Volume 20 - Issue 8 - August, 2008

J. Ribamar Costa, Jr., MD,  Amanda Sousa, MD, PhD,  Adriana Costa Moreira, MD,
Ricardo A. Costa, MD,  Galo Maldonado, MD,  Manuel N. Cano, MD,  Enilton T. Egito, MD,
Edson R. Romano, MD,  Marcos Barbosa, MD,  Ricardo Pavanello, MD,  César Jardim, MD,
Abrão Cury, MD,  Otávio Berwanger, MD, PhD,  J. Eduardo Sousa, MD, PhD

Author Affiliations:

From the Hospital do Coração – Associação do Sanatório Sírio, São Paulo, Brazil.
The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
Manuscript submitted February 25, 2008, provisional acceptance given March 13, 2008, manuscript accepted April 8, 2008.
Address for correspondence: J. Eduardo Sousa, MD, PhD, Rua Desembargador Eliseu Guilherme, 147, Paraíso, CEP 04004-030 São Paulo, SP – Brazil. E-mail: jesousa@uol.com.br

Michael S. Lee, MD, Antonio Pessegueiro, MD, Raymond Zimmer, MD, Daniel Jurewitz,
Jonathan Tobis, MD

Author Affiliations:
From the UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
Disclosures:‚ÄàDrs. Lee and Tobis have received speaker honoraria from  Boston Scientific Corp.; Dr. Tobis is a consultant to AGA Medical Corp.
Manuscript submitted February 18, 2008, provisional acceptance given March 25, 2008, manuscript accepted April 16, 2008.
Address for correspondence: Michael S. Lee, MD, UCLA Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room BL-394 CHS, Los Angeles, CA  90025.  E-mail: mslee@mednet.ucla.edu

1Ibsen Suetônio Trindade, MD, PhD,  2Rogério Sarmento-Leite, MD, PhD,  1Marcelo Santos de Freitas, MD, 2Carlos A. M. Gottschall, MD, PhD
 

Author Affiliations:
From the 1Institute of Cardiology of Rio Grande do Sul / Universitary Cardiology Foundation, and 2Clínica Cardiologia Constantini, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein.
Manuscript submitted October 23, 2007,  provisional acceptance given December 4, 2007, manuscript accepted May 8, 2008.
Address for correspondence: Unidade de Pesquisa do IC/FUC – Dr. Rogério E G Sarmento-Leite, Av. Princesa Isabel, 370 Santana, Porto Alegre, RS 90620-001.  E-mail: sarmentoleite@cardiologia.org.br

*Plamen Gatzov, MD, PhD,  §Vassilis Voudris, MD,  §John Skoularikis, MD,  £Gentcho Gentchev, PhD, §Athanassios Manginas, MD,  §Dennis V. Cokkinos, MD

Author Affiliations:
From the 1Cardiology Clinic, National Heart Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria, 21st Cardiology Department, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece, and  3Section of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
This study was implemented at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
This study was funded by a Research Fellowship Grant from the European Society of Cardiology to Dr. Plamen Gatzov.
Manuscript submitted January 2, 2008, provisional acceptance given February 11, 2008, manuscript accepted February 19, 2008.
Address for correspondence: Plamen Gatzov, MD, Cardiology Clinic, National Heart Hospital, 1309, Sofia, Bulgária.  E-mail: plamengatzov@yahoo.com

1Sudhir Rathore, MD,  1Antony D. Grayson, 2Sanjay Sastry, MD,  3Timothy P. Gray, MD,  4Rhys Beynon, MD, 1Mark Jackson,  1Raphael A. Perry, MD, on behalf of the North West Quality Improvement Programme in Cardiac Interventions (NWQIP)

Author Affiliations:
From the 1Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, 2Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, 3Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, and 4South Manchester University Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Disclosures: Dr. Sastry received a fellowship bursary from Medtronic, Inc. (U.K.); Dr. Beynon has received travel grants from Boston Scientific Corp. as well as research grants from Medtronic, Inc.
Manuscript submitted January 2, 2008, provisional acceptance given February 1, 2008, manuscript accepted April 28, 2008.
Address correspondence to: Sudhir Rathore, MD, Cardiology Department, The Cardiothoracic Centre, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 3PE, United Kingdom. E-mail: sudhir.rathore@ctc.nhs.uk