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• A new steerable catheter to facilitate wire crossing through angulated chronic total occlusions
Tanigawa J, Galasko G, Goktekin O, Di Mario C
• Aspiration of a giant moving thrombus in a saphenous vein graft
Vydt T, Vermeersch P, Somers P, van Langenhove G
• Aneurysm formation due to marked late malapposition after paclitaxel-eluting stenting of the left main coronary artery
Mazzarotto P, Gemelli F, Indolfi C
• Recurrent complex in-stent restenosis in a saphenous vein graft treated with sequential
Mulvihill N, Mohamed A
Editorial
The history of EuroPCR... and why a new journal?

Serruys PW, Marco J

EuroInterv.2005;1:4-5

Next generation of drug eluting stents 'Sirolimus-analogues'

Buellesfeld L, Grube E

EuroInterv.2005;1:13-15

The future of cardiac surgery

Trummer G, Beyersdorf F

EuroInterv.2005;1:17-19

Drug-eluting stents: the equalizers in treatment of bifurcational lesions

Colombo A

EuroInterv.2005;1:21-23

Clinical research
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Treatment of de novo bifurcation lesions: comparison of Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-eluting stents

Hoye A, van Mieghem CAG, Ong ATL, Aoki J, Rodríguez-Granillo G, Valgimigli M, Tsuchida K, Sianos G, McFadden E, van der Giessen WJ

EuroInterv.2005;1:24-30

2
Influence of technical strategies on the outcome of coronary bifurcation stenting

Lefèvre T, Morice M-C, Sengottuvel G, Kokis A, Dumas P, Garot P, Louvard Y

EuroInterv.2005;1:31-37

3
Relation between the A1166C angiotensin II type 1 receptor gene polymorphism and cardiovascular outcomes after myocardial infarction

Filippi-Codaccioni E, Morello R, Fradin S, Grollier G, Hamon M

EuroInterv.2005;1:38-42

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Primary transcatheter closure of postinfarction ventricular septal defects with the Amplatzer septal occluder - immediate results and up-to 5 years follow-up

Demkow M, Ruzyllo W, Kepka C, Chmielak Z, Konka M, Dzielinska Z, Wilczynski J, Juraszynski Z

EuroInterv.2005;1:43-47

5
Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: head-to-head comparison of two different devices

Meier J-M, Berger A, Delabays A, Girod G, Graf D, Lyon X, Roguelov C, Vogt P, Stauffer J-C, Eeckhout E

EuroInterv.2005;1:48-52

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Six-month results of a randomized study to evaluate safety and efficacy of a Biolimus A9™ eluting stent with a biodegradable polymer coating

Grube E, Hauptmann K-E, Buellesfeld L, Lim V, Abizaid A

EuroInterv.2005;1:53-57

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A randomized comparison of a durable polymer Everolimus-eluting stent with a bare metal coronary stent: The SPIRIT first trial

Serruys PW, Ong ATL, Piek J, Neumann F-J, van der Giessen WJ, Wiemer M, Zeiher A, Grube E, Haase J, Thuesen L, Hamm C, Otto-Terlouw PC

EuroInterv.2005;1:58-65

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In-laboratory femoral sheath removal after heparin reversal by protamine after percutaneous coronary intervention

Thuesen L, Rud Andersen H, Bøtker H, Kristensen SD, Romer Krusell L, Flensted Lassen J

EuroInterv.2005;1:66-69

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Safety and feasibility of Bivalirudin with either Cypher and Taxus drug-eluting stent during percutaneous coronary intervention

Chieffo A, Melzi G, Rogacka R, Ferrari A, Airoldi F, Cosgrave J, Michev L, Montorfano M, Carlino M, Vitrella G, Biondi-Zoccai G, Colombo A

EuroInterv.2005;1:70-74

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Critical limb ischemia: a global epidemic.
A critical analysis of current treatment unmasks the clinical and economic costs of CLI

Allie D, Hebert CJ, Lirtzman M, Wyatt C, Keller V, Khan MH, Khan MA, Fail P, Vivekananthan K, Mitran E, Allie S

EuroInterv.2005;1:75-84

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Usefulness and clinical impact of a fractional flow reserve-targeted strategy for coronary artery stenting: FROST III, a multicenter prospective registry

Dupouy P, Gilard M, Morelle J-F, Furber A, Aptecar E, Cazaux P, Slama M, Feldman L-J, Wittenberg O, Pernès J-M, Huret B, Commeau P, Boschat J, Teiger E, Lafont A, Steg P-G, Dubois-Randé J-L, for the FROST 3 investigators

EuroInterv.2005;1:85-92

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Microcoil embolization for ablation of septal hypertrophy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Iacob M, Pinte F, Tintoiu I, Cotuna L, Coroescu M, Filip S, Popa A, Cristian G, Goleanu V, Greere V, Moscaliuc I, Neagoe G, Crisan P, Garjeu A, Chiriac L, Bolohan R, Murgu V, Lobont B, Roates J, Hila G, Postolea E

EuroInterv.2005;1:93-97

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Long-term clinical outcome after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with provisional stenting

Papafaklis M, Naka K, Sioros L, Sclerou V, Katsouras C, Michalis L

EuroInterv.2005;1:98-104

New devices
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Intracoronary thermography: heat generation, transfer and detection

ten Have AG, Gijsen F, Wentzel J, Slager CJ, Serruys PW, van der Steen A

EuroInterv.2005;1:105-114

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Initial clinical experience with an IVUS-guided transmembrane puncture device to facilitate recanalization of total femoral artery occlusions

Scheinert D, Braunlich S, Scheinert S, Ulrich M, Biamino G, Schmidt A

EuroInterv.2005;1:115-119

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