Volume 3 Number 3 November 2007

At the dawning of interventional cardiology: Andreas Gruentzig, 30 years after
15 September 1977-15 September 2007

• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2007;3:293

Memories from the dawn of interventional cardiology

• King III S

EuroInterv.2007;3:295

The SCAAR registry or the Swedish yo-yo

• Serruys PW,
• Daemen J

EuroInterv.2007;3:297-300

EAPCI: education and training programmes in interventional cardiology today

• Wijns W

EuroInterv.2007;3:301-303

EuroPCR 2007 highlights

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:305-308

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:309-314

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:315-320

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

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:327-332

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:333-339

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

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

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

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 GP

EuroInterv.2007;3:359-364

Safety and feasibility of a new non-occlusive technique for facilitated intracoronary optical coherence tomography (OCT) acquisition in various clinical and anatomical scenarios

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:365-370

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

EuroInterv.2007;3:371-380

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

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

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

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

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 GP,
• Sheiban I

EuroInterv.2007;3:409-415

vProtect™ luminal shield system

• Granada J,
• Pomeranz M,
• Heringes J,
• Odess I

EuroInterv.2007;3:416-419