Volume 4 Number 2 August 2008

Self-promotional, or taking the lead?

• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2008;4:167

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation – TAVI: so much done... yet so far to go

• del Valle-Fernández R,
• Ruiz C

EuroInterv.2008;4:169-172

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation – should we do it just because we can?

• Walther T,
• Falk V

EuroInterv.2008;4:173-175

"I did not see it coming"... the hard way for the prevention of complications

• Eeckhout E,
• Lerman A

EuroInterv.2008;4:176-177

A visible role for EAPCI at ESC Annual Congress 2008

• Wijns W,
• Di Mario C

EuroInterv.2008;4:179

Management of two major complications in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory: the no-reflow phenomenon and coronary perforations

• Muller O,
• Windecker S,
• Cuisset T,
• Fajadet J,
• Mason M,
• Zuffi A,
• Doganov A,
• Eeckhout E

EuroInterv.2008;4:181-192

Rationale and use of antiplatelet and antithrombotic drugs during cardiovascular interventions

• Cuisset T,
• Mudra H,
• Muller O,
• Vogt P,
• Angelillo-Scherrer A,
• Huber K

EuroInterv.2008;4:181-192

Radiation safety during percutaneous coronary procedures: how to reduce radiation exposure and its complications

• Locca D,
• Bell M,
• Verdun F,
• Stauffer J-C

EuroInterv.2008;4:181-192

Constructing a checklist for the prevention of complications during percutaneous coronary intervention

• Van de Walle S,
• Lerman A,
• Chevalier B,
• Sabate M,
• Aminian A,
• Roguelov C,
• Eeckhout E

EuroInterv.2008;4:181-192

Transcatheter valve implantation for patients with aortic stenosis: a position statement from the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)

• Vahanian A,
• Alfieri O,
• Al-Attar N,
• Antunes M,
• Bax J,
• Cormier B,
• Cribier A,
• de Jaegere P,
• Fournial G,
• Kappetein AP,
• Kovac J,
• Ludgate S,
• Maisano F,
• Moat N,
• Mohr F,
• Nataf P,
• Pierard L,
• Pomar J-L,
• Schofer J,
• Tornos P,
• Tuzcu M,
• van Hout B,
• von Segesser L,
• Walther T

EuroInterv.2008;4:193-199

One year results of a new in situ length-adjustable stent platform with a biodegradable Biolimus A9 eluting polymer: results of the CUSTOM-II trial

• Stella P,
• Mueller R,
• Pavlakis G,
• de Bruyne B,
• Hauptmann K-E,
• Morice M-C,
• Chevalier B,
• Fajadet J,
• Sievert H,
• Grube E

EuroInterv.2008;4:200-207

Improved renal function and blood pressure control following renal artery angioplasty: The Renal Artery Angioplasty in Patients with Renal Insufficiency and Hypertension Using a Dedicated Renal Stent Device Study (PRECISION)

• Rastan A,
• Krankenberg H,
• Müller-Hülsbeck S,
• Sixt S,
• Tübler T,
• Müller C,
• Schwarzwalder U,
• Frank U,
• Schwarz T,
• Leppaenen O,
• Neumann F-J,
• Zeller T

EuroInterv.2008;4:208-213

Antiplatelet response to the 150-mg maintenance dose of clopidogrel in patients with insufficient platelet inhibition after clopidogrel loading for elective coronary stent placement

• Trenk D,
• Hochholzer W,
• Müller B,
• Stratz C,
• Valina C,
• Schmiebusch P,
• Büttner H,
• Neumann F-J

EuroInterv.2008;4:214-221

Systematic primary aspiration in acute myocardial percutaneous intervention: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of the export aspiration catheter

• Chevalier B,
• Gilard M,
• Lang I,
• Commeau P,
• Roosen J,
• Hanssen M,
• Lefèvre T,
• Carrié D,
• Bartorelli A,
• Montalescot G,
• Parikh K

EuroInterv.2008;4:222-228

Safety in simple versus complex stenting of coronary artery bifurcation lesions. The Nordic Bifurcation Study 14-month follow-up results

• Jensen J,
• Galloe A,
• Lassen J,
• Erglis A,
• Kumsars I,
• Steigen T,
• Wiseth R,
• Narbute I,
• Gunnes P,
• Mannsverk J,
• Meyerdierks O,
• Rotevatn S,
• Niemelä M,
• Kervinen K,
• Nikus K,
• Vikman S,
• Ravkilde J,
• James S,
• Aarøe J,
• Ylitalo A,
• Helqvist S,
• Sjögren I,
• Thayssen P,
• Virtanen K,
• Puhakka M,
• Airaksinen J,
• Thuesen L

EuroInterv.2008;4:229-233

Titanium-nitride-oxide coated stents versus paclitaxel-eluting stents in acute myocardial infarction: a 12-months follow-up report from the TITAX AMI trial

• Karjalainen P,
• Ylitalo A,
• Niemelä M,
• Kervinen K,
• Mäkikallio T,
• Pietilä M,
• Sia J,
• Tuomainen P,
• Nyman K,
• Juhani Airaksinen KE

EuroInterv.2008;4:234-241

Procedural and 30-day outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the third generation (18 Fr) CoreValve ReValving System: results from the multicentre, expanded evaluation registry 1-year following CE mark approval

• Piazza N,
• Grube E,
• Gerckens U,
• den Heijer P,
• Linke A,
• Luha O,
• Ramondo A,
• Ussia G,
• Wenaweser P,
• Windecker S,
• Laborde J-C,
• de Jaegere P,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2008;4:242-249

Population characteristics, treatment assignment and survival of patients with aortic stenosis referred for percutaneous valve replacement

• Otten A,
• van Domburg R,
• van Gameren M,
• Kappetein AP,
• Takkenberg J,
• Bogers A,
• Serruys PW,
• de Jaegere P

EuroInterv.2008;4:250-255

Direct Flow Medical percutaneous aortic valve: proof of concept

• Low R,
• Bolling S,
• Yeo KK,
• Ebner A

EuroInterv.2008;4:256-261

Elective implantation of sirolimus-eluting stents for bifurcated and non-bifurcated unprotected left main coronary artery lesions: clinical outcomes at one year

• Barragan P,
• Fajadet J,
• Sheiban I,
• Serruys PW,
• Colombo A,
• Seabra-Gomes R,
• Goy J-J,
• Cook S,
• Rubino P,
• Lefèvre T

EuroInterv.2008;4:262-270

Gender-related outcome following percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: data from the Austrian acute PCI registry

• Suessenbacher A,
• Doerler J,
• Alber H,
• Aichinger J,
• Altenberger J,
• Benzer W,
• Christ G,
• Globits S,
• Huber K,
• Karnik R,
• Norman G,
• Siostrzonek P,
• Zenker G,
• Pachinger O,
• Weidinger F

EuroInterv.2008;4:271-276

Use of the Venture™ wire control catheter to access complex coronary lesions: how to turn procedural failure into success

• Aranzulla T,
• Sangiorgi G,
• Bartorelli A,
• Cosgrave J,
• Corbett S,
• Fabbiocchi F,
• Montorsi P,
• Montorfano M,
• Trabattoni D,
• Colombo A

EuroInterv.2008;4:277-284

Quantitative multi-modality imaging analysis of a bioabsorbable poly-L-lactic acid stent design in the acute phase: a comparison between 2- and 3D-QCA, QCU and QMSCT-CA

• Bruining N,
• Tanimoto S,
• Otsuka M,
• Weustink A,
• Ligthart J,
• de Winter S,
• van Mieghem CAG,
• Nieman K,
• de Feyter P,
• van Domburg R,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2008;4:285-291

How should I treat a patient with severe and symptomatic aortic stenosis who is rejected for surgical and transfemoral valve replacement and in whom a transapical implantation was aborted?

• de Jaegere P,
• van Dijk L,
• van Sambeek M,
• Kappetein AP,
• Ramos F,
• Maugenest A,
• de Ronde-Tilmans M,
• Serruys PW

EuroInterv.2008;4:292-296

False lumen stenting: uncommon stent occlusion demonstrated by intravascular ultrasound

• Furuichi S,
• Tavano D,
• Palloshi A,
• Colombo A

EuroInterv.2008;4:297