Volume 20 - Issue 11 - November, 2008

*Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, MD and *,§,£Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD Author Affiliations: From the *University of Arizona College of Medicine, the §University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and the £Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 13, 2008, provisional acceptance given May 29, 2008, and accepted June 3, 2008. Address for correspondence: Radhakrishnan Ramaraj, MD, University of Arizona Medical Center, 1501, N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724. E-mail: drkutty2@gmail.com

*Sunil Wani, MD, DM, §Kathrin Glatz, MD, *Yves Suter, MD, *Peiman Jamshidi, MD, FESC, *Paul Erne, MD, FESC Author Affiliations: From the *Department of Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, and the §Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted July 11, 2008, provisional acceptance given September 15, 2008, and final version accepted September 16, 2008. Address for correspondence: Prof. Paul Erne, Department of Cardiology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, CH- 60000 Luzern 16, Switzerland. E-mail: Paul.erne@ksl.ch

*,§Ralf J. Holzer, MD MSc, *,§Joanne L. Chisolm, RN, *,§Sharon L. Hill, MSN ACNP, *Vincent Olshove, CCP CCT, *,£Alistair Phillips, MD, *,§John P. Cheatham, MD, *,£Mark Galantowicz, MD Author Affiliations: From the *Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, the §Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, and the £Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio. Disclosure: John Cheatham is a consultant for Toshiba Medical. None of the other authors report any conflicts of interest related to the content herein. Manuscript submitted May 27, 2008, provisional acceptance given August 8, 2008, manuscript accepted September 5, 2008. Address for correspondence: Ralf J. Holzer, MD, MSc, FSCAI, Assistant Director, Cardiac Catheterization & Interventional Therapy, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cardiology Division, The Ohio State University, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205. E-mail: Ralf.Holzer@NationwideChildrens.org

Xiaofei Wang, MD, Chengzhi Lu, PhD, Xin Chen, MD, Xiangdong Zhao, PhD, Dasheng Xia, MD Author Affiliations: From the Department of Cardiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted June 30, 2008, provisional acceptance given August 8, 2008, manuscript accepted August 29, 2008. Address for correspondence: Xiaofei Wang, MD, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin First Central Hospital, 24 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300192, China. E-mail: wxfei@yahoo.com

*,§Craig R. Narins, MD, *Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, *Vicki Rocco, RN, *Scott McNitt, MS Author Affiliations: From the Divisions of *Cardiology and §Vascular Surgery, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York. Disclosure: This trial was supported by a grant from Possis Medical Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. The authors report no additional potential conflicts of interest. Manuscript submitted June 30, 2008, provisional acceptance given August 8, 2007, manuscript accepted August 29, 2008. Address for correspondence: Craig R. Narins, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 679, Rochester, NY 14642. E-mail: craig_narins@urmc.rochester.edu

^aKazuaki Mitsudo, MD, ^bTakehiro Yamashita, MD, ^cYasushi Asakura, MD, ^dToshiya Muramatsu, MD, ^eOsamu Doi, MD, ^fYoshisato Shibata, MD, ^gYoshihiro Morino, MD Author Affiliations: From the ^aDepartment of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan, ^bDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center Hokkaido Ohno Hospital, Sapporo, Japan, ^cDepartment of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan, ^dDepartment of Cardiology, Saiseikai Yokohama-City Eastern Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ^eDepartment of Cardiology, Shizuoka Prefectural General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan, ^fDepartment of Cardiology, Miyazaki Medical Association Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan, ^gDepartment of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan. Disclosure: This study was funded by a research grant from St. Jude Medical Company. Manuscript submitted April 15, 2008, provisional acceptance given May 12, 2008, manuscript accepted June 30, 2008. Address for correspondence: Kazuaki Mitsudo, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Miwa, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-8602, Japan. E-mail: km2131@kchnet.or.jp

Sameer K. Mehta, MD, Joshua M. Stolker, MD, Andrew D. Frutkin, MD, Steven P. Marso, MD Author Affiliations: From the Mid-America Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Disclosure: Dr. Marso is a consultant for Volcano Corp., and is a research grant recipient from Volcano Corp., Boston Scientific Corp., and Amylia Corp. Manuscript submitted May 13, 2008, provisional acceptance given July 7, 2008, manuscript accepted September 5, 2008. Address for correspondence: Joshua M. Stolker, MD, Mid-America Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital, 4401 Wornall Road, Suite 5601, Kansas City, MO 64111. E-mail: jstolker@saint-lukes.org

*Daniel H. Steinberg, MD and §Neil J. Weissman, MD Author Affiliations: From the *Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, and §MedStar Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. Disclosures: Dr. Weissman has received research grants from Boston Scientific Corp.; Dr. Steinberg has received speaker honoraria from the same. Address for Correspondence: Neil J. Weissman, MD, Washington Hospital Center, 100 Irving Street N.W., Suite EB 5123, Washington, D.C. 20010. E-mail: Neil.J.Weissman@Medstar.net

Zoltan G. Turi, MD Author Affiliations: From the Division of Cardiology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey. Disclosure: Dr. Turi reports receiving research grant support from Abbott Vascular and St. Jude Medical, and consultation/lecturing honoraria from Abbott Vascular, Arstasis, Johnson and Johnson and St. Jude Medical. Address for correspondence: Zoltan G. Turi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, One Cooper Plaza, D-427, Camden, NJ 08103. E-mail: Turi-Zoltan@cooperhealth.edu