Volume 7 Number 1 May 2011

In memoriam Otto Martin Hess, MD

• Meier B

EuroIntervention 2011;7:13

The rites of spring

• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:15-17

Indirect mitral annuloplasty: a feasible or a mirage technology

• Ruiz C,
• Sánchez-Quintana D

EuroIntervention 2011;7:19-21

Patrick W. Serruys and the roots of PCR

• Marco J,
• Doncieux M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:23-25

Patrick Washington Serruys: a view from across the Atlantic

• King III S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:27

The concept of participatory learning group development

• Dompeix C,
• Bréhèret M,
• Spencer A,
• Marco J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:29-31

EuroPCR May 2011 plenary session: coronary revascularisation, Asia Pacific perspectives

• Lim Y

EuroIntervention 2011;7:32-33

Patrick W. Serruys and the EAPCI

• Di Mario C

EuroIntervention 2011;7:32-33

Transapical versus transfemoral aortic valve implantation

• Robb J,
• Wendler O

EuroIntervention 2011;7:39-40

Outcomes and complications of transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a balloon expandable valve according to the Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) guidelines

• Gurvitch R,
• Toggweiler S,
• Willson A,
• Wijesinghe N,
• Cheung A,
• Wood D,
• Ye J,
• Webb J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:41-48

Reappraisal of percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty as a preliminary treatment strategy in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation era

• Tissot C-M,
• Attias D,
• Himbert D,
• Ducrocq G,
• Iung B,
• Dilly M-P,
• Juliard J-M,
• Lepage L,
• Détaint D,
• Messika Zeitoun D,
• Nataf P,
• Vahanian A

EuroIntervention 2011;7:49-56

Haemodynamic evaluation of aortic regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation using cardiovascular magnetic resonance

• Sherif M,
• Abdel-Wahab M,
• Beurich H-W,
• Stöcker B,
• Zachow D,
• Geist V,
• Tölg R,
• Richardt G

EuroIntervention 2011;6:57-63

Effect of paclitaxel elution from reservoirs with bioabsorbable polymer compared to a bare metal stent for the elective percutaneous treatment of de novo coronary stenosis: the EUROSTAR-II randomised clinical trial

• Silber S,
• Gutiérrez-Chico J-L,
• Behrens S,
• Witzenbichler B,
• Wiemer M,
• Hoffmann S,
• Slagboom T,
• Harald D,
• Suryapranata H,
• Nienaber C,
• Chevalier B,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:64-73

Predictors of death or myocardial infarction, ischaemic-driven revascularisation, and major adverse cardiovascular events following everolimus-eluting or paclitaxel-eluting stent deployment: pooled analysis from the SPIRIT II, III, IV and COMPARE trials

• Kereiakes D,
• Smits P,
• Kedhi E,
• Parise H,
• Fahy M,
• Serruys PW,
• Stone G

EuroIntervention 2011;7:74-83

PLATINUM QCA: a prospective, multicentre study assessing clinical, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound outcomes with the novel platinum chromium thin-strut PROMUS Element everolimus-eluting stent in de novo coronary stenoses

• Meredith I,
• Whitbourn R,
• Scott D,
• El-Jack S,
• Zambahari R,
• Stone G,
• Teirstein P,
• Starzyk R,
• Allocco D,
• Dawkins K

EuroIntervention 2011;7:84-90

Impact of transradial and transfemoral coronary interventions on bleeding and net adverse clinical events in acute coronary syndromes

• Hamon M,
• Mehta S,
• Steg P-G,
• Faxon D,
• Kerkar P,
• Rupprecht H-J,
• Tanguay J-F,
• Afzal R,
• Yusuf S

EuroIntervention 2011;7:91-97

Preliminary experience with optical coherence tomography imaging to evaluate carotid artery stents: safety, feasibility and techniques

• Reimers B,
• Nikas D,
• Stabile E,
• Favero L,
• Saccà S,
• Cremonesi A,
• Rubino P

EuroIntervention 2011;6:98-105

Treatment of iatrogenic occlusive coronary dissections: a novel approach

• Carlino M,
• Al-Lamee R,
• Ielasi A,
• Godino C,
• Latib A,
• Chieffo A,
• Colombo A

EuroIntervention 2011;6:106-111

In vivo assessment of optimal viewing angles from X-ray coronary angiography

• Tu S,
• Hao P,
• Koning G,
• Wei X,
• Song X,
• Chen A,
• Reiber J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:112-120

High shear stress induces a strain increase in human coronary plaques over a 6-month period

• Gijsen F,
• Mastik F,
• Schaar J,
• Schuurbiers J,
• van der Giessen WJ,
• de Feyter P,
• Serruys PW,
• van der Steen A,
• Wentzel J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:121-127

Impact of perfusion restoration at epicardial and tissue levels on markers of myocardial necrosis and clinical outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction

• Ndrepepa G,
• Alger P,
• Fusaro M,
• Kufner S,
• Seyfarth M,
• Keta D,
• Mehilli J,
• Schömig A,
• Kastrati A

EuroIntervention 2011;6:128-135

Impact of drug-eluting stent type on periprocedural myocardial necrosis

• Wakabayashi K,
• Delhaye C,
• Mahmoudi M,
• Belle L,
• Ben-Dor I,
• Gaglia M,
• Suddath W,
• Satler L,
• Kent K,
• Pichard A,
• Lindsay J,
• Waksman R

EuroIntervention 2011;7:136-142

Impact factors: scientific and career assessment by numbers

• Bruining N,
• Cummins P,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:143-147

Fatal coronary sinus and aortic erosions following percutaneous transvenous mitral annuloplasty device

• Noble S,
• Vilarino R,
• Muller H,
• Sunthorn H,
• Roffi M

EuroIntervention 2011;7:148-150

How should I treat acute valve regurgitation?

• Schultz C,
• Piazza N,
• Weustink A,
• Ligthart J,
• Otten A,
• de Jaegere P,
• Serruys PW

EuroIntervention 2011;7:151-159

Tools & Techniques: PCI in coronary bifurcations lesions

• Louvard Y,
• Lefèvre T

EuroIntervention 2011;7:160-163

Transcatheter indirect mitral annuloplasty with the PTMA system: a technical report

• Van Mieghem N,
• Schultz C,
• Spencer R,
• Serruys PW,
• de Jaegere P

EuroIntervention 2011;7:164-169

Valve thrombosis after transcatheter heart valve implantation

• Tay E,
• Gurvitch R,
• Wijesinghe N,
• Nietlispach F,
• Wood D,
• Allard M,
• Munt B,
• Cheung A,
• Webb J

EuroIntervention 2011;7:170-171