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• Double coronary - pulmonary fistula: multi-modality diagnosis and percutaneous treatment
Lopes L, Pereira H, Saraiva C, Vilela P, Bento L, Strech J, Carrageta M
• Unprotected left main stem coronary intervention in a patient with thrombocytopenic myelodysplasia
Das P, Andron M
• Left coronary artery - left ventricle fistulae revealed by transthoracic doppler echocardiography and confirmed by coronary angiography
Ginghina C, Popescu B, Pop I, Chreih R-M, Deleanu D
• Cocaine induced acute coronary syndrome: spasm, thrombosis and stenosis
Bäumer M, Dubaniewicz W, Carlsson J
Editorial
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At the dawning of interventional cardiology: Andreas Gruentzig, 30 years after
15 September 1977-15 September 2007

Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:293

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Memories from the dawn of interventional cardiology

King S

EuroInterv.2007;3:295

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The SCAAR registry or the Swedish yo-yo

Serruys PW, Daemen J

EuroInterv.2007;3:297-300

EAPCI column
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EAPCI: education and training programmes in interventional cardiology today

Wijns W

EuroInterv.2007;3:301-303

Special report
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EuroPCR 2007 highlights

Morice M-C, Cremonesi A, Scheinert D, Ruiz C

EuroInterv.2007;3:305-308

Clinical research
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Efficiency and safety of the sirolimus eluting stent in complex coronary artery lesions after cessation of dual antiplatelet therapy: fifteen months clinical outcome of the randomised Stenting Coronary Arteries in Non-stress/benestent Disease (SCANDSTENT) trial

Helqvist S, Kelbaek H, Thuesen L, Kløvgaard L, Krusell L, Jørgensen E, Bøtker H, Jensen G, Lassen J, Thayssen P, Galloe A, Saunamäki K, for the SCANDSTENT Investigators

EuroInterv.2007;3:309-314

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One year clinical follow-up of the XIENCE V Everolimus-eluting stent system in the treatment of patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions: the SPIRIT II study

Ruygrok P, Desaga M, van den Branden F, Rasmussen K, Suryapranata H, Dorange C, Veldhof S, Serruys PW, on behalf of the SPIRIT II Investigators

EuroInterv.2007;3:315-320

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Percutaneous injection of thrombin for the treatment of pseudoaneurysms: the German multicentre registry

Hofmann I, Wunderlich N, Robertson G, Kieback A, Haller C, Pfeil W, Störk T, Hoffmann G, Bischoff K-O, Dorsel T, Görge G, Sievert H

EuroInterv.2007;3:321-326

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A multicentre comparison of transradial and transfemoral approaches for coronary angiography and PTCA in obese patients: the TROP registry

Benamer H, Louvard Y, Sanmartin M, Valsecchi O, Hildick-Smith D, Garot P, Narbute I, Hamon M, Ungi I, Monsegu J, on behalf of the TROP Registry Group

EuroInterv.2007;3:327-332

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Appraising the effectiveness and safety of paclitaxel-eluting stents in over 1,000 very high-risk patients: overall results of the Taxus in Real-life Usage Evaluation (TRUE) Registry

Sangiorgi G, Biondi-Zoccai G, Agostoni P, Antoniucci D, Grube E, Di Mario C, Reimers B, Tamburino C, Cosgrave J, Colombo A, on behalf of the Taxus in Real-life Usage Evalutation (TRUE) Investigators

EuroInterv.2007;3:333-339

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Economic impact of endarterectomy vs carotid artery stenting: a one year, single centre study

Setacci F, de Donato G, Chisci E, Sirignano P, Galzerano G, Castriota F, Cremonesi A, Setacci C

EuroInterv.2007;3:340-344

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Activation of coagulation during routine diagnostic coronary angiography

Tandar A, Lehman C, Rodgers G, Meredith K, Muhlestein J, Barry W, Michaels A, Lee H

EuroInterv.2007;3:345-349

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Accelerated vascular repair following percutaneous coronary intervention by capture of endothelial progenitor cells promotes regression of neointimal growth at long term follow-up: final results of the Healing II trial using an endothelial progenitor cell capturing stent (Genous R stent)™

Duckers H, Soullié T, den Heijer P, Rensing B, de Winter R, Rau M, Mudra H, Silber S, Benit E, Verheye S, Wijns W, Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:350-358

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Short- and long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction

Rosano G, Sciuto F, Marra WG, Meliga E, Fumagalli A, Ballari G, Beninati S, Omedè P, Trevi G

EuroInterv.2007;3:359-364

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Safety and feasibility of a new non-occlusive technique for facilitated intracoronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) acquisition in various clinical and anatomical scenarios This article contains pictures and/or videos

Prati F, Cera M, Ramazzotti V, Imola F, Giudice R, Albertucci M

EuroInterv.2007;3:365-370

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Ongoing tirofiban in myocardial infarction evaluation (On-TIME) 2 trial: rationale and study design

van’t Hof A, Hamm C, Rasoul S, Gupthan S, Paolini J, ten Berg J, on behalf of the On-TIME 2 investigators

EuroInterv.2007;3:371-380

Expert review
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Making sense of the recent meta-analytical confusion concerning the safety of drug-eluting stents

Biondi-Zoccai G, Agostoni P, Moretti C, Meliga E, Sheiban I

EuroInterv.2007;3:381-385

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Effectiveness and safety of paclitaxel-eluting stents in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction

Moreno R, Spaulding C, Laarman GJ, Tierala I, Kaiser C, López-Sendón J-L

EuroInterv.2007;3:386-391

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A pooled safety analysis of data comparing paclitaxel-eluting stents with bare-metal stents

Daemen J, Spaulding C, Jacob S, Boersma E, Varenne O, Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:392-399

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Prognostic impact of major bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hamon M, Filippi-Codaccioni E, Riddell J, Lepage O

EuroInterv.2007;3:400-408

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Percutaneous coronary stenting in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Biondi-Zoccai G, Moretti C, Abbate A, Lipinski M, De Luca G, Agostoni P, Meliga E, Goudreau E, Vetrovec G, Trevi G, Sheiban I

EuroInterv.2007;3:409-415

Technical report
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vProtect™ luminal shield system This article contains pictures and/or videos

Granada J, Pomeranz M, Heringes J, Odess I

EuroInterv.2007;3:416-419

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