Volume 5 Number 1 May 2009

The rites of spring

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:13

Hideo Tamai memorial

• Katoh O,
• Suzuki T,
• Reifart N,
• Margolis J

EuroIntervention 2009;5:15-17

On the current epidemic outburst of meta-analytic rage in interventional cardiology

• Agostoni P,
• Ribichini F,
• Wijns W

EuroIntervention 2009;5:19-23

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): how to interpret the data and what data is required?

• Thomas M,
• Wendler O

EuroIntervention 2009;5:25-27

Clinical endpoints in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a call to ARC for standardised definitions

• Piazza N,
• Cutlip D,
• Onuma Y,
• Kappetein AP,
• de Jaegere P,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:29-31

Counting the score: the SYNTAX Score and coronary risk

• Dawkins K,
• Morel M-A,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:33-35

Sustain Health development in Africa through Responsible Education

• Bourlon F,
• Robillon J-F,
• Jolly P,
• Wijns W,
• Marco J

EuroIntervention 2009;5:37-38

Percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation lesions: 2008 consensus document from the fourth meeting of the European Bifurcation Club

• Stankovic G,
• Darremont O,
• Ferenc M,
• Hildick-Smith D,
• Lassen JF,
• Louvard Y,
• Albiero R,
• Pan M,
• Lefèvre T

EuroIntervention 2009;5:39-49

Assessment of the SYNTAX score in the Syntax study

• Serruys PW,
• Onuma Y,
• Garg S,
• Sarno G,
• van den Brand M,
• Kappetein AP,
• van Dyck N,
• Mack M,
• Holmes D,
• Feldman T,
• Morice M-C,
• Colombo A,
• Bass E,
• Leadley K,
• Dawkins K,
• Van Es G-A,
• Morel M-A,
• Mohr F

EuroIntervention 2009;5:50-56

Patient selection to enhance the long-term benefit of first-generation drug-eluting stents for coronary revascularisation procedures. Insights from a large multicentre registry

• Saia F,
• Piovaccari G,
• Manari A,
• Guastaroba P,
• Vignali L,
• Varani E,
• Santarelli A,
• Benassi A,
• Liso A,
• Campo G,
• Tondi S,
• Tarantino F,
• De Palma R,
• Marzocchi A

EuroIntervention 2009;5:57-66

Expanded use of the TAXUS Express Stent: two-year safety insights from the 7,500 patient ARRIVE Registry programme

• Lasala J,
• Cox D,
• Lewis S,
• Tadros P,
• Haas R,
• Schweiger M,
• Chhabra A,
• Untereker W,
• Starzyk R,
• Mascioli S,
• Dawkins K,
• Baim D

EuroIntervention 2009;5:67-77

Anatomo-pathological analysis after CoreValve Revalving system implantation

• Noble S,
• Asgar A,
• Cartier R,
• Virmani R,
• Bonan R

EuroIntervention 2009;5:78-85

Percutaneous suture edge-to-edge repair of the mitral valve

• Webb J,
• Maisano F,
• Vahanian A,
• Munt B,
• Naqvi T,
• Bonan R,
• Zarbatany D,
• Buchbinder M

EuroIntervention 2009;5:86-89

A multicentre evaluation of the safety of intracoronary optical coherence tomography

• Barlis P,
• Gonzalo N,
• Di Mario C,
• Prati F,
• Buellesfeld L,
• Rieber J,
• Dalby M,
• Ferrante G,
• Cera M,
• Grube E,
• Serruys PW,
• Regar E

EuroIntervention 2009;5:90-95

Ex vivo analysis of human coronary bifurcation anatomy: defining the main vessel-to-side-branch transition zone

• Russell M,
• Binyamin G,
• Konstantino E

EuroIntervention 2009;5:96-103

Long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes of the sleeve technique on non-left-main coronary bifurcation lesions

• Man-Hong J,
• Hee-Hwa Ho,
• Ryan-Lap-Yan Ko,
• Chung-Wah Siu,
• Kai-Hang Yiu,
• Wing-Hing C

EuroIntervention 2009;5:104-108

PRO-Kinetic: results from an "all-comers" single centre clinical experience

• Kornowski R,
• Vaknin-Assa H,
• Ukabi S,
• Lev E,
• Assali A

EuroIntervention 2009;5:109-114

Choice of arterial access site and outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes managed with an early invasive strategy: the ACUITY trial

• Hamon M,
• Rasmussen L,
• Manoukian S,
• Cequier A,
• Lincoff A,
• Rupprecht H-J,
• Gersh B,
• Mann T,
• Bertrand M,
• Mehran R,
• Stone G

EuroIntervention 2009;5:115-120

Very late changes in the dilated lesion following coronary balloon angioplasty: a 17 year serial quantitative angiographic study

• Hatrick R,
• Ormiston J,
• Ruygrok P,
• Stewart J,
• Webber B,
• Gonzales H,
• Webster M

EuroIntervention 2009;5:121-126

Three-dimensional reconstruction allows accurate quantification and length measurements of coronary artery stenoses

• Rittger H,
• Schertel B,
• Schmidt M,
• Justiz J,
• Brachmann J,
• Sinha A-M

EuroIntervention 2009;5:127-132

Characterisation of atherosclerotic plaque by spectral similarity of radiofrequency intravascular ultrasound signals Shashidhar Sathyanarayana, Stéphane Carlier, Wenguang Li, Lewis Thomas

• Sathyanarayana S,
• Carlier S,
• Li W,
• Thomas L

EuroIntervention 2009;5:133-139

Porcine models of coronary atherosclerosis and vulnerable plaque for imaging and interventional research

• Granada J,
• Kaluza G,
• Wilensky R,
• Biedermann B,
• Schwartz R,
• Falk E

EuroIntervention 2009;5:140-148

Validation of in vivo plaque characterisation by virtual histology in a rabbit model of atherosclerosis

• Van Herck J,
• De Meyer G,
• Ennekens G,
• Van Herck P,
• Herman A,
• Vrints C

EuroIntervention 2009;5:149-156

Coating irregularities of durable polymer-based drug-eluting stents as assessed by scanning electron microscopy

• Basalus M,
• Ankone M,
• van Houwelingen K,
• de Man F,
• von Birgelen C

EuroIntervention 2009;5:157-165

Multifocal arterial fibromuscular dysplasia causing coronary artery dissection following coronary angiography

• de Jong J,
• Piek J,
• van der Wal A

EuroIntervention 2009;5:166