Volume 3 Number 2 August 2007

Medicine in Europe: proudly forging our own unique identity

• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:167

Retrograde approach for chronic total occlusion: present status and prospects

• Ochiai M

EuroInterv.2007;3:169-173

Chronic total occlusions (CTO): the paradox of "premature balloon support"

• Goel P

EuroInterv.2007;3:175-177

EAPCI: update on subspecialty accreditation in Europe

• Wijns W

EuroInterv.2007;3:179-180

Retrograde approach to coronary chronic total occlusions: preliminary single European centre experience

• Di Mario C,
• Barlis P,
• Tanigawa J,
• Locca D,
• Bucciarelli-Ducci C,
• Kaplan S,
• Satoh O

EuroInterv.2007;3:181-187

Contemporary treatment of patients with chronic total occlusion: critical appraisal of different state-of-the-art techniques and devices

• García-García HM,
• Kukreja N,
• Daemen J,
• Tanimoto S,
• van Mieghem CAG,
• Gonzalo N,
• van Weenen S,
• van der Ent M,
• Sianos G,
• de Feyter P,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:188-196

Small coronary arteries treated with sirolimus-eluting stents: one-year results of the PORTO multicentre registry

• Seabra-Gomes R,
• Eduardo Sousa J,
• Sousa A,
• Teles R,
• Pereira H,
• Farto Abreu P,
• Adao M,
• Marques A,
• Gama Ribeiro V,
• Mourao L,
• Santos R,
• Cyrne Carvalho H

EuroInterv.2007;3:197-205

Two-year results of a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent in de novo coronary artery stenosis (The SPIRIT FIRST Trial)

• Beijk M,
• Neumann F-J,
• Wiemer M,
• Grube E,
• Haase J,
• Thuesen L,
• Hamm C,
• Veldhof S,
• Dorange C,
• Serruys PW,
• Piek J

EuroInterv.2007;3:206-212

Safety and efficacy of multiple, overlapping polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents

• Dawkins K,
• Grube E,
• Guagliumi G,
• Banning A,
• Zmudka K,
• Colombo A,
• Thuesen L,
• Hauptmann K-E,
• Marco J,
• Wijns W,
• Popma J,
• Weissman N,
• Koglin J,
• Russell ME

EuroInterv.2007;3:213-221

Clinical results of two year dual antiplatelet therapy after primary percutaneous coronary intervention with paclitaxel-eluting stents: a single centre study

• Mangieri E,
• Tanzilli G,
• Greco C,
• Pelliccia F,
• Puddu P,
• Acconcia M,
• Paravati V,
• Gaudio C

EuroInterv.2007;3:222-227

A randomised controlled trial of upstream administration of eptifibatide in patients presenting non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome treated with an invasive strategy

• Durand E,
• Hamm C,
• Macaya C,
• Georges J-L,
• Coste P,
• Wolf J,
• Slama M,
• Husted S,
• Mosseri M,
• Lafont A

EuroInterv.2007;3:228-234

Stabilisation of coronary stents using rapid right ventricular pacing

• O’ Brien D,
• Smith W,
• Henderson R

EuroInterv.2007;3:235-238

Rapid ventricular pacing can reduce heart motion and facilitate stent deployment to the optimal position during coronary artery stenting: initial experience

• Okamura A,
• Ito H,
• Iwakura K,
• Kawano S,
• Kurotobi T,
• Koyama Y,
• Date M,
• Inoue K,
• Ogihara T,
• Fujii K

EuroInterv.2007;3:239-242

Diffusion-weighted imaging to compare different cerebral protection devices in carotid artery stenting

• Zwenneke Flach H,
• Ouhlous M,
• Hendriks J,
• van Sambeek M,
• Veenland J,
• van Dijk L,
• van der Lugt A

EuroInterv.2007;3:243-248

A novel ultra-thin bare metal stent (BMS): results from a worldwide registry

• Blanchard D,
• Danzi G,
• Urban P,
• Moseri M,
• Juergens C,
• Guyon P,
• Nowak B,
• Tresukosol D,
• Suttorp M,
• Farshid A,
• Kornowski R,
• Garcia E,
• Yeend R,
• Nagai H,
• Paunovic D

EuroInterv.2007;3:249-255

'Fused-Gold' vs. 'Bare' stainless steel NIRflex stents of the same geometric design in diseased native coronary arteries. Long-term results from the NIR TOP Study

• Fort S,
• Kornowski R,
• Silber S,
• Lewis B,
• Bilodeau L,
• Almagor Y,
• van Remortel E,
• Morice M-C,
• Colombo A

EuroInterv.2007;3:256-261

Registry on a new T technique for bifurcation coronary lesions: the Utrech-"T"- experience

• Pavlakis G,
• de Man F,
• Hamer B,
• Doevendans P,
• Stella P

EuroInterv.2007;3:262-268

Proximal protection in carotid artery stenting: rationale and recent findings

• Cremonesi A,
• Rigattieri S,
• Liso A,
• Manetti R,
• Ricci E,
• Castriota F,
• Biamino G

EuroInterv.2007;3:269-274

Uncoupling protein 2-mediated thermogenesis in vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques

• van De Parre T,
• Martinet W,
• Verheye S,
• De Meyer G

EuroInterv.2007;3:275-279

Coronary sinus stent implantation improves acute ischaemic mitral valve regurgitation;

• Manginas A,
• Karagiannis S,
• Karatasakis G,
• Papalois A,
• Papalambrou A,
• Daphnomili P,
• Kaklamanis L,
• Khaldi L,
• Cokkinos D

EuroInterv.2007;3:280-285

GENIE™ catheter for liquid local drug delivery

• Herdeg C,
• Göhring-Frischholz K,
• Geisler T,
• May A,
• Haase K,
• Gawaz M

EuroInterv.2007;3:286-288

Kartagener's Syndrome

• Weustink A,
• Vourvouri E,
• Papafaklis M,
• Sianos G

EuroInterv.2007;3:289

Ultrasonic and pathological evidence of a neo-intimal plaque rupture in patients with bare metal stents

• Ramcharitar S,
• García-García HM,
• Nakazawa G,
• Kukreja N,
• Ligthart J,
• Virmani R,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:290-291