Volume 5 Number 1

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• Perforation of a saphenous vein graft during percutaneous angioplasty treated with the MGuard coronary stent system
Cirillo P, De Rosa S, D’Ascoli G, Piscione F, Chiariello M
• Primum non nocere: case report of a patient with aortic valve replacement and subsequent occlusion of an anomalous circumflex artery
Testa L, Banning A
• Angiographic and OCT imaging of a Nobori stent fracture
Tsigkas G, Davlouros P, Alexopoulos D
Editorial
1
The rites of spring

Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:13

2
Hideo Tamai memorial This article contains pictures and/or videos

Katoh O, Suzuki T, Reifart N, Margolis J

EuroIntervention 2009;5:15-17

3
On the current epidemic outburst of meta-analytic rage in interventional cardiology

Agostoni P, Ribichini F, Wijns W

EuroIntervention 2009;5:19-23

4
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): how to interpret the data and what data is required?

Thomas M, Wendler O

EuroIntervention 2009;5:25-27

5
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

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Counting the score: the SYNTAX Score and coronary risk

Dawkins K, Morel M-A, Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:33-35

EAPCI column
7
Sustain Health development in Africa through Responsible Education

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

EuroIntervention 2009;5:37-38

Focus article
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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

Clinical research
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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

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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

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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

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Anatomo-pathological analysis after CoreValve Revalving system implantation

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

EuroIntervention 2009;5:78-85

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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

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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

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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

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Long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes of the sleeve technique on non-left-main coronary bifurcation lesions This article contains pictures and/or videos

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

EuroIntervention 2009;5:104-108

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Expert review
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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

Experimental research
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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

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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

Image in cardiology
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Multifocal arterial fibromuscular dysplasia causing coronary artery dissection following coronary angiography This article contains pictures and/or videos

de Jong J, Piek J, van der Wal A

EuroIntervention 2009;5:166

Volume 5 Number 1 has been released thanks to the support of the following partners:
  • Abbott Vascular Devices
  • Biotronik AG
  • Boston Scientific
  • Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson company
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • Hexacath
  • Invatec
  • Medtronic
  • Merit Medical
  • Terumo
  • Tryton Medical Inc.
  • Zoll Medical Corporation

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