June 2007

Imaging

Asystole during sleep in a 46-year-old male athlete

by Aditya Prasad, MD • Jay Tiongson, MD • Tasneem Z. Naqvi, MD

From Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Arrhythmias

Should radiofrequency ablation be first-line therapy after a first episode of symptomatic atrial flutter?

by Antoine Da Costa, MD, PhD • Cécile Romeyer-Bouchard, MD • Jérôme Thévenin, MD • Karl Isaaz, MD

From the Division of Cardiology, University Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France.

Commentary

Radiofrequency ablation vs medical therapy after a first episode of symptomatic atrial flutter

by Stephen C. Vlay, MD

CAD

Increased risk of major clinical events late after treatment with drug-eluting stents

by Michael Handke, MD • Christoph Kaiser, MD • Matthias E. Pfisterer, MD

From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

Commentary

Late events, less use of drug-eluting stents?

by Richard E. Stewart, MD

CAD and Imaging

Noninvasive coronary angiography with multislice computed tomography and myocardial perfusion imaging

by Joanne D. Schuijf, MSc • Jeroen J. Bax, MD, PhD

From the Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Case Report

Significant coronary stenosis in a patient with normal perfusion

Commentary

Different means to the same end, or just different?

by Stanley Katz, MD

Departments

	Editor's Page
	Diagnosis through imaging and stent-related death
	by Peter F. Cohn, MD


	Maintenance of Certification in Cardiology


	Newsbeat
	A report from the 8th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, Chicago, Ill, April 19-21, 2007


	News from the ABC
	Reflections on 20 years at the Association of Black Cardiologists