

Coronary Heart Disease


Negative Stress TMT and Acute Coronary Syndromes:  3 - Year Analysis — A Need For Caution!

Y Vijayachandra Reddy, KN Reddy, S Kareem, IB Ray
Vijaya Heart Foundation, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 1 

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Serum Homocysteine Level as a Risk Factorfor Premature-Coronary-Artery Disease Amongst Indians
S Majumdar, S Kumar, S Banerjee, A Bandyopadhyay,S Mukherjee, TK Maitra
Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences and Kothari MedicalCentre, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 2

Read Text Morphological Characteristics of CalcificDeposits in Hemodynamically Significant Stenotic Coronary Arterial Atherosclerotic Lesions: An ECG-Gated Helical-CT Imaging Study
FDR Jangid, RR Kasliwal, N TrehanEscorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 3
 
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Endothelial Function Assessment by BrachialArtery Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Sharad Tandon, Kartikeya Bhargava, RR Kasliwal, N Trehan
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 4 

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Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization inPatients with Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease: Early Results and Mid-Term Follow-up
N Madhu Sankar, Vijit Cherian, Suresh K Murthy, S Rajan,S Mullasari Ajit, VM Kurien
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 5 

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Clinico-Angiographic Profile of Patients with
Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction with Additional ECG Changes in Posterior Leads
SN Routray, TK Mishra, UK Patnaik, CK Mishra,CR Nayak, B Das, M Behera
SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 6 

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Lipid Profile and Angiographic Pattern in Young Diabetics versus Nondiabetics: A Comparative Study
UK Patnaik, SN Routray, TK Mishra, CR Nayak, B Das, M Behera
SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 7 

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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: An Institutional Review
V Lakshmi, CV Umesan, N Radhakrishnan,Latchumana Dhas, S Mullasari Ajit, KM Cherian
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 8 

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Assessment of Carotid Intima–Media
Thickness as a Noninvasive Diagnostic Marker for Coronary Artery Disease
Hansa Gupta, Kartikeya Bhargava, Sharad Tandon, RR Kasliwal
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 9 

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Plasma Homocysteine as a Coronary RiskFactor in Young Hyperlipidemic Patients
A Puri, OK Gupta, RN Dwivedi, RPS Bharadwaj, S Singh,P Mishra, S Mittal
GSVM Medical College, Kanpur
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 10 

Read Text Clinical-and-Angiographic Profile of Patientswith Acute-Myocardial Infarction Less than 35 Years of Age: Emphasis on Newer Risk Factors
Jasbir Singh, Sunip Bannerjee, Mandeep Bhargava, HK Bali
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,Chandigarh
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 11

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Beneficial Role of Routine CoronaryAngiography After Thrombolysis in Patients with Acute-Myocardial Infarction

S Ghosh, D Roy, M Mondal, AK Kar
IPGMER and Burdwan MCH, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 12 

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Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Diseasein Patients with Symptomatic PeripheralVascular Disease Detected by Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography and Coronary Angiography
R Passey, A Mehta, R Parikh, S Aggarwal, A Gupta, R Mohan, S Sachdeva, S Dhawan, RR Mantri, JPS Sawhney, VK Chopra,MP Gupta, PK Khanna
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 13

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Gene Therapy with Indigenously ConstructedHuman VEGF Gene Leads to Therapeutic Angiogenesis and Improved Circulation
S Mishra, S Chopra, SS Chauhan, K Gauthaman, SK Maulik,S Sharma, P Chopra, R Ray, SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 14 

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Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Disease inPatients with Significant Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

A Mehta, R Passey, S Dhawan, S Sachdeva, R Mohan, RR Mantri, JPS Sawhney, VK Chopra, A Bana, GR Shivnani,OP Yadava, PK Khanna
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 15
 
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Metabolic Syndrome "X" and Coronary Artery Disease in Women
Karuna Subramanyam, Tripti Deb, Ravi Mehrotra,Rabin Chakraborty
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 16 

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Canadian Cardiovascular SocietyClassification of Angina: An AngiographicCorrelation
S Venkatesan, V Chockalingam, D Vaidiyanathan,P Thirumalai, T Subramanian, V Jaganathan, R Alagesan
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 17 

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hronic Renal Failure and Coronary Artery Disease
Jeeth Thomas, Latchumana Dhas, S Gomathi, Durga,S Rajan, KM Cherian
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No.18 le No. 18 

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Angiographic Correlates of C–ReactiveProtein in AtheroscleroticCoronary Artery Disease
V Chockalingam, PP Mohammed Musthafa, G Justin Paul,C Anand, D Vaidiyanathan
Madras Medical College, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 19
 
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Correlation of Troponin-T withAngiographic Profile in Unstable Angina
Aseem Dhall, VK Puri, RK Saran, VS Narain,SK Dwivedi, PC Pant
King George Medical College, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 20 

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Significance of Posterior Chest Leads in Acute
Myocardial Infarction

D Vaidiyanathan, D Prabhakar, S Murugan, C Anand
Madras Medical College, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 21 

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Utility of Aortic Arch and AbdominalAortogram in Patients Diagnosed to have
Coronary Artery Disease by Selective CoronaryAngiogram

Joji Mathews, P Ramachandran, Abraham Oomman,KP Pramod Kumar
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 22 

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A Study of Glucose–Insulin–PotassiumInfusion Therapy in Early Hours of Acute
Myocardial Infarction: Impact on In-Hospital Events

Rahul Goel, VK Puri, RK Saran, VS Narain, SK Dwivedi,G Minocha, VP Yadav
King George Medical College, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 23
 
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Correlation of C-Reactive Protein Valueswith Angiographic Severity in Patientswith Unstable Angina
Rajneesh Calton, Navjot Singh, KL Dhar,Harjit Kaur, TM Jaison
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 24 

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Lipoprotein (a) Levels and Apo-A IsoformSize as Risk Factors for Premature CoronaryArtery Disease in Native Indians and
Immigrants in USA

JK Gambhir, Harsimrut Kaur, KM Prabhu, DS Gambhir,RC Hoogeveen, JW Gaubatz, JD Morrisett
UCMS & GTB Hospital, Delhi, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi andBaylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 25
 
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Renal Artery Involvement in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
J Jose, SN Gupta, ST Chandy
Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 26 

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The Radial Arterial Approach to CoronaryAngiography in Indian Patients
Rajpal K Abhaichand, S Natarajan, PR Vydianathan,KA Sambasivam
G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 27 

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Lipoprotein (a), Lipid Tetrad Index and Coronary Artery Disease: A Correlative Study
Santanu Guha, S Chatterjee, Rachna Mazumder,SK Sadek Ali, Sharmila Guha, Nilay Chatterjee,Shyamali Biswas, GC Bhattacharya
Medical College, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 28 

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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients: Are Results the Same?
Saurabh Juneja, R Siddiqui, R Jain, Ajeet Bana, GR Shivnani
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 29 

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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Unstable Angina: Our Experience
A Sharda, Ajeet Bana, Rajeev Passey, OP Yadava, R Ghadiok
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 30 

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Survival Pattern in Patients with Multivessel
Coronary Artery Disease and Peripheral Vascular Disease Undergoing CoronaryRevascularization
PC Mondal, DP Sinha, B Majumder, D Mukherjee, NC Sarkar, M Panja
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 31 

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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Women:
A Retrospective Study of Presentation,Risk Factors and Angiographic Profile
Renuka Murali, Sheeja Sajith, S Mullasari Ajit,N Madhu Sankar, A Nancy, KM Cherian
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 32
 
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Coronary Endarterectomy with Bypass Grafting for Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease

S Rajan, N Madhu Sankar, VM Kurien, Vijit Cherian, Suresh K Murthy, KM Cherian
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 33 

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Ventricular Septal Rupture: Clinical andHemodynamic Profile, Surgical Results andLong-Term Outcome

S Harikrishnan, JA Tharakan, T Titus, VK Ajithkumar,S Sivasankaran, B Francis, KM Krishnamoorthy,R Padmakumar
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 34 

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Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

Md Wasif Azam, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, BK Dubey,PV Manohar Rao, S Vijay Kumar Reddy, Prasanna Kumar,D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 35 

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Do Diabetic Treatment Modality Makes
Differing Outcome in Coronary Artery Disease
N Prathapkumar, I Sheiban, C Morretti, R Grimaldi,A Decio, A Dharmadhikari, M Pistono, D Alborino,
GP TreviUniversity of Torino, Italy
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 36 

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Early Detection of Acute-Myocardial
Infarction: Myoglobin versus Creatine Kinase-MB
P Kylasam, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, BK Dubey,CV Ramana, B Srinivas, D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 37 

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Evaluation of Homocysteine and Folic Acid Levels in Acute-Myocardial Infarction : A Clinical Study
S Vijaya Kumar Reddy, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, BK Dubey, Manohar Rao, Md Wasif Azam, Prasanna Kumar, D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Science, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 38 

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Lipoprotein (a) in Acute-Myocardial Infarction: A Tertiary Care Center Experience
S Vijaya Kumar Reddy, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik,BK Dubey, Manohar Rao, Md Wasif Azam,Prasanna Kumar, D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 39 

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Clinical-and-Angiographic Characteristicsof Coronary Heart Disease in a Diabetic Population

CV Ramana, B Srinivas, PV Manohar Rao, O Sai Satish,AN Patnaik, BK Dubey, P Kylasam, A Ravi Kumar, Md WasifAzam,
Prasanna Kumar, VK Reddy, D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 40 

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Silent Myocardial Ischemia and Microproteinuria in AsymptomaticType 2 Diabetic Patients
D Vaidiyanathan, K Dhamodharan, S Venkatesan,D Prabhakar, T Subramanian, V Chockalingam 
Madras Medical College, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 41 

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Effect of Chronic Treatment with Vitamin E on Cardiac Endogenous Antioxidants and Ischemic Reperfusion Injury in Isolated Rat Heart

NA Nithyanandhan, K Gauthaman, SK Gupta, SK Maulik,SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 42 

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Significance of ST Segment Elevation in Posterior Chest Leads in Patients with Acute Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction
J Jose, MK Anilkumar, O George, ST ChandyChristian Medical College Hospital, Vellore
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 43 

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Experience with Acute-Myocardial Infarction Management in the Era of Reperfusion Therapy: A Prospective Study
Sushum Sharma, S Nasim, A Gupta, S Joshi, T Ghose,KK Gupta, U Kaul
Northern Railway Central Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 44 

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Prevalence of Ambulant Silent Ischemia in Asymptomatic and Minimally Symptomatic Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Tanuja De, KKH Siddiqui 
BM Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 45 

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Diabetic Dyslipidemia and Coronary Artery Disease
Vijay Achari, AK Thakur
Heart Hospital and Patna Medical College Hospital, Patna
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 46 

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Incidence of Raised Lipoprotein (a) Level inCases of Angina with Hyperhomocysteinemia and Normal Lipid Profile

BS Bal, Mandip Singh Bhangu, Namrata Chhabra,PS Sandhu, Mridula Mahajan, KS Batra
Government Medical College, Amritsar
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 47 

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Apolipoprotein AI-75 G/A Polymorphism as a Marker for Risk Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease
S Chabra, R Narang, LR Krishnan, LM Srivastava,SC Manchanda, N Das
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 48
 
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Free Radical and Vitamin E in Acute Myocardial Infarction
N Nand, N Budhiraja, GP Singh, M Sharma 
Pt BD Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak 
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 49 

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Incidence and Prognostic Significance of Acute-Myocardial Infarction Presenting with RBBB and Effect of Thrombolysis 
Y Varma, R Sharma, BS Yadav, R Gupta, G Singh,JL Wadhwani, R Shrivastava, RS Meena, BS Asthana 
Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 50 

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1-Year Outcome of Patients with LVDysfunction and Pre-Revascularization Demonstration of Viable Myocardium
T Rajesh, KK Haridas, Balakrishna V Pai, Prakash Kamath,KU Natarajan, Vijaya Kumar, Viveka Kumar, C Rajiv
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 51 

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First One Hundred and Fifty Cases of Coronary Angiograms in Nepal
B Rawat, A Vaidya, J Gurung, S Malla, HS Sodhi,P Agrawal, P Chandra, RR Kasliwal, N Trehan 
Norvic'Escorts Heart Care and Research Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 52 

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Coronary Angiography Using 4 Fr Catheters
VK Bahl, P Arora, A Chopra, S Mishra, S Sharma,SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 53 

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Role of Nitric Oxide in Patients withEstablished Coronary Artery Disease
Girish Dwivedi, Anil Grover, Rajesh Vijayvergiya,Yash Paul Sharma, Archana Bhatnagar, S Majumdar
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 54 

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Correlation of the Grade of Atherosclerosis of the Ascending Aorta and Extent ofCoronary Atherosclerotic Disease
Binu Ramesh, Asha Moorthy, M Jayarajah,TR Muralidharan, S Thanikachalam, JSN Murthy,KR Balakrishnan, Richard Saldanha
Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 55 

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Prognosis in Patients with Acute Non-Q Wave Myocardial Infarction Subjected to a Conservative Management Strategy as Compared to an Invasive Strategy
NC Sarkar, B Majumder, P Mondal, D Mukherjee, M Panja
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 56
 
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Role of Various Adhesion and Activation Molecules in Patients with Established Coronary Artery Disease
Girish Dwivedi, Anil Grover, Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Yash Paul Sharma, Archana Bhatnagar, S Majumdar
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,Chandigarh
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 57 

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A Study of Stressful Life Events,Psychological Distress and Self-Efficacy in Myocardial Infarction Patients, Stable Angina Population and Normal Controls
Sudhir Varma, Bela Jain, Ashish Garg, Harpreet Singh, HarbansS Wasir, Upendra Kaul
Amar Hospital, Patiala, and Batra Hospital and Medical ResearchCentre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 58 

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Clinico-Angiographic Profile in Patientswith Low HDL-Cholesterol and Proven Coronary Artery Disease in a Tertiary Center 

BB Bharti, Satyendra Tewari, S Kumar, Naveen Garg,A Kapoor, Nakul Sinha
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 59
 
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Lipoprotein (a) and Lipid Profile in Young Patients with Angiographically Proven Coronary Artery Disease 

TK Mishra, SN Routray, UK Patnaik, PK Padhi,C Satapathy, M Behera
SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 60 

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Incidence of Renal Artery Stenosis in Coronary Artery Disease 
V Janardhana, S Jaishankar, K Raghu, K Sharada, LSR Krishna, V Gouthami, M Jyotsna, NS Rama Raju, C Sridevi, Rajeev Garg,CV Ramana, A Ravi Kumar, G Mahesh, BH Srinivas
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 61
 
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A Correlation Between Angiographic and Intravascular Ultrasound Vessel Calibers
BL Agarwal, Naveen Garg, Satyendra Tewari,Nakul Sinha, PK Goel
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 62 

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Coronary Calcium Score: An Indian Perspective
Naresh Trehan, Sameer Shrivastava, Dhanraj Jangid,Vinayak Agarwal, Ravi Ratan Kasliwal, Atul Verma
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 63
 
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Off-Pump CABG in a Patient with Dextrocardia with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Ajay Agarwal, Prabhu C Halkati, SV Patted, MD Dixit
KLES Hospital and MRC, Belgaum
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 64 

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Transcatheter Management of Ventricular Septal Rupture After Myocardial Infarction with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder

KK Haridas, Viveka Kumar, R Krishnakumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 65 

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Role of Concommitant Use of i.v. Nitrate or i.v. Nicorandil in Adenosine Spect Study in Demonstrating Viable Myocardium
Joji Mathews, Mohammed Najeeb O, Ram Kumar, Shelly Simon
Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5) Article No. 66

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Stress Thallium versus Coronary Angiographyin Left Bundle Branch Block
S Dheer, M Nathani, LS Shahz
BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5) Article No. 67

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Coronary Artery Calcium as an Independent Noninvasive Marker in Differentiating Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: First Indian Experience by Helical Computed Tomography 

A Verma, DR Jangid, A Sen, N Raina, S Shrivastava,RR Kasliwal, N Trehan
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 68 

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Risk Factors Associated with Development
ofAtrial Fibrillation Early After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Sanjiv Sharma, Amit Chandra, James Thomas, LC Gupta,HK Agarwal, S Padmavati
National Heart Institute, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 69 

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Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Is It Safe?
ZS Meharwal, Y Mishra, V Kohli, M Sharma, A Choudhary, N Trehan
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 70 

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Combined Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Carotid Endarterectomy 
ZS Meharwal, A Mishra, M Sharma, A Choudhary, N Trehan
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 71 

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Off-Pump Complete Arterial Revascularization Using LIMA–RIMA "Y" Grafts
SS Bhattacharya, Satyavan Sharma 
Bombay Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 7

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Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft Flow During Supine Bicycle Exercise After Minithoracotomy CABG 
Sanjay Mittal, RR Kasliwal, Sameer Shrivastava, Yugal Mishra, Rajneesh Malhotra, Naresh Trehan
Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 73 

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Intravenous Nicorandil in Unstable Angina 
S Ray, A Sarkar, S Kumar, R Srivastava, M Bauri, S GhoshRuby 
General Hospital, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 74 

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Coronary Interventions

Coronary Angioplasty in Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery in the Elderly(>75 Years): Immediate and Mid-Term Clinical Outcome
I Sheiban, N Prathapkumar, A Decio, A Dharmadhikari,C Morretti, M Pistono, GP Trevi
University of Torino, Italy
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 75 . 75 

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Predictions and Prognostic Significanceof CPK-MB Elevation After PTCA 
Shuvo Dutta, Tanuja De, SS Dalmia 
BM Birla Heart Research Center, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 76
 
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Recanalization of Chronic Total Occlusion in the Coronary Artery Using "Crosswire"
DS Gambhir, Sandeep Singh, Saibal Mukhopadhyay,Girish M Nair, Sanjay Tyagi, R Arora
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 77 

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Evidence of Improved Left VentricularFunction Following PTCA of Infarct-Related Artery: Assessed by Radionuclide Ventriculography and Echocardiography 
A Ravi Kumar, S Jaishankar, Rajnish Anshu, K Raghu,K Sharada, LSR Krishna, C Sridevi, Rajeev Garg, CV Ramana, V Janardhana, BH Srinivas
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 78 

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Intracoronary Brachytherapy forIn-Stent Restenosis
SS Ramesh, R Keshava, Pramod V Kadambi, BS Ramesh 
Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Heart Centre, Bangalore
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 79 

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Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting of Bifurcation Stenosis
PK Goel, Naveen Garg, Satyendra Tewari, Nakul Sinha
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 80 

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Primary Angioplasty in a Government Hospital
Manoj Thomas, G Rajesh, Jean Padma, Subair,Mathew Iype, K Sivaprasad, K Sunitha, CG Bahuleyan
Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 81 

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Use of a Cutting Balloon in Complex Coronary Lesions: Our Experience
BK Dubey, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, Manohar Rao,S Vijay Kumar Reddy, Md Wasif Azam, Prasanna Kumar,CV Ramana, B Srinivas, P Kylasam, D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No.82 82 

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Abciximab in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Our Experience
S Vijaya Kumar Reddy, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik,BK Dubey, Manohar Rao, Md Wasif Azam,Prasanna Kumar, D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 83
 
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Suture-Mediated Percutaneous Closureof the Femoral Artery Access Site in Fully Anticoagulated Patients Following Coronary Interventions
PS Parekh, JY Desai, AG Desai, BP Shivdasani,SR Handa, 
AB MehtaJaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 84 

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Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty: Single-Center Experience
LS Shah, S Dheer, M Nathani 
BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 85
 
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Experience with Small-Molecule Gp IIb/IIIaInhibitor Eptifibatide During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
 
HS Isser, U Kaul, B Singh, R Sapra, R Kachru, T Ghose,D Sudan, A Ganguly, NS Dixit
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 86 

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Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty for Ostial and Bifurcation Lesions in Small Vessels
HS Isser, B Singh, U Kaul, R Sapra, D Sudan, T Ghose, NS Dixit
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 87 

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Clinical-and-Angiographic Outcome afterCutting-Balloon Angioplasty of Native Lesions
AK Kar, D Roy, I Dutta, A Mazumdar, M Mondal, S Ghosh
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 88 

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Direct-Coronary-Stenting versus Stenting with Predilatation: Procedural and Long-Term Results
Prakash Chandra Mondal, M Panja, B Majumder, DP Sinha,
NC Sarkar, D Mukherjee
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 89 

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Is C-Reactive Protein Important in Prognostication of Patients Undergoing Elective PCI in a Tropical Country?
AK Kar, D Roy, P Sinha, A Mazumdar, S Ghosh
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 90 

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Predictors of Outcome in LMCA Angioplasty
AG Desai, JY Desai, PS Parekh, BP Shivdasani, SR Handa, AB Mehta
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 91 

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Pre-Procedural CRP Level Predicts 6-Month Major Adverse Cardiac Event After PCI
SS Chatterjee, Debjit Chatterjee
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 92 

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Angioplasty and Stenting of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Ostial Stenosis: Initial Experience
Puroshottam Mittal, G Sudarsana, KA Abraham
Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 933 

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Immediate Results of Angioplasty in Anomalous Coronary Arteries
PV Manohar Rao, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, BK Dubey,CV Ramana, Md Wasif Azam, Prasanna Kumar,D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 94
 
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Elective Stenting of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis: Follow-Up Results
DS Gambhir, Sandeep Singh, Uma Mahesh CR,Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Girish M Nair, V Trehan, R Arora
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 95 

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Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Graft Stent Deployment for Treating Coronary Artery Aneurysm and Perforation Occurring after Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty
Mohan Bhargava, Rahul Malhotra, SKS Ahmed,SP Sarkar, Vikas Chopra
Malhotra Heart Institute, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 96 

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Primary Angioplasty in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute-Myocardial Infarction
PT Upasani, P Lal, R Rathi, SM Sachdeva, S Kanwar
Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute, Noida
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 97 

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Short-Term Comparison of Abciximab andEptifibatide in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Following AMI
R Jain, KK Sethi, S Lahiri, R Passey, A Mehta, MP Gupta,VK Chopra, JPS Sawhney, RR Mantri, S Dhawan, PK Khanna
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 98 

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In-Hospital and Follow-Up Results ofRotablation for Long In-Stent Restenosis in Native Coronary Arteries
DS Gambhir, Uma Mahesh CR, Sandeep Singh,Girish M Nair, R Arora
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 99 

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Utility of Shinobi Guidewire DuringCoronary Stenting of the Occlusive Lesionin Acute-Myocardial Infarction 
NK Panigrahi, DK Baruah, AN Srinivas
Apollo Hospitals, Vishakhapatnam
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 100 

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Direct Stenting in Acute-Myocardial Infarction
HS Isser, R Kachru, T Ghose, A Ganguly, R Sapra,B Singh, U Kaul
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 101 

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Efficacy of PTFE-Covered Stent Implantationin Emergency Treatment of Coronary Ruptures During Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
N Prathapkumar, I Sheiban, R Grimaldi, A Decio, C Morreti,A Dharmadhikari, 
GP TreviUniversity of Torino, Italy
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 102 

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Coronary Stenting for Ostial Stenosis
LS Shah, S Dheer, M Nathani 
BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 103 

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Small-Vessel Stenting: Encouraging Results 
LS Shah, S Dheer, M Nathani
BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 104 

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Impact of Eptifibatide Usage on TIMI Flow During Primary Coronary Stenting in AMI 
T Ghose, U Kaul, B Singh, D Sudan, R Sapra,HS Isser, NS Dixit 
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 105 

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Cutting-Balloon Angioplasty: An AlternativeMethod of Treatment for Ostial and Bifurcation Coronary Artery Lesions 
PT Upasani, P Lal, R Rathi, SM Sachdeva, S Kanwar
Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute, Noida
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 106 

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CTFC Shift: A New Technique to AssessMicrovascular Perfusion During Primary Stenting: With and Without Abciximab
MS Sandhu, M Bhargava, HK Bali
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 107
 
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Side-Branch Occlusion After Coronary Artery Stenting
KR Santhosh, JK Aithal, R Purshotham, S Shetty,PY Nyayadhish, A Gupta, PG Kerkar
KEM Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 108 

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Angiographic Patterns and Predictors of In-Stent Restenosis
Prashant Nair, Archana Mundada, Brajesh Badhan,Pravin Kahale, Ajay Chaurasia, SL Soneji 
TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 109 

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Multivessel Intracoronary Stenting 
Ajay Chaurasia, Prashant Nair, Archana Mundada,Brajesh Badhan, Pravin Kahale, SL Soneji 
TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 110
 
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Coronary Stenting in Chronic Total Occlusion 
Ajay Chaurasia, Prashant Nair, Archana Mundada,Brajesh Badhan, Pravin Kahale, SL Soneji 
TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 111
 
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In-Hospital and Follow-Up Results ofManually-Crimped Indigenous Millennium Coronary Stent 
DS Gambhir, R Sudha, Sandeep Singh, R Arora
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 112 

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Long-Term (1-Year) Results After Multivessel Stenting in Diabetic Patients 
SS Chatterjee, Debjit Chatterjee, B Halder 
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 113 

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Is Stent Oversizing the Best Strategy to Treat Small-Vessel Disease?
S Lhila
Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences,Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 114 

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Initial Experience with "The Closer": A Percutaneous Closure System 
T Ghose, U Kaul, B Singh, R Sapra, HS Isser, HS Wasir
Batra Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 1115
 
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Rheumatic and Valvular Heart Disease

Eight-Year Rheumatic ProphylaxisFollow-Up of 2762 Cases of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Northern India
Satpal Singh, Adarsh Kumar, Pushpa Devi
Government Medical College, Amritsar
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 116 

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Sree Chitra Prosthetic Valve: Initial Results 
Anand Gnanaraj, Meena Nandakumar,A Nancy Sugirtham, VM Kurien, S Rajan,S Mullasari Ajit, KM Cherian 
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 117
 
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Comparative Study of Ross Procedure versusAortic Valve Replacement: Immediate Follow-Up Results
BV Manjunath, S Mullasari Ajit, S Rajan, P Shivkumar,KM Cherian
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 118 

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Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing CABG: Better Left Alone
Sumit Yadav, Ajeet Bana, GR Shivnani, R Ghadiok, OP Yadava
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 119 

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Review of Pre- and Post-PTMCEchocardiograms of Patients with Post-PTMC Significant MR 
C Rajiv, Viveka Kumar, Prakash Kamath, NK Mahesh,Balakrishna V Pai, KU Natarajan, Vijaya Kumar, KK Haridas
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 120
 
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Serial Changes in Left Atrial AppendageFunction in Patients with Severe Mitral Stenosis After Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty 
KC Goswami, R Yadav, S Anandaraja, VK Bahl,KK Talwar, SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 121 

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Mitral Valve Resistance: Clinical andHemodynamic Implications in Isolated Mitral Stenosis
G Palanisamy, K Meenakshi, R Bharathiselvan,MA Rajasekaran, V Chockalingam, D Vaidiyanathan
Madras Medical College, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 122 

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Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Clot inPatients with Severe Mitral Stenosis: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study
KC Goswami, R Yadav, M Bhaskararao, N Naik,S Anandaraja, VK Bahl, KK Talwar, SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 123 

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Calculation of Mitral Valve Resistance byTransthoracic Echocardiography for Assessing the Severity of Mitral Stenosis
PV Manohar Rao, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, BK Dubey,CV Ramana, Md Wasif Azam, Prasanna Kumar,D Seshagiri Rao
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 124 

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Effect of Mitral Regurgitation in Patientswith Severe Mitral Stenosis on Left Atrial and Left Atrial Appendage Clot Formation: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study 
KC Goswami, S Anandaraja, R Yadav, VK Bahl,KK Talwar, SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 125 

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Experience with the Ross Procedure: Early Results
S Rajan, N Madhu Sankar, Vijit Cherian, VM Kurien, KM Cherian
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 1266 

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Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients with Artificial Valve Prosthesis in Mitral and Aortic Positions 
NM Sudhir, NB Venkatraman, Asha Moorthy, M Jayarajah, Susan, TR Muralidharan, JSN Murthy, S Thanikachalam, KR Balakrishnan, Richard Saldanha 
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 127 

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Double Valve Replacement in Young Patients <20 Years of Age): Immediate Results
R Hemalatha, BV Manjunath, S Mullasari Ajit, S Rajan, KM Cherian
Madras Medical Mission, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 128
 
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Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis
S Selvamani, Rohit Mody, Ravi Puranik, Bharathi Kumar, S Mullasari Ajit, KM Cherian 
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 129
 
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Follow-Up of Patients with Severe Aortic Regurgitation Considered Not to Require Surgery
KM Krishnamoorthy, R Padmakumar, PK Dash, RS Keshavaprasad
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences,Puttaparthi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 130 

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Predictors of Restenosis and Long-Term Changes in the Mitral Valve Area after Balloon Mitral Valvotomy with Inoue Balloon: A Long-Term (72–90 months) Clinical and Echocardiographic Study 
Kewal C Goswami, Nitish Naik, Vinay K Bahl, Kewal K Talwar, Subhash C Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 131 

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Factors Affecting Left Atrial Appendage Function After Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in Patients with Severe Mitral Stenosis 
KC Goswami, R Yadav, N Naik, VK Bahl, KK Talwar, SC Manchanda
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 132 

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Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy in Mitral Valve Restenosis 
S Dheer, LS Shah, M Nathani
BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No.133 133
 
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Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
R Arora, V Trehan, Girish M Nair, Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Ashish Kumar, Jamal Yusuf, Uma Mahesh CR, M Nigam
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 134 

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Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy in Pregnancy 
OP Mathew, JS Dugal, V Jetley, SK Datta, SK Malani, JS Sabharwal 
Military Hospital, Pune
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 135 

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150 Cases of Metallic Mitral Valvotomy
Ajay Agarwal, Prabhu C Halkati, SV Patted, MD Dixit
KLES Hospital and MRC, Belgaum
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 136 

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PTMC with a Metallic Commissurotome: Intermediate-Term Follow-Up
H Joshi, JS Prajapati, S Jain, S Thanvi, SI Dani
UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Rearch Centre, Ahmedabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 137 

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Outcome of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in Treating Mitral Restenosis After Surgical Commissurotomy as Compared to Balloon Valvuloplasty
AK Kar, M Mondal, D Roy , S Ghosh, I Dutta, A Mazumdar
Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 138 

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Time Taken for Trans-septal Left Atrial Entry During Repeat Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty 
KM Krishnamoorthy, S Harikrishnan, PK Dash, R Iyer
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 139 

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Transesophageal Echocardiography is not Required in all Patients Prior to Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty 
KM Krishnamoorthy, JA Tharakan, S Sivasankaran,B Francis, S Harikrishnan
Sree Chithra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 140 

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Effect of Pulmonary Artery Hypertension on Right Ventricular TEI Index Before and After Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty 
KM Krishnamoorthy, VK Ajithkumar, JA Tharakan, T Titus, S Sivasankaran
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 141
 
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Congenital Heart Disease

Nonsurgical Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect
Ramesh Arora, GS Kalra, Vijay Trehan, Ashish Kumar, Samanjoy Mukherjee, Girish M Nair, Madhuri Nigam 
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 142 

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Supravalvar-Aortic-Stenosis: Clinical, Hemodynamic Profile and Surgical Outcome 
S Harikrishnan, Krishnakumar Nair, JA Tharakan, T Titus, VK Ajithkumar, S Sivasankaran, B Francis KM Krishnamoorthy, R Padmakumar 
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 143 

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Utility of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography During Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease 
Anita Sengar, Farida Farzana, S Shah, Gopal, Krishnaiah, S Kulkarni 
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chennai 
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 144 

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Short-Term and Long-Term Outcome of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure with Gianturco Coils and Amplatzer Occluder 
Rohit Mody, Renuka, S Selvamani, A Sengar, S Kulkarni,S Mullasari Ajit, KM CherianInstitute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 145 

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Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva: A Follow-Up Study 
CV Ramana, B Srinivas, PV Manohar Rao, O Sai Satish, AN Patnaik, BK Dubey, P Kylasam, A Ravi Kumar, Md Wasif Azam, Prasanna Kumar, DSeshagiri RaoNizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 146
 
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Emergency Transcatheter Recanalization of Acutely Thrombosed Modified Blalock– Taussig Shunts 
K Sivakumar, M Ravichandra, SR Anil, KU Natarajan, P Kamath, RK Kumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 1477 

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Assessment of Pulmonay Artery Size and Anatomy by Echocardiography, Angiographyand Peroperative Correlation 
AN Patnaik, O Sai Satish, BK Dubey, Manohar Rao, S Vijaya Kumar Reddy, Md Wasif Azam, Prasanna Kumar,D Seshagiri Rao 
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 148 

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Long-Term-Outcome-of-Patients with Patent Ductus Arteriosus Following Surgery in Neonates, Infants and Children 
PS Sreemathy, D Vaidiyanathan, D Prabhakar, Merlyn Joseph, Muthuswamy, B Ramamurthy, Janakiraman, Vijayan, R Bharathiselvan 
Institute of Child Health and Madras Medical College, Chennai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 149
 
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Infective-Endocarditis in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Clinical Profile and Outcome 
N Garg, Naveen Garg, B Kandpal, Satyendra Tewari, A Kapoor, N Sinha 
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 150 

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Functional Outcome and Follow-Up Assessment After Atrial Switch Procedures for d-TGA: Utility of Echocardiographic Indices of Right Ventricular Function 
MD Syamkumar, KM Krishnamoorthy, R Sankar Kumar, JA Tharakan, T Titus, VK Ajithkumar, S Sivasankaran, B Francis, S Harikrishnan, R Padmakumar
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 151 

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Transcatheter-Closure-of Atrial Septal Defect Using Various Occlusion Devices Ramesh Arora, Ashish Kumar, K Jaishankar, Uma Mahesh CR, GS Kalra , Vijay Trehan, Madhuri Nigam 
GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 152
 
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Congenital-Coronary-Anomalies-of Origin and Distribution in Adults: A Coronary Arteriographic Study 
Sonny P Jacob, S Harikrishnan, JA Tharakan, T Titus, VK Ajithkumar, S Sivasankaran, B Francis, KM Krishnamoorthy, R Padmakumar 
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 153
 
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Balloon Coarctoplasty in Neonates and Infants: An Echocardiographic Follow-Up Study 
CP Lanjewar, SC Toal, PY Nyayadhish, PJ Nathani, AU Mahajan, PG Kerkar 
KEM Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 154 

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus Coil Occlusion: 2-Year Experience 
K Anand Srinivasan, VK Ajithkumar, JA Tharakan, T Titus, S Sivasankaran, B Francis, KM Krishnamoorthy, R Padmakumar
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 155 

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Bioptome-Assisted Coil Closure of Moderate to-Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Infants and Small Children 
M Ravichandra, SR Anil, K Sivakumar, R Krishnakumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 156 

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Clinical and Morphological Study of Congenital Supramitral Ring
SP Wani, P Vaideeswar, AR Singhal, KR Santhosh,SC Toal, PY Nyayadhish, PG Kerkar KEM Hospital, Mumbai
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 157 

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Synthetic Monocusp Valves in Reconstruction of Right Ventricular Outflow Tracts
S Koshy, GS Sunil, K Shivaprakasha, SG Rao
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 158
 
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Simplified Single-Patch Technique for the Repair of Complete AV Canal Defect 
S Koshy, GS Sunil, S Dinakar, K Shivaprakasha, SG Rao
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 159 

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Spectrum of Adult Congenital Heart Diseases as Observed at a Tertiary Referral Center
C Sridevi, S Jaishankar, CV Ramana, LSR Krishna, JLN Varma 
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 160 

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Unoperated Cases with Ventricular-Septal-Defect with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension 
BRJ Kannan, S Sivasankaran, J Sony, JA Tharakan, T Titus, VK Ajithkumar, B Francis, KM Krishnamoorthy, S Harikrishnan, R Padmakumar
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Heart Journal Sept - Oct, 2001; 53:(5)  Article No. 161