Cardiologia Croatica. 2016;11(3-4):89-156.

Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):89-156.

Naslovnica / Cover.
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Sadržaj / Table of Contents.
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Congress Director and Faculty.
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CROINTERVENT 2016

Zagreb, March 10-12, 2016

Eduard Margetić.
Uvodnik: Crointervent 2016.
Editorial: Crointervent 2016.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):92.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.92

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

Željko Baričević, Kristina Marić Bešić, Maja Strozzi.
Variant angina in a patient with non-obstructive atherosclerotic coronary lesion and myocardial bridging: a puzzle not so easy to solve.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):93-94.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.93

Luka Bastiančić, Gordana Bačić, David Gobić, Tomislav Jakljević.
Mechanical Thrombectomy in ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):95.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.95

Ivica Benko, Šime Manola,Tomislav Krčmar, Nikola Pavlović, Ivan Zeljković, Vjekoslav Radeljić, Gordana Hursa, Sanja Keleković.
Radiofrequency ablation leading to ST-segment elevation: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):96.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.96

Bojana Gardijan, Matija Marković, Darko Počanić, Tomislav Letilović.
A case of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction due to intraarticular lidocaine instillation.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):97-98.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.97

David Gobić, Igor Medved, Vjekoslav Tomulić, Sandro Brusich, Kristian Deša, Luka Zaputović.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in urgent and elective percutaneous coronary intervention.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):99.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.99

Irzal Hadžibegović, Božo Vujeva, Krešimir Gabaldo, Ognjen Čančarević, Đeiti Prvulović.
Development of radial access for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Slavonski Brod: the long road to success.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):100.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.100

Zorin Makarović, Sandra Makarović, Damir Kirner, Robert Steiner, Ivica Bošnjak, Marin Vučković, Dragan Novosel, Dražen Mlinarević.
Use of intra-aortic balloon pump in patients with acute coronary syndrome and cardiogenic shock at the University Hospital Centre Osijek, in the period from 2014 to 2015.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):101.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.101

Kristina Marić Bešić, Zoran Miovski, Maja Strozzi.
Octogenarians in the catheterization laboratory.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):102.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.102

Zoran Miovski, Joško Bulum, Hrvoje Jurin.
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock: from bad to worse.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):103.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.103

Zoran Miovski, Kristina Marić Bešić, Maja Strozzi, Joško Bulum.
Total coronary revascularisation in a young patient with acute coronary syndrome and multivessel disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):104.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.104

Božo Vujeva, Đeiti Prvulović, Krešimir Gabaldo, Ognjen Čančarević, Irzal Hadžibegović.
Thrombus aspiration in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction before and after TASTE trial: experience from the Western Slavonia Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Network.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):105.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.105

ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN PCI

Irzal Hadžibegović, Đeiti Prvulović, Krešimir Gabaldo, Ognjen Čančarević, Božo Vujeva.
Antiplatelet and anticoagulation pretreatment in acute coronary syndrome: current guidelines and unresolved issues.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):106.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.106

Jure Samardžić.
Clopidogrel resistance – an overview.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):107.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.107

Jozica Šikić, Dario Gulin, Edvard Galić, Jasna Čerkez Habek.
Percutaneous coronary interventions in cardiac allograft vasculopathy – a case report and review of the literature.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):108.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.108

PRIMARY PCI NETWORK

Matias Trbušić, Zdravko Babić, Diana Balenović, Andrea Grman-Fanfani, Ines Zadro, Hrvoje Pintarić.
How to shorten the pain-to-balloon time in the Croatian Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Network.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):109.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.109

COMPLEX LESIONS

Tomislav Krčmar, Hrvoje Pintarić, Nikola Pavlović, Šime Manola, Krešimir Štambuk, Ivo Darko Gabrić, Mislav Vrsalović.
Rare coronary artery reactions after implantation of drug eluting stents.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):110.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.110

Tomislav Krčmar, Ivica Benko, Jadranka Daskijević.
The role of the transradial approach in invasive diagnostics and treatment of peripheral arterial disease.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):111.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.111

Tomislav Krčmar, Ozren Vinter, Nikola Kos, Hrvoje Pintarić.
A transradial percutaneous coronary intervention for complex lesions of the left main coronary artery and first obtuse marginal branch using a 7 French guiding catheter: a case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):112.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.112

Tomislav Letilović, Damir Kozmar.
Use of guide extension devices at the University Hospital Merkur: initial experiences.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):113.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.113

Zoran Miovski, Miroslav Krpan, Bojan Biočina, Joško Bulum.
A saphenous vein graft aneurysm nineteen years after aortocoronary bypass graft surgery: from diagnosis to reoperation.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):114.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.114

Mario Sičaja, Boris Starčević.
Drug eluting balloon-side branch with/without cross-stenting technique – alternatives for conventional bifurcation stenting?
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):115.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.115

NON ANGIOGRAPHIC METHODS IN EVALUATION OF CORONARY FLOW

Mario Sičaja, Maria Nicole Sičaja, Boris Starčević.
The need for standardized premedication protocol for fractional flow reserve and instant wave-free ratio – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):116.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.116

INTRACORONARY IMAGING TECHNIQUES

Krešimir Gabaldo, Đeiti Prvulović, Božo Vujeva, Irzal Hadžibegović, Ognjen Čančarević.
Clear stent imaging for guiding complex coronary interventions.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):117.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.117

Mladen Jukić, Ladislav Pavić, Petar Medaković, Dražen Lovrić, Ivan Bitunjac.
Coronary CT angiography in the field of interventional cardiology.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.118

Marina Pavletić, Vesna Puklin.
Optical coherence tomography: a new diagnostic technique in interventional cardiology.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):119.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.119

Boris Starčević, Ante Lisičić.
Intravascular ultrasound imaging of recanalized spontaneous coronary artery dissection managed with percutaneous coronary intervention.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):120.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.120

RESTENOSIS

Tomislav Letilović, Damir Kozmar, Stjepan Kranjčević, Darko Počanić, Helena Jerkić, Maro Dragičević, Mario Stipinović, Ena Kurtić.
Comparison of demographic and procedural characteristics of patients with elective percutaneous coronary interventions according to the presence of in-stent restenosis: biannual results from the University Hospital Merkur.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):121-122.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.121

Đeiti Prvulović, Irzal Hadžibegović, Božo Vujeva, Krešimir Gabaldo, Ognjen Čančarević.
Differences in serum concentration of vascular cell adhesion molecules (sVCAM-1) in patients treated with percutaneous balloon dilatation with stent implantation and patients treated with paclitaxel-coated balloon.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):123.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.123

BVS vs DES vs BMS vs DEB

Jozica Šikić.
Drug-eluting stents vs bioresorbable stents (scaffolds) vs drug-eluting balloons: the advantages and drawbacks of new technologies.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):124.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.124

COMPLICATIONS IN PCI

Ivo Darko Gabrić, Tomislav Krčmar, Matias Trbušić, Zdravko Babić, Ozren Vinter, Hrvoje Pintarić, Danijel Planinc.
Successful treatment of coronary artery perforation using fat tissue embolization.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):125.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.125

Kristina Marić Bešić, Željko Baričević, Maja Strozzi.
Intracoronary thrombus formation on a guide wire: who is to blame?
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):126.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.126

Frane Runjić, Lovel Giunio, Ivica Vuković, Darko Duplančić, Anita Jukić, Ivica Kristić.
Aortic dissection or coronary artery perforation?
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):127.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.127

STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE INTERVENTIONS

Ervin Avdović, Kristina Uglešić, David Gobić.
Thrombectomy in high-risk pulmonary thromboembolism.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):128.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.128

Siniša Blažon.
Urgent sternotomy – challenges in clinical practice of interventional cardiology.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):129.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.129

Ana Bognar, Ivana Raič.
Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: a method of treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm stent implantation.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):130.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.130

Joško Bulum, Vjekoslav Tomulić, Maja Strozzi, David Gobić, Ivica Šafradin, Igor Medved, Jadranka Šeparović Hanževački, Višnja Ivančan, Zvonimir Ostojić.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation experience at the University Hospital Centre Zagreb and University Hospital Centre Rijeka.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.131

Rajka Gabelica, Mario Pavlek, Željko Čolak, Mirabel Mažar, Gordana Rajsman,Sandra Uzun, Sanja Konosić, Davor Strapajević, Višnja Ivančan.
Anesthesia for interventional cardiology procedures.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):132.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.132

Lovel Giunio, Jakša Zanchi, Anteo Bradarić, Mislav Lozo.
“Radial” approach to high risk pulmonary embolism – transcubital catheter directed intervention as a first-line therapy in patients with clinically massive and submassive pulmonary embolism.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):133.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.133

Morena Kvaternik, Pavica Stanišić, Marijan Krpan.
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation – role of the scrub nurse and radiology technician.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):134.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.134

Ivan Malčić, Dalibor Šarić, Hrvoje Kniewald, Daniel Dilber, Dorotea Bartoniček, Darko Anić, Višnja Ivančan, Dražen Belina, Alen Hodalin.
Interventional methods in pediatric cardiology in a 20-year period.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):135-136.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.135

Romana Palić, Daniela Šmalcelj, Irena Ošlaj.
Pericardial tamponade as a fatal complication during atrial septostomy in the critically ill neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and intact atrial septum: a case report as a viewpoint of a cardiac catheterization laboratory nurse.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):137.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.137

Vjekoslav Tomulić, Sandro Brusich, Tomislav Jakljević, Koraljka Benko.
Left atrial appendage occlusion – starting a program.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):138.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.138

Matias Trbušić, Vesna Degoricija, Krešimir Štambuk, Jelena Dumančić, Ivo Darko Gabrić, Danijel Planinc.
Multiple paradoxical embolisms in patient with patent foramen ovale – case report.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):139.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.139

Matias Trbušić, Zdravko Babić, Marin Pavlov, Krešimir Kordić.
Spontaneous pneuomopericardium: an unusual complication of abdominal carcinoma.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):140.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.140

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Josip Lukenda, Boris Starčević, Diana Delić Brkljačić, Zrinka Biloglav.
Analiza intervencijskih kardioloških zahvata u Hrvatskoj od 2010. do 2014. godine: ususret uvođenju nacionalnog registra.
An Analysis of Cardiologic Interventional Procedures in Croatia between 2010 and 2014: Towards the Establishment of a National Registry.
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):142–150.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.142

Vjeran Nikolić Heitzler.
Jeste li bolesni?
Are you Ill?
Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(3-4):151.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.151