March-April 2009
Volume 61, No. 2
ISSN 0019-4832



Mar-Apr 2009

EDITORIAL
Diastolic Heart Failure : A Clinical Challenge
Early Recognition & Timely Intervention is the Need of the Hour

H. K. Chopra
Page No . 138  

STATE OF ART PAPERS
Real-Time Three-Dimensional Echocardiography: A Current View of
What Echocardiography can provide?

Fadi G. Hage, Navin C. Nanda
Page No . 146  
 
CLINICAL RESEARCH ARTICLES
Plasma Homocysteine in Obese, Overweight and Normal Weight
Hypertensives and Normotensives.

Rubina A Karatela, Gurmukh S. Sainani
Page No . 156  
Transcoronary Pacing: Are The Modern Wires Effective?
Neeraj Parakh, Sanjeev Asotra, Sandeep Singh, S. Ramakrishnan, Ganeshan Karthikeyan,
Sandeep Seth, Balram Bhargava
Page No . 160  
The Thoracic Veins and Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Jothi Kanagalingam, Samuel J. Asirvatham
Page No . 163  
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in ACS: Time-Dependent Variability in Platelet
Aggregation During the First Week

Santanu Guha, Partha Sardar, Pradipta Guha, Suryyani Deb, Rathindranath
Karmakar, Prantar Chakraborti, Soura Mookerjee, P. K.Deb, Rajib De, Arnab Dutta ,
Utpal Chaudhuri
Page No . 173  


SEMINAR
Curriculum in Cath Lab: Coronary Hardware-Part II
Guidewire Selection for Coronary Angioplasty
Sundeep Mishra, Vinay K Bahl
Page No . 178  


BRIEF COMMUNICATION
Revascularization of Left Main Bifurcation Lesions by
“Mini-Crush Technique” in a subject on Haemodialysis
Shuvanan Ray, B.P. Chattopadhyaya, Subhas Kundu, P.K.Deb, Amal Kumar Banerjee
Page No . 186  
Coronary Artery Spasm as a cause of chest pain and re-elevation of ST
segment and cardiogenic shock after PTCA
Rajeev Bhardwaj , Rajeev Marwah
Page No . 188 Text File    

LANDMARK TRAILS AND GUIDELINES

STEMI Intervention – A Review of Relevant Clinical Trials.
Sameer Mehta, Raghotham R. Patlola, salomon  Cohen,
Esther falcao, Ana Isabel Flores, estefania Oliveros Soles

Page No . 191  
ECG OF THE MONTH
Vignettes in Electrocardiography: Exploring initial QRS forces –
A diagnostic clue to wide QRS tachycardia.

Sachin Nayyar, Mohan Nair
Page No . 207 Text File  
ECHO QUIZ
A Child with Cyanosis
Munesh Tomar, S. Radhakrishnan, Savitri Shrivastava
Page No . 208  
ANGIO QUIZ
Intra-arterial Hematoma after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of
Shepard’s Crook Right Coronary Artery
Sundeep Mishra
Page No . 209  
CASE REPORT
Bilateral Coronary to Pulmonary Artery Fistulae – 5 ½ Years of
Follow-up with Conservative Treatment.
Anil Kumar, Mohammed Murtaza, Shahriar Yazdanfar
Page No . 211  
Management of In-Stent Restenosis in a Patient with a Drug Eluting
Stent on Hemodialysis awaiting Renal Transplantation.
Deepak Natarajan, Ashok Sarin, Sachin Upadhyaya
Page No . 214  
Life Threatening Protamine Reaction During Bypass Surgery –
A Case Report
Dillip Kumar Mishra , I. Sathyamurthy, K. Subramanyan, M. R. Girinath
Page No . 216  
 
HOW TO DO IT?
Echocardiography For Assessment of Electromechanical Dyssynchrony
Rahul Mehrotra, Manish Bansal, H.K. Chopra, Ravi R. Kasliwal
Page No . 218  
CONFERENCE CALENDER
Conference Calendar 2009-2010
Page No . 223  
ABSTRACT FORM
61ST Annual Conference cardiological socity of India
Abstract Form