Volume 5 Number 3 August 2009

Our European present

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:283

Pioneers, teachers and students: the "how-to" of cardiovascular interventions

• Sachdev B,
• Naber C,
• Eeckhout E,
• Fajadet J

EuroIntervention 2009;5:285-287

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses "For Dummies"

• Biondi-Zoccai G,
• Abbate A,
• Sheiban I

EuroIntervention 2009;5:289-291

Presidential Criss-Cross The transfer of office between EAPCI presidents

• Wijns W,
• Di Mario C

EuroIntervention 2009;5:293-297

How to set up an effective national primary angioplasty network: lessons learned from five European countries

• Knot J,
• Widimsky P,
• Wijns W,
• Stenestrand U,
• Kristensen S,
• van’t Hof A,
• Weidinger F,
• Janzon M,
• Nörgaard B,
• Soerensen J,
• van de Wetering H,
• Thygesen K,
• Bergsten P,
• Digerfeldt C,
• Potgieter A,
• Tomer N,
• Fajadet J

EuroIntervention 2009;5:299-309

Biolimus-eluting biodegradable polymer versus sirolimuseluting permanent polymer stent performance in long lesions: results from the LEADERS multicentre trial substudy

• Wykrzykowska J,
• Räber L,
• Ton de Vries T,
• Bressers M,
• Buszman P,
• Linke A,
• Ischinger T,
• Klauss V,
• Eberli F,
• Corti R,
• Wijns W,
• Morice M-C,
• Di Mario C,
• Regar E,
• Jüni P,
• Windecker S,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2009;5:310-317

One year outcome after primary stenting of infrapopliteal lesions with the CHROMIS DEEP stent in the management of critical limb ischaemia

• Deloose K,
• Bosiers M,
• Peeters P

EuroIntervention 2009;5:318-324

Predictive value of post-treatment platelet reactivity for occurrence of post-discharge bleeding after non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome.

• Cuisset T,
• Cayla G,
• Frere C,
• Quilici J,
• Poyet R,
• Gaborit B,
• Bali L,
• Morange P,
• Alessi M,
• Bonnet J-L

EuroIntervention 2009;5:325-329

A comparison of anticoagulation with bivalirudin and provisional GPIIb/IIIa inhibition with unfractionated heparin and mandatory GPIIb/IIIa inhibition during percutaneous coronary intervention in relation to platelet activation and the inhibition of coagulation

• Ray M,
• Juneja M,
• Bett N,
• Walters D

EuroIntervention 2009;5:330:335

Serum catalytic iron as a novel biomarker of vascular injury in acute coronary syndromes

• Lele S,
• Shah S,
• McCullough P,
• Rajapurkar M

EuroIntervention 2009;5:336-342

Nationwide trends in the utilisation of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States of America based on gender and ethnicities

• Movahed M,
• Ramaraj R,
• Jamal M,
• Hashemzadeh M

EuroIntervention 2009;5:343-348

Predictors of angiographic restenosis after drug eluting stents in the coronary arteries: contemporary practice in real world patients

• Rathore S,
• Terashima M,
• Katoh O,
• Matsuo H,
• Tanaka N,
• Kinoshita Y,
• Kimura M,
• Tuschikane E,
• Nasu K,
• Ehara M,
• Asakura K,
• Asakura Y,
• Suzuki T

EuroIntervention 2009;5:349-354

Angiographic and intravascular ultrasound findings following implantation of the Endeavor™ zotarolimus-eluting stents in patients from the real-world clinical practice

• Feres R,
• Andrade P,
• Costa R,
• De Ribamar Costa J,
• Abizaid A,
• Staico R,
• Tanajura L,
• Siqueira D,
• Maia J,
• Lasave L,
• Sousa A,
• Sousa J

EuroIntervention 2009;5:355-362

Difference of culprit plaque composition between patients with and without pre-infarction angina: an intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency analysis

• Higashikuni Y,
• Tanabe K,
• Tanimoto S,
• Aoki J,
• Yamamoto H,
• Nakazawa G,
• Chihara R,
• Onuma Y,
• Otsuki S,
• Yagishita A,
• Yachi S,
• Nakajima H,
• Hara K

EuroIntervention 2009;5:363-369

Rotational atherectomy followed by drug-eluting stent implantation in calcified coronary lesions

• Furuichi S,
• Sangiorgi G,
• Godino C,
• Airoldi F,
• Montorfano M,
• Chieffo A,
• Michev I,
• Carlino M,
• Colombo A

EuroIntervention 2009;5:370-374

Impact of single or multicentre study design on the results of trials examining the efficacy of adjunctive devices to prevent distal embolisation during acute myocardial infarction

• Inaba Y,
• Chen J,
• Mehta N,
• Bergmann S

EuroIntervention 2009;5:375-383

Efficacy of Cilostazol in reducing restenosis in patients undergoing contemporary stent based PCI: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

• Tamhane U,
• Meier P,
• Chetcuti S,
• Chen K,
• Rha S,
• Grossman M,
• Gurm H

EuroIntervention 2009;5:384-393

The pericardium covered stent (PCS)

• Colombo A,
• Almagor Y,
• Gaspar J,
• Vonderwalde C

EuroIntervention 2009;5:394-399