Volume 20 - Issue 8 - August, 2008

Feng Zhang, MD,  Juying Qian, MD,  Junbo Ge, MD

Author Affiliations:

From the Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai, China. This study was supported by the young scientist fund from Shanghai municipal health bureau (2006Y15).
The authors report no conflicts of interest related to the content herein.
Manuscript submitted February 4, 2008, provisional acceptance given February 18, 2008, manuscript accepted April 8, 2008.
Address for correspondence: Prof. Junbo Ge, MD, FACC, FESC, FSCAI, Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, and Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.  E-mail: ge.junbo@zs-hospital.sh.cn

aAngel Sanchez-Recalde, MD,  aRaul Moreno, MD,  bLaura Barreales, MD,  cFernando Rivero, MD, aGuillermo Galeote, MD,  aSantiago Jimenez-Valero, MD,  aLuis Calvo, MD,  aEsteban López de Sá, MD,  aJosé L. López-Sendón, MD

Author Affiliations:

From the aInterventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital “La Paz”, Madrid; the bPreventive Medicine Department, University Hospital Clínico San Carlos. Madrid, and the cInterventional Cardiology Department, University Hospital “La Princesa”, Madrid, Spain.
The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
Address for correspondence: Angel Sánchez-Recalde, MD, Sección de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista (1 planta diagonal), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.
E-mail: asanchezr.hulp@salud.madrid.org

Seung-Ho Hur, MD, PhD,  Junya Ako, MD,  Yoshihisa Shimada, MD, PhD,  Ichizo Tsujino, MD, PhD,
Ali H. M. Hassan, MD,  Alexandre Abizaid, MD, PhD,  Avinoam Shiran, MD,  Basil S. Lewis, MD,  
Giulio Guagliumi, MD,  Sidney A. Cohen, MD, PhD,  Yasuhiro Honda, MD,  Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD,
J. Eduardo Sousa, MD, PhD

Author Affiliations:

From the Center for Cardiovascular Technology, Stanford University Medical Center. Stanford, California (S.H., J.A., Y.S., I.T., A.H.M.H., Y.H., P.J.F.); Institute Dante Pazzanese of Cardiology, Sao Paulo, Brazil (A.A., J.E.S.); Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel (B.S.L., A.S.); Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy (G. G.); Cordis Corporation, Warren, New Jersey (S.A.C.)
Conflict of Interest and Financial Support disclosure: Dr. Fitzgerald has received a research grant from Cordis J&J and is on advisory boards for Cordis J&J. Dr. Cohen is employed by Cordis J&J. The remaining authors report no conflicts.
Manuscript submitted February 14, 2008, provisional acceptance given April 10, 2008, manuscript accepted April 28, 2008.
Address for correspondence: Peter J. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD, Center for Cardiovascular Technoloties, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, H3554, Stanford, CA 94305-5637. E-mail: crci-cvmed@stanford.edu